Will do matey, I'd better make sure I've done enough to it before I post again though

Struggling for parts at the momment though, or more accurately, struggling for cash for parts Times is hard!!! I'll get there though

Supebe project, I wait to see the continuation impatiently

nice work !

I love this project
Awesome thread!
Cant wait to see more, keep up the good work

Thanks for the encouragement chaps, I'm still picking away at it and will hopefully get it to Brooklands one way or another

I don't think I'll have finished the subframe by then as there's a lot of, as yet, unknown bracketry to go on and I'll want them on before I paint it, but I'll assemble everything so that the car's rolling and I can get it on a trailer.

I've also got a cunning plan for some adjustable wishbones which hopefully I'll have ready by then as well

Wow,great work ! Look forward to seeing how she drives

Happy with your progress......how you will set you cooling system.....if the rad stays in front there will be no problem.......but i had cooling issues when moved rad just in front of the rear bumper.......
Adjustable wishbones is great idea, but it will be difficult to do because rear bush sits higher on the front subframe.
Will be any problem if you can take and save it's measurements......i'm using Coupe front subframe for my rear 156's and it will be very useful for me......
P.S - just had closer look on your pic's - it there any place for rear anti-roll-bar?????

It'll be a little while before it moves under it's own steam rich!!

Hi Ferrarist, coolant rad will be at the front and mounted horizontally as per a few Lotus models and the intercooler will be just in front of the engine.

I think I've got the wishbones worked out, if I don't get time to mock some up in the near future, I'll try and do some drawings to give an idea.

Yep, rear antiroll bar fixings are still there.

Don't know if you will use your car on track, but please have in mind that changing rear toe settings will have huge effect when cornering.
Just finished a weekend at Greece's Serres race track 3 days event, and after awful beginning, now i think i have a lot of info about what i did right and wrong.
Driving RWD on track is real fun when you make it cornering as it should. And no matter how unique my project is(it's first 156's RWD ever), it should be a lot money and time saving for me if someone did that before and had someone's project to follow......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErGozsG1x4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozcGHSsViqE

That's looking very nice Ferrarist I understand what you mean about the rear geometry setup being critical, I learnt quite a lot when doing this 126 mid engine car



One problem with using front wheel drive setup at the rear is the track a geometry are completely wrong, on the 126 I ended up with a slightly wider track at the rear and a tiny bit of toe in, it was still a bit twitchy but that was mainly due to such a short wheelbase.