TIRE SIZE........UGH!!!
After quite a bit of searching the old internet and asking others what they suggest, I chose a Falcon RT660 245/40-17....its an aggressive tire and is a starting point.
Now mounted and mocked up, I am very happy. I am running a 25mm spacer on the front and a 35mm on the rear, this clears the big calipers. There will be some trimming of the fenders to match the Group A flares, but while at full drop on jacks, the fronts clear easily on full side to side turn.
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I was was searching for CV's & U-joints to rebuild my drive shaft and came across a company (Driveshaft Store) in California that builds new drive shafts for the Audi GT/ UR. I decided to order the drive shaft and when it arrived, I immediately cut the center support off to install the 2 piece JXB performance center bearing mount. There is a day and night difference between the stock rubber mount and the JBX. The JBX mount is solid with very little movement. Drive shaft installed perfectly....very happy to check this off the list.
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Built Radiator plumbing. I purchased a straight billet thermostat water hose mount, which helped greatly with running a direct line. Not too happy with the top plumbing and will be looking to redo down the road.Leave a comment:
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Got feed up with trying to find a 6 grove AC compressor with side ports that fit the stock mount and just broke down and purchased a Sandon side port Compressor and made my own mount. It took (3) tries to get the mount to fit in the space with being able to adjust the belt with out hitting intake. As they say, I am trying to fit 10lbs of Sh*t in a 5lb bag.....very little room to work with.Leave a comment:
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Built the intercooler plumbing from the turbo compressor and the intake. Not much room on the intake side to work with, but got it done.Leave a comment:
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Received the rear diff after quite some time. EFI had to wait for parts and seals, I guess parts are hard to come by.
Everything bolted in, which was nice, the only thing I had to do was adjust the Verkline sub frames about 3/16" to have the stock drive shaft fit. I will do a Tractor Dave and clean and paint the drive shaft and replace the CV's and center support. Also, attached rear axles and parking brake cables.Leave a comment:
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Built the engine snub mount. I purchased the 034 mount and modified, built mount on my lower cross member and made mount to engine block. Its close to what the OEM mount location was...I think. Tight clearance with the inter-cooler, but all is good.
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Moderator.....very frustrating that I cannot adjust photos before post
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Did a mock up card board inter-cooler and sent off the dimensions to a friend at Triton Race Coolers and got back Perfection.
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Reworked the Ron Davis Radiator per Varia recommendations of more CFM fan motor verse the Spal fan. Varia helped me source the big fan motor and the shroud from IABED Industries. I had to remove the bottom radiator mount and make a new mount. I welded metal plate to the bottom where the old mount was and made bolt in mount. I also had to relocate the upper side mount. The Ron Davis Radiator is 16" wide hwere the OEM radaitor for the 10v is 15 1/2" wide. It took a lot of work, but the radiator fits with enough clearance for engine torque. I still have to make a mount for the top front, but need to wait for the new inter-cooler to arrive.Leave a comment:
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Love this build. Everything looks great...will be like a new car when finished!Leave a comment:
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ok cool! not trying to step on toes either. ill look into these! thanks!
I can but if it's something that Alex at Ultra Performance already makes, I generally steer people to him first, if it's not something he's going to re-stock any time soon then get back to me and I'll make them.
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