perry3188

I want to build a widetrack mk5 fiesta. Any ideas on how to do the front end? Combination of shafts, arms etc? Focus maybe?

the_frozen_one

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Not that they'd ever bolt up in a million years, but if you put massively longer arms on, you'll just end up with impossible front camber, your car will look like the flying deloren.

shalon

possibly racing puma suspension which uses focus shafts

zippyobrien

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Racing puma front and rear suspension. With the correct low ofset wheels will wide track a fez. Obv you'll need matching wide arches.

perry3188

When you say front suspension - does that include subframe? Or are the arm mounts the same?

You say it uses focus shafts... will the inner cv joints fit the fiesta box?

I want to put a 2.0 Zetec na in it anyway so could I use focus engine and box and then frp subframe/hubs/legs etc?

Bodywork isn't an issue.

Do you know how much wider this will take me?

Thanks

Big_Mike

Doubt you'll get 4 inch's either side without a lot of work/money!

I've got a racing puma rear beam on my mk5. With the discs and spacers of a frp beam and standard offset (et38) it made it 35mm either side.

You could do a disco conversion and the spacers quite cheaply, and get pug offset wheels (et15)

That would make it a lot wider on rear.

I guess on the front it would have to be longer studs, and spacers.

Just remember on the fiesta the back wheels are never as wide as the front anyway.

Big_Mike

Forgot to mention, I had to roll the arches on the rear even for 35mm. So will be some serious cutting involved!

perry3188

For the rear I'm going to space the stub axle from the beam by cutting off the flange that spaces the backplate from the trailing arm part of the beam and extending it to whatever track the front ends up.

So... the cheapest way I'm going to do the front is longer studs and hubcentric spacers (lets say 25mm) and then get ET15 wheels which will give me an extra 20mm? Am I right?