Rally car build., In need of suggestions. Options

[Silverstreak]

I recently aquired a 74 2.0 and plan on building it to rally spec. Nothing to serious, just gravel, clay, and not so rough dirt roads. So, I've been hunting arouund for 914 build threads and have come up dry. Has anyone here had experience with such a build? I realise I'll need to sure up the chassy and suspension. Wondering if I could get suggestions on what shocks and springs to use, anti roll bars etc. Any advice would help. Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Josh

[moggy]

Hi there. Before you start you need to build this to the spec of the rally's you intend to enter. The general recipe for a 914 rally car is as follows:

1st (and by a long way) - ROLLCAGE. If you're going to drive this like a rally car should be driven, you ARE going to crash (ask me how I know (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ). This is where I would refer you to the first statement. You need to ensure that your cage meets whatever required specofocation for the racing 'body' you will be racing under. Here's some shots of mine:

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2nd - Skid plates - I've got a front one and a rear one. The front one takes an impact if you hit something, it protects the underneath front suspension. The rear one is the MOST important, and protects the gearbox, engine and exhaust. It goes from the rear floorpan all the way to the rear bumper. It needs to be made of something like 8mm thick strong aluminium. I haven't got any specific pictures of the skid plates but can take some and provide measurements if you're serious. Here's some that at least show you something of what the skid plates look like on the car:

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Before I forget.... you need lots of well placed holes cut into the rear skid plate to prevent the hole thing cooking myself (ask me how I know again). This also depends on what exhaust system you are running.

It's very late over here so I'll continue this for you when I get back later this week.

Cheers

Moggy

[Silverstreak]

It's very late over here so I'll continue this for you when I get back later this week.

Cheers

Moggy

AH! The man I've been waiting to hear from!(Supose I could have sent a PM) I've seen video and pics of your car, it's the mutt's nuts as they may say where you're from. I'm dead serious about the build, I've been bit by the rally bug (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) . Historic rallying is what I'm aiming for. Thanks for the pics and the tips you've posted thus far, they'll be extremely helpful. I'm gonna get her running first then move on to the cage. Did you build it yourself?