S7 Front Suspension Set Up.

[Guest craig181blue]

Hi,

I have just purchased a s7 from ebay! the problem i have is the previous owner has messed around with the front suspension set up. It appears to have the orginal sierra front hubs and inboard shocks? but nothing else, could someone tell me what is correct for this vehicle please?

[biksz]

the s7 had sierra front hubs do you mean inboard coil overs?

[Guest craig181blue]

yes it does have inboard coil overs but the frame has been cut/welded badly, the steering rack is in the way so the coil overs have no where to mount? I think the previous owner was trying to mount a different engine/box combo and gave up. Should it have the sierra front end on it?

[Guest craig181blue]

would it be possible to have some pictures of s7 front ends to compare please? This is my 1st kit car so would like to keep it simple / standard to start with.

[theduck]

Just checked my gallery but all mine have the rad in the way. Post a picture of yours and I will try and tell you what's different / wrong.

[biksz]

only pic I got from my front end hth

[biksz]

also consider the tie bar conversion if it not been done already.

[Peter Bell]

Mine is like this. it is an early series 1 which uses the early sierra crossmember, holes are drilled through the crossmember and the units are bolted in place, these are the only pictures I can find. Do you have a build manual I seem to remember it describes the fitting in it.

[biksz]

peter what radiator have you got on your car my rad is still in original pos and want to move it for better air flow.

[Guest mower man]

would it be possible to have some pictures of s7 front ends to compare please? This is my 1st kit car so would like to keep it simple / standard to start with.

PM your postal add to me and I will put a few hard photos and a pile of info together and post them on to youwith a few more bits that I have after running a similar set up for 9 years or so mowerman

[Guest Hoppo]

not the best picture

 

[theduck]

Looks very similar to mine from

That photo, but my rad is on the opposite side.

[kevin the chicken]

If you don't have enough information from the posts already made then send me a message and I'll take as many photos as you want. I bought mine off ebay as a spares or repairs job and believe me they were not kidding! I hope you have plenty of patience. I got there in the end with not a little assistance from others but have just started to enjoy it. As an aside I think the suspension works quite well considering what it came out of. Oh I have the original build manual too so if you need any info out of that I can whiz it under a photocopier or scanner and get it to you.

 

Kevin

[Peter Bell]

Stuart its a Fiat 126 or 127 works well and has a fan switch in the bottom of the rad. Polo ones are very popular now though.

Craig I do have the very early build manual in pdf form.

Peter