[tcb] Re: turbo's
- From: "Dan" <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:40:12 -0500
Both Splitties and Vgons are unibody but they have a frame rails to0. Not so
much with the 993..
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Sawyer
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:35 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: turbo's
Vanagons are Unibody as well, the Vanagons do have a very positive Rack and
Pinion steering. I could see why he would use that.
Dan <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the splitty frame was too flimsy and the 993 was unibody and too
short of a wheelbase. Just my guess.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Wood"
To:
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:22 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: turbo's
> Sadly, yes it was a double door however I think the results are clearly
> worth it. What puzzles me is that
> first the use of the Vanagon Donor and then the replacement of the 993
> components. I wonder if you just plop
> the bus down on top of the Porsche... Well, I guess someone was thinking
> logically. At least at about a foot wider it
> would corner great (as the video shows)
>
> If you want to talk about all the metal work, fabrication and the money
> then to top it all off, literally, with a carbon fiber roof.
>
> That alone must be at least $8k of cloth right there.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Dan
>>Sent: Dec 28, 2007 3:44 PM
>>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [tcb] Re: turbo's
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>Will Wood said: This would be my inspiration... ;-)
>>http://www.race-taxi.ch/
>>http://video.aol.com/video-detail/vw-t1-biturbo-porsche-993-racing-in-spa/751231475
>>
>>Normally I would be complaining about someone hacking up a double door
>>standard but that is an amazing creation. That is a bit more than a
>>weekend
>>project I'm thinking.
>>
>>
>>
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