Metric chassis??
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2007 was the change over year.
Look at the lower horizontal chassis tube in the rear wheel arch, the one that the rear ARB is bolted to. If it's round for the full length, it's imperial, if it's square halfway, then changes to round, it's metric.
Also if you can see weld spatter near the joints, it's metric.
Imperial will also have AM and a number (jig number it was built on) stamped under one of the roll bar mounts, but of course you will have to remove the roll bar to see it, which if it's a track day one (with diagonal) means removing the rear shock absorbers.
Hope this helps.
Oh, and congratulations on your new purchase!
Look at the lower horizontal chassis tube in the rear wheel arch, the one that the rear ARB is bolted to. If it's round for the full length, it's imperial, if it's square halfway, then changes to round, it's metric.
Also if you can see weld spatter near the joints, it's metric.
Imperial will also have AM and a number (jig number it was built on) stamped under one of the roll bar mounts, but of course you will have to remove the roll bar to see it, which if it's a track day one (with diagonal) means removing the rear shock absorbers.
Hope this helps.
Oh, and congratulations on your new purchase!
Congratulations again for having a nice handmade chassis with soul, lovingly assembled by guys with twigs in their beards, in a shed.
Lovely flowing braized joints instead of horrible welded ones with the spatter powdercoated over.
God forbid if you twang it, they will put it back onto the jig it was originaly built on, removed any damaged tubes, and lovingly braize new ones back in, re-powder coat it, and re-skin it, and give it back to you as new!
Of course the marketing suits at CC will tell you the metric one is 12% stiffer.
Based on some Guy going round a track a 10th of a second quicker in a newer car.
Pictures? We like pictures.
Lovely flowing braized joints instead of horrible welded ones with the spatter powdercoated over.
God forbid if you twang it, they will put it back onto the jig it was originaly built on, removed any damaged tubes, and lovingly braize new ones back in, re-powder coat it, and re-skin it, and give it back to you as new!
Of course the marketing suits at CC will tell you the metric one is 12% stiffer.
Based on some Guy going round a track a 10th of a second quicker in a newer car.
Pictures? We like pictures.
We did a couple of area club visits to Arch Motors - always interesting and informative. You would see a whole box of front wishbones or bonnets pre and post rolling, all lined up.
Great place - not been there since about 2002 - They did lots of other work too, I guess that has expanded.
How are new chassis doing corrosion wise?
Suits working things out - similar for the switch from VX race cars and K series - had to bolt bigger tyres on (cheapest form of laptime tuning) to beat them - but of course better cos that's what the suits wanted.
Great place - not been there since about 2002 - They did lots of other work too, I guess that has expanded.
How are new chassis doing corrosion wise?
Suits working things out - similar for the switch from VX race cars and K series - had to bolt bigger tyres on (cheapest form of laptime tuning) to beat them - but of course better cos that's what the suits wanted.
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