Got a GTreproductions Chassis today......

[Chip Smith]

Got a call that it was comming today and sure enough it showed up. I have a lot of parts piled up and ready to start on it. I might have a friend of mine do an aluminum Can-Am or GroupC style body. I was planning on useing Sheridan Motorsports 914 wide body fiberglass shell but from looking on this forum I got an itching go change. Will post more as I get the LS6 and G50-52 and suspension on.
Is there a build log area for Can-Am cars?
thanks for looking, Chip

[Big-Foot]

HI Chip - Welcome to GT40's ....

Looks like you have a pretty good head-start on a scratch build going there...

I'd just put your build log in with the others here;

GT40 Build Logs - GT40s.com

[Chip Smith]

Well things are comming together but have had some plans change a little.
The chassis is the wheel base I wanted but the body is a variable. I thought of a 914 fiberglass race body but have headed in a new direction. The nice thing about the ZSR chassis is that it is basically adaptable to about anything. I came across a Porsche 912 shell and decided to integrate it into the ZSR chassis along the lines of a Porsche GT1. I have the roof line in place and will post pics as it progresses.

[John]

Hi Chip, i'm pondering going the same drive train route as you as was wondering , do you have any figures for weight of the LS1 G50 combo. just trying to work out some figures
Thanks John

[Chip Smith]

Seems I recall the LS6 weight like 435lb and the G50 165lb. Thats what I think I saw on Renegade motorsports site for 914's. If you do go that way I have an extra Kennedy adapter plate and flywheel that is new in the box. email me.
Chip

[Chip Smith]

I started to do the motor mounts and trans mount. To do any welding I always get the chassis good and flat and level. I dont have a full welding table so I use my machinist jacking levels and a laser level. I can move anywhere around on the chassis and get a measurement to the laser.



I now have a Porsche 911 roof and window frames that I want to use for the body. Should give it a GT1 look but on my 96" wheelbase

[Chris Bell]

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[Chip Smith]

I got some time finally to get more on the Chassis done. I finished the motor and trans mounts useing the motor mounts in front, the adapter plate and the tail end of the trans. All solid mount but I am not looking for comfort. I also got the rack that I needed from Chris at GTReproductions. It took some time for the manufacture to get them to him but was worth the wait. I almost got to antsy and tried to locate one myself and was headed down the wrong road but after talking to Fran at RCR he set me straight and saved me making mistakes.
I got the Roll cage in and mocked up the Porsche 911 roof line. I am headed towards a 911 GT1 center drive look but a little scaled down since they are normally huge in my opinion.
I have some Z06 wheels for it but 10.5" just will not do. I am making up new centers for the HRE wheels that I have with so they fit and have the correct offset for the C5 suspension. I was about $800 per wheel for new HRE centers and only $600 for 4 slugs of aluminum and I have some open machine time comming up so it looks like I have some work.
I am going to run the headers forward and do a turn out to the side in front of the rear wheel. I like the layout and every little weight shift forward will help

[Brian Hamilton]

Looks friggin spectacular my friend!! Very nice build! Looks like it will be a monster on the track too. I'm interested to see how you're going to finish off the body. Have you ever heard of this place...

GT Racing - Porsche fiberglass parts. Manufacturer of quality lightweight body panels

Check out their catalog, there's TONS of parts you can use. I was looking at building a killer 944 a few years back.

Laters,

Brian