Rear suspension

Post by **morris62** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:19 am

as i started one on front suspension, i thought i'd give the rear ago too.

i know that a escort rear axle has been mention and that of a marina rear axle what differences are involved.

obviously the PCD would be different and as far as i know theres not enough meat on the escort half shafts to redrill for a different PCD.
are there any other alternatives?

Post by **Robins** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:11 pm

If it's just the pcd thats a problem you could re-drill the wheels, like I had done on my Wellers.
Or by fitting the ford front disc brake conversion you can opt for the ford pcd or Morris pcd with those. And if fitting the marina rear axle fit the marina front discs if you can find any.

Post by **morris62** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:06 pm

so what other axles fit say with marina pcd, midget,mgb??????????

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:28 pm

Midget is just a narrower version of Minor axle. You can fit any axle you like - they will all need work - none are just 'bolt on'.

Post by **morris62** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:40 am

ok, thats fine. i have swapped axles before between makes, as minors are fairly new to me i need to learn what are the conventional alxe swaps.

i would like to make a nice road car.

Post by **morris62** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:52 pm

has anyone fitted an irs rear

Post by **polo2k** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:32 pm

Ive read recently about the MGB axle, what are the big problems with doing this? can the original spring locations be used? what are the ratios like? presumably the wolsley brakes (or discs) would balance out the beefier rear brakes.
Would inboard telescopic dampers (inboard tops) handle the axle suffecently? how would this cope with say... 200 ponies (as a ballpark) can the "wraparound" on the rear leaves be solved (when the leaves try and wrap around the axle under hard acceleration)

Sorry for all the questions (and thread hijack

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Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:12 pm

I'm sure some have fitted the B axle. If you use 7 leaf traveller springs they are much less prone to winding up - and anti-tramp bars are readily available anyway. But for 200 bhp (!!) you will probably want at least a Panhard or a Watts linkage - and a limited slip diff!

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:29 pm

...and a 5 link set up, and some serious chassis strengthening, and, and and...

Post by **morris62** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:43 pm

what hijack

Post by **Innovator** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:26 pm

There was one axle that was rumoured to bolt straight onto the Minor leaf springs. I think it was one of the early Capri, or it could have been Cortina.......

Post by **plastic_orange** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:10 pm

Capri Mk 1 3 litre fitted straight on to the springs - just needed new U bolts, prop sorted to match, and the capri handbrake lever (minor one didn't have enough travel). I'm sure I even use the minor (Riley 1.5 in my case) brake pipes.
It is slightly wider though, but not much.

Pete

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:29 pm

morris62 wrote:what hijack

Don't know, none by me. Merely pointing out that there's a lot more to a 200 brake Minor than a big engine

Post by **plastic_orange** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:03 pm

bigginger wrote:
morris62 wrote:what hijack
Don't know, none by me. Merely pointing out that there's a lot more to a 200 brake Minor than a big engine

Depends on how strong your sphincter is.

Pete

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:12 pm

& your forehead/chest/legs

Post by **superchargedfool** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:07 am

you forgot wallet in that list!

Post by **Kevin** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:19 am

you forgot wallet in that list!

Post by **Lukey** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:42 pm

Has anybody fitted an independent rear end before? Is it a lot more work?

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:45 pm

I'm sure Jaguar rear suspension units are commonly used on V8 conversions ! For more normal use -just use a well located rear axle.

Post by **BigDawgV8** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:52 pm

Lukey wrote:Has anybody fitted an independent rear end before? Is it a lot more work?

I've got Ford Sierra XR4 independent rear suspension on the convertable but that has a space-frame chassis too!
Disc brakes and a limited slip diff come as standard.