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I think I might fit a panhard rod to my Roadster. It was a bit squirrely this morning. Not as good as the Plus 4 on the bends!!
DaveW
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'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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Do it Dave....not a big job and a plus for handling. My Plus8 sticks really well on bends...unless there is diesel/mud there!  I fitted a rollbar after one nasty “large twitch” that made  use a certain terminology.....  Diesel on a roundabout in Lake District on a damp day.
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Yeah, I'm moving into the zone.
And wondering about a brake upgrade on the Roadster.
Looking for things to do you see. To avoid making the bed and hoovering, and shopping, and so on......
DaveW
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" I LOVE THE SOUND OF THROTTLE BODIES IN THE MORNING " (ROBERT DUVAL IN "APOCOLYPSE NOW " )
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DaveW
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I was idly leafing through the Burton catalogue, as you do, and came across their version of a Panhard rod for the leaf spring Ford Escort, price £59, just checked the Mulfab Morgan version - £185! Surely there can't be that much difference in the two rod kits? Maybe it has got more to do with the perception of how much a Ford owner expects to pay and how much a Morgan owner will pay? I think you'll find that the Mulfab kit can be fitted in an hour or so by anyone vaguely competent with a set of spanners and that there are about 8 different variations dependent on model and year, that you have to accomodate for in manufacture Whereas the Ford Escort kit requires careful stripping of the car, detailed measuring and fitting, quality welding, and then reassembly but it fits both Mk1 and Mk2 Escort 2 and 4 door shells of which thousands were made. So £185 + an hour or so's labour, paid or otherwise vs £59 + at least a day, and probably more skilled labour at £50 and upwards an hour Take your pick.... Simon @ Sifab.co.uk Good info Simon, it's the sort of thing you don't know until you get involved in designing and manufacturing a kit. Thanks for pointing it out.
Paul
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Finding something to weld it to on a Mk 2 Escort can also prove to be a challenge at times - after all the youngest Mk2 Escort shell is at least 37 years old! (Chinese replicas excluded)
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Its a nice upgrade. Mine also stop a disconcerting clonk that I always had on hard LH corners. Assumed it was the leaf spring side movement within the shackle bracket but the panhard rod stopped it, whatever it was.
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I had the same symptoms as you Roger, turns out my propshaft was touching the tunnel and making quite a bit of noise!
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I'm thinking about this as my next mod. Has anyone experience of fitting the new style panhard rod that doesn't need to be clamped to the leaf springs? You can get it from librands and other places.
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