Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:36 am

One nice thing about going to 18's is that you can find cheap scrubs, either DOT's or full race slicks. 17's are starting to fall by the wayside.
It is also very tough to find anything wider than 8" in a 5x112, which is why I adapted to 5x114.3.

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:45 am

Preston, you are making me crave 18" wheels now!

death 4kqt · Post by **death 4kqt** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:58 am

this thing is going to be sick.

gruppe5 · Post by **gruppe5** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:30 pm

What fenders are those? Where can I buy them?

Frank the quattro tank · Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:38 pm

They look like 034's.

gruppe5 · Post by **gruppe5** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:21 pm

The 034 fender have, or at least had, the arches that extended all the way down to the rockers last I saw.

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:01 pm

Definitely look like 034's pieces.

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:53 am

Been a long time since I've made any updates but making some progress finally after finishing a few other projects for clients.

Roll cage is in, fuel cell is in, steering is done and the engine looks good in its home.

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123quattro · Post by **123quattro** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:02 pm

What turbo are you thinking about? On track next summer?

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:32 pm

gt35ish with the new billet wheel or the BW equivalent. This summer could be a stretch on the budget. We shall see. I've been looking at some spendy electronics to control the engine.

123quattro · Post by **123quattro** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:12 pm

Chris Efremedis is the head of Bosch Motorsport in the US now.

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:07 pm

Looks really good Preston!

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:32 pm

123quattro wrote:Chris Efremedis is the head of Bosch Motorsport in the US now.

Jacob who works for Bosch Motorsport is my roommate

We've been talking about the bosch units but also looking at pectel and the motec power distribution units are really nice to add in some more fun electronics.

bdcoombs · Post by **bdcoombs** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:39 pm

looks good. awesome project thus far

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:34 pm

Looks great Preston! What cam gear is that?

mr_aj_johnson · Post by **mr_aj_johnson** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:59 pm

I'm curious as to what specs the cage was built to? Also how is headroom with the overhead v as opposed to a roof "X" I'm also curious as to why you tied the cage into the side of the rear suspension towers as opposed to the top of the shock mounts. (dissipate shock loads through the cage)

The fuel cell/cover is gorgeous!

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:07 pm

Looking amazing, keep the pictures coming.

So many crazy builds going on at the moment.

I've got to get my arse in gear!!

Cheers,

Craig

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:29 am

extreme90path wrote:Looks great Preston! What cam gear is that?

I'll have to look tonight. Jeff Gerner (bonneville car builder) built the engine for me through Four Rings Performance.

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:32 am

mr_aj_johnson wrote:I'm curious as to what specs the cage was built to? Also how is headroom with the overhead v as opposed to a roof "X" I'm also curious as to why you tied the cage into the side of the rear suspension towers as opposed to the top of the shock mounts. (dissipate shock loads through the cage)

The fuel cell/cover is gorgeous!

Cage was built by a friend who I traded some electrical wiring/calibration work for. I don't plan to get too serious and run NASA or SCCA so he built it to his liking with some NASA/SCCA specs as guidance. There is tons of head room with the V because he did a slightly higher center point of the rear hoop. As for the rear strut tops, I don't know. I noticed that as well but it does not bother me too much. Thanks for the comments.

a_CQ · Post by **a_CQ** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:40 am

You can't run with SCCA even if you wanted to - no class to fall in. But why dismiss NASA? After all this work and really well setup car(I'm sure it will be when done) you should put it to good use, and not just use it for random track days...well, it is your car and you do what you want with it, but I thought I'd throw my $.02 in.

What do you plan on doing for the sunroof opening, and you never told us where those flares came from??

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:32 am

a_CQ wrote:You can't run with SCCA even if you wanted to - no class to fall in. But why dismiss NASA? After all this work and really well setup car(I'm sure it will be when done) you should put it to good use, and not just use it for random track days...well, it is your car and you do what you want with it, but I thought I'd throw my $.02 in.

What do you plan on doing for the sunroof opening, and you never told us where those flares came from??

Yeah, NASA would be cool but I have too many hobbies. I spend a lot of weekends traveling to Kentucky to rock climb. I just like to do things right and so the car will be well setup. My DD B5 S4 is the same way. I'd rather just pick out 5 or so weekends of the year to get to the track and on occasion take the car out on the open road or get to car meet ups and such. Maybe even a few days at the drag strip for fun.

Will have the guys who do the body work just weld in some sheet metal for the sunroof. Flares were from a local guy who dug them up from his collections. They should fit with a little work and were super cheap.

mr_aj_johnson · Post by **mr_aj_johnson** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:43 am

Cool stuff thanks for the reply. Keeping fingers crossed for more frequent updates.

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:47 pm

turboskipper wrote:
extreme90path wrote:Looks great Preston! What cam gear is that?

I'll have to look tonight. Jeff Gerner (bonneville car builder) built the engine for me through Four Rings Performance.

Thank you sir!

turboskipper · Post by **turboskipper** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:35 pm

extreme90path wrote:
turboskipper wrote:
extreme90path wrote:Looks great Preston! What cam gear is that?

I'll have to look tonight. Jeff Gerner (bonneville car builder) built the engine for me through Four Rings Performance.

Thank you sir!

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:09 pm

Sweet! Thank you!

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