So far for me the AWD stuff has held up pretty good, I have a few comments on it when getting it from a dig.

1. Minimize weigh transfer, and try to keep the front tires hooked up. If you have a welded center diff and you let the front tires get loose, it's really really hard on the rear and transfer case.

2. Avoid a twin disc at all costs if you street drive the car. Also avoid any solid hub disc.

3. Avoid using a 2 step, and learn to drive the car out of the hole.

4. If your on slicks, twindisc, and a 2 step, a 4 spider cd will help save your tcase and rear end. The cross shaft in the CD will take quite a beating, and the unbreakable one is defiantly breakable.

5. If your on street tires you can pretty much get away with anything on a welded cd, as the tires never grab enough to hurt anything. I did break a couple rear axles and a tcase like this though, but they had a zillion hits on them.

I've had my best luck going back to the old school shep method of launching the car.

bastarddsm said:

So far for me the AWD stuff has held up pretty good, I have a few comments on it when getting it from a dig.

1. Minimize weigh transfer, and try to keep the front tires hooked up. If you have a welded center diff and you let the front tires get loose, it's really really hard on the rear and transfer case.

2. Avoid a twin disc at all costs if you street drive the car. Also avoid any solid hub disc.

3. Avoid using a 2 step, and learn to drive the car out of the hole.

4. If your on slicks, twindisc, and a 2 step, a 4 spider cd will help save your tcase and rear end. The cross shaft in the CD will take quite a beating, and the unbreakable one is defiantly breakable.

5. If your on street tires you can pretty much get away with anything on a welded cd, as the tires never grab enough to hurt anything. I did break a couple rear axles and a tcase like this though, but they had a zillion hits on them.

I've had my best luck going back to the old school shep method of launching the car.

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Thanks a bunch!

Well I have finally got a lot of basic maintenance items done, all my gauges , had to take out the ricey glow shift gauges.j spent a little time tuning the big 16g and the car runs very nice very impressed to say the least. But here is a log. When the transmission is complete then all other items including the engine will go in the car in the meantime I will get her to the track soon to pull some baseline times. 93oct fuel.

Waiting for more updates as I'm sure you will on the new platform.

I expect to see faster ET and a slower mph.

iugrad92turbo said:

Waiting for more updates as I'm sure you will on the new platform.

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Yeah I am still getting use to the awd platform I love the way this thing dig when I get on it .

iugrad92turbo said:

Waiting for more updates as I'm sure you will on the new platform.

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yep the prep work is what's killing my progress didn't know just how much the fwd was modified.

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A/C ,cruise control,saddle interior Nice car.... Take care of her.

ceedawg said:

A/C ,cruise control,saddle interior Nice car.... Take care of her.

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Thanks! Yeah I will. Most of those accessory items will be deleted though, I thought once just to leave her as is and find another fwd considering I had a fwd transmission that was built to be almost bullet proof and that this car can be a very nice traveling car and is very fun to drive. I assume that the car is putting down right at 300whp which is not bad and is enough power to give me a rush Unlike the fwd when I step on the Awd throttle the rush comes when this bad boy, instead of spinning like the fwd, it squat down in the rear and just starts moving now this is a weird feeling. I am very anxious now to get the other engine in because I know that this excitement will only increase right now I can't imagine the G's that's going to be experienced.

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Unlike the fwd when I step on the Awd throttle the rush comes when this bad boy, instead of spinning like the fwd, it squat down in the rear and just starts moving now this is a weird feeling. I am very anxious now to get the other engine in because I know that this excitement will only increase right now I can't imagine the G's that's going to be experienced.

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Been told ya that bro plUs this car will handle much better, feel more balanced and not put you n a ditch Had to throw that one in there God's grace!!
And I have a home for those AC parts! I think you will really enjoy this car with that motor. Just don't launch her to death enjoy her. It's like the rims were meant to be on this ,car really nice!

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Been told ya that bro plUs this car will handle much better, feel more balanced and not put you n a ditch Had to throw that one in there
And I have a home for those AC parts! I think you will really enjoy this car with that motor. Just don't launch her to death enjoy her.

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Yeah you did . Yeah just let me know what you need, to be honest I plan to have this swap completed by November early December sometimes.

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Thanks! Yeah I will. Most of those accessory items will be deleted though, I thought once just to leave her as is and find another fwd considering I had a fwd transmission that was built to be almost bullet proof and that this car can be a very nice traveling car and is very fun to drive. I assume that the car is putting down right at 300whp which is not bad and is enough power to give me a rush Unlike the fwd when I step on the Awd throttle the rush comes when this bad boy, instead of spinning like the fwd, it squat down in the rear and just starts moving now this is a weird feeling. I am very anxious now to get the other engine in because I know that this excitement will only increase right now I can't imagine the G's that's going to be experienced.

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At 800whp youll be getting sideways, not just burning out so prepare for that too. Lol without slicks... You still won't hook with that power.

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At 800whp youll be getting sideways, not just burning out so prepare for that too. Lol without slicks... You still won't hook with that power.

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Been in the dsm game since 2002 and it good to still be experiencing new things for sure!

Looking to see that he hit the streets and hook up I'm sure you'll love it.

All i can say is that there is nothing like launching an all wheel drive car . You can feel the g force pressure on your chest . The only thing is with that much hp you will be braking things . Good luck on your new build.

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All i can say is that there is nothing like launching an all wheel drive car . You can feel the g force pressure on your chest . The only thing is with that much hp you will be braking things . Good luck on your new build.

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Yeah that scares me because I have been told this numerous times daggummitt

Here are some more goodies that came with the car from previous owner they will be used in future fwd colt project.


Project update tied up on the drivetrain.http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/evo-1-gsr-awd-lsd-transmission-in-2g.498087/page-5#post-153553058 once this is finished I will be back on track.

Thats the combo i was considering for my next build but I'm now stuck between manley turbo tuff, or magnus steel rods

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Thats the combo i was considering for my next build but I'm now stuck between manley turbo tuff, or magnus steel rods

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I have the turbo tuff in the fwd. They are some beefy looking rods.

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I have the turbo tuff in the fwd. They are some beefy looking rods.

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How did you like them? Would you have felt comfortable on your rods making an extra 200whp

Ive currently got scat rods which use the same blank as eagle, but it comes with an extra oil hole

Eagle/Ross is what I'm wanting to using for my Talon tsi build! Once the gvr4 and gst are done I'll be moving on to that one. Looking to match kels 800hp fwd fun

I'm looking to go all out on the 6466

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How did you like them? Would you have felt comfortable on your rods making an extra 200whp

Ive currently got scat rods which use the same blank as eagle, but it comes with an extra oil hole

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Yeah the turbo tuff are still in the 800whp engine. The rods are rated to handle 300hp each that's a 1200hp total now I don' know if the rating is at the flywheel or tires, more than likely flywheel. So even at my power levels I still have some room for more power on the rods, Not like I want more power just saying .
http://www.excessiveracing.com/manley14413R6-4.aspx

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I'm looking to go all out on the 6466

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Yeah you should be somewhere close to a 1000whp with that turbo! 9 seconds all day

Kels I'm surprised you have not considered a dog box for the beast by now. Not sure but I think Raif builds a streetable one but takes a long time to build.
Updates on my car coming soon with thanks to you,Alex,Raif and Dwight! Will put a post up soon. Car is violently fast just hope my stage 3 Raif racing tranny holds up. Fastest thing I ever drove in my life and scary!

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Kels I'm surprised you have not considered a dog box for the beast by now. Not sure but I think Raif builds a streetable one but takes a long time to build.
Updates on my car coming soon with thanks to you,Alex,Raif and Dwight! Will put a post up soon. Car is violently fast just hope my stage 3 Raif racing tranny holds up. Fastest thing I ever drove in my life and scary!

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Glad you got it going I know it's been a long time! Carl the awd plateform is relatively new to me so I don't mind starting from the bottom with this drive train but make no mistake about it before it's over I will have the best gears available because I am extreme like that. In the meantime if I got to break some transmission to get there it's just a Thang but this is how experience is gained I am not considered one of the best craftsman in the world by chance I learned to better myself and I put in mind that I can be just as good as the best. Same with the tranny I am going to try some thing and you know I will post the failure and my solution. I am going to stick with the evo 3 gears and when they break I will install the 1990 when they break boldt should have those gears ready by then. In the meantime I am going ga 1/2 in a couple months!

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Glad you got it going I know it's been a long time! Carl the awd plateform is relatively new to me so I don't mind starting from the bottom with this drive train but make no mistake about it before it's over I will have the best gears available because I am extreme like that. In the meantime if I got to break some transmission to get there it's just a Thang but this is how experience is gained I am not considered one of the best craftsman in the world by chance I learned to better myself and I put in mind that I can be just as good as the best. Same with the tranny I am going to try some thing and you know I will post the failure and my solution. I am going to stick with the evo 3 gears and when they break I will install the 1990 when they break boldt should have those gears ready by then. In the meantime I am going ga 1/2 in a couple months!

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Make it happen!! I know you have to see for yourself(that's you ) to come to your own conclusion which will gain you experience whether it be failure or success, and let me tell you something,the cyclone mani that you did for me (port job) plus the ETS exh mani you ported,the HKS 272's, BW turbo seem to work flawlessly like discussed. I'm speechless!!! 54lbs airflow at 25psi according to link.

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Make it happen!! I know you have to see for yourself(that's you ) to come to your own conclusion which will gain you experience whether it be failure or success, and let me tell you something,the cyclone mani that you did for me (port job) plus the ETS exh mani you ported,the HKS 272's, BW turbo seem to work flawlessly like discussed. I'm speechless!!! 54lbs airflow at 25psi according to link.

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That's 500 awd horsepower all day!! I can't image awd and ported cyclone you gonna have some neck issue .