Options to get Wider Track, crazy stupid 914 hack car Options

[nimblemotorsports]

Hello, new guy here, I just picked up a donated 914 that is barely a roller, and will be used with a kitcar body and some offbrand junkyard motor/transaxle setup, for a super cheap road racer. To get this to look right, I need to use modern high negative offset wheels AND I need to widen the track width by 6 inches.

I know there are a lot of 'flared fender' 914s, this is probably a little wider than those, but can I just use 3 inch spacers to get the wider track? Seems a bit questionable for an actual road raced car. Not that I can afford good 3 inch spacers anyway.

Here is one that looks wide enough, not sure what suspension is in this v8 car.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/patrickms.s3.amazonaws.com-21793-1515830549.1.jpg)

I am thinking I should just go ahead and replace entirely the front and rear suspensions with ones that have the right width. I actually have a couple Volvo v70 fwd suspensions that are just the right width and can put them in front and back with all the necessary tubing welding, etc, etc.

Is there a simpler good cheap way. I need all three...simple, cheap, good.

This isn't the body kit i'm using, but to give an idea why I need wider track.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/www.thesamba.com-21793-1515830078.1.jpg)

[tygaboy]

Problem with using the stock trailing arms is you're limited to how much back spacing the wheel can have as it'll rub the trailing arm.
IMO, if you're "going crazy" with rear tire width and want to do it right, go with an a-arm set up. A couple folks here have grafted late model 911 suspension onto their chassis. Not for the faint of heart... but epic coolness rarely is!

If I was going that way, I'd look into an unequal length a-arm set up. C5 Corvette, something like that. BTW, I have an entire C5 rear suspension, including the rear section of the frame rails (makes it easy to build a jig to replicate the geometry).

You're is Sac. I'm in Petaluma. If you're interested, feel free to come by. You can poke around my LS build and take a look at the Corvette stuff. Seeing things in person always helps me when I'm thinking through stuff like this.

Either way, best of luck with your build.

Chris

[nimblemotorsports]

I'd be thrilled to use a C5 setup and no problem to drive to petaluma, I consider easy work to drive a long way to get stuff cheap.

The racing organization doesn't allow tube-frame cars, I already asked, so my kitcar body must be on an existing car, and of course, pre-1976, mid-engine, so 914 was my choice donor car.
This car should have about 500 hp.

Problem with using the stock trailing arms is you're limited to how much back spacing the wheel can have as it'll rub the trailing arm.
IMO, if you're "going crazy" with rear tire width and want to do it right, go with an a-arm set up. A couple folks here have grafted late model 911 suspension onto their chassis. Not for the faint of heart... but epic coolness rarely is!

If I was going that way, I'd look into an unequal length a-arm set up. C5 Corvette, something like that. BTW, I have an entire C5 rear suspension, including the rear section of the frame rails (makes it easy to build a jig to replicate the geometry).

You're is Sac. I'm in Petaluma. If you're interested, feel free to come by. You can poke around my LS build and take a look at the Corvette stuff. Seeing things in person always helps me when I'm thinking through stuff like this.

Either way, best of luck with your build.

Chris