Lonnie Gilbertson - Milwaukie, Oregon
2009 Corvette LS3 with a 930 Porsche transaxle. This is a new build. Just getting parts together at this time. I should be starting to put it together by the end of summer, 2018.
The Porsche transaxles are not cheap I bought mine for $7500.00 it already had the ring gear flipped to the other side for a mid engine set up. What I like the best is that they hold up with power also the motor sets back in the car farther that allows more room for the front seats.
The Porsche transaxles are not cheap I bought mine for $7500.00 it already had the ring gear flipped to the other side for a mid engine set up. What I like the best is that they hold up with power also the motor sets back in the car farther that allows more room for the front seats.
October, 2018 Update
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I have been collecting parts for about a year while building my new workshop. With the shop about done I am putting the motor and transaxle together to see what I have to work into the car. The motor is 2009 Corvette and the transaxle is 1975 Porsche 930. It will be a slow start as I have to work it in between customers cars but it will get done. I will try to post photos of the work in progress.
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It took a little while to work out, however I have the motor and trans bolted together, the Porsche clutch pulls instead of pushing that through me for a loop. You can see in the photos how close to the front of the motor the center line of the axle is , this will let the front of the engine set back farther in the car giving more room for the seats. This is why I went with this transaxle. Now I can start to work on the sub-frame. More photos as the work moves ahead.
January, 2019 Update
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I got a little time to work on my own stuff so I got busy cutting and getting stuff out of my way so that I could do a test fit on my set up. I want to build 180 degree headers but not sure if I have the room. It is a slow go but it will get done once the motor and trans are mounted.
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I got to spend a little more time on my Corvair so I took on the job of putting a little more strength in my rear trailing arms. My motor builder says he will give me 550 HP at the rear wheels so I don't want any week links. The next thing I will look at is putting disc brakes on the back. I will post as often as I can keeping in mind I need to work on customers first.
