Hi all,

i've just been trolling ebay in search of a donor for my locost and happened to come across a some 924's. has anyone tried something like this before? i think that a transaxel wil give a better weight distribution but dont know much about transplanting them in to a kit?

thoughts please

better weight distribution, maybe, but it may be difficult to keep the transaxle from taking up the space where the seats normally go

Yeh youd have to look at how much room it takes up in the back, but i guess since o gearbox upfront you could have more legroom!

My car has 60% of the weight at the rear end, and that's with a sierra diff only - and that's without me sat in it (bec though). A transaxle may put too much weight to the rear in a cec in the same way.

[Edited on 26/11/09 by StevieB]

definately tempted to give it a go, may have to take a look at the plans for the chassis to see where i'd have sacrifice/stretch. a stretch of a few inches shouldn't be too big a deal and i would have a bit more room up front to play with.

Would be best to use a 924 turbo, they use a small more compact 'box which is lighter too. The normal 924 uses a Audi 'box so it's rather big. However it would be lighter either way. I had looked into it as would work with my Audi engine however I decided just use type 9 and then the diff from my donor.

WOuld certainly be an interesting build and im sure it could be done with a few chassis mods but i would be worried about the weight distribution. A normal seven can be tailhappy but a 40:60 weight distribution is obviously working for StevieB.

YOU of all people are expressing concerns over an potential unfavourable weight distribution handling issue in a 7............!! no evidence of that having ever being a concern to you far!

Sorry, couldn't resist and I'll get my coat etc etc

Hi

seven type cars are ment to be light agile and nimble. Something that seems to have been long forgotten.

Cheers Matt

It's not the building of something that is actually able to go fast which is apparently appealing nowaday's it's something that sounds like it will because it's got x amount of BHP and who cares how horrible it actually is to drive.....bit of a chav/nova/barry boy outlook in my honest opinion but people should build what they want with their own money......

Coat on, out of building, don't even bother Mr Henderson......

Barry boys activly modify cars to be as horrible to look at as possible, its the ony explanation that makes sense, why else would you put half a body kit designed for an escort on a corsa?

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