i have a speedster kit body and i was wondering if it can be put on a 912 or 911 body and what kind of additional modifications would be necessary. Anybody can help me on this one? thanks.
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i have a speedster kit body and i was wondering if it can be put on a 912 or 911 body and what kind of additional modifications would be necessary. Anybody can help me on this one? thanks.
I think you're trying to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse. But if that's what you want, go for it. All it will take is lots of money and time.
You have just the body? What are your reasons for wanting to put it on a 911/912 chassis? Performance? Availability? Seems to me that getting a rolling chassis from a replica maker would be the easier route, and you can achieve just about anything in terms of performance with that setup.
To see if you can put a Speedster glass body on a 912 pan, start by measuring the wheel base. Go center to center, or front to front of tire if the tires are the same size. If the wheel base length is identical then you would want to measure width... again, center of rim to center of rim or outer wheel to outer wheel and inner wheel to inner wheel. I think the outer will be critical because you are addressing the Speedster body, not your pan/suspension clearance. Keep in mind that you can shorten the Porsche pan just as you would a VW Type 1 pan, however, the tire track width would be a different story. On that one you may have to change wheel backspacing to accommodate the outer fender wells of the Speedster body. (Basically fit the wheels inside the wheel wells.
Have you ever thought of cutting the top and windshield posts off the 912 or 911 and putting the Speedster windscreen on it? I've seen it done and it looks cool.
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Have you ever thought of cutting the top and windshield posts off the 912 or 911 and putting the Speedster windscreen on it? I've seen it done and it looks cool.
(Message Edited 5/6/2003 3:37:30 PM)
I think it sounds like you might have something unique if you did build it, and that might be nice parked next to all the run of the mill pans. I'm sure it would be quite involved, but that's what makes it interesting.
Jack,
I've also seen a 912 Targa converted with a speedster windscreen and top installed and it looked very sharp.
Ed
I've also seen a 912 Targa converted with a speedster windscreen and top installed and it looked very sharp.
Ed
911s and 912s don't have pans, it's a uni-body chassis and as such probably will not provide the rigidity needed if you cut it up. A custom chassis desighned for the complete suspension and powertrain of a 911 would be pretty cool though.
Pan stiffiner channels on each side should help. That or add a 6 point roll bar.
Take a look at a 911/912 and you'll see that you can not put one of these bodies on a the pan.
First, there is no pan.
Second, the front suspension incorporates a strut and I think that the upper mounting point is too high to fit under the body. Plus the upper mounting point is part of the inner fender.
Third, the upper rear shock goes into a cross member that is part of the uni-body.
Having said that, you could fabricate a frame to accomadate the 911 suspension and fit the body.
What about a buggy frame modified to accept the 911 parts (but I still don't think you'd get the front struts in there) and the speedster body?
Brian
First, there is no pan.
Second, the front suspension incorporates a strut and I think that the upper mounting point is too high to fit under the body. Plus the upper mounting point is part of the inner fender.
Third, the upper rear shock goes into a cross member that is part of the uni-body.
Having said that, you could fabricate a frame to accomadate the 911 suspension and fit the body.
What about a buggy frame modified to accept the 911 parts (but I still don't think you'd get the front struts in there) and the speedster body?
Brian