1995 Ginetta G27 4.5 V8

Very interesting. How much did you move the rack in the end, and in what direction? I've heard the Spitfire/Herald/GT6 setup isn't great for bump steer or ackerman, but not really delved into where you need to move it to.

Have a read through these two articles on my website, should point you in the right direction to set up yours properly.

www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/Steering.explained.htm

www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/Rack%20opinions.htm

Cheers, 75swb - Not sure you will find much going on with the Strato's as I cannot remember the last time I did any proper work on it. Every time I promise to do something I get an email or a telephone call and all the good intentions I have evaporate. For the past two months most of my time has been spent messing about with G15's. Hopefully I can get on to it soon.

You still need to set the drawing arc resolution to 20,000 to get rid of those lumpy circles

Spent today working on the G27 at my mates place. Finally managed to get the rear suspension mounts on the car followed by the wishbones and coil-overs. Its now sitting pretty on all four wheels. Forgot the camera so you will just have to take my word for it actually happening.

Next job is to start getting some paint on the chassis.

Yep - to draw it out in one you still have to design it…..

I was using Libre CAD but for some reason the way I use it with throwing construction lines here there and everywhere it used to freeze if I then panned to a different view. I thought it was my old laptop not having a good enough processor or video card but even with a much better machine it still played up. As I had Autocad from work I set that up but it has taken a bit for me to get the hang of it in a way that suits the way approach a drawing. None of the tutorials on YT helped much.

How it compares to FreeCAD I could not say - I was going to give that a go but went with ACAD.

Running out of steam now updating these threads and its depressing seeing how little they have progressed in 12 months.

For this one - FFS I really need to build that bloody engine.

After far too long it has finally come to the stage of building this engine up so I have started to take it apart!





I need to start here with some loctite and lock washers on the windage tray bolts before working my way up.

Dragging this thread up from the depths has also reminded me I need to make some new shocker brackets for the rear and order some spacers.

A bit of work on the V8.

I bolted the windage tray and the oil pick-up on, and dropped the sump on. Thats it on the bottom ! - Forgot the photo.




I then fixed the side mount to the engine so I can work on both ends





Fitted the spigot bearing and filled it all with oil - it had been soaked before but had been sitting in a box for a few years.





Tried the flywheel and clutch on for size - not bolted the flywheel on as I need to warm it up a little as its a very close fit on the crank and it will only get fully fitted and torqued up after the heads are on.








Also need to decide on the best way to drop a cap onto this.