Marcos Maniacs

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Mark Saxby" <Mark.Saxby@W...> wrote:
> Woh!!!!
> 
> Whilst the REAR AXLE is from a Cortina GT, you won't get far buying 
> Cortina bushes! The Cortina had leaf springs!!!! 
> 
> As far as I know the rear suspension is pure Marcos, but the bushes 
> in the leading arms (I think that's the correct term) are Austin 
A35.
> 
> Essentially the suspension looks like this :
> 
> 
>       o------o  ---> Front of car
>       X
>       o------o
> 
> Where the X is the axle (with special brackets welded on) and 
> the 'o's are the bushes.
> 
> I was about to say you can Polyurethane bushes and looked for 
> Superflex (which I've used on the front of my car and can 
recommend) 
> and found the following URL which lists all the bushes you could 
need.
> 
> http://www.racecar.co.uk/superflex/m-p.html
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
Mark,
Are you familiar with the anti-bump steer conversion & the active 
handling packages offered by Rory?  If so what's your take on them, I 
Know Rory sez they're for the 1980's cars SN 8001+ (mine is SN 8083)

Paul