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Originally Posted by old-git  Ah, a man after my own heart. Why do something easy when bloody difficult is so much more fun.  |
Exactly.
At the moment I think the steering is going to stay pretty much the same as it is now. Because the 924 has the engine in the front and the gearbox in the rear axle (if I have worked it out correctly) there is still enough room for the rack to stau where it is. I am leaving the standard skinny biscuit wheels on the front and I have a nice set of 15" alloys that can go on the back with some chunky rubber on them. Not really fussed about ride height or cornering ability as this is being built purely for straight line speed, hence the weight reduction. Not even sure if it will be road legel at the mo but I'll just have to cross that bridge when I come to it. I have a chunky anti-roll bar for the front and the rear end will be all linked up to keep everything straight.
These engine are pretty equal with the bhp and torque figures as standard with 125bhp and 121 ft-lb of torque. Mine has a bigger throttle body, a high torque cam, K&N type filter and a 4 branch manifold. I should be able to get enough nitrous in there with out killing it to push both those figures close to the 200 mark. Being an old VW van engine block they are quite strong and take some abuse.