997 Suspension and Subframe in a 356 ?!?!
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997 Suspension and Subframe in a 356 ?!?!
Found this online and had not seen it before (at least in the 997 forum).
Somebody/some shop built a custom tube chassis to fit a 356 AND the suspension points of a PASM equipped 997 C2 both front and rear. You can see where they cut the subframe and welded it back together. I'd think minimally you would need to swap the springs because the rate would be WAY too high for the low weight of a 356 even with the Audi V8 engine going into it. And the PASM is useless since it has to connect to the BOSCH CAN BUS DME which also controls an ECU designed for a 9A1 and not a Audi V8.
Anyone have more info on this?
It looks awesome but dialing this thing in is going to take twice as long as designing and building it.
All the pics are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/schwar...h/15981288466/
Here are some highlights:
Standard front subframe for reference:
Chopped front:
Somebody/some shop built a custom tube chassis to fit a 356 AND the suspension points of a PASM equipped 997 C2 both front and rear. You can see where they cut the subframe and welded it back together. I'd think minimally you would need to swap the springs because the rate would be WAY too high for the low weight of a 356 even with the Audi V8 engine going into it. And the PASM is useless since it has to connect to the BOSCH CAN BUS DME which also controls an ECU designed for a 9A1 and not a Audi V8.
Anyone have more info on this?
It looks awesome but dialing this thing in is going to take twice as long as designing and building it.
All the pics are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/schwar...h/15981288466/
Here are some highlights:
Standard front subframe for reference:
Chopped front:
Last edited by nwGTS; 04-20-2016 at 07:13 PM.
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Sick!!
Is there a build thread anywhere?
Is there a build thread anywhere?