RSS feeds available Dont miss the latest news Cortina news feed Classified adds feed ................................................ Febraury 1st PLEASE READ This site and jewels would like to state that at no time did i ever see the Cortina Nationals as a finacial gain It was and always will be only about the cars and getting all enthusiats all together in the one spot to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cortina MK1. I cannot believe after all i have done and all i have dedicated to this event since the conception in 2008 and being the person who originally had the idea of the Cortina Nationals have now being informed after the membership of CMOOC have voted that i am not a fit person to be involved. A sad day but i will accept the decision and move on. Statement details in HERE Please forward all correspondance to the Cortina Mark One Owners club of Aust Inc. ................................................ January 2nd Replacement fuel tanks back in stock. Also 5 volt fuel sender kits HERE ............................................. November 11th Tie rod ends back in stock! HERE .............................................. October 11th New replacament fuel tank senders. Now available HERE ............................................... July 6th Engine mounts back in stock! HERE ................................................ June 21st Firewall padding now available HERE ............................................... May 21st Mk1 sills back in stock HERE ................................................ April 16th New Mk1 Suspension bushs & idler arms HERE ................................................ Visit the Classifieds! Free to list - Free to sell For small Ford owners Register, and you can place your own adds. Click here! ............................................. February 14th Hanging rock mages ready for viewing HERE ................................................ February 8th Small Ford day images ready for viewing HERE .............................................. October 12th MK2 Cortina sill repair sections available .............................................. October 12th To the tech section Body dimensions and wheel alignment data here ............................................... June 17th Two new cars added to drag Cortina page. Zetec & SR20 powered. HERE ............................................. April 10 Media page updated Small Ford alliance Dyno day Videos HERE and images in the gallery See our dyno printout HERE .............................................. January 2nd New tech guide to fitting Datsun crankshafts into Kent blocks HERE ! ................................................

Front suspension
Our front end consists of 24mm adjustable castor sway bar mounted to adjustable control arms. KYB inserts fill the GT strut tubes which are fitted with adjustable spring platforms. Fitted to the top of the strut is also K-Mac nolathane adjustable. Strut brace connects between the two. The red 'thing' you can see on the bottom of the gearbox bell housing is our ballistic blanket. Fitted for safety and racing requirements.

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The Struts
These front struts are fitted to our 4 door. The adjustability now gives us plenty of options. With our adjustable front sway bar, lower control arms, top strut mounts and adjustable spring platforms we can certainly 'play' around with a lot of settings. Currently running 1 degree negative camber, 2 degrees positive caster and 1.5 toe-in. The car now feels very stable and very easy to steer. Very pleased with the results.
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Lower control arms
These units are made to make camber adjustment much easier, you also can get a lot more adjustment using these over the usual adjustable strut tops. These are our own and are fitted to the GT 4 door. We are NOT making these arms, and we are not selling them either. These have been inspected and tested for fatigue stress using magnetic particle testing. Fully certified.

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Rear suspension
We had problems with the original leaf springs because of the extra power and torque generated. We found the leaf springs were just bending at the front causing bad handling, so we have now fitted 10mm solid leaf springs. This has made releasing the clutch when launching much more predictable. Since then we have more power and the problem arose again. Now we have fitted extra arms supporting the leaf spring and preventing it from further axle tramp.

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