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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:08 am
by Luke47
it is gona be rear wheel drive, when i said anything bigger would leave little front end grip i was talking bout the steering not the drive, it would have horrible understeer and thats why i wanted to keep the engine small.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:14 am
by Luke47
shocks?? rich only mentioned springs but it'll be fine.
as for the gear linkage, i discussed it with bruce and he thought i could just reverse the direction of the change, the i could run a similar (to the one used for front engine) pipe onto the back of the gerarbox as per normal. but cable sounds a easier but more expensive??? but then that is a little way off yet.
as for no rice would make it but no transport at the mo as my only other vehicle is up on stands as i attempt to battle with the steering rack, but adam said he'd bring me along if i knew when it was, so can you let me know??
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:39 am
by GroovyCarrot
Ah, gotcha
My mistake, I understand what you're getting at now. Although.. surely weight will only start to detract from front end grip if it's placed behind the rear axle, porsche style? Don't really see how having extra weight between the two axles will detract from front end grip.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:01 am
by Luke47
because vw designed the car with the engine in front of the front axle line hence front engined front wheel drive, most of the weight being over the front wheels by removing this and placing it else where changes the dynamics of the car dramatically especially during weight transfer.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:20 pm
by Young_Un
Hmm, you need to chat to the Team Guru boys, they used a cable change box in their yellow derby for a reason, rod change can be a pin in the arse when the engine kicks back n stuff.
I presumed you weren't using the fk rear shocks? pop round tommorrow i'm in all day and we can chat.
no-rice is the second wednesday of every month at fleet services off the M3, i saw one of your housemates today trailering away an old toyota for banger racing, quality
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:11 pm
by Luke47
ok i'll look them up.
im not using the shocks but my house mate only mentioned you wanted the springs which seemed a bit werid to me but the best thing to do will be to drop in when im in there and you can check them over. sorry didnt pop round yesterday went to work ill try n come down tonite.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:09 pm
by LregG
I'll be at no-rice when the weather gets a little better, my car gets tucked away for the winter, metal and salt= rust
Mines fully mapped at 189bhp and 162lb/ft of torque
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:03 pm
by Luke47
so no chance of seeing u next wednesday??
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:52 pm
by LregG
Unfortunately not mate, i drove it hard on saturday and i've got the bug for the car again but there is a few things that are bugging me that i want to sort out so it's off of the road for a little while.
I'm on the process of buying a second house to rent and i'm re-shelling my 76k mile Gt lump soon so i'll be fairly busy over the next few months
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:38 pm
by Luke47
ok then but is there any chance if u can help me with a few things??
1, am i rite in thinking that the charger to cooler pipe runs straight down from the charger???
2, if so how long is it??
3, there looks to be a 3rd pipe?? correct?? if so wat is it there for??
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:23 pm
by LregG
Luke47 wrote:ok then but is there any chance if u can help me with a few things??
1, am i rite in thinking that the charger to cooler pipe runs straight down from the charger???
2, if so how long is it??
3, there looks to be a 3rd pipe?? correct?? if so wat is it there for??
1) it runs forward
2) about 2inch
3) that was the air filter pipe
You can now buy my kit in the for sale section
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:39 am
by Luke47
so there is no pipe underneath??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:43 pm
by thekingofming