Hi, currently driving my 57 Rapier and enjoying it. It has alpine 4 spindles with alpine 5 hubs and rotors with the .7 master and no booster. Also has alpine 5 trans and rear ed.
Looking to the future I'm considering a v6 conversion. Looking at 2 possibilities , either a mild 2.8 conversion or possibly a 4.3 . I'd like to improve the brakes and convert to midget rack.
I have seen many references to the effect that the ranger or s10 rotors are a "bolt on" conversion. I have searched every mention of this I can find on the net and no one addresses how to handle the inner bearing id and od differences between the sunbeam and the others.
Can anyone explain in detail how this is handled?
The midget rack seems straight forward enough. It would be nice if anyone new of a site with measurements on rack placement. I see some have used the mgb rack but most use the midget. Anyone know why the mgb is not so popular? I have a complete mgb front subframe and it would be nice if I could utilize those parts.
Thanks in advance for help you can give.
Looking to the future I'm considering a v6 conversion. Looking at 2 possibilities , either a mild 2.8 conversion or possibly a 4.3 . I'd like to improve the brakes and convert to midget rack.
I have seen many references to the effect that the ranger or s10 rotors are a "bolt on" conversion. I have searched every mention of this I can find on the net and no one addresses how to handle the inner bearing id and od differences between the sunbeam and the others.
Can anyone explain in detail how this is handled?
The midget rack seems straight forward enough. It would be nice if anyone new of a site with measurements on rack placement. I see some have used the mgb rack but most use the midget. Anyone know why the mgb is not so popular? I have a complete mgb front subframe and it would be nice if I could utilize those parts.
Thanks in advance for help you can give.