[mkiv] targa top

[jza80l-alfvza]

If you want a racecar, why would you even consider a targa?  You need to
start with the stiffest chassis you can get and go from there.  If you
can get a 6 speed with a hard top, don't even bother with the other
options.  It has a wider transmission tunnel so when you decide that you
really want an auto, you'll have all the room the factory ever gave for
fitting an adequate slush box.

Lance
'93 TT 6 speed Coupe


-----Original Message-----
From: mkiv-admin@mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-admin@mkiv.com] On Behalf Of
Jeremy Cooper
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 8:17 AM
To: mkiv@mkiv.com
Subject: Re: [mkiv] targa top






what exactly is cowl shake and won't a roll cage help
that?  I plan on putting one in but I don't know what
size yet.  I plan on running 9's with slicks and I've
heard that some tracks require certain size roll cages
so I'll have to do more research on that before
purchasing one. 





--- David Z <turbosupra@charter.net> wrote:
> with the top off yeah big time cowl shake.  However
> the trade off for the
> times I take the top off is worth it.  I never drove
> a hard top the targa
> with the top in seems pretty rigid( enough to rate a
> .9+ g on a skid pad
> stock.)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeremy Cooper" <jcoop_21@yahoo.com>
> To: <mkiv@mkiv.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:46 AM
> Subject: RE: [mkiv] targa top
> 
> 
> > I'm in Japan
> >
> >
> > I'll be coming back to the States in a couple
> years.
> > So the hardtop is worth more?  Does the chassis
> really
> > flex that much?
> >
> >
> > --- jza80l-alfvza <jza80-alfvza@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > > Where are you that you are getting a JDM car? Australia/New 
> > > Zealand? Most US spec cars have the targa top, only a
> small
> > > number have the hard
> > > top and most of us in the US consider chopping
> up
> > > the wonderfully solid
> > > and non-flexing roof sacrilege.
> > >
> > > It would be easier to get the automatic and
> convert
> > > to 6 speed than it
> > > would to convert a hard top to a targa.  There
> is
> > > extra bracing under
> > > the targa that doesn't exist on the 6 speed, so
> you
> > > would have to modify
> > > top and bottom to convert.  Either approach is
> going
> > > to be very
> > > expensive.
> > >
> > > Lance
> > > '93 TT 6 speed Coupe
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mkiv-admin@mkiv.com
> > > [mailto:mkiv-admin@mkiv.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Jeremy Cooper
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 10:37 PM
> > > To: mkiv@mkiv.com
> > > Subject: [mkiv] targa top
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >     I've read that the only JDM Supra's to come
> with
> > > the Targa top (aero top) are automatics.  I want
> a 6
> > > speed twin turbo but I also want a targa top.
> So my
> > > question is....is it possible to have a targa
> top
> > > installed on a hardtop body regardless of cost
> or is
> > > it possible to change an automatic to a manual 6
> > > speed?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > jcoop_21@yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
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