Front end

[BusyKiwi]

Confuse them and make them work ...
Example, say your van is a swb 230cwt, tell them you've upgraded to a 350cwt front end (steel wheel lwb front end, only difference is spindle size, fatter springs, bigger brakes and longer steering arms). You can show them the Haynes manual for load weights etc

[Bean]

Hi All
Thanks for the advice - The plan from here is to make an appointment and go and see the fella in person with the van.
He and all his propeller heads can then see the effort that's gone into it and hopefully see the logic around the stub axil geometry,
Apart from this little hic up she is really starting to take shape.
I'll keep you posted.

[Bean]

Lost the war!!! -  I've had to put on some old thin 0mm offset rims in order to get back to the original track +50mm as its a commercial vehicle. I think I've come in
 at 1705mm which they will accept with it being certified by a 3rd party engineer, It looks really stupid but at least she'll get over the pits , after that I'll make her pretty again. Hopefully the letter of authorisation will come through next week and I'll have her on the road

[Marishka]

Confuse them and make them work ...
Example, say your van is a swb 230cwt, tell them you've upgraded to a 350cwt front end (steel wheel lwb front end, only difference is spindle size, fatter springs, bigger brakes and longer steering arms). You can show them the Haynes manual for load weights etc

Hey Busy,
Is a 350cwt front a wider track than a 230cwt
Do they measure from wheel center to wheel center?

Cheers marty

[BusyKiwi]

Hey Marty, am not 100% sure (memory is failing me), I think they are slightly because of the bigger drums etc but I think the steel wheels have less offset.
I know from helping with the power steering kit that there is a steering rack (350cwt and some lwb) that is a bit longer in the tie rods arms. centre and tie rods are the same, just arms are about 10mm longer each (think it was 10)

[Marishka]

Cool
Thanx busy

[ben]

what debarkle. imagine how much wider than standard vans are with flares and big wheels!!

[Marishka]

Yeah Ben its a load of bull,
If anything i recon it makes them safer with wider gear.

[Bean]

Its finally happened , got the green light from safety standards to proceed to the pits next week, 9 months and plenty of frustration .
Been attending to odds and ends that could be done prior to the pits , like the custom wing in carbon- fibre,and the carbon trim around the windscreen and front windows
Its starting to take shape now.
The pretty  stuff can can start happening  from next week

[Sammy]

so does that mean you have sorted out the track issues ?