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Topic: How low can you go? |
bass gt
Replies: 17
Views: 10310
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:11 pm Subject: How low can you go? |
924's have inheret bump steer issues once you lower the car to the ponit the wishbones are pointing up! Make a simple bump gauge and you'll see how bad it gets.
Both myself & Simon (Simsport) fit ... |
Topic: Short Block Internals for Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 |
bass gt
Replies: 71
Views: 55085
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:48 pm Subject: Short Block Internals for Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 |
Dan,
PACE seem to have taken a turn for the worse of late, since the main guy left.
However, be assured that once you hear and feel the engine running with the dry sump set up, you'll forgive all! ... |
Topic: X-Post: Custom A arms |
bass gt
Replies: 44
Views: 22624
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:45 am Subject: X-Post: Custom A arms |
Guy's,
sorry but I'm with min on this one. Forget the CNC bar, you are asking the front of the car to be supported on two bolts!!! If just one fails, the other will suffer catastrophic failure quic ... |
Topic: quicker steering rack ??? |
bass gt
Replies: 28
Views: 26060
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:44 pm Subject: quicker steering rack ??? |
Guy's,
Don't forget that my car is RHD. As such, the steering rack is different, as shown above in the PET listing. The RHD crossmember has a hole in it which the pinion runs through, in order to c ... |
Topic: quicker steering rack ??? |
bass gt
Replies: 28
Views: 26060
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:01 am Subject: quicker steering rack ??? |
Pet shows:
477 419 061 C - LHD
478 419 061 A - RHD - 924
478 419 061 B - RHD - 924 Turbo/ GT
Strange........
Why so?? The steering racks on RHD cars are different because of the slanted eng ... |
Topic: quicker steering rack ??? |
bass gt
Replies: 28
Views: 26060
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:15 am Subject: quicker steering rack ??? |
Have you looked at
As an udate to the above post, i had the custom rack made. it used the quick rack available from Quaife, with a custom made pinion to suit the 931 rack housing. The Quaife rack ... |
Topic: 16V head Q |
bass gt
Replies: 50
Views: 63542
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:45 pm Subject: 16V head Q |
The C20xe/let has cylinder spacing of 93mm.
Sorry, i don't have our data to hand. What the cylinder spacing on our engine? |
Topic: 16V head Q |
bass gt
Replies: 50
Views: 63542
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:33 pm Subject: 16V head Q |
Carl,
Thanks for that. Re the Ford BDA head, it is actually reversed in terms of inlet & exhaust sides.
The Vauxhall head might be interesting, as might the Toyota heads, which were actually m ... |
Topic: 16V head Q |
bass gt
Replies: 50
Views: 63542
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:15 pm Subject: 16V head Q |
basicaly all MK2 VW engines starting with the 1.6 until 2.0 8v or 16v share the same block...this i got from a couple of VW guys...
So how does this block compare to ours?? |
Topic: 16V head Q |
bass gt
Replies: 50
Views: 63542
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:25 pm Subject: 16V head Q |
Hi Guy's
Long time no speak. Just thought i'd drop a question here. I know this revives the old 16V head saga, but was interested when i saw this head, as i don't know which VW model it's from. If ... |
Topic: Intercooling for Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 |
bass gt
Replies: 31
Views: 25958
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:37 am Subject: Intercooling for Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 |
Dan,
A useful add on to better the IC's efficiency would be a high pressure water spray system. If you had a tube similar to the camshaft oiling tube mounted in front of the IC, with TINY holes to ... |
Topic: Zinc dialkyl dithiosphosphate |
bass gt
Replies: 17
Views: 14236
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:47 am Subject: Zinc dialkyl dithiosphosphate |
On a race-car I use Motul 300V 20W60, on a street car usually Motul semi-synthetic.
300V is one of the best oils you can find and it has higher ZDDP levels. Here's some info: http://www.p1-perfor ... |
Topic: Cooling System Upgrades for Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 |
bass gt
Replies: 62
Views: 62876
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:50 am Subject: Cooling System Upgrades for Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 |
Dan,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, i've been on holiday in Mozambique it's tough, but someone needs to do it!!
Anyway, re the reverse flow thing. No reason at all why it won't work ... |
Topic: Let's Talk Boost Controllers / Tech |
bass gt
Replies: 33
Views: 17371
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 5:40 am Subject: Let's Talk Boost Controllers / Tech |
Dan,
One word. TurboSmart. Nuff said |
Topic: Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 Build (Master Thread) |
bass gt
Replies: 177
Views: 133585
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Forum: Performance Upgrades Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:35 pm Subject: Ideola's Ultra Wide Body 931 Build (Master Thread) |
Dan,
Well done on going the Dry Sump route. If you need any pointers, or have questions, you know my mail addy.
Steve |
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