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Body Shop Rob · Guest

Check out the photos of the 931 rally car project at:

http://members.rennlist.com/924martinirossi/

Michael and I haven't done much except drop weight from the car and its ground clearance has risen to almost 10 inches in overall height. Michael has hard to find parts such as disc brake dust shields and an under engine cover. These items will be invaluable when racing on gravel.

Body Shop Rob

jamez · Guest

how much weight have you stripped out of the car so far?

Joes924 · Guest

did you also clean up the wheels ..

teo · Joined: 07 Sep 2001 Posts: 637 Location: Hungary, Europe

as the text after clicking on the above link says:

"So far 242.5 lbs. have been removed from the car."

Teo

jamez · Guest

friggen A, sometimes I'm a complete moron

jamez · Guest

Michael.. i still want to come up and take a look at it, even though you're not selling it

but ive got too much crap going on right now. maybe in a week or two....

Body Shop Rob · Guest

This car has power windows so when we get the lexan side glass it will weigh 50-60lbs less. A fiberglass hood would be next which would drop another 60 or so off the front of the car. As the interior is stripped now, the roll cage is probably the next thing to buy/install. A full roll cage is heavy so I have an idea to remove the dashboard too. It would allow us to install the cage easier but we would have to fabricate a pod for the instruments. Michael and I will sort it out.Fun.

BodyShopRob

wdb · Guest

a gauge pod looks easy to do. a piece of sheet metal or plywood ,a pop rivet gun,and hole saw's the proper diameter for the gauges and some self taping sheet metal screws should get it.if you have speed vision there's a show SHIP SHAPE and they keep showing the episode where they make a fiberglass box and mount the gauges in fairly simple to do, or you could just hang them from the cross bar of the roll cage.

924martinirossi · Guest

Joes924: No I did not clean up the wheels. The rims on the car now were aftermarket for 924's in the mid 80's according to a fellow Lister.

Email me anytime you want to come and visit.

Michael

924martinirossi · Guest

Joes924: No I did not clean up the wheels. The rims on the car now were aftermarket for 924's in the mid 80's according to a fellow Lister.

Email me anytime you want to come and visit.

Michael

924RACR · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 12:27 am Post subject:

You could get away with hacking the ends of the dash off, from the inboard edge of the side vents on outward. It'd lose most of it's attachment points to the car, except for the center post, but you could always just zip-tie it to the dash bar. Not a big deal; all the cage bars should be behind the dash anyway, as close to the skin as possible.

You could also try one of the racing dashes GT Racing sells - they are relatively inexpensive, available in fiberglass or CF...

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Joes924 · Guest

Hey Ive been to germany was stationed there frankfurt...I have a water leak you know and its stopping me from putting in seats and carpet,sealed the bettery tray last summer thought that was all the problem there was,
took a vacation after thanksgiving came back after x-mas and it was wet,Im reachin up there and when were driven theres air coming in from somewhere
so ..maybe ill have to check out a gt dash
like vaugn says goin to the gorge this spring seattle pretty far

Body Shop Rob · Guest

I would love to lose the dash on this car since we'd have to chop it to accomodate the roll cage anyway.I need to consult the rally and autocross rules to see if it is legal. If the dash has to stay, there won't be much of it left. I'll post a thread on some rally sites to get a quick answer.

Body Shop Rob · Guest

Turns out that Group 5 rally rules do not have a provision for a dash board and many guys who race in that group took their dashes out. It will be great to rearrange the gauges the way we want them with oil pressure and temp gauges at eye level.

-nick · Guest

here you guys go:

http://www.targanewfoundland.com

the 924 might even be competitive within the class structure. let us know how it turns out

-nick