In that case.. Why won't Sseat do the same thing now.. oh wait.. the NEW ibiza is 4052mm.. think they did that on purpose?
I bet there's a secret department working on the new ibiza rally car right now as we (or I on the moment..) speak :rolleyes:
 
Yes, that one's 100%.

It's a spacer in effect, whatever you want to call it - achieves the same.

Proper jigged steel, fitted outwards of the original position, which saves shear strength issues on long bolt shanks + thick spacers. Then gusseted back to the hinge area, partly to anchor it more, and also to stop them bending under sideloads.

Here's another in situ:

Evo 1 rear beam.jpg


For the rally cars, these weren't great ('fit for scrap' after a rally was near enough the quote in the Racecar Engineering scanned article on the SeatSport site) but that's rallying. For race, they'd be fine.

Again, easy to make for a fabricator. Once the tools to jig, cut and bend steel are to hand, the rest is experience.

The Evo 2 beam was independent as various know: complex engineering job, some clever stuff going on, large centre bearings on the 2 sleeves. Expensive, and the sort of thing that is beyond the remit of hobbyist stuff.

In the last day, a whole heap of info has landed. Part number for this holy grail of Ibiza rear beams: V 021 500 100 A.

A word with the dealer and a GB anyone? :lol: