TonyG

Yeah. All the body work is the same except the front end (fenders, nose, hood).



TonyG

ausgeflippt951

I can't recall -- was there a reason you chose not to build a custom tranny? I'm thinking a sequential would suit her verrrry nicely. Was it a rules thing?

disasterman

It might be an additonal $25,000 type of thing.

968gene

I hate when that happens....

333pg333

lol...having said that, I'm sure I've seen sequentials for other brands of cars for considerably less. Subaru WRX for around $10k i.i.r.c.?

TonyG

Today's Update

The strut brace and associated reworked brackets.

TonyG

TonyG

This car has one objective: Be faster than a new 997 Cup Car with a great driver behind the wheel, while costing 1/4 the operational cost.

And if I were to do a custom trans, it would be very expensive because it would be a PDK. And that would be at least a $25k add-on. And the reliability isn't proven under high HP applications in a racing environment, no known hours per rebuild, and no known rebuild costs (which we all know wouldn't be inexpensive).

And if it's not a PDK, then what's the point?

TonyG

333pg333

Even a stick shifting sequential is a clear advantage over an old 951/968 box. Not that a paddle shifter wouldn't be better again. Fast, but somehow not quite as satisfying as a stick shifter in my opinion.

Hey did you get my email re the Canards?

LS1Porch

I think just about any transmission made in this century would be a clear upgrade over the 951 box, but that's just me.

968gene

What about a transaxle with custom straight cut gears for $9,000?

TonyG

I don't see what's wrong with the 951 trans. It's light, it's strong, it's reliable. And it's cheap.

I've been racing with over 450RWHP and 400RWTQ (slightly less several years ago) with 315 sticky tires for over 7 years and have only broken two transmissions. The first had the factory LSD case break, and the second was when I broke 2nd gear at Laguna Seca.

Now I run a Guard diff which will never break like the stock LSD (because it's 1 piece vs the stock which is 3 pieces) and I never use 1st or 2nd gears on the race track (which are very small and are a part of the input shaft).

The only down side to the transmission is the fact that it shifts slow compared to a sequential no-lift transmission. The stock gearing is pretty good all-around gearing, plus there are custom 3,4,5 gear ratios that are available for about $600 each.

TonyG

LS1Porch

It's really slow. But otherwise, i agree with you.

dand86951

I sure like the strut brace, will you have any hood clearance issues?

zeusrotty

Tony this car is amazing. Very special. But where are you going to get a great driver?














I keed! I keed!

Chris White

I heard a rumor that Tony is going to continue with the modifying theme and have Schumacher's arms and legs swapped out for his stock parts....