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Summary:
Car #240 in its past life was a 1992 Volkswagen GTI. It came from the factory as an 8 valve engine with air-conditioning. The car was stripped, gutted, cleaned up, and then sent off to Cascade Autosport in North Bend, WA for roll cage installation and skid-plate fabrication. The car (and crew!) made its competitive debut at the 2003 Oregon Trail Pro Rally.
Chassis:
- Steel unibody chassis, partially seam welded
- 1.5" diameter x .120" thick DOM mild steel roll cage, integrating the front strut towers
- Front aluminum alloy skid plate
- Floor pan & Rear LDPE underbody protection
- Roll cage, skid plate & LDPE all fabricated and installed by Cascade Autosport
Safety:
- Willans 6 point harnesses
- Sparco Evo 2 seats
- Custom seat mount brackets fabricated and installed by Cascade Autosport
Vehicle dimensions:
- Length: 159"
- Width: 67"
- Height 56"
- Wheelbase 98"
- Track 57"
- Weight 2400 Lbs dry
Engine:
- Volkswagen 4 cylinder in-line, single overhead cam, 2.0L ABA block.
- Digifant I (california) fuel injection system, factory ECU, 6750RPM rev limiter
- GTI G60 exaust manifold, port matched, minor port & polish work, ceramic coated
- Tectonics tuning 2.25" Cat-back exhaust, modified by Pina Motorsports
- Tectonics tuning Hi-flow cat details
- Tectonics tuning downpipe details
- 10:1 compression ratio
- 1984cc displacement
- 130 HP estimated
- 135 Ft/Lb Torque estimated
Transmission:
- Volkswagen 020, ACD case
- 9A gearing (3.45, 2.12, 1.44, 1.13) with .91 5th
- 4.84 Final Drive (VW motorsports ring & pinion)
- Gearbox assembled by AA Transaxle
- Kaaz clutch-type Limited slip differential, installed by Cascade Autosport
- Sachs 210mm clutch
- Factory flywheel
Suspension:
- DMS 50mm Rally Gravel
- Sellholm tuning strut tops and reinfoced front towers 1 2
Brakes:
- Front: Brembo OEM replacement 280mm vented rotors (transplanted from Corrado G60)
- Rear: Factory Disc brakes, 225mm solid rotors
- Dual Tilton master cylinders with a cockpit-adjustable balance bar pic
- ATE Super Blue Racing brake fluid
Lights:
- PIAA Pro 80 X/T
- (2) Driving pattern
- (2) Fog pattern
- bolted to a light bar bolted to the bumper for now...
- Terralight VA 18" for co-driver map light
Tires & wheels:
- Gravel: Michelin 14/62-15 L82 tires (medium compound)
- Gravel: Michelin 14/62-15 L91 tires (hard compound)
- Gravel: Yokohama A035, A30 (soft) compound, 185/60R15
- Compomotive TH2 alloy 15x6.5 5x100 ET50 wheels
- Volkswagen mk4 steel 15x6 5x100 wheels
Communications:
- Peltor G7 or G77 helmets w/ integrated headset
- Peltor FMT-110 intercom (same as FMT-100, except with audio line-out)
Navigation:
- Terratrip 303+
- Currently using speedo cable pickup.
In-car Video:
- 480-line Sony CCD bullet camera
- Custom camera mount
- Sony GV-D200 Digital 8 Video Recorder, with custom protective case
- Sony RM-95 Wired Remote
- Custom audio amplifier for Peltor output
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