Maybe this is some kind of shock to you but there is no such thing on the forum as motorsport register guy's and dolomite related guy's and wanted guy's.
Most of the guy's do read topics and posts in all the different sections here, not only one. So it is not needed to ask the same question over again in all the different sections because it's all the same guy's who read.

Jeroen

I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has tried anything like this here. There was a guy selling a Dolomite on ebay a while back with some V6 or other in the front and a half completed Mercedes independent rear setup on it, don't know if it sold or what happened to it. I think our own DF has an independant setup in the works for his carbon fibre Dolly but that's not really a street car and he'll probably fabricate most of it!

But in the real world, it's too much agro to try and make something like that fit a car it wasn't designed for - and after all the hard work, the price of success will be a BIVA cos the shell has been messed about with!
I think it would almost be easier to fabricate something completely that will attach to the original mounts and carry your choice of suspension and diff and possibly fabbed shafts to keep the track inside the stock body.

Personally, I think it's too much work for too little gain - but it's your life.........

Steve

Your 1500TC has the same type of diff as the Spitfire/GT6/Vitesse range.
In the world of GT6s and Spitfires there are conversions to use such things as Subaru differentials,
but that is because folk use more powerful replacement engines resulting in destroyed standard differentials.


Dolomite Sprints all have a much stronger diff than this, one that is shared with the TR6. Your best option is to use one of these
which simply involves an axle change.


Without any modification to the body shell, off the shelf suspension components can be fitted to any Dolomite
to give very good handling and cornering.




Ian.

i did lots of maths and investigation on Spitfire rear suspension and ended up with a Scooby LSD and homemade wishbones. Custom drive shafts and GT6 roto-flex uprights with enlarged bearings. in hindsight I'd use some MGF rear uprights with everything else fabricated around that so that the same wheels fit as well as all the mgf patterns, sports tyres are cheaper in the larger sizes, rear discs as standard and it has a remote family history link to BL/triumph.
I've got contact details for the spline cutting people as well as the cheaper propshaft makers if you need.

Good luck, mark.

i did lots of maths and investigation on Spitfire rear suspension and ended up with a Scooby LSD and homemade wishbones. Custom drive shafts and GT6 roto-flex uprights with enlarged bearings. in hindsight I'd use some MGF rear uprights with everything else fabricated around that so that the same wheels fit as well as all the mgf patterns, sports tyres are cheaper in the larger sizes, rear discs as standard and it has a remote family history link to BL/triumph.
I've got contact details for the spline cutting people as well as the cheaper propshaft makers if you need.

Good luck, mark.

Id be highly dubious about being able to do this as simply as you imagine.
For starters you would have to mount the diff differently to how it is mounted in the MX5 as the front of it is mounted to the backbone which is mounted to the gearbox.

I suspect you would also have to modify the shock top mountings as on both cars these are bolted to the body and not likely to be in the same place.