Porsche 944: Actually there is a substitute

[sparkydog]

Friday I went to the wrecking yard with a clipboard and pen. (Not the normal tools you see there.) I was window shopping for donor vehicles. There are a few dimensions/shapes that I feel are important to understand prior to making the purchase of my donor car.

First is what I will call track width. This probably isn't the correct term but what I mean by it is the distance from wheel to wheel mounting face.

On the Porsche 944 the front is approx 60" and the rear is probably also 60" or maybe a tad shorter at 59.5" (hard to measure when it's all floppy and off the car.)

A 1998 Mustang measured out at 61" at the rear (with disc brakes) and 62.5" on the front.

A 1994 Firebird "Formula V8" (with an LS that nobody had touched yet) measured out at 64ish rear and 64" front.