More chassis refurbishment porn at Willow sports cars

More chassis refurbishment porn at Willow sports cars

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TV8

3,118 posts

174 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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Great looking project. How is it coming along please?

Oldred_V8S

3,714 posts

237 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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portzi said:
well the chassis and all the other bits and bobs are starting to be assembled, its startin to look like something now smile


Unsure about the ride quality with those front shocks, might be a bit stiff and inflexible.

portzi

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2,296 posts

174 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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Oldred_V8S said:
Unsure about the ride quality with those front shocks, might be a bit stiff and inflexible.
cant beat abit of wood, I might regret saying that. smile

portzi

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2,296 posts

174 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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Well its been a hetic few weeks getting the car back together. Nick & Mike at Willow have worked extremely hard to get the car through its MOT today. This time last week I had no front brakes and no front lights, no top wishbones amoungst other things.















the caliper mounts and spacers brackets were manufactured locally and nick did all the measurements for the brackets and spacer for the disk inhouse, and was fantastic.







Edited by portzi on Tuesday 3rd July 21:20

SILICONEKID340HP

14,997 posts

230 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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looks fantastic ! who did the LUpo conversion ?

portzi

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2,296 posts

174 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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Nick at Willow did the conversion, but it will be his last one he's doing, after doing Dave trolley's first. They are a pig to do without using lots of filler. He manufactured a bracket which bolts to the bodywork, then fastens to the light pod, the silicon around the light is purely to stop water ingress and vibration.

JPW231

350 posts

210 months

Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Looks absolutely stunning :-)
Hope that you get to enjoy ASAP :-)
Some nice weather wouldn't go amiss either!

SILICONEKID340HP

14,997 posts

230 months

Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Is the chassis powder coated ? looks shiny !

dhf

1,103 posts

193 months

Thursday 5th July 2012
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A few questions,

Is that a 5200 AP caliper ?
What size disc are you using ?
Can you get a disc drilled for 4 stud as well as 5 stud ?
What are all the bits and pieces needed/costs/where did they come from for this conversion ?

Thanks

Dermot

Simon says

18,928 posts

220 months

Thursday 5th July 2012
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Stunning colour combo bow get ready to driving

Stevie Mojo

1,519 posts

236 months

Friday 6th July 2012
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Lovely!

portzi

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2,296 posts

174 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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dhf said:
A few questions,

Is that a 5200 AP caliper ?
What size disc are you using ?
Can you get a disc drilled for 4 stud as well as 5 stud ?
What are all the bits and pieces needed/costs/where did they come from for this conversion ?

Thanks

Dermot
The part numbers for the AP calipers are J0462/463. they just about squeeze onto the 16" spiders 5 stud, with mm's to spare. The PCD for the 5 stud is 114mm as per tuscan PCD, I think the Chimaera PCD is 10 mm's less so yes, its just finding the correct disk. I am not sure off what car my discs were off, as the cerbera discs I think are about £200 apiece. Nick at Willow sourced them after much searching through catologues. But still the pades had to be shimmed with stainless plates to centralise them on the disk. I also had longer hub studs fitted, an extra 5mm to give the wheel nuts the correct amount of thread turns before tight. Last but not least I made a spacer to fit behind the disk as it was too close to the lower ball joint gaitor. So all in all quite abit of work but well worth it as these brakes are awsome.

Twistygit

800 posts

152 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Just wondering how your car is going ? last posts were to say it had been MOT'ed

portzi

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2,296 posts

174 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Twistygit said:
Just wondering how your car is going ? last posts were to say it had been MOT'ed
Well since then l have safety made it to le man classic and silverstone . One cam follower broke down after some spirited driving from me, poor skills really but all fixed now. new hood& carpets finished but needs to go back for finishing touches. The best upgrade were the lupos and nitrons. l can see in the dark and the ride quality is superb smile

Mark

Jonny cobra

611 posts

211 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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WWWWWOOOOOOWWWWWW That is stunning ,,,,,,

JC .

Twistygit

800 posts

152 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Were they solid lifters that that went tots up

portzi

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2,296 posts

174 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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Twistygit said:
Were they solid lifters that that went tots up
You have me there? I dont know. Nick at willow told me he had used the original parts but new of course, he would not even consider the aftermarket ones. the part number for the follower is ERC4949.