Not much help Simps, but there is a RWD VW fox (polo saloon) in this months Perf VW mag. Longitudinal mounted 16v. Might be worth a read.
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Not much help Simps, but there is a RWD VW fox (polo saloon) in this months Perf VW mag. Longitudinal mounted 16v. Might be worth a read.
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Originally Posted by paulwar
It goes without saying that there is a lot of fab work involved.
I don't think there is any need to cut the whole floor out in the front, you just need to shape the tunnel as desired (one advantage of Porsche running gear is that its not very big!) and my rear floor is cut out anyway so can make it to shape.
After having one of my rear tubs done I'm reluctant to want to cut into it now - its a thing of beauty!! lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...04-04-0916.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...04-04-097a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...04-04-0917.jpg
It would be easy enough to add another half of tubing to allow room for the driveshafts (as marked above) but how you would arrange the top wishbone is another question.
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Originally Posted by craig green
Cheers Craig! I'll pop down my local library and have a gander.
Escort live axle would be one way to do it or I'd be inclined to make a diff cradle up and go IRS, you then have the choice of hundreds of diffs, use whatever hubs you like and simply get the shafts made with the length and splines you require for the joints, its really no different to having to get a axle narrowed and shafts made to suit without the expense of the buying rally parts.
My thick tubed atlas wasn't cheap and if your considering putting anymore than 175hp in at some point you may as well spec it right at first than have to get stuff remade twice to take the power, the IRS setup doesn't suit a Mk2 I'm told so I just stuck with the tried and tested live axle but at 2k you possibly will probably want to go down a route that you can atleast do yourself (except for shortned shafts)
Look on passionford for how Richies KA has been done if your looking for inspiration
I saw that KA thread, the v6 one?
I think I'm definately moved towards the idea going IRS, I'm just trying to work out how it will work around the curret tubs.
In chatting to client today about my plans for it and the consideration of 924 porsche stuff he said he knows someone who has one sat in their garden that the were going to have scrapped. He's gonna look into it for me!
I'm still very much weighing up in my head whether to carry on and get the car running in fwd first or to stop and make a start on rwd now. Its going to be VERY tight whether it will make the tracks this year depending on cash flow whereas rwd can wait til next year.
KA is Yb Cossy powered, red with arches, still being built at Adrenaline at the moment but worth looking at as it will show you how to sort the diff cradle out ;)
Failing that just look at how the wrc cradle was made for the Escort or Focus or even simpler just remove the whole rear subframe from something rwd and use that and make your own suspension pickups. S14 stuff is tough as old boots but not light.
If your going to make it rwd I'd concentrate more on doing that this year than I would finishing what you have done then doing it all again mate :)
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Originally Posted by Jonlem
It does make a lot more sense, especially if I do pic up this 924 for free. I've spoken with a mate tonight and he's got 2 track prepped cars at tho mo and said I can share with him so at least I won't lose another year again!
I like the idea of doing a 924 conversion and the gearbox over the rear axle, will mean smaller tunnel too.
Regarding IRS, this is an old BMW 320 setup below, is it normal to only have the one control arm and not double wishbone? Cally stuff is the same isn't it? With that kinda setup it wouldn't be too hard to use my existing tubs.
http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/32...on-drawing.jpg
p.s. will have a look for that KA later ;)
Porsche 924:
Wheelbase:- 2400mm (94.5 in)
Track Front - 1372mm (54.0 in)
Track Rear - 1370mm (53.9 in)
Nova:
Wheelbase - 2343mm (92.2 in)
Track Front - 1320mm (52.0 in)
Track Rear - 1307mm (51.6 in)
Is track measured from hub face to hub face?
track is measured from tyre centre to tyre centre