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Re: racing Austin A35 link

To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: racing Austin A35 link
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:15:01 -0500 reply-type=original
References: <002201c51e8d$00f7d0b0$6664640a@vgl.cvg.ucdavis.edu>
You should really consider a 4.55:1 differential with the 948!  It will take 
you a decade to get to 60 mph with a 3.9.  Back markers are often a hazard 
on a race track.

Mike C
----- Original Message ----- 
From "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: racing Austin A35 link


> If you want to see the car whose guts were used to create the original 
> bugeye
> Sprite, check out this one at the Goodwood Revival last year.
>
> http://www.mgussin.freeuk.com/MotorRacingMovieFiles/Movies.htm
>
> This is the clip that inspired me to completely rebuild the A35 into a 
> vintage
> racer.  Should take the rest of the year, but looks like it will be a ton 
> of
> fun when its done.
> Plans include a hot 948 w/ribcase/3.9 diff, oil cooler, sway bar, front 
> discs,
> headers/glasspack, and of course, a rear mounted Jaguar deflector.  (see 
> the
> video above)
> It'll probably never beat a single car, but they'll still have to let me 
> in to
> play with them.  There also won't be much pressure to beat the world when
> you're driving a funny looking little bugger like this.  The pressure will 
> be
> on everyone else not to get beaten by this English VW.
>
> Glen





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