The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

I have got my sprint on its wheels at last and I am trying to sort out fitting the arches I got from Hans a year or so ago. I am running a ford atlas axle on the rear so have gained 2 1/2 inches in the rear track, this fills the rear arches out nicely. This had brought the front and rear track to nearly the same width. The problem is the front wheels look lost in the arches. I could just move the wheels out to make it look right or would I get a better balance from the car with track widths pretty much the same. One thing I noticed when driving a dolly round Goodwood when compared directly to my Jensen Healey was how twitch the rear end of the dolly was, Both cars were running identicle tyres, similar weight, similar speed and similar lap times and similar rear suspension design. So I am thinking this could be down to two reasons, forward weight bias, narrow rear track.
This is something I would like my car not to suufer from so my question is am I thinking on the right lines in trying to keep the track widths the same or is this not really going to affect it?

Neil are you running Ford rims on the front with the the club ford stub axles, what brakes have you gone with.

Yes to the ford rims but no to the club stub axles. I bought these second hand off ebay before the club did them, as complete uprights with princess 4pots and vented discs (granada I think). This is how I intend to run it to start with but will probably make a full front end upgrade at some point probably with modern calipers. Will see how these go.