Clearance bottom of bellhousing to lower frame in my car is "close" (not touching but you don't have 1/2" if 1/2" lower is what is needed for the T44). If you are going to use the original bellhousing maybe it allows for this?
I have been checking some pictures of how my ZF sits on the chassis, and I can see that I have spacers (probably around 1" more or less) but comparing it with some of the pictures that I have of 60´s built cars, all of them have some kind of spacers between the chassis and the ears on the ZF, of a similar size.
Attached some pictures of the ears and spacers in chassis 1017, 1018, 1078, 1089 and 103 (this one © Jimbo from a previous post somewhere here).
It just seems like an odd design and I have a hard time believing it's left over from the Colotti days.
So, just to update the list in light of what's beens stated so far:
Not a very long nor terribly profound list....
- Wilwood brakes with drum-type parking brake, cables and center lever vs. Dunlop or Kelsey-Hayes
- AC evaporator box where oil tank or spare tire might be, AC condenser in front of radiator; reciever-dryer, hoses, etc., AC compressor on motor vs no A/C
- Ventilated seats simulated out of foam vs. webbing-suspended parachute cloth; no brackets to support original-style seats.
- Cable shift in center-shift cars vs. rod shift. (no deviation for RHD)
- Fuel tank crossover by flexible hose across engine bay vs. (this seems to vary among originals)
- Stainless steel fuel tanks vs. form-fitting bladders
- Pedal cluster welded steel vs. cast aluminum
- Sponson ribs slightly different (debatable, see other thread).
- Bilstein shocks vs. whatever
- Aluminum wheels (vs. Magnesium)
- Aluminum uprights (vs. Magnesium)
- MK II exhaust in carbon steel, vs. stainless
- Muffler vs. straight megaphone
- Engine variations (eg, Windsor. Listed for completeness, although technically not under SPF's control)
- Ford interior mirror vs. Lucas
- Galvanized frame (I think Mk V's did as well, but then they have their own set of differences some of which are substantial).
- ZF vs T-44 transaxle in Mk IIs. (again, not under SPF's control)
- Rounder front fender opening profile (Mk I, not sure about Mk II)
- Dash profile difference in LHD cars, less so in RHD cars (corner and edge profile)
Alan,
Another difference, which was pointed out to me on my car by Mike Trusty, and which I've 'fixed' by lengthening the adjustment arm with a new, longer one.
The rear sway bar arms on the SPF's that I've seen are pointed at almost a 45 degree angle towards the ground. The adjusting rods that go to the A-arms are too short.
All the pictures I've seen so far show that the original cars have the longer adjustment rods and the sway bar arms are almost horizontal.
FWIW,
Kirby
Good one, number 20 or 20 & 21. The FAV parts book definitely shows a conventional one-piece front bar.The front sway bar on the SPF cars is a three piece affair with splines. Or, at least, it was. They may have updated this....
Are any SPF cars fitted with the original style top ball joint housings or are they all fitted with a standard rod end to a stub on the top of the front upright?
Are they fitted with DREM aircraft specification bearings in the wishbones as original ?
I can only speak for mine (2160) for which see attached picture up the front upper ball joint. The look more like standard rod ends than the what the FAV parts book shows.
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I had one of the wishbone spherical joints out the other day but don't recall any markings that would indicate specs. How would one tell?
Yes, I will have to start categorizing "deviations" if we get into things like different kinds of spherical joints.
But I am interested in knowing exactly what is used in the SPF for the unrelated reason that the more I know about my car the better I can take care of it. I was able to trace the front inner spherical joints by dimension to an apparently uncommon part in the Aurora catalog.
I just remembered another one: Boeing 707 wiper motors, etc.
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On Mark IIs only.
Take a good look at the shape around the front wheel opening of P1032, how it flares out laterally over the top outer corner of the tire.
My MK II is nothing like that...
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