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Options to get Wider Track, crazy stupid 914 hack car |
nimblemotorsports |
Jan 13 2018, 01:54 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 12-January 18 From: Sacramento, California Member No.: 21,793 Region Association: None |
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) |
Mueller |
Jan 14 2018, 06:17 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
Green car in your 1st post has stock width suspension.
No reason to widen track. I question entire post now reading it again. Volvo FWD suspension? How did I miss that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/project/...onster/#image_2 |
nimblemotorsports |
Jan 14 2018, 09:43 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 12-January 18 From: Sacramento, California Member No.: 21,793 Region Association: None |
Green car in your 1st post has stock width suspension. No reason to widen track. I question entire post now reading it again. Volvo FWD suspension? How did I miss that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/project/...onster/#image_2 I think you must have missed the entire point! I am putting another body on this 914, and THAT body is 6 inches wider than even the flared 914. I already said this is a stupid crazy project. Volvo suspension makes perfect sense to me! It has the perfect track width for my other body. |
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