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Have run a quaife ATB diff in my 016/Porsche 944 hybrid trans since 2009. 11 000 km now and most of that is drive to track, compete, drive home. Love it. Totally smooth and seamless in operation. This is behind a strong 347 donk. You shouldn't be kerb hopping a mid engined car and getting rear...

Oh, and Graeme - no, an 016 does not last long behind my motor. About a year of shakedown completion events and the diff pinion sheared a few teeth and we ground to a halt. I've posted the results of that little misadventure back about 6 years ago when it happened. Wow, time flies, and this...

Yeah, I've found a couple of sources of 083 trans input shafts in Australia at reasonable prices, including one local to me from a Porsche specialist who I've got stuff from before. So will go see what diameter I can reasonably spline onto the shaft to take a common clutch disc. I just need to...

Well, dyno figures don't mean much but it's a healthy 347, 440 RWHP, revs to 7000, and does 125 MPH over the 1/4 mile in a DRB. So that should give you some idea. If you want to see what it puts up with, youtube 200MPHGT40. The last event (rallysprint) is where it sheared on the 3rd run...

So, I sheared the input shaft of my bastardised 944 S2 (3L Motor version) tansmission the other day. It lasted 5 years of hard competition work, so can't complain really. Was hoping it was clutch splines that went, but no luck... So, ideally I want a 944 S2 input shaft. I can then get that...

Went down this road early 2015 and upgraded my helmet to a Snell helmet with tether posts and also purchased a Simpson Hybrid Sport. Read Graham's posts above carefully. He is correct. The normal HANS type devices only fit properly (comfortably) at their intended seat angle, and the common...

Did the Australian Motorkhanana Championship in mine about 3 years ago. These are ultra tight 1st and reverse gear only type events suited best to Mini's and similar. So you need a car with a narrow track (fail), effective handbrake (don't even have a non-effective one, fail again) and great...

So, all was going well at the July McRae Rallysprint until I threw it into the gate on the last corner. Damp day and trying to beat all the 4WD rally cars leaves less margin for error than I allowed for! Don't try this at home... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9T3D--OWf0 Turns out...

So, any updates? Got the Chassis and Body yet? Been too long with news on this one...

So this would be a good GT40 engine for sure, and I loved the N'ring video sound, but before we go getting too excited, flat plane crank means no cross over exhaust. Pros: Easier to fab up an exhaust (much easier!) Cons: No lovely bundle of snakes to admire... First it giveth, then it...

A GT40 replica will be as fast as you can afford to build it and go as fast as you can drive. If you have both the money and skill, then it's as fast as any analogue RWD car on most courses on most days. It's just a mid engined sports car with the basics right - what you do with that is what...

Why people keep asking the same questions after being given advice is beyond me... Yes, I converted (no, not the first and won't be the last) a 944 S2 trans to work with my existing 016 front housing. Yes, it is still running fine and the car is now making 440 RWHP, standing 1000m in 21.3 sec...

Can I take that as a compliment Dave? One of the other GT40's in our area (Rickadonna on here I think) has fitted his 016 with the 3.22 ratio set Mick mentioned. It is going strong after a few years and he has done a few track sprints with it. He also runs a healthy 347, which shouldn't be too...

Yep, it was me who posted up the details of converting a 944S2 or Turbo trans to work with the 016 front casing. Search for my posts and photos on how to do it. If starting from nothing, go with 01E. If your car is built and running with 016 but you bust it (like I did) then you could consider...

Jack, I just don't get it. You've got a perfectly good motor and you want to tone it down an bit. So as mentioned, it's easy and cheap! 1) Throttle linkages. Make them more progressive and limit the throttle opening! That will limit power and torque right away and is easy and free! My car was...