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Well, Finally managed to get to an event this year and in-car footage is on youtube on below link. Went well considering I haven't driven there in over 5 years and still a bit of setup work to do to get front end to bite (6th overall, see www.classicrally.com.au Aug 8 superkhana for the...

Good luck with that! Makes me a bit jealous. I've log booked my DRB GT40 as a 2A open sports car, but only got a couple of hillclimbs and sprints done thus far (motor and trans issues stopped play). Pity WA is so far from VIC...

Wow, heaps of sailors here. People tell me yachts are expensive. I tell them try building and racing a GT40! Yachts are cheap in comparison I say. Me - live on a 42 Bavaria. Very nice way to live for a while. Been there since last Sept and plan is for another 1 1/2 years before reality bites...

Well, finally after much hassles with the spacer plate machining, the trans is together and running happily in the car as of Tuesday. Took the day off work and went hard, getting it all running mid arvo. Haven't put foot down yet, going to give it a few k's driving normally to bed the pinion and...

Nice work. Looks like you 'stole' my colour scheme, minus the black centre stripe. Blackouts and Red is the go. Though I found the side stripes help break up the wall of red look. Just got mine on the road after 5 months of trans drama, so I can understand you're getting more than a little...

Lance, I think you're sort of missing the point of balance pipes here. A crossover GT40 type of exhaust header arrangement negates the need for a balance pipe. The balance pipe is included in normal separate V8 headers to try and even out the exhaust pulses, whereas a crossover header system has...

Getting closer Tom. One more change to make. Your 'B' dimension should be measured from lower suspension arm inner pivot to outer pivot (ball joint or rear hub pivot point). Don't measure to centre of tyre, because tyre moves the same amount as arm outer pivot point. Then it'll be correct. At...

Tom, OK, that's how I thought you had arranged your suspension spreadsheet. Sorry, but it's wrong! What you've said makes sense at first sight, but you square the ratio because the lever ratio simultaneously increases the force on the spring as well as decreasing the displacement. This is...

Tom, Just going back a post or three. About your suspension calculation sheet. It doesn't look like your installation ratio calculations for the springs or roll bars makes sense to me. You are supposed to use the IR squared in order to calculate the wheel spring rate. Unless you are...

Jim, was that shifter lengthening based on using the Audi 016 selectors rods? I was planning on using the 944 S2 selector rods, which I would have thought would be the correct length once the spacer is installed. The length difference between the two was a thicker flange on the ali front case...

Another update... Laser cut ali spacer plate is done as per attached photos. Just got to get it machined to correct thickness and then try assemble trans again. Randy - yes, there are locating dowels, as can be seen in photos. Nearly there, I hope! Julian

Aargh. Nothing is ever easy. Turns out there is a gap between the iron case and the 016 front ali case when it was being trial assembled to get the pinion shimming right. About 4 mm, as previously mentioned in this thread. I originally though the 4 mm difference was in the 944 iron casing (it...

Another update: Got all the bits and pieces back together now and hopefully should have an assembled trans in a week or two. Some photos of the machined input end of the 944 input shaft, and machined 016 front casing attached. The 40 may have some wedding duties in two weeks, so be nice to...

Another update: Good news is that the 944 input shaft has been machined and resplined to work with the 016 casing front seal, clutch and spigot bearing. So that is the major worry about the process sorted out. Now just waiting for 016 ali front trans casing to be machined out a bit to fit...

re: RF #12 "Race" Chassis Wow, that's some nice trans work there Troy. That's the kind of trans that appeals to me, but just a little out of my range right now. I'll be very interested to see how it performs though. May get my car back on the track in a month or two though, so hopefully I'll...

Yeah, well I wouldn't be running an 016 or derivative if I had my time again, but hindsight is like that. This was the most expedient method for me to get the car going again. I don't have to replace adaptor plate, flywheel, starter, clutch, driveshafts, exhaust, shifter mechanisms and cables...

Update time: Both Audi and 944 S2 trans are apart now. After looking at it all side by side, the plan is to go with machining and resplining the 944 input shaft to match the 016 setup. Also, machining out of a couple of bearing housings in the alloy front case of the 016 then swap in the 944...

Quick update: I've now got a 944 S2 trans (I wanted the shorter diff ratio). That and my 016 are being stripped down now. Once they're apart we'll see which way to go. Hopefully next week we'll have the answer. Cheers, Julian

Re: Audi 016 goes Bang! Well, I've talked to a toolmaker friend of mine, and the splines can be manually cut using carbide bits and a decent mill. So that will work I'd say. Just not as easy. Yes - the shaft may be case hardened, with a softer core. Not that unusual in splined axles etc...

Re: Audi 016 goes Bang! Well, I measured the hardness of my existing 016 input shaft and turns out it has a hardness of around 50 - 55 HRC. Which is a bit hard for re-splining using HSS tooling. So either I find another way to respline it or I get the shaft normalised (heat treated to soften...