gravelrash Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Interesting modification to the rear suspensionhttp://www.blocket.se/halland/Triumph_Spitfire_Mk_3_1967_62828260.htm?ca=20&w=1Not my car and have no affiliation with the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Something jag (I saw jag in the description!) so a narrowed jag rear end I expect. Won't break that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiTurbo228 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Coming from experience swapping an LSD into my XJ40, the only thing you'll break on a Jag rear end is your back while moving it.The LSD diff alone weighed 48kg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Nee Jag bits in there, Jag means I sell to who I want, or summat like that,M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 We got a Jag back end in our Ginetta G4. I can't help but feel a Jag back end in a car with a 1300 X-Flow, that weighs the same as a gnats testicle is going to effect it's otherwise sprightly performance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Probably quite good for weight distribution (if not overall weight) as a Jag IRS probably weighs as much as a X-flow.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiTurbo228 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Quoted from Nick Jones Probably quite good for weight distribution (if not overall weight) as a Jag IRS probably weighs as much as a X-flow.Nick I was just thinking that.I was actually doing a bit of googling to try and find the weight of a Jag IRS so I can estimate what it'd do to a Spitfire, but damned if I can find anything other than 'bloody heavy' or 'about 350lbs' which isn't quite good enough.I've got to pull mine out again to replace some bearings I should have replaced last time it was out so I'll weigh it then.Could be a quick way to 50/50 weight distribution not as quick as a paving slab in the boot though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Quoted from Nick Jones Probably quite good for weight distribution (if not overall weight) as a Jag IRS probably weighs as much as a X-flow.Nick The X-Flow does sit about a foot behind the front axle line and the gearbox is well between the driver and passengers legs, so I'm not sure, but then I've never had the car on the corner scales... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Quoted from BiTurbo228 Coming from experience swapping an LSD into my XJ40, the only thing you'll break on a Jag rear end is your back while moving it.The LSD diff alone weighed 48kg! I have a complete rear suspension assembly from an XJR in my back garden, and there it will be staying as 2 of us trying to the point of damage failed to move it even an inch.I think it last moved hanging off the forks on the front of a tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Yeah, we put an XJR back end into my mates Golf... it took four of us to lift it out and carry it 3m away, we collapsed on the floor as soon as we were through his front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Just where does it say Jag back end,!!!and that rear end dont look like a jag cross member,AND if it were, then why is there so much rear positive camber !!!M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 It's not german it's Swedish and translates to this.....Fallen asleep Spitfire projects, shut down since 1982. Sharpen your welding skills and finishing this beauty and run nedcabbat to spring! Floor, thresholds, base bytade, but still a lot of sheet metal and welding jobs. Not fully complete but is much on the web and the nytillverkas lots of parts in England. All vehicle documents. Call or e-mail, and add an offer! Reserve the right to sell to the I WANT. Interested belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusanagi Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Looking at the photo the diff might be from a triumph saloon with its trailing arm suspension with has had coilovers fitted to custom upper mounts which are welded on to the original shock mounting points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiTurbo228 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Quoted from GT6 M Just where does it say Jag back end,!!!and that rear end dont look like a jag cross member,AND if it were, then why is there so much rear positive camber !!!M It doesn't just side-tracking the conversation...Quoted from kusanagi Looking at the photo the diff might be from a triumph saloon with its trailing arm suspension with has had coilovers fitted to custom upper mounts which are welded on to the original shock mounting points. That is interesting. If so, I wonder how they've tied in the outer eye of the trailing arm. It's pretty far from the chassis of a Spit and although the sills are structural they're not very structural... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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