A&Q about 350Z
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Lately I`ve been doing some digging on the net with this in mind. Heres what I`ve been thinking:
Porsche 924 transaxle, torque tube, clutch housing, wishbones and front cross-member.
Regarding the rear suspension setup, I`m still not entirely certain. I was thinking along the lines of a custom trailing arm design or possibly hacking the rallye setup into something useable. This would certainly make the use of standard shape rear shocks and springs possible.
I`m sure most of us are aware of the vw/audi connection with the 924, also bearing in mind it has a F/R weight balance of 48/52 I think this could be an interesting project. At the moment its just hypothetical but what does everyone think? Personally I think it would be a fantastic handling upgrade.
(by the way, for everyone who`s been involved in the mk1 quickrack buy, myself included, its interesting to note that the 924 used a mk1 rack with a quicker ratio, and the 924 turbo a quicker ratio still....doh)
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(by the way, for everyone who`s been involved in the mk1 quickrack buy, myself included, its interesting to note that the 924 used a mk1 rack with a quicker ratio, and the 924 turbo a quicker ratio still....doh)
It may be similar / doubt the pinion is exactly the same. I've had a look in the past and the rack housing is different IIRC.
Certainly I looked at a 944 PAS rack in the past, and it wouldn't fit, since (IIRC) it was mounted to a subframe with different lugs, and also sits in front of the front wheels rather than behind.
Whether the rack could be stripped to provide Mk1 innerds is a very interesting point, but my gut feel is it would have been done if it could be...
Do you know the 924 ratios?
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Do you know the 924 ratios?
from what i`ve found, a last of the line 1987 924s had a ratio of 3.2. either way this was just a little side information that had come to my attention.
The main question is, could this be a viable rwd conversion do we think?
The use of the porsche front hubs and steering rack location has got to be better with regards to the whole mk1 bumpsteer issue. all that would be needed would be a couple of custom track rods to relocate the inner steering joints.
And i`ve heard tell of a 924 running a vw 16v lump so the clutch housing and starter motor mounting must be possible. It just leaves a custom exhaust ( loads of companies could make this) and the rear suspension setup. I`d certainly not plan on using the torsion bar setup, thats for certain.
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[quote=vw_stu] Personally I think it would be a fantastic handling upgrade.
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I think i know where your going but are you sure you mean "upgrade"?
Its quite a short wheel base & can be quite tricky in the wet as it is,but at least a fwd will pull its self straight if you keep your foot down etc..( doesn't handling mean the easiest shift between under-steer to over-steer etc... and have nothing to do with out right grip or cornering speed or is it just me?)
Not having a go or anything in between but i would have thought a rwd mk1 would be a snappy bugger in the wrong situ
just MHO (been put right on a few things so far mabe best to just ignore me lol)
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well, i`d like to think that the change in weight distribution from something like 65% over the front axle to a 50/50 balance would cut out a lot of the twitchy tendencies. I should probably mention that I drive a scirocco rather than a golf and the even though the chassis is the same, the handling is different ( I assume that the lower body and different seating position contributes to moving the centre of gravity back).
Essentially doing this conversion would have Porsche 924 handling in a scirocco ( or mk1 body if they wanted). I haven`t driven a Porsche 924, but from what I`ve read they seem to be a very capable car. Plus with the engine being VAG derived originally, and a lot of other components, everything from a donor vehicle would be of the same sort of quality as the car being built.
Is there anybody who has done much delving into the 924/944 Porsches?
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pick up a copy of this months golf+
feature on a ihabussa / RWD conversion, not the same as porsche fitted bits
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I used to own a 944 and I can see where you are coming from, it seems plausible due to the VW/Porsche link. However the engine site way back in the porker, hence the good weight dist. I agree you will get some benefit from having a transaxle but we're talking about 25kg, not a lot in a 900kg car. The front subframe is completely different, you'd be better off modding the stock one. At the rear the transaxle mounts on a large subframe if I recall, not sure if you could use this. Either way there will be a lot of fabricating to do.
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but why not fit an inline 1.8t in a 924 and stop arsing about with VWs
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thats tempting, but i wouldn`t like to have to drop my trousers every time i needed some parts for the porker. besides, the dealers won`t nuzzle your ear when you buy parts, and i like a bit of affection when i`m getting f**ked!!
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just be a much easier job and a lot of the 924 is VW/beetle bits, fancy a 130pd one meself
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yeah it would be nice, i just like the scirocco shape and looks, plus it would be different, and no one would expect it at all.
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theres a lad on e38 whos doing one now awesome thread about it
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you got a link at all?