N14 Brake and suspension help required Please

 

The car is an N14 1.4L M reg Nissan Sunny Boston Hatchback

 

1. The drum brakes backplate are shot. need to change to discs for rally project. 2ltr GTI are obvious choice. Struggling to find any (see wanted). Will anything else fit (nissan) easily.

Must be discs ideally suitable for comp use.

 

2. Does anyone know or confirm or have a 2ltr GTI in the west mids that i can come and see the rear set up.

Is the rear arms (Trailing and parallel link pair ) the same on 1.4 as 2.0gti and anti-roll bar.

 

Does anyone now if its different

 

Can you get powerflex bushes etc as only gti-r are listed

Appreciate any comments asap

 

Whats the chance of some pictures of the underneath running gear, or even i will try to come up if poss and have a look. What part of cumbria are you? If not perhaps a chat or i can send you some pictures. Im really struggling to sort this, no one seems to be sure.

 

Was hoping some one from west mids might help here.

 

Well things moving on a bit. Just brought complete running gear (like new) from GTi-r

got rear sub frame diff /shocks the lot. I am going to see if we can mount the rear subframe under the car. i know the rear floor pan is different and mounting etc. If we and do this then it make it ideal for road rally as there loads of uprated rally bits for GTI-r. I have a fabrication welding shop and the 2 lads ( in their 50s) can weld a tooth on hacksaw blade no problem!

 

I am trying to produce a car to compete with some of the lads throwing shed loads of money into escorts and protons etc. Having done and completed one of the last lombard endurance rally under 1400cc rally in a 1984 1300cc Nissan Cherry and finishing, i realised the reliabilty and power of the nissans.

 

If i can run the GTi-r set up front and back etc with 1400cc at the moment this will be good. We could run the GTI-r back end without diff and prop. Take out drive shafts and fit dummy drive shaft bells turned down to retain hub bearings.

 

Does anyone know what the rear GTI-R shafts are similar to, so we can get some cheap end or as someone got some scrap GTI-R shafts that are totally US and we can strip for end bell with spline etc.??

 

I will convert to 2 ltr over the winter and if we can use the RWD set up only ( as we are only allowed 2WD) this car will be magic. Im looking for information on floor pans differences between GTI-GTi-rs

Im not scared to get the grinder out, we ve put Lancia engines in escorts and alfa and rover V6s in escorts Mk5 etc, but if we can see a GTI-r rear end difference and mountings it make this job  easier and quicker.

 

Anyone got a knackered GTi-R shell or a car in west mids we can look at??

 

Really appreciate comments and help/parts.

 

Looking for.

 

1. rear shell GTI-R to look at copy or buy rear floor pan.

2. reackon going to need uprated master cylinder now form 1.4 to GtIR or does anything else nissan the same. Does anyone have info on brakes etc.

3. later on this year wuill look for 2 ltr. Does anyone know if we can use 2 ltr (non turbo) with transfer box, with mods to send all drive to rear diff, this is being done by some lads with scoobys who are competing. (Rules are 2 WD only no turbos). They blank off front shafts so im told.

 

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karl