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DOBBS FERRY,
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I didn't weigh them. Next time I have them off I will.What is the weight on those two piece rotors?
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I didn't weigh them. Next time I have them off I will.What is the weight on those two piece rotors?
Ok, the only reason I ask, and it may not interest you, but I switched from my Brembo to Wilwoods and I saved like 30 something pounds of weight, mostly from the rotors. Yours being a two piece may be a lighter set of rotors like the wilwoods, but I must say, my wilwoods stop on a dime!!!! Way better than the brembos ever did.
Well done dude thats awesome news! Got the car setup well and enough power now they are getting jelous of your speed ,
Also, the Shep Stage 3 trans came in the other day as well. Used, but should be in a lot better shape than my transmission in the car now, that's basically two broken transmissions combined to make one slightly less broken trans.....but still pretty broken. View attachment 562877
Just skimming through your posts here and have a question re the trans issues. I am considering building an Eclipse to do some dirt oval racing and the sturdyness of the trans is of interest to me. When I road raced another car I was not really as kind to the trans as I could have been - my bad. So I'm curious as to what the problem(s) were with your trannys.
Here's a a little footage from Lime Rock.
So, what had happened was my first time at Lime Rock in '15, I sheared 3 teeth off 4th gear and wound up putting a hole in the case. I bought a trans from someone for way too much money, but at the time didn't think about it cause I wanted the fixed. Turns out THAT trans was screwed up. It would make this awful noise in 4th gear. So I took both trannies apart, took the good parts from bot combined them to make one good trans. After a few events, 4th started to become a problem, which eventually led to a missed shift at Pocono and blew up the motor I had just built. I did a couple more events with the trans, but 4th was always a problem. So now, not and issue anymore.
Interesting you had 4th gear problems. A car I was looking at also has 4th gear problems - won't stay in gear. Do you know if 4th gear is an issue with DSMs?
The blown engine thing sucks - BTDT.
Do you foresee any issues with the aluminum tubes? I had problems melting wastegate lines as well (first time due to poor material choice, second time I'm not sure why with braided AN lines). Ever since I water-cooled the wastegate it's been fine, but I did consider using solid lines. I just feared the aluminum would crack over time due to vibration, but I haven't used them before to have any first-hand experience.
Another little update. Started working on the front aero. Picked up some canards from a company in Texas. Pretty nice. Fit was good. They're ABS plastic sandwiched between aluminum, so they were easy to bend to the shape I wanted. Installation was straight forward. Just drilled, cleco'd and assembled. Pretty aggressive. Next time I go to the garage, I'll start working on a new air dam and splitter. Hopefully the front downforce will help with some of the understeer I've been getting on higher speed corner exits. View attachment 568777 View attachment 568778View attachment 568779 View attachment 568780
Those look deadly!
Ever thought of using vibe-locks instead of the stage 8 stuff? Idk if one would be better than the other in your conditions, but past that I can only think of safety wire, which sucks to do on manifolds.
You could always try Nord-Lock washers as well. I don't have issues with things backing themselves out but if/when I do I will be buying the appropriate Nord-Lock washer. The video is cool because it shows how the different fasteners react to vibration