I made an app to help find alternative parts

[LayZ]

Hopefully this is ok - site is all free and should be beneficial to the communithy.

Several years ago now I was inspired by the 'Alternaitve Parts Thread' on the SportsMaserati forums for the 3200/4200/GranSport cars. Some of the data was in a couple of spreadsheets and some in forum threads, with dead links etc - I thought I could improve this with a proper app. So after several years of dreaming about it, I've built it (with AI help of course). For context, my favourite discovery from such threads was when I put a FIAT Doblo coolant expansion tank in my Gransport for the bargain price of £14.99 on ebay, compared to £££ for the Maserati one.

https://alsofits.com

Anyone can add parts, and comment and vote on fitment. I've added about 700 parts, across TVR, Maserati, Porsche, Ferrari, Bentley and Lotus. The main target is small volume manufacturers that borrow parts from volume cars. Feedback from PHers greatly appreciated.

Edited by LayZ on Sunday 20th September 18:54

[matrignano]

Great idea!

[bobtail4x4]

I co wrote one for the Scimitar about 30 years ago,

trouble is all the doners are now more rare than the Scimitars, bits are going the other way,

[f3nns]

What a great idea!! Nice one!

[AlexGSi2000]

What a great idea.

[QuattroDave]

Another great idea and well done for actually doing it from me.

[R4EVS]

Spark plugs shared between the Jaguar AJ30 engine (3.0 V6 as used in the X-Type and others) and the Aston V12.

Starter motor shared between various iterations of the Duratec V6 going all the way from humble Mondeo via the Jaguar X-Type up to the Noble M12.

Door mirrors on the Jaguar XF, XE and F-Type can also be found on some lowly Volvos.

I'll add these when I get a chance...