Show me your off-road/rally 944s.
06-03-2020 | 11:44 AM
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I'm only looking for 1/2-1" so a solid block at the top mount would be easiest.
Spencer,
It sound like you are considering a "bolt on" solution.
Have you pondered the following:
-Take 2 upper perches & stack them, cut say a 3" tall 5" diameter steel pipe and weld it in between? Now you have a top spacer but need a method of securing to the strut & then the upper mount (I'm thinking a pre-welded bolt head-down that easily slips into the bearing and maybe an access hole in the spacer for the strut nut?
-Ummm, another bolt-on solution thats fuzzy in my brain (I'd need to have the parts in front of me to assist thinking the whole thing through), is can you stack/invert the strut bearings in a safe way?
It sound like you are considering a "bolt on" solution.
Have you pondered the following:
-Take 2 upper perches & stack them, cut say a 3" tall 5" diameter steel pipe and weld it in between? Now you have a top spacer but need a method of securing to the strut & then the upper mount (I'm thinking a pre-welded bolt head-down that easily slips into the bearing and maybe an access hole in the spacer for the strut nut?
-Ummm, another bolt-on solution thats fuzzy in my brain (I'd need to have the parts in front of me to assist thinking the whole thing through), is can you stack/invert the strut bearings in a safe way?
06-11-2020 | 09:50 AM
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06-12-2020 | 09:02 AM
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https://rallysportmag.com/feature-th...20in%20France.
For what it's worth, there was a turbo Saab 99 that ran rallies in the US in the late 70s as well. Guy Light was the driver and developed the car. I recall joking with him about the water bladder that was mounted above and behind the navigator. He claimed it was in case the navigator got thirsty. It was actually part of his water injection system to reduce detonation.
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06-12-2020 | 09:27 AM
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That is probably true. It would have been in the late 70s.
https://rallysportmag.com/feature-th...20in%20France.
For what it's worth, there was a turbo Saab 99 that ran rallies in the US in the late 70s as well. Guy Light was the driver and developed the car. I recall joking with him about the water bladder that was mounted above and behind the navigator. He claimed it was in case the navigator got thirsty. It was actually part of his water injection system to reduce detonation.
https://rallysportmag.com/feature-th...20in%20France.
For what it's worth, there was a turbo Saab 99 that ran rallies in the US in the late 70s as well. Guy Light was the driver and developed the car. I recall joking with him about the water bladder that was mounted above and behind the navigator. He claimed it was in case the navigator got thirsty. It was actually part of his water injection system to reduce detonation.
That tid bit about the water bladder is great, back in an era where creative interpretation of rules was sort of the norm.
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01-31-2024 | 02:46 PM
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