Awesome, I read about your car in Golf+ and have kept the article (I've read it about 10X!). Great to see the pic's on here. Not a lover of this shape but what a sleepr you have, bet your glad you got ride of your bm'er all those years ago! Ha
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I answered a question on another post about girdles and ended sharing a lot of what's going on with my car right now so I thought I'd add it here as well.
After spinning our local dyno to the tune of 755hp, we took a very close look at things and discovered some interesting damage. We had actually twisted the block and destroyed the passenger side motorsport spec motor mount. As a result we've torn everything down and launched a multi-pronged effort to cure these issues.
First is a girdle and a heftier set of ARP studs. Another area that demanded attention was the minimal damage to the head from the head moving about the head studs that elongated their bores in the head. The remedy here is a heftier ARP stud with a bored out stud bore that will be lined with a steel liner. The girdle itself is a custom unit machined locally.
Next is the triple set of motor mounts that attach at 3 points going forward from mid of the transmission to the rear of the block, via a mid-plate, and at the front of the motor. These will lock that motor in place. In order to beef up the chassis to hold things together we had to go with a custom sub-frame and main frame reinforcement or it just wouldn't work. The results will speak for themselves but for now, I just have to wait to get everything back from vendors doing bits of work. The only really new mod for the engine is the custom billet crank that does take a long time. Also out is the CRB transmission which is getting a preventative refresh with Quaife limited slip for the front axles which will match up with the same for the rear diff.
Anyway sorry for the long answer but yes, I think a girdle is merited.
Hap, wit dakine girdle not from Evahboost, Maguire
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IAT graphs of W/M injection vs Serpentine NOS spray bar for FMIC...
There was a request for an IAT log from my car and Brendan Rudak just sent one over:
MAT--manifold air temp
CLT---coolant temp
That run peaked at 30 lbs and tapered to 25 lbs. Notice how linear the temp is and how it falls during the pull. Also of note is the very flat coolant temp graph. Attributable to many things including the big oil cooler and the custom Ron Davis radiator. My car uses a NOS serpentine spray bar in front of my FMIC. The other guys are using W/M injection.
Here's one Edi posted in the same thread:
Hap, wit dakine coolness not from Evahboost, Maguire
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Originally posted by Topolini View PostVery interesting project. Please tell me, do you have any pictures of adapters for mounting the rear calipers? Front suspension will remain on the old arm?
Hap, wit dakine suspence not from Evahboost, Maguire
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Originally posted by Bram View PostAwesome. That will add to the stiffness of the front as well. Did you lower the total engine with this welded sub-frame as well?
Hap, wit dakine stiffness not from Evahboost, Maguire
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Hap,
imho, agree with your idea of keeping the inside as a street car, and strengthening the shell without the use of a cage inside the passenger compartment.
No fun banging ones head off an internal roll cage in the event of an accident. Can't wear a helmet for journeys on public roads.
Foam on a cage won't stop the bars denting one's head.
Looking forward to further photos and updates when they occur.
Kind regards.
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Originally posted by Acidburn View PostHow much did you end up dropping the engine in the end as this is something I may look into for one of mine, also did you move it back at all?
Keep up the good work
Hap, wit dakine math not from Evahboost, Maguire
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