AWD ICCARS Cobra

[SydneyChris]

Thanks Will... the things you find out along the way.. !

Overalll height is somewhere north of 900mm... NSW regs also stipulate that the car must fit a 75% of the population by mean size.. so if the seat is fixed in that instance the pedals would need to move to accommodate.

[ICCARS]

Originally Posted by SydneyChris

Thanks Will... the things you find out along the way.. !

Overalll height is somewhere north of 900mm... NSW regs also stipulate that the car must fit a 75% of the population by mean size.. so if the seat is fixed in that instance the pedals would need to move to accommodate.

That is correct Chris - that's the way my GT40 is set up, but in reality once you find the sweet spot for your seating position and pedals they never change..

[Donunder]

Originally Posted by ICCARS

That is correct Chris - that's the way my GT40 is set up, but in reality once you find the sweet spot for your seating position and pedals they never change..

Spot on!
If someone else is lucky enough to be offered a drive and they can't fit your car, then they miss out.
Being built like a giraffe I've had to forego some tasty drives in a Super 7, a TVR Cerbera, a Dino 246 and a Toyota 2000 GT, to say nothing of every other Cobra in the club except Brad's Pace.

[SydneyChris]

cheers guys.. the point I was raising was that to pass under the current NSW regs you need to be able to accommodate 75% of the population by size.... both tall and short, to pass. !

[ICCARS]

Originally Posted by SydneyChris

cheers guys.. the point I was raising was that to pass under the current NSW regs you need to be able to accommodate 75% of the population by size.... both tall and short, to pass. !

That seems like a "tall" order (pardon the pun)

A couple of photos of my GT40 dash finished off by Josh (my son) today.. He's done a great job and it looks the part sitting on the chassis.

[ICCARS]

A bit more progress on the AWD Cobra today with the steering column positioned in place (nice and central to the seat position), the trans tunnel is starting to come together and I have made it wider to allow for the exhausts to run down either side of the trans inside the tunnel and shoot out through underneath the rear cradle as per the original path on the Audi's - should work a treat when the exhaust pipes are heat wrapped.

The front suspension arms are mocked up for relative position and I have designed the top arm mount plates so I can get them laser cut and then that will allow me to finalise the suspension in the mock up stage in any case. Look like the original struts are going to get the old heave-ho... and coil overs to replace them in the front/rear shock design set up.

[deano59]

looks good Wil you are def a man on a mission cant wait to see what you have planed to mate the drive shafts up to the box at the front

cheers dean

[ICCARS]

Originally Posted by deano59

looks good Wil you are def a man on a mission cant wait to see what you have planed to mate the drive shafts up to the box at the front

cheers dean

Hey Dean, yeah I have waited a long time to do this and with the use of all donor parts to finish the car my overall expenses are minimal, I would estimate that I will finish this car for less than $20K doing it all myself including paint etc.. so the motivation is there and it is not costing me a huge amount of money (like the GT40 did..LOL) so my plan is to keep plugging away at the small jobs and then once the chassis is finished I will paint it and put the entire car together minus the body and drive it around to test it - lucky for me I live on a remote Island where the police don't come out to play until after midday, so early morning test runs into Emu Bay will be the go.. Then when I am confident in the drive system and braking etc.. the body can be built and made to fit the wider body stance.

Cheers

[Aussie Mike]

Are we taking bets on how he does it?

I'm thinking chain or belt drives to bring the drive forward. Big toothed belts like they use on Harley rear ends.

Cheers

[deano59]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

Are we taking bets on how he does it?

I'm thinking chain or belt drives to bring the drive forward. Big toothed belts like they use on Harley rear ends.

Cheers

or some 90 deg gearboxes off a conveyor belt system I used one of these recently on a steering rack assembly on a race car

[Tenrocca]

Nahhh, I reckon an independent front wheel drive system something like this:

[renovationinnov]

aussie mike
put me in for a v drive on the back of the box running under car to front diff

[Aussie Mike]

I reckon I'd be looking for a Holden cross 8 gearbox and front diff. Should be able to adapt it to the Audi motor. Cross 8 has a transfer case on the back and a shaft going forward.

[ICCARS]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

I reckon I'd be looking for a Holden cross 8 gearbox and front diff. Should be able to adapt it to the Audi motor. Cross 8 has a transfer case on the back and a shaft going forward.

The problem is Mike that you have to lift the motor far enough to clear the drive shaft, especially a wide engine such as the Audi V8, thereby loosing the centre of gravity and bonnet clearance etc...
This has always been the problem for this type of car, however the real benefit that the Audi transaxle has over the Cross 8 is gearbox is the Torson diff that transfers power front to rear much like a Tru-Trac diff from wheel to wheel, so when you load one of these Torson diffs up it gives you 66% rear drive and 34% front, and under normal driving 50/50, then under heavy deceleration it transfers up to 80% drive to the front wheels, hence why I am looking to keep the Audi system, including ESC, ABS and traction control + body control modules etc..

Cheers