accordionfolder said:Escort ZX2 have the Zetec engine with 4x100?
YEs, I mentioned that on page one.
accordionfolder said:Escort ZX2 have the Zetec engine with 4x100?
YEs, I mentioned that on page one.
May be a dumb question- but any reason why a Subaru flat 4 would not be a good choice? Seems like a good baseline for CG and whatnot.
alfadriver said:May be a dumb question- but any reason why a Subaru flat 4 would not be a good choice? Seems like a good baseline for CG and whatnot.
It's an excellent suggestions actually. I"ve thought about it, I'm not sure why it's not higher on my list TBH. Probably because I grew up watching Terrapins on the hills as a kid and Allan Staniforth was a hero of mine. Sensibly it's the right thing to do, especially if I could find a rusty (easy) FWD (hard) 90's Imprezza. Easy to upgrade to a turbo motor later.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson :
FFR sells a AWD to FWD conversion setup for the Subaru transaxles as part of their 818 kits.
In reply to Stefan :
There's a vendor in Australia selling a kit as well. http://www.bremarauto.com/products/subaru-2wd-conversion-kit/
Ian F said:In reply to Stefan :
There's a vendor in Australia selling a kit as well. http://www.bremarauto.com/products/subaru-2wd-conversion-kit/
Beautiful, but that kit is about what I was expecting to pay for a complete starter powertrain, engine trans, halfshafts and ECU!
Well, if you have the tools, make your own versions. For better or worse, the FFR components are about the same $, if not a bit more.
The Georgia Tech gang converted the Subaru trans to 2wd in their Challenge car somehow.
I'm hesitant to advocate for anything Saturn, but in this scenario it makes some sense. The DOHC engine from the '91-02 cars weighs 220lbs*, 1.9L, 124hp. 5 speed trans, and 2 helical LSDs are available for it. There were about a billion made, and they are readily available in any junkyard for pennies. The axle spline count at the hub is the same as the Delta platform (Cobalt, Ion, etc.) cars, so you can do 4x100, 5x110, or 5x114.3 on a Delta platform hub.
*220 is the 'dressed' weight for the earlier engines with the aluminum intake. The later plastic intake weighs a bunch less.
That said, if its less a 'spec' series and people want flexibility to add go-fast parts, I'd go more for a duratec or ecotec motor. If its something you want to build a series around and build/race for 30 years, a newer engine = better so there is support in a few decades.
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