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Oh, and you’ll also find that EVERY replica you try (should you be fortunate enough to be able to try more than your own) handles differently, because each car has been built to suit each owner, and has its own unique characteristics. You have to make your car handle how you like it. For example, tire height & width, and wheel width & offset all affect the steering and road holding. If you add disc brakes, you will widen the track and the steering will be affected, if only minutely. So always understand, when reading any advice from here, how that info would apply to your particular car.

And if there are any urethane bushes on your car, I personally would recommend swapping them out for OEM rubber, especially the steering coupling (or steering rag as others call it).

Finally, if you drop the engine out for any reason at all, then replace the clutch (and lube the clutch cable). Simple to do, low cost and then it’s done for pretty much the rest of the car’s life. To me that is money well spent.

HTH

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