Diablo

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Gents,

As per topic. I am looking at a Sapphire shell tomorrow, with a view to building a track car. Does anyone know of any common places to check for rot?

Cheers

xr4x4rs

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rear chassis legs

sills

arches

up on the inner sill where the beam bolts, only ever had one shell that wasnt rotten there

battery tray sometimes

round the seat mounting points also noticed on some 4wd the sides of teh tunnel but rot from inside out

but i bet theres a few more places i misseed

collierm

In my experience...............everywhere.

Diablo

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Thanks Pal.

Diablo

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So the correct answer is: The shell.

charlie luciano

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are we talking cosworth shells or sapphire shells in general?

Charlie

Diablo

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Cosworth shells.

Phil

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True, Cosworth shells rot more from being binned into trees/fances/other cars twice as often as the standard Saph shell

Porkie

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I'd maybe get one already prepared. I think ATM had an orange ex racecar that had a cage for sale?

Diablo

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Cheers,

I will give them a call.

RichardPON

Definitely get one pre-prepared.

If it's a rally/race car, the outside wont be all that nice, but it'll sound where it matters.

Getting a shell prepped ready for the track is a costly exercise if you want it done properly, so buying one ready done saves all the hassle and heartache.

Otherwise, standard shells rust in the following places:

Seat mounting



Transmission tunnel (often from failed heater matrix)



Sills inside the car:



On the outside:

Chassis rails:







Spring cup mounts:



Arches:



... and obviously the outer sills, which usually hide lots of rust beneath the sideskirts out of view.

Unsurprisingly, most rust is located towards the rear of the vehicle, as the old Cosworth engines tend to kick out enough oil to keep the front fairly fresh!

Check out my old track car build for a good way to build a track saff. My track shell wan't all that pretty on the outside, but structurally it was sound, and already came with certain track luxuries, like it being seam welded, double skinned footwells, pedal box firewall mounts, MSA approved cage, hydraulic handbrake, mounts for 9" diff/compression struts, and bladed ARBs, fuel cell in the boot, firewall etc etc......

How are you anyway mate?

dovboy

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