jhail010
02-23-2015, 07:49 AM
long story short, I have 2 MGAs, an early coupe and a 62 roadster. The roadster is a parts car for the coupe but I essentially have a whole second car minus the engine. The body of the roadster is shot, the fenders are being transfered to coupe as they are in better shape than the originals. So I have the oppoirtunity to heavily modify an old british sports car.
The plan is to either modify the original frame or frabricate a whole new frame. the car will be stretched and widened to accomdate a more aggressive tire package, say 18 x 10 and 18 x 12, or 17 equivilant. already have wilwood SL6R calipers that was intended for another project. Eninge is probably going to be an AMC/Jeep L6 to begin with, although a v8 could be an option. I have a spare borg warner t5 5 speed.
The car will be a throw back to the great Le Mans cars of the 1950s, with a bit of modern technolgy thrown in to improve overall performance.
I estimate the project to take between 2 to 3 years minimum.
All I am concerned with at the moment is designing a chassis that will perform well and be safe. Since I am new to pro-touring and have no experince in chassis frabication and suspension design/geometry, I will probably be picking your brains for ideas and clarifaction. I have seen the forum stickies on front and rear suspension and have a lot of reading to do.
first question right off the bat, would it be better to stay with modern low profile tires and larger wheels or keep my wheels to the more traditional 15 or 16 inch and run wider tires. I've also entertained the idea of using low profile tires for daily road use and switching to smaller wider tires for track use....which is best?
I'm new to this stuff so try an tolerate any stupid questions, I'm trying to learn :)
The plan is to either modify the original frame or frabricate a whole new frame. the car will be stretched and widened to accomdate a more aggressive tire package, say 18 x 10 and 18 x 12, or 17 equivilant. already have wilwood SL6R calipers that was intended for another project. Eninge is probably going to be an AMC/Jeep L6 to begin with, although a v8 could be an option. I have a spare borg warner t5 5 speed.
The car will be a throw back to the great Le Mans cars of the 1950s, with a bit of modern technolgy thrown in to improve overall performance.
I estimate the project to take between 2 to 3 years minimum.
All I am concerned with at the moment is designing a chassis that will perform well and be safe. Since I am new to pro-touring and have no experince in chassis frabication and suspension design/geometry, I will probably be picking your brains for ideas and clarifaction. I have seen the forum stickies on front and rear suspension and have a lot of reading to do.
first question right off the bat, would it be better to stay with modern low profile tires and larger wheels or keep my wheels to the more traditional 15 or 16 inch and run wider tires. I've also entertained the idea of using low profile tires for daily road use and switching to smaller wider tires for track use....which is best?
I'm new to this stuff so try an tolerate any stupid questions, I'm trying to learn :)