WAGOON MOTOR
I’ve made the decision not to sort out a new drivetrain and new chassis simultaneously in the race wagon. Since I have no firm data on 510 Wagon race specs to build upon, I will start the tuning process on the chassis first. With this in mind, I purchased a known-commodity drivetrain. This purchase was made from a customer of Troy Ermish’s race shop, as he was upgrading to a new motor/trans for his 510 Sedan. It is a streetable L20b with a recent rebuild, weber carb, and Z five speed. This will get me through the first several track days, maybe even a couple race wknds, and allow me to think about just the steering/brakes/suspension and not the motor/trans. I’m not good enough, rich enough, young enough, or dumb enough to do it all at once any more. When the race drivetrain is ready, this will make either a good spare package, or a resale item to help fund the project.
Boy, sure wish you were in San Diego. I am rebuilding the Bondurant 710 which has many interchanable parts with your wagoon. If its of any interest I have 2 extra sets of leaf springs. One set from a 620 and the other set ?. Set on the car are reverse arch. I also have a new 5.85 (41:7) R/P gear I doubt I will ever use (didn’t know they even made them that low) Also have a complete 620 rear end (sounds like you just bought one)
Let me know if you know of rear bracket adapters for disks for sale. Nobody that I have found makes anything as it has to act as a bearing keeper as well. 510 and Z brakets will not work. I bought Maxima calipers as that is what I have on my Z. I can fabricate some just would rather spend time on something else I can’t buy.
Good luck, should be fun
Steve
Hi Steve,
Good luck on the Bondurant car, sounds pretty cool! The only H190 rear disc brake conversion brackets I’m familiar with that are mass produced are the EDP ones that still require the backing plate to retain the bearing. Guess we’re gonna have to make our own if we’re gonna do it right.
Troy