RE: Prepping an 8v for AutoX

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

I am 90% sure that swapping the head is not DSP legal.  Here's my reasoning: 
  If you've got to use an engine code that was available with the car 
originally and you can't do headwork, then it follows that you can't swap 
another head on that wasn't sold with you engine.

I didn't see if anyone responded to your question about the Neuspeed rear 
stress frame from your earlier post.  Triangulation is not legal for DSP.  
There is one exception to this and that is the upper stress bar in the 
front.  But the Neuspeed bar in the rear is not DSP legal.  The 16v lower 
stressbar is not DSP legal on an 8v car, either.  Triangulation is not 
allowed for this reason:  If you can triangulate your car, then you can take 
the car to the extreme of an entire tube frame car.  In other words, you can 
replace the car's unit body frame with tubes and fiberglass body panels and 
get a big weight savings.

I would recommend the Koni adjustables for racing.  The Bilsteins are good, 
but the Koni's are definitely better for racing.  A race car has to be 
adjustable for different courses, period.  You're going to encounter 
different kinds of pavement and different camber turns and your suspension 
has to be able to tuned for each course.  Bilsteins are great for the street 
and the occasional fun run at the autocross, but they won't be competitive.

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Champagne Edition

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ian Pitts" <Ian_Pitts@g1.com>


Essentially, we want to do EVERYTHING we can to the car and
still be DSP legal.

Maybe just swapping a GTi big-valve head without port/polishing would let us 
be
legal.. who knows.. I need to read the book again.. my stepfather has it 
right
now.

Ian

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