Ben ev
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can the people who have let's with f28 gearboxes post up how much they have spaced the tiebars from the front crossmember roughly and what size wheels and tyres they have. reason being mine has alot of spacers now so think something aint quite right but dont no what the norm is
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Toby
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iirc i have seen about four, five spacers on several cars if you are referring to the sqaure metal ones
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Nic Barnes
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havent spaced it at all from the front crossmember. its bolted up like normal
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Ben ev
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how does the gearbox not foul the tiebar? i reckon mine is about 80mm at least now although i havnt measured it. it keeps making me think something isnt quite right although the engine is sitting parrelell in the bay etc and tyre sits equally in the wheel arch. do you guys think i should be looking elsewhere maybe?
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DAZ1985
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i used seven 5mm spacers iirc i think its clear now
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Ben ev
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ile measure mine up tomorow and have a good scout around
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben ev
how does the gearbox not foul the tiebar?
it just doesnt. its not even that close to it either really. even when front end was 30mil or so lower than it is now it never touched. odd i guess?
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DAZ1985
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Mine still fouls with 45mm of spacers in !!!!!
What should i do next?
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Dave A
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the geometry for the tie bars and lower arms was slightly different on the Gsi's from the later corsas.
maybe thats why muppet hasnt had any problems
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Nic Barnes
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bens is a gsi aswell though dave
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Ben ev
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measured it today, currently at 70mm in spacers with 18mm clearence from the bottom of the box. surely theres something up here?
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DAZ1985
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70mm think i best get some more made up at work
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Nic Barnes
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mental that is your car very low or something?
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DAZ1985
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mines not too low
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Nic Barnes
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i must have a freak of a shell then i guess
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Ben ev
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front end is abit low tbh. gona wind the coilovers up at the weekend to match the -40 springs in the rear. not that noticeable till you really look at it but i would guess the car sits equivilant to -60 springs on the front. would this effect the tiebar clearence though?
bought a set of front +rear poly bushes today so will be a good ecuse to take the front end apart. hopefully will improve handling aswell as it sometimes feels abit on the sloppy side.
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Nic Barnes
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thats as low as mine is on the font and its bang on for clearance
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Nic Barnes
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oh ignore the bumper, it wasnt fitted obviously......
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Ben ev
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by first impressions mines about the same. i think your car is just a freak of nature that slipped through the quality control system and landed in some poor sods hands years down the line. you lucky bagger
[Edited on 06-06-2007 by Ben ev]
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Ben ev
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
Mine still fouls with 45mm of spacers in !!!!!
What should i do next?
throw them in the bin and mount the tie bars on the bottom of the lower arm. put some spacers in so it dosnt crush them. all hail mr muppetsport!]
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Nic Barnes
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well wait till you see if it solves it first lol
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DAZ1985
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Could be worth trying that
Have you tried it ben? does it work?
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Ben ev
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not had chance yet as only just got back home today after a ballache welding course with work. 2 months of no workshop= not good!
should be able to crack on with it soon as ive got loadza stuff to do.
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Ben ev
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works perfectly. spacers i turned up were 31od 12.1 id x 21mm (x2) for the outer two ball joint bolts and 31od 12.1 id x24mm (x2) for the inner two as these seem to need to be slightly longer
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