Hi Steve,
I use Simpson 4-point belts. The crotch belt and lap belts bolt thru the floor using large flatwashers. The floor on the E-M is, as my father in law would have said, "hell for stout".
The shoulder belts join ("Y") behind the neck and pass through "letter slot" shaped openings positioned about 1-1/2" below the seat tops. At the far end they are anchored to the rollbar support structure, continuing their downward slope.
All attachments are made using Simpson-supplied hardware.
I use the cam-lock release, although I don't think the release type is a factor.
Hi Bob,
The lower suspension arms are from a 3.8s or 420 Jag, unmodified as far as I know. There are leading arms as supplied by E-M that attach in the stock Jag leading arm position.
When the car was initially assembled, the rear shocks were too short, so the shocks reached the end of their travel indeed! But of course this would be the opposite of what we would think of as bottoming. After longer shocks were installed, this problem went away. I'm not aware of any bottoming in the usual sense.
I do use bronze bushings from Classic Jaguar in place of the needle bearings. We'll have a close look at those as we disassemble.
BTW, I notice from your web site that you triangulate the inboard ends of the wishbones. Could the outers be strengthened this way? Do you have a set I could buy?
According to Mike at CWI, he knows of no stronger wishbones, indeed he told me today he knew of no third party lowers that were
as strong as the stock Jag units. Mike recommended triangulating and strapping the outer welds. The strapping would extend from the shock mount to the hub pivot bolt. Your thoughts?
Tom
PS: Remember that this car has 412RWHP and over 500 RWft-lb from about 2500-6000 rpm. The car weighs 3,000 lbs and uses 315-35/17 tires, so the stress is probably more than what most folks put onto their rears! You gotta hear it and try to pass it to see what I mean
