Yet Another Challenge Car
I have one of these:
and one of these:
And I only have one spare parking space. The reasonable solution is to keep the Scirocco body and the Quattro engine and rear end and gorilla glue them together.
I've talked about this a little before, I think. I'm going to remove the front diff and lock the center, giving the desired RWD. The Audi motor makes 162 hp stock, which is not that exciting, but that's at 5 psi. Internet wisdom says you can run 15-18 psi before the turbo and exhaust manifold completely run out of breath. Even with a healthly dose of pessimism, I should expect at least 200 hp at the crank. In theory, the car could come out weighing less than a ton, so it should be a giggle regardless.
I have the Audi, which is in great shape. I also have a limited slip diff from a V8 Quattro, which came from a very nice sometime GRMer. I also have some Bilstein Sports and Neuespeed "race" springs for an A2. I'll be swapping to A2 spindles to relocate the steering rack below the engine/trans. I'm gambling that the diff and suspension will be more valuable than the same money spent on engine goodies. I have been pondering liquid intercooling and nitrous, though.
An MS1 will do the fuel and spark unless I have to keep the Audi stuff for budget purposes. Using MS will require digifant injector cups, injectors, a homemade fuel rail (ala' Corey,) and so on.
Some big hurdles will be the steering rack placement and the width of the rear end. I have some ideas knocking around for narrowing it, but I might just make some bitchin' flares. I'm also hoping to find someone to trade me their 5000 transmission for my 200, since it has a locking diff. That would save me the hassle of tearing it down and welding the torsen.
And this is my wife's dog. I think she looks like Mr. Burns in this picture.
definitely watching this thread...
