HughR

Just logged in Tony. I'll be around this week and will see if I can stop by to see the latest.

Hugh R

Lemming

I agree, EMCO sequential with paddle shifters

LS1Porch

Good god. WANT.

95ONE

I would rather have this transmission for the same price.

http://www.albinsgear.com.au/images/ST6rgb.pdf

TonyG

Nah.... If I were going to go non-Porsche (or Audi in this case...) I'd go Hewland all day long. Which BTW... is what the the trans-am 944's used BTW back in the day.

Today, Hewland has some serious gear boxes.

But I'm almost thinking a flipped Porsche PDK trans.... :-)

TonyG

TonyG

Sorry... but it doesn't RPM match. No throttle blip. That's why the car jerks on down shift. Not a good thing on the track.

TonyG

95ONE

Tony, I was looking into Hewlands, and flipped Porsche. It's clearly been done. Flipping it hurt it in the long run?

TonyG

I was referring to flipping the R&P like we used to do with the 915 gear boxes. Not sure if you could do it with a PDK. Plus.. the Cayman has a PDK already, the problem there being the gear ratios. The next GT3 is supposedly coming with a PDK as well.

I had a Evo 10 with a PDK (they call it a SST dual clutch) that I took to the track a few times. The trans was great. A little on the boring side, but definitely faster than an H pattern box for sure.

For right now.... I'm just trying to get the car together and sorted to try to make the mid Feb 2013 first race with a 951 box. And the clock is ticking....

TonyG

acorad

Hey Tony, we may be at Auto Club SW for a Chumpcar race on 2/16 & 2/17, are you planning on being there the same weekend?

Jeff Lamb

Tony, I just wanted to say "Thanks!" for taking the time to share your awesome build. The suspension modifications and fuel tank location are really nice. You are implementing many fantastic ideas and I am looking forward to hearing about how well your new race car performs. Had I not sold my 951 race car project (and bought my 911 race car), I probably would have ended up making many of the same modifications. Have fun with that thing!!

Best regards,
Jeff

TonyG

12.30.12

Update...

The car is back at Vision for the final round of development.

Here is the old original fuel cell can, re-powder coated to match the new 35 gallon side fuel cell.

Vision modified the bottom to lower the fuel cell around the trans & torque tube bell housings (which are already cut down). This allowed us to keep the weight as low as possible.

The bladder is a flexible rubber bladder by ATL.

TonyG

TonyG

The main tracks I run at are (in order) Auto Club Speedway (Roval), Willow Springs Raceway (big 2.5 mile track), Button Willow Raceway (various configs, but a slower technical track), Pahrump in NV and Laguna Seca.

TonyG

BC

I wish you could make this an E85 car and make the LS engine a 13:1 compression motor. That way you don't have to go too crazy on the size of the motor but get big efficiency out of less cubes. That would require a different kind of Fuel cell bladder though. As well as fuel lines and pumps.

It would be good for the uniqueness of the platform though.

TonyG

I run 91 octane pump gas :-) $3.75 / gallon. And I'm not crazy on size. I'm only a 5.7l And I still made 460RWHP and 400RWTQ

No matter... it's 2013 porsche twin turbo V6 that I'm going to be putting in next year anyway.

TonyG

BC

Is there a diagram of that TT v6? That will need e85.