Split-window project

[Racelook]

Verry awsome project..

Looking forward for updates!!!

Wiebrand

[trevorbrady]

thanks for the advice Tommi! I'll check everything is good before finally deciding on the location. I want to have the car down on its wheels and the suspension loaded before putting in the rack.

The driveshafts on mine are 951 as far as I know. Whichever rear arms you have, you must get the corresponding drive shafts. The lengths differed with each incarnation of rear arms.

[tommi_nylund]

-> Trevor: I have no rear arms.... But longer driveshafts I would need because I´ll move my gearbox about 80-100mm to front....

Actually there is nothing special of the placement of steering rack... You must have steering rods and front control-arms in same angle, like you can see my latest picture. Then you have very little of bump-steer....which as far as I know is always present with McPherson front suspension because of it´s design. For Ackermann-steering.....it´s a bit more complicated thing to decide what to want.

I placed my steering rack slightly ahead of steering arms on spindles. (so steering rods point a bit backwards if looking on top) I found it will have effect when cornering you have your inner wheel turned a bit more than outer wheel. You got both wheels turn same angle if you place steering rack so that steering arms does not have any angle back- or forwards (= no Ackermann steering and that´s the best (?) setting for drifting and gravel/show rallying etc for rwd car) and so on. I thought it would be best for track use to have some Ackermann and specially the one which turns inner wheel more. I don´t know if I´m right or wrong...it finds out when I get my car to track someday.

[jimby]

hey Tommi

NICE!

i too have a crotch cooler bug which I am modifying for racing, im not going to do as much modifying as you but yours is certainly a great inspiration. looks good

[tommi_nylund]

Thanks! Post pics of your split too....

My split is sitting on it´s own front wheels and springs now...
So I took couple of pics for you...

Front dropped to own wheels

Front dropped to own wheels 2

Though it is not ready yet.... I need to connect McPherson upper-mounts to front-cage and so on....

[ricola]

Looking good Tommi

Do you think you have enough adjustment at the strut top?

Rich

[Racelook]

Can you adjust your front tyres more than this? Otherwise this would cost some numbers of tyres a year.