Euro 308 Gtsi

Brunello,
There are major differences in US vs Euro that would be cost prohibitive, if not impossible to duplicate. The US cars added weight is mostly in the side impact door beams and bumper/frame areas (the bumper mounts and frame connections are way different) also the US cars exhaust manifolds are heavy stamped and welded units as oppossed to the Euro tube headers. Additional issues are cat heat sheilding, different engine cover louvers, smaller trunk space and much lower compression ratio on the US spec cars. Hold out for a Euro, or accept a US in original config. My .02 .....
-Luigi

 

How did you get to shave so much weight? I have an euro GTSi and is some 200lbs. heavier..

 

Steven has done a ton of modding his car to track it. Try a search, there are a number of threads he started and added to about his mods.

 

Many thanks and yes, LOTS of threads (sorry everyone) about the ongoing evolution of the car here. Heck, send me the car and anywhere from $5k to $20k and i'll mod her up, increase the performance, AND lower the weight. Can tune the car for street only (specify bumpy New England roads or Florida smooth), street/track, or pure track if you are ready for some serious fun

My wife says i should start a biz modding 308s. Bought a URL last week...

 

that's the biggest HP difference i've seen for a euro 328. i always thought it was 260 for the US spec and 270 for euro spec.

john