Need coilovers for Audi 90 rally build. Please help!
Posted by DriverJGits
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Well I take it back then 
Really nice to see you're alive and kickin...what is that grey crap on your chin?? All you new guys..this Qvale guy here was the real deal. I'd say he was one one the first really fast FWD guys, good enough to get some help from Dodge back in the day. So pay attention if he offers any advice. |
John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Not to diminsh anything but those GHT-t things made 175 bhp and 175 ft/lbs @1900 rpm. The gearboxes were by no means close but with 175 ft/lbs @1900 rpm you don't need close ratios just nice even spacing---which they put in the GLHs, and a 3.89 final drive... The steering was a nice Saginaw power rack with 2.5 turns lock to lock... The Omnis had a 99" wheelbase...and being a French design--NO OVERHANG , less than a Rabbit or Golf. Longer by 5" than most of the then current junk (0.6" longer than the mighty Saab V4), way nicer steering than 99% (the Saab was 2,2 turns and zero scrub radius, very light), more Beee Haitch Peas, and way more Fooot-Lebz at very low rpm, and an excellent spread...... It would be very hard NOT to go fast in one..even bone stock. (Did a headgasket on one for a cop friend and when it was done he said "Go for it! I have my badge, no problems.. Holy shit it was cool---even on asphalt) Some of us recognized those key differences and what they meant... John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Mark Qvale Elite Moderator Location: Kent, WA Join Date: 03/14/2012 Age: Fossilized Posts: 2 |
Nice review of the venerable GLH. Mine had a few extras including a closer ratio all hardened gearbox (not found on the regular menu), a 7.3lb aluminum flywheel, a slightly different cylinder head and a Doug Sheperd (sp?) tweaked fuel map. According to the Mopar Perf guys i should have been closer to 185Hp because of the cyl head, computer and Magic
 exhaust. All I know was it was a blast to drive and it was very dependable. Yes, it was ugly, but that only made it funner!
And now for the rest of the story and to keep this thread thoroughly off topic... Then... 1990 - Friction Materials/EPE gig closes so I decided to finish college, Daughter Signe is born!
1991 - Sold our business,Showcase Print and Frame, Casey goes back to her job at the Hospital, I'm just in College! 1994 - Graduation! BA in Mechanical Engineering (big surprise there, turns out, this was hard!) 1994 - New Job as Project Engineer at Hovair Systems, Inc. I designed large automated material handling systems for Ford, GM, Chrysler and Toyota, LOTS of travel to the Midwest 1997 - New Job as design engineer at Genie Industries, makers of Aerial Work Platforms, some travel 1999 - Casey is promoted to regional director of Cardiac service Line for three hospitals 2000 - I get promoted to Project engineer, Casey starts night school at the Seattle Art Institute, more travel. Picked up a sweet 1977 911S, did the motor and gbx - All Joy! 2002 - Genie Industries is bought by Terex Corporation - http://www.terex.com/main.php 2003 - I get promoted to Engineering manager, Casey gets her degree in Multimedia and Web Design, still more travel 2004 - Sold the 911 (offer I couldn't refuse) Bought a TR6 Project 2005 - I get promoted to Engineering Director for RT Scissor products and NA Telehandlers, lots of travel. Finished and sold the TR6 started looking for another 911. 2007 - I get the Worldwide Scissor product design group of 38 engineers and technical (nerd) staff (and drop the Telehandler group), massive travel including a ONE DAY trip to Tokyo! Picked up a "Qvale Mangusta"! 2009 - I move (up) to a new department, "AWP Terex Management System" which is a long complicated corporate size story. Travel has dropped way off for now but... 2011 - Completed two year Oracle Implementation Project, started a new position - Data Program Director, now that is a nerdy title! TODAY... Casey and I are still married, 28 years this December! (how'd I do dat?!) Kaitlin is 26 and in college doing the computer nerd thing Signe is 21 and at the Jean Jaurez Academy Casey is still a regional hospital director with many more departments and a 5th hospital I'm 58 this year, still love cars, model airplanes, travelling for fun (when that's possible) and just hanging out So dudes, what've you been up to?! |
Sean Medcroft Mod Moderator Location: Edmonds, Washington Join Date: 02/12/2009 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,802 Rally Car: Building a Merkur |
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Mark, thanks for the update!
That's cool you get to drive a car with your name on it! Does this happen to be your car? 
Also, here's a little compilation of what happened to the reshell of your Omni after I ran it off a cliff in Colorado: |
adam crane Super Moderator Location: Seattle, WA Join Date: 01/28/2006 Posts: 382 Rally Car: corolla GT-yes |
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