have the mounting plate with driveshaft adapter just about finished up - took 4 hours last Saturday both having the C5 hub adapter running in the CNC and then running a vertical mill to layout the plate with the bellhousing pattern. Need to weld the two together then finish out the critical dims. Hopefully have that done and the trans in this coming weekend.
Talked to the rep at Penske that helped me with my Porsche shocks today and he set me straight about motion ratio stuff as I begin to consider setting up the rockers for the suspension. I figured 1:1 was optimal but haven't overlooked the obvious fact that late model supercars utilize large MRs to run very small shock/spring packages. They can work with that setup, but he said it was absolutely better to be as close to 1:1 to get the best range of possibilities to tune the shocks for specific use. Furthermore, I had tender progressive springs I messed with on the 914 and basically gave up on them - and again, I noted supercars aren't running that, just short main spring packages. He noted in general they remove them if a car has them and just run main rates now. So I don't have to bother with figuring that crap out
It will be awhile before I pony up and get them as I will need to get the car built and on scales to know my corner weights but I will need to build the car out to run a specific length so I am expecting to use 18" shocks to have a +/- 3" range.
I found stub axles at a company in NC that adapt ZR1 33-spline hubs to 108mm Porsche 930 CVs which will allow me to run a straight forward axle package with my existing Mendeola 930 hubs so I have those on their way. Totally awesome - I was getting myself spooled up to design an adapter to weld to stock Vette stubs so the fact I can buy an off the shelf item for it stays with my goal to have as little custom as possible. I also ordered four ZR1 hubs from LG Motorsports.
Trying to get lined up with Unisteer to figure out a rack with center take off to fit in the car as well. I have ideas of how I want to offset the input and so forth, just a matter if they can get me what I want. I intend to use their electric power steering unit as well instead of a standard hydraulic setup to minimize plumbing and crap being driven off the crank.
Chugging along...