I don't think that EZ used the Yaris? The Yaris doesn't seem to have the same mounting issues but I didn't do the EZ so I can only speculate on the differences?
It took me awhile to find the Yaris RHD. Considering it is a RHD, and I am in the US where we don't see ANY RHD vehicles, I'm wondering why I'm the only one to discover it so far especially on the other side of the pond?
Generally speaking for me this was a very fun project even though spanning over three or four years because of trying various variants?
Other "engineers" can justifiably testify to what a PITA I can be to work with. Stubbornness has SOME benefits ultimately but it generally means that you wind up with very few friends for very long? Even when YOU are right. Maybe ESPECIALLY when you are right?
Not to go all religious but maybe, yes, everything in life seems like a metaphor but in the Christian story of the "Last Supper" Christ says something to the effect of "you will deny me three times". I denied the possibility of this more then three times and chucked the entire thing against the wall more then a few.
You can already see Rene's reactions to the application, and so far, they seem to be all positive.
I am waiting to see if he discovers something that I missed somehow?
As far as the geometry of the u-joint, what I decided on that was no matter what variation I came up with, it was well within the capacity of the u-joint?
I doubt that there is anything 100% perfect especially when "hot-rodding" stuff like this but so far, I am not seeing any drawbacks at all. Just pluses.
The nature of the RHD Yaris unit itself creates a need for a simple mounting bracket when applied to the Pantera. It is almost seems made for this application by comparison to the other possible units to apply. The mounting bracket I created had little issues with access to the fasteners.
I totally get the part that others needed a prepared kit with the engineering accomplished by others but for me that is just not in my nature.
I'm the curious monkey in "2001 A space odyssey". One day I will suffer a similar fate and whatever is out there baiting me out of my hole will finally get me? I hope that at least she is pretty? 