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Pic's of this springs mods
Hey all,
I Thought I'd toss up a few pics of the changes I've made to the car this spring. Namely the 914 rear disc conversion, and the addition of a ZF LSD. The ZF I rebuilt after machining new thrust washers to replace the trashed ones. Freshly rebuilt tranny with thing drive flanges A bracket i machined from aluminum to mount the brake proportioning valve under the drivers seat. The caliper brackets I roughed out, had professionally tig'd then I finish machined them Alex
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Looking sweet Alex ... great job on the adapters. Your bug is really coming together nicely.
Sandeep |
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Thanks Sandeep,
Still working on some tuning gremlins, but overall the car is almost the way I want it. Alex
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Nice work Alex!
Couple questions: that mid-mount only 'rests' on the framehorns, correct ? It's not actually mounted to them ? Where did you get the brackets for the rear swaybar ? I have the bar (from a Porsche I believe), but I have none of the brackets. Thanks, Rob. |
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Rob,
Thanks for the kind words Yes the mid-mount just rest snugly against the frame horns and prevents the transmission from lifting upwards. It's a GREAT addition to help control wheel hop. As for the sway bar, the brackets they came with the sway bar (Bugpack $120 if I remember right) They are dead nuts simple though, it's a piece of 1/4 steel bent into an "L" shape with a few holes. I had to open the holes up on mine though, they were like .05" too small. I also had to trim a little off of the included bolt/washers because they interfered with the factory hardware. Other then that great kit for the price, it included the stainless band clamps, urethane bushings/grease and nice hardware. It certainly makes the car handle MUCH better. I have yet to instal the front sway bar because I've heard mixed thoughts on them. Some autocrossers and hill climbers don't like running front ones. I want to get used to just the rear, then see what differences the front makes. Alex
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Thanks for the Info Alex, I'll see if they sell the mounting brackets separately.
As to the front swaybar, it's funny you mention that as I have been thinking of getting rid of mine. The front if the car feels way to stiff and the rear too loose, so adding a bar at the back and losing the one at the front should make a big difference. Rob. |
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