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7As the car will have electronic fuel-injection rather than carbs, Andy fits these two steel feed and return pipes to feed the injector rails. EFI systems run at around 3 bar |
10Front discs are Escort RS Turbo with injection Sierra calipers. Sliding calipers may not look as sexy as four-pots but they're highly effective and dirt cheap. |
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8The front suspension uses double wishbones and a hub carrier designed by Spyder to accept Sierra hubs. The steering rack is a LHD Mini item used upside down. |
11At the rear Andy uses standard injection Sierra discs and calipers. Using Ford parts in the braking system means that spares are cheap and easy to get hold of. |
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9Spyder add a lower wishbone to the rear suspension that the Lotus originally did without. This improves rear wheel location. Rear hubs are Sierra in Spyder's own carriers |
12That complete's the rolling chassis build. Now we're ready to fit the 2-litre Zetec engine and Granada MT-75 gearbox, which we'll cover in detail next month. |