Advice On 2b Extras

[Guest men in tights]

Fellow hooders

 

Brother in law and myself identified the requirement to get out of the house from the Missuses on a frequent basis. Pub didn't go down too well so have tidied the garage got two comfy chairs and a fridge! We have exhausted all topics of conversation and relaised that another auto project is required. We extended the garage to accomodate the project and as we are on a beer budget have gone for the more than competent 2B.

 

We haven't ordered the kit yet and wanted some advice.

 

We are on a budget! but want all the right bits, it needs to handle as well as possible and look as good as it gets.

 

Question is what bits do you lot advise we should be purchasing and from where to achieve our goal?

 

should we go for a S/S chassis? Is it standard? 200quid it says on the order form?

 

coilovers for the rear? what about the front?

 

hood or not to hood immediately??

[Guest Ant]

I reckon the S/S options are well worth it. You can forget rust full stop, and you can start building the day it arrives rather than having a chassis to rub down and paint.

 

I went for coilovers at the back and I think I made the right choice. Others may disagree. Definitely get the wishbone front suspension. I don't think sliding pillars are available these days, and personally I don't like the headlamps being as high as they are on the mcphearson suspension option. The 2B with wishbone combination is well proven on dozens (hundreds?) of cars.

 

Next comes the donor. To keep it simple get a pinto SOHC Sierra. EFi or carb are both fine, but with EFi you have a manifold to lower, or you need a bonnet bulge. The carbed variants are a few horse power less, and the air filter is still a tight fit under the bonnet line.

 

Then start building. Worry about seats and dashboards and stuff like that later.

 

Ant

 

PS - Use the Sierra loom. Buying a new one doesn't make sense to me.

[Guest Stuart Ainslie]

Only concern I would have with the SS chassis is the (low) risk of failure that a SS chassis gives..

 

To be honest, I would cut down the options list as much as possible as you will probably decide you do not like the extra's or you will specify and personalise as you go along.

[Guest paul thompson]

I agree with ant. Stainless and double wishbones essential, not only look the dogs reproductive organs, but easy clean and No repeat no rust, ever. I have coilovers at the back but many others have succesfuly used the sierra shox and springs. I also had wide arches as I knew what wheels I wanted to fit and they would not have fitted half so well with the standard. I also had the brake refurbishment pack. beware with this as they are not Sierra calipers he gives you, they're Escort. Absolutlely fine, but I ended up getting the wrong brake pads and the hoses don't fit, you need ones with copper washers on like in the escort. Forget the recaro seats, get some decent buckets later on, you will only have to find somewhere to put them during the build. The RH wheels are nice but these days you can get good whells usually with tyres easily and chaeply from almost anywhere, I got mine from ebay for 100 quid with tyres.

Have fun building, I did but I couldn't have got it as good as it is without help from people on this board. (thanks to everyone who helped if I didn't already say thanks)

Paul

[Guest chris brown]

I agree with Paul go for SS (paint costs more than the upgrade) chassis and panels. Forget RH seats I wish I had I would also not bother with the hood (Ant made his for a fraction of the price and it looks good) also go for EFI (cut down) unless you want to fit a hot cam

Also fill in your Viewing Profile so people know where you are there is almost shure to be someone in your area who will be only too pleased to show you his car and talk over build problem points also try to get to a local meeting.