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Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:36 am
by RSCoupe
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.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:45 am
by audifreakjim
Preston, you are making me crave 18" wheels now!
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:58 am
by death 4kqt
this thing is going to be sick.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:30 pm
by gruppe5
What fenders are those? Where can I buy them?
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:38 pm
by Frank the quattro tank
They look like 034's.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:21 pm
by gruppe5
The 034 fender have, or at least had, the arches that extended all the way down to the rockers last I saw.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:01 pm
by RSCoupe
Definitely look like 034's pieces.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:53 am
by turboskipper
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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Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:02 pm
by 123quattro
What turbo are you thinking about? On track next summer?
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:32 pm
by turboskipper
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.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:12 pm
by 123quattro
Chris Efremedis is the head of Bosch Motorsport in the US now.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:07 pm
by RSCoupe
Looks really good Preston!
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:32 pm
by turboskipper
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.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:39 pm
by bdcoombs
looks good. awesome project thus far
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:34 pm
by 85oceanic
Looks great Preston! What cam gear is that?
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:59 pm
by mr_aj_johnson
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!
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:07 pm
by Highlander
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
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:29 am
by turboskipper
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.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:32 am
by turboskipper
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.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:40 am
by a_CQ
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??
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:32 am
by turboskipper
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.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:43 am
by mr_aj_johnson
Cool stuff thanks for the reply. Keeping fingers crossed for more frequent updates.
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:47 pm
by 85oceanic
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!
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:35 pm
by turboskipper
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!
Re: Preston's 20vt 90q Track Toy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:09 pm
by 85oceanic
Sweet! Thank you!