Project 240RR

[240RR]

quick update...mostly researching and picking up a few things but getting close to actually starting work.
Picked up a Q45 LSD rear diff with a 3.70 gear. Infinity...supposed to hold up to 450hp or so, with the light weight of the car it should be a good unit.
I wanted to use Porsche corners but would mean going with a strut front...arrghh! Looked into 911 stuff but the rear is too complicated... and still strut front.
So looks like later Toyota Supra/SC300 spindles and hubs. Picked one up to look over. There are aftermarket upper control arms available so that is plus. This is a conventional upper and lower control arm set up so I can easily use aftermarket coil overs. I will likely have to use wheel adapters (will avoid this if at all possible)...I have minimal hope that I can have the hubs redrilled to the 130mm Porsche pattern.
Will source some used calipers from a 911...street or race.
Also I think I have changed my mind about the aftermarket fiberglass widebody kit...can't justify the $$. Thinking on just pulling the quarters and fenders out and pulling the rockers out to blend. This may involve raising the rockers up a few inches into the door and removing a few inches out of the bottom of the doors. Going to use lexan and side window sliders...doors will be gutted. Could still use fiberglass front fenders. Anyway, having some renderings done to see how this could all come together.
Moving my business into a different shop and waiting to get things organized and will move the z there to start stripping it down.
In the scheme of being creative with the $$ I picked up 4) 12' cross beams used on industrial pallet racks that will work great for a inexpensive chassis jig. They are about 4"x6" boxed with a notch that will work great for adjustable cross beams....more to come as I start building it. $80 for all 4 and they are straight. May not be good for a lot of use but will be good for what I am doing....much better than building it on the shop floor!