That was me! Yep, lots of people go on about how the extra bulkheads negates the need for a strutbrace, I always remind them of what happens when you jack the car up and then try to open or close a door, that demonstrates how wobbly the shell is, it needs all the help it can get! Just be a bit careful with polybushes, making everything too stiff puts extra stress on an already weak shell, front chassis legs can crack. If you don't have the engine bay bracing bars from the later models, get some asap!!
Hey Dicky!
Yeah it was definitely you who said it, I remember the thing about jacking the car up which is what prompted me to get it.
We touched on the poly bushes once before, all I have changed is Lower Sway bar mounts, Steering arms, Pan Hard Rod and rear Trailing arms....everything else is left as rubber mounts.
I have a series 1 body with the series 3 16v motor in it, and who ever had the car before me put the strengthening arms in prior to me buying it. The Chassis was cracked and I have had
that repaired and also plated up to give it a little more bulk.
It is funny, prior to putting the sway bar in as I said in my previous post, it seemed to spin the wheels mid corner when I sank the boot in, and also off a set of lights, I could never put my
foot flat to the floor as it would just sit there and dance across my lane, now with the sway bar in, it's all but gone. There is still a little bit there, but I have an old set of Yoki A drives on
there and they need to be replaced, so not really the car's fault.
Thanks for the advice again!