An S at Le Mans !

[glenrobbo]

phillpot said:

not so sure Team BladderSpeed came out so well

I always thought it was 'Ecurie Prenez-Vous-la-Piste' that our Henri formed back in 1989.
Ah, les femmes d'aujourdhui! .........the downfall of so many great teams.

Nice one Phillpot, & nice work both your's & Alan's ARB's.

Edit: Please excuse my French

Edited by glenrobbo on Monday 1st April 20:51

[phillpot]

Alan Whitaker said:

Its from a 1978/9 Porsche Carrera

Wash your mouth out !!!

mine's ex-Chimaera (albeit a little re-shaped)

[HvdWeerden]

Hello Mike,

Topic resurrection ;-) I am thinking of doing this upgrade on my S. Can you share some more info on the parts you used and how/if it improved the handling of your S ?

Thanks, Han

[glenrobbo]

That's more like it Han.
Forget the idea of replacing your S with a Chim, just pinch bits off one

Alan's ARB mounted in the upper position looks better geometrically , but access to fit it would be a lot more difficult with the body on I guess.

[phillpot]

HvdWeerden said:

Hello Mike.....................

Funnily enough I was under the car last Saturday fitting some "improved" mounting brackets and that's when I noticed a petrol leak (see scrap tank thread).

At work at the mo but will do bit more info and pictures asap (maybe weekend before I can take photo's)

[HvdWeerden]

phillpot said:

Funnily enough I was under the car last Saturday fitting some "improved" mounting brackets and that's when I noticed a petrol leak (see scrap tank thread).

At work at the mo but will do bit more info and pictures asap (maybe weekend before I can take photo's)

Thanks already, no hurry. Still making my mind up if I keep the S...or not.

[Oldred_V8S]

HvdWeerden said:

Thanks already, no hurry. Still making my mind up if I keep the S...or not.

[glenrobbo]

Oldred_V8S said:

HvdWeerden said:

Thanks already, no hurry. Still making my mind up if I keep the S...or not.

Exactly my first reaction Paul.
Surely young Han ( not Solo ) could not be tempted to leave the S-forSe ?
The lure of the Dark Side seems to be very strong at the moment.
Be strong, members of the Rebel Alliance, we must stay united in the fight against the evil Empire.

[HvdWeerden]

Maybe its the Dark Side of Wintertime. Does a Griff also belong to the Dark Side ?

[Longers]

HvdWeerden said:

Maybe its the Dark Side of Wintertime. Does a Griff also belong to the Dark Side ?

Don't know about the "Dark Side"... more likely to belong to the "Back Side" of a S Tour convoy with L.i.am in his Chimaera and Stew in his Griff

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[HvdWeerden]

Not enough to stop you using some kind of keyboard ...

[phillpot]

HvdWeerden said:

Can you share some more info on the parts you used and how/if it improved the handling of your S ?

Anti roll bar and mountimg brackets are ex-Chimeara (i did have to bend it a bit), once I was fairly sure it was going to fit I bought new silicone bushes.
The brackets on the chassis it attaches to are home made and also made some cut outs in the chassis to lift it up a bit, still had to modify the silencer a bit for it to clear.
Making those cut outs gave me access to inside the chassis to mount some strengthening plates with captive nuts to bolt the brackets onto. The cap heads that look like they don't do anything are holding those plates in place so the brackets can be removed if I need to without the plates inside falling away and being "lost".

Drop links are made up from readily available spherical joints, I stuck with 1/2" unf same as my front ones. Where they attach to trailing arms there are strengthening plates behind, again with captive nuts, the small 10mm bolts hold those plates in place. Despite someones earlier concerns there is no sign of any distortion or flexing.

I think that's about it, has it made any difference? I think so, car feels as though it more "planted", back end doesn't seem to tuck down when "pushing on" around longer bends (or large roundabouts).

Hope that wasn't too boring, few more pictures.............

[Longers]

New chassis Mike? Surely that isn't the same one that has done thousand of miles across Europe in all kinds of weather!!

Looks good

[phillpot]

Yeah, wish I was looking that good after so many miles

[Longers]

Don't be hard on yourself mate, it's nothing that shot blasting and repainting couldn't fix

[glenrobbo]

Longers said:

New chassis Mike? Surely that isn't the same one that has done thousand of miles across Europe in all kinds of weather!!

Looks good

Ian, you know full well that if Phillpot had a new chassis, it would be stainless.
( perhaps it is & he's just painted it red to throw us off the scent ? )

It does look damn good though.

[HvdWeerden]

phillpot said:

Hope that wasn't too boring, few more pictures.............

Hello Mike,

Thanks for sharing, VERY interesting to read !! Pictures make it all clear.
Didn't expect you had to cut the chassis. Looks like major surgery to me.

Before doing this mod, I think I will have the standard suspension bits checked/improved.

Cheers, Han

[phillpot]

HvdWeerden said:

Looks like major surgery to me.

No, this is just a nip 'n tuck......Alans is major surgury

[Top Gear TVR]

an old post but did this rear arb work well?