916 chassis Options

[Montreal914]

Were the few 916's equipped with the GT stiffening kit?

Other than the obvious rigid roof, were there any chassis stiffening improvement to handle the larger powertrain/gearbox?

[technicalninja]

Thank you TMM914, Marty, Rory, Dave, and Bob. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)

Reinforcement of the A-pillar maybe, other exclusive 916 reinforcement mods?

Interesting to see that Brutus did not have any visible reinforcement of the trailing arms and suspension ears.

Current plan:
- Inner Maddogs kit
- Outer RD clamshell
- GT kit

Thinking potentially:
- Suspension ears reinforcement
- Inner ear heim joint rod to firewall
- Outer heim joint rod for alignment adjustment and maintain
- Rear trailing arm bulhead plate (Chris Foley's trailing arm reinforcement design)
- Some rear suspension tower seam stich welding

I might be overthinking this, but a 3.2 and a 916 box is a very different setup compared to a VW bus engine.

Your list is very close to mine...

I'm for more seam welding and further rear mods.

The 914 V8 guy Renegade Hybrids had a simple rear ear mod that I'm going to incorporate with your above list.

Had I been you I'd have kept those front sway bar mount reinforcement plates you sold to Fred. I liked those...

I'll do a little bit of front pan re-enforcement and increase the strength of the top mounts for the front struts.

As I'm planning on keeping the removable top, I'm not planning on working the A-pillars.

I believe a roll bar similar to Tygaboy's V8 car is the way to go on an open top car.

I'll be re-enforcing my car for 300lbs./ft. and 350 rwhp. I will not be using a Porsche 6.

Current candidates are a blown K20 (lightweight) or (more likely) a GM LGX 3.6L V6.

Current tranny choice is Boxster 6 speed (and Tygaboy's steam punk shifter!).