915 clutch

[Steve C]

Hi

Im seriously thinking of doing this conversion. So any info would be good, Ive been offered an early 915 (mechanical speedo) for good price which has the pull style clutch I believe. Im moving my tranny forward for the STI motor Im fitting so figue a little more cutting wont hurt. Im going to short torsion bars and cutout the middle of the torsion bar housing complety. Ive been having doubts as to if my type one box will handle 206 kW+.

Steve

[Turbonutta]

ah i see nice...cut the torsion out completely like ricola and use coil overs..i do have some pictures i will mail them to you as puttin pics on here is a hassle send me your mail my address is danw@carillion.com

[Steve C]

Hi

I sent you my email address. Im still going to use torsion bars, Im using 40 hp ones, I will fit another spline in the remaing torsion bar housing inside the fork.

Steve

[Wally]

Hi Steve,

There really is no need to remove or shorten the torsion tubes as I have learned in my recent 915 install. Pictures are in this section of the site.

When you remove just the thick piece of steel welded-in plate to where the M10 thread pieces hang from (the ones that you bolt the T1 nose trans mount to), and shove the 915 trans just a few mm's from the torsiontube center, you have the same or even sligthly more clearence at the rear bellhousing of the trans than you had with a type 1 tranny!!

Moving the trans even further to the front of the car, will result is misaligned axles, which may not be a problem (especially if you have long enough axles and bus CV's for instance).

Regards,
Walter

[Steve C]

Hi

Im hanging a great big lump of Subaru out the back of my car, so getting the weight forward 4 inches will help with weight distribution.

Steve

[Turbonutta]

i think cutting the torsion is a good idea i have not cut them out on my car but wished i had as the deep sump on my type 4 is pretty close to the ground.
for your super rude impessa engined volksy i would hack out mr torsion.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Turbonutta

i think cutting the torsion is a good idea i have not cut them out on my car but wished i had as the deep sump on my type 4 is pretty close to the ground.

Sorry, but I don't see any relation in the lateral movement of the trans and the vertical clearence problems (sump) of your engine

Also, remember that AFAIK, the torsion tube does give quite some structural strength to the chassis, not unimportant with big, torque engines.