my RWD CRX project
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Joined: Jul 2005
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Re: my RWD CRX project
cool project.
i actually started saving parts to RWD my EF hatch in about 5 years. im gonna use an R154 supra tranny and 8" toyota 4x4 rear end (tons of gear and locker options, plus ive got 3 of them and the axle shafts stand up to a lot of abuse)
it'll either be the K24 block with K20a head and a homefab adapter to the R154, or ive got a 3RZ sitting here too (2.7L tacoma 4cylinder) but i dont like the price on performance parts, or the cam over bucket business. whatever. someday.
i actually started saving parts to RWD my EF hatch in about 5 years. im gonna use an R154 supra tranny and 8" toyota 4x4 rear end (tons of gear and locker options, plus ive got 3 of them and the axle shafts stand up to a lot of abuse)
it'll either be the K24 block with K20a head and a homefab adapter to the R154, or ive got a 3RZ sitting here too (2.7L tacoma 4cylinder) but i dont like the price on performance parts, or the cam over bucket business. whatever. someday.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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Re: my RWD CRX project
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Uh, guys? I wouldn't own a 924S/944 engine in either NA or turbo form. You all apparently don't know this because Porsche **** drive 15 under the speed limit, but the 944's 2.5 is famous for the oil pump sucking air under hard cornering (read: doughnuts or dorifto-ing or basically anthing the cars were reputedly built to do) and the #2 main journal takes a big fat ---- in short order. Hello, Porsche parts prices.
Now, let this thread go back to S2000 powered CRXs. If anyone has a Porsche question direct it via PM to Hitchhikkr, because he is a Porsche master tech and does not suck at what he does, or make a thread and link him to it.
Now, let this thread go back to S2000 powered CRXs. If anyone has a Porsche question direct it via PM to Hitchhikkr, because he is a Porsche master tech and does not suck at what he does, or make a thread and link him to it.
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Re: my RWD CRX project
Wait until you read the engineering bullshit written to explain why Porsche went from axles raking backward to axles raking forward on those cars. No enthusiast has yet to be able to quantify and handling difference between suspensions; sometimes what you learn is a waste of goddamn time and without use.
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Re: my RWD CRX project
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Wait until you read the engineering bullshit written to explain why Porsche went from axles raking backward to axles raking forward on those cars. No enthusiast has yet to be able to quantify and handling difference between suspensions; sometimes what you learn is a waste of goddamn time and without use.
2.5/2.7/3.0 need baffles in the pans to be reliable. Its the first step in racecardom for a 9XX.
Ill give the cars this though, a stock one with some r-compounds will make you look like a goddamn superhero at a tight radius track. The ****** has one hell of a polar moment, think about swinging a broom around your head holding it at the end of the handle. Thats a 944.
Originally Posted by mike_belben
cool project.
i actually started saving parts to RWD my EF hatch in about 5 years. im gonna use an R154 supra tranny and 8" toyota 4x4 rear end (tons of gear and locker options, plus ive got 3 of them and the axle shafts stand up to a lot of abuse)
it'll either be the K24 block with K20a head and a homefab adapter to the R154, or ive got a 3RZ sitting here too (2.7L tacoma 4cylinder) but i dont like the price on performance parts, or the cam over bucket business. whatever. someday.
Ive never seen under the valve cover of a 3rz, but the 2rz cams have one helluva base circle. Easy regrinds ftw. Couple of tweeks here and there along with a bit of extra piston-to-wall clearance would make a stout stock-based reliable turbo engine.
