[dinosoar]

Hi,

I used to own one of these. I found that there was a tendancy for bumpsteer as well as a lot of brake dive.
This was cured by replicating the front chassis dimensions from the current standard dax chassis and replacing the steering rack.
I still have the jigs somewhere.
It transformed the car, particularly the brake performance.
Some pics attached.
My car had a triumph dolomite rack mounted above the main chassis rails.
One recommendation from Dax was to beef up the rear rails that support the boot and tank. Some early chassis had 40mm box welded to the 80mm box that is part of the diff frame. This would allow the wall to flex on the 800mm box and not give sufficient support to the rear end. Serious cases involved the doors flying open over bumps apparently!
My chassis had some triangulation in the form of angle cut 40mm box welded to cover the whole of the 80mm section at the top. This was a factory mod and indicates a later chassis, 1985 I think. I added an additional brace from top to bottom for good measure.
Another thing worth doing is bonding the bolt in scuttle hoop to the body. This would get rid of the scuttle shake. I never did get around to doing this one on my car though.

Andy