New mid engine chassis blueprints.
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:41 pm
Check out the blueprints of this chassis
http://www.rorty-design.com/content/beetle.htm
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A Beetle body goes on lastwlarryglick wrote:Uh.... Where's the VW part of this?
ENGINE:
Rover 3.5 litre aluminium V8, bored and stroked to 5.1 litres, with all the trick bits.
TRANSAXLE:
R30 type 369 with ZF limited slip diff.
STEERING:
Holden rack and pinion, Nissan steering column.
BRAKES:
Alfa Romeo pedals and servo, Holden front ventilated discs
and alloy callipers, BMW rear discs and callipers with integral handbrake.
Not much chance of finding these parts in the U.S.!