Front suspention arms

[phazed]

spikep said:

Portzi did them for Willow!!!!!

I am impressed!

[domV8]

What is the benefit of tubular wishbones over OE?

[phazed]

domV8 said:

What is the benefit of tubular wishbones over OE?

Stronger and more adjustment, especially for TDs.

If you hold a rusty wishbone in your hand and imagine you are braking the max from 140 with sticky semi slick tyres or cornering at 100 with the car drifting across the track it makes you wonder if the originals are up to the job.

They may well be but a little insurance is ok with me.

[spikep]

phazed said:

domV8 said:

What is the benefit of tubular wishbones over OE?

Stronger and more adjustment, especially for TDs.

If you hold a rusty wishbone in your hand and imagine you are braking the max from 140 with sticky semi slick tyres or cornering at 100 with the car drifting across the track it makes you wonder if the originals are up to the job.

They may well be but a little insurance is ok with me.

On the down side the theory says that if you smack the normal ones they will deform without taking the chassis out, but as the tubular ones are stronger you have more chance of damaging the chassis. Saying that I have tubular bottom front wishbones.

[spikep]

[phazed]

spikep said:

Was that an accident?

[portzi]

phazed said:

spikep said:

Portzi did them for Willow!!!!!

I am impressed!

Hi Spike,
Well thanks phazed, l wasn't going to mention willow but yes l turned and tig welded the jig for nick , so when he was welding the wishbone together they dont move with heat distortion etc. He has not publicised them much but offers them as an upgrade on chassis rebuilds he does. I promised to keep quite but that was 2 years ago now!!!

Mark

[spikep]

phazed said:

spikep said:

Was that an accident?

Last owner took it up the kerb and I bought it damaged.

[phillpot]

spikep said:

the tubular ones are stronger you have more chance of damaging the chassis.

TVR S series, tubular as standard, the mounting brackets bent a little but main chassis rail was ok!

[j&ms]

"Hi Spike,
Well thanks phazed, l wasn't going to mention willow but yes l turned and tig welded the jig for nick , so when he was welding the wishbone together they dont move with heat distortion etc. He has not publicised them much but offers them as an upgrade on chassis rebuilds he does. I promised to keep quite but that was 2 years ago now!!!

Mark
"

Sorry haven't got round to figuring out the little boxy quotation thing yet (very technical I am)

If Willow aren't producing them for sale will you consider it yourself Mark. If so count me in. Sounds like a group buy if ever I heard one....

Like everyone else here its not the money its the quality I chase!

[phillpot]

Just curious....

On the S Series, which I believe uses the same top balljoint as the standard Chimaera set up, KPI can be adjusted with spacers either side of the two mounting bolts. With the threaded top ball joint set up that adjustment is lost?

Is the design and manufacture accurate enough that that adjustment is felt to be unnecessary?

[portzi]

[quote=j&ms]"Hi Spike,
Well thanks phazed, l wasn't going to mention willow but yes l turned and tig welded the jig for nick , so when he was welding the wishbone together they dont move with heat distortion etc. He has not publicised them much but offers them as an upgrade on chassis rebuilds he does. I promised to keep quite but that was 2 years ago now!!!

Mark
"

Sorry haven't got round to figuring out the little boxy quotation thing yet (very technical I am)

If Willow aren't producing them for sale will you consider it yourself Mark. If so count me in. Sounds like a group buy if ever I heard one....

Like everyone else here its not the money its the quality I chase!


Willow has the jig and the necessary machined components to make them. He has just been fitting them on a few rebuilds and Jasons orange chim in the TVR Tuscan challenge.

Edited by portzi on Friday 10th October 22:26

[jojackson4]

spikep said:

phazed said:

spikep said:

Was that an accident?

Last owner took it up the kerb and I bought it damaged.

Feck me how big was the kerb
2 wish bones and a wing

[SILICONEKID345HP]

portzi said:

Hi Spike,
Well thanks phazed, l wasn't going to mention willow but yes l turned and tig welded the jig for nick , so when he was welding the wishbone together they dont move with heat distortion etc. He has not publicised them much but offers them as an upgrade on chassis rebuilds he does. I promised to keep quite but that was 2 years ago now!!!

Mark

the

He was showing them off early this year at the annual TVR event ,they don`t look to different to the Sportmotive one`s

I did mention this a while back but all i got was abuse .

[phazed]

Tomorrow's job.

Curved lower wishbones so wide wheels don't snag.

[rigga]

Looking good, interested in the tubular wishbones and had a look at the grantura website, but have a serious gripe, why the hell list everything as poa, bloody annoying and very off putting and likely to make me give them a miss, what's wrong with listing price's these day's?

[portzi]

phazed said:

Tomorrow's job.

Curved lower wishbones so wide wheels don't snag.

The curved tube is so much better. Better design that mine lower one's well done john reid at grantura. You must be made up with them phazed.

[phazed]

Looking forward to having them on,..........not fitting them though!

Close up.