Tube chassis question

[vwbloodline]

Originally Posted by vwdevotee

Agreed. It's probably more power than the chassis can take without bending not good parts. But, With the factory pan in place you could build a rollcage that would tighten everything up pretty well, and if you extend the cage back around the engine you could put in Pretty good engine bracing as shown here:



(Thank you Mr. Bader for your picture)

Sweets, that makes things a lot quicker and smoother than I expected.

This looks like it would be a good start for you, but it's bolt together. Bolt together rollcages are a bit dodgy in my book, if you want strength they need to be fully welded. Since you have a Ghia though, I haven't found many good cages for a Ghia. I forgot that Ron Lummus Racing sells complete tube frame chassis for a Ghia. http://ronlummusracing.com/Race_store.htm

[vwbloodline]

I was kind of thinking about doing a complete cage like the one Bader has. However I was thinking about cutting out the vw rear torsion and mounting a 944 complete torsion set up and having it bolt up to the cage. I don't know for sure how to run front suspension if I decide to go away from the b/j beam. Does anyone know any pros/ cons to mounting the 944 in the rear. The reason I want to do this is because I can simply adjust how it is mounted to adjust the ride height I want without working around the camber/ caster issues VW's have when lowered to a certain extent. I realize I will probably have to flare the rear out on the ghia to fit wheels under it.

[Wally]

Remember that the Bader Ghia's rear tubing that you see is only/mainly there because the 911/993 engine uses a (sort of mandatory) rear engine hanger, unlike a bug/vwghia where the engine only hangs on the transmission.
The added 'cage-effect' was used more a s a 'by-product' of the 911 engine install IIRC