NS F355 Project (Page 42/73) Bloozberry JUL 02, 09:09 PM Ooooooh yeah... you got that right. I promise it won't be long before I get you come good dimensions to work with. Yarmouth Fiero JUL 02, 09:15 PM If and when you need a second tape measure, I'm ready to hit the road. Yarmouth Fiero JUL 03, 07:10 AM With regard to moving the strut towers out more than 3", you are quite right Don ( 355Fiero ). Here is the 3" track width increase and the strut just clears the upper frame rail. If I require any more than 3" track width per side, I will either have to use an offset spacer at the spindle/ strut connection or cut into the upper frame rail. I think the use of a spacer at the spindle would be the easiest solution for sure. 355Fiero JUL 04, 04:04 AM Ha ha Had no reason to lie to you..... Just a joke. If you don't use the 1" spacer on the hub, your rear strut geometry changes from oem during compression etc. so I sued the spacer to make sure the strut tower stayed the same angle. I didn't use the lowering in the spacer. That was one of the issues I had with the car was by the time I got the body on and everything lowered to where I wanted it, the rear cradle was only a few inches off the ground. I suggest you and Dave get your ride height to where you want it, put the panel son and then cut them up a bit more to lower the fender wells down a bit more to give a nice gap without slamming the frame to the ground to do it. The fender gap and ride height have always been one of the main issues with the 355 replicas on the Fieros. Also, you are right. There won't be any room under the rear clip to raise the strut tower to help lower the frame much. It was pretty close at stock height under the body. You might get a bit more room if you move the strut towers outward like you were saying as there is a bit more room in the centre of the rear clip area. The engine cover lip was the limiting factor where it was only about 1" above the strut top inner edge. Keep up the good work and looking forward to more update pics. Cheers Don Yarmouth Fiero JUL 04, 07:30 AM Thanks Don, I appreciate your input always. At some point in the future, we may have to fly you out to Nova Scotia and help us sort this all out....... 355Fiero JUL 04, 06:19 PM Feed me Lobster and beer and I am there...... Cheers Don Yarmouth Fiero JUL 05, 06:58 AM You're on Don. lobster tail and beer, our three favorite foods here in NS Yarmouth Fiero JUL 05, 03:42 PM Here are a couple pics of the rear suspension with a Wilwood Superlite caliper on 12.9" rotor. Bloozberry JUL 24, 06:52 AM Bumpity-bump. Yarmouth Fiero JUL 24, 09:27 AM I know.... I know. I have proceeded with removing the trunk sheet metal in preparation for moving the rear bumper assembly forward as per Blooz's build thread. Luckily all my sheet metal is still in good shape so there is very little fabrication of replacement parts required. One of the issues we will have to address is whether we keep the plastic 5 mph honeycomb bumper as it will require us to move the rear steel bumper support that much further forward. I guess the decision to either keep it and incorporate it into the 355 body or eliminate it altogether will depend on whether Nova Scotia laws require us to have it in place. The major benefit I see to eliminating it is that the steel bumper will not have to move so far forward thus retaining most of the OEM crumple zone. I have added the rear bumper structure and most of the honeycomb structure to my 3D model however I will have to post images tonight from home as they are not on my work computer yet. On a side note, I ordered my rear brake rotors and hats from Wilwood so once they arrive, I will post pictures of the equipment. I am still debating the caliper details so they have not been finalized yet.