Fitting a twin-cam engine, exhaust system and associated ancillaries into the diminutive bay of this early ‘70s sports car tested our packaging skills as far as they’d go, and getting everyth…
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The suspension work is... interesting. I like that they integrated a set of coilovers into the front suspension but they removed the sway bar to add another pivot point to the lower control arm. The rear end was pretty much left stock, no sway bar and still uses the panhard bar. So, the coilover improvement is wasted in my opinion.
I suspect the strut arm was added to replace the location support the leaf spring provided to the lower control arm.
Without it, the fore and aft support looks more than a little weak.
I agree about it making up for the lack of support the leaf spring provides. Overall, without any sway bars I think it's a suspension downgrade. They also added a 5 speed, that probably went with the engine, but they supported the rear of the transmission with only one vibration dampening mount in the middle. To me, two is far better to control vibrations at this location and is a stronger support method than just using one mount.
While their workmanship seems pretty good, the engineering side of this project, to me at least, is poor.
Looks nice to me. I have not seen the US version of Top Gear. I hated the British version, especially that Jeremy pompous ass guy. My kid used to watch it, but I could never get into the show. Anyone else have an opinion on that show?
My wife called the Jeremy Clarkson team “Frat Boys” which seems pretty accurate but, like in Animal House, they could be hilarious. We stopped watching when they left. And, yes, Jeremy can be an a$$.
That's his shtick! He always plays the pompous buffoon that can't really do anything, but eventually concedes he learned something. That's pretty much the tone of his new show, Clarksons Farm. It was okay, but not as good as some of the things the other guys have done.
Except for The Reassembler, James May's shows are usually interesting and entertaining in a slower paced way without getting too 'manufactured'. I really liked Toy Stories, Our Man in Japan, James May Cooks, and even both seasons of his wine country tours.
The Great Escapists with Richard Hammond was entertaining. The science involved was cool to see, but it did get a bit fanciful.
US Top Gear was truly awful. None of the charm or wit. Australian Top Gear was somewhere inbetween. Grand Tour was good.
I'm totally in your boat. Each of the Brit Top Gear members "played a character" and did a good job of sticking to it. They each played a radically different counterpoint to each other that worked well. The American Top gear knockoff was complete crap.
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