I'm going to be addressing this with a weld in solution soon.Donk, any chance you can post some pictures of your polk subframe/arms? I'm curious as to how they're different than the scrap I pulled off my chassis.
2gn/t engine is completely different than the turbo, which means the tranny wouldn't bolt up without a custom bellhousing.Unless you're talking about the 2gnt convertible with the 4g64... but I'm not familiar with the 2g world so I'll hold off until someone else speaks up.
Pitch diameter is a diameter ~halfway in between the OD and ID of the gear. (called circular pitch in this article: Gear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)Basically, your math is close enough that it shouldn't be an issue.Heat kills oil's ability to do it's job. even going over 200*...
Jdsoza,Thanks for the comments, I'm really excited to get the 8611s as I think they offer the best balance for the cost.I'm curious what front subframes you've seen, as I've only seen 3 k-members, and a few other "subframe brace" optionsI'm looking at taller ball joints, but a much...
Question for you guys... I found these Integral Ball Joint Assembly, Upper Control Arm, 772/6024 - Racing Parts and ProductsWhich offer up to +.750 and what looks like a smaller OD on the sleeve (Beneficial as my willwood brakes seem even tighter to the control arm than stock) I was curious...
Turbo,Sorry I can't really help you, but the first thing you need to realize is that one 275 wide tire is not the same width as another 275 wide tire. I have a great picture somewhere of a stack of 255 wide hoosiers that are about 6 inches taller than a stack of 255 wide Azenis, and I know my...
Years later, and I haven't driven the car in 3 years... :ohdamn:*Insert excuses as to why here, I have oh so many*I'm actually just now trying to finish buttoning the car up to get it out to some track days this summer. I ended up swapping chassis, and due to a last minute "I need some sort...
This may have just become easier for us...Maximum Motorsports, aka one of the two premier suspension companies for mustangs, makes a bump steer kit, for mustangs. As seen here: http://www.maximummotorsports.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=514_2_348&products_id=451What's...
Bringing this thread back from the dead...Has anyone had any luck driving a tapered threaded plug with a magnet on it into the stripped out hole? Something similar to: Metric Pipe PlugsI'm hoping to avoid A) having to remove the head, and B) having to create shavings that will get pushed...
I'd be very interested, and would be willing to send you a set of control arms to modify as well.PM me or email me at my username at gmail.com and let me know how you'd like to do the transaction.
Question of the day:Has anyone done any solid modeling of either generation car? And by that, I really mean, has anyone done a really really good job measuring where all the suspension points are in relation to each other?I have a 1g track car that I'd really like to put a solid...
Your original question is are the OEM wings functional. The OEM spoiler on a 1g is functional as has been mentioned above. You're kind of asking if you can modify the stock piece to be more effective, and I'd respond with saying that's mostly a waste of time. Keep it there, but leave it alone as...
The heavyweight is really only necessary for extremely shock loaded transmissions/diffs... The lightweight is really very effective, and won't be as bad in the cold.
Expensive method would be to take it somewhere for someone to tune... your other options would be:Step 1, turn down the boost, to solve the immediate problem
Step 2, take some time to learn exactly how the safc-2 can control air/fuel ratio and do some research as to what air/fuel ratios...
I need to replace the ball joints on my car, I was hoping someone had potentially created a better solution recently? Has anyone tried the "pinto" tie rod adjuster?Thanks!
The most recent one was the Rochester DSM One Lap galant... I know i've heard about others though.... Most on road course cars, but a couple street cars in there too
I've heard of the ingalls arms failing on more than one car... That said, the rest of them are all pretty similar, with the tunersnation being the strongest (and most expensive)
PE is relatively light.... I haven't ever felt/seen hdpe, but I use UHMWPE all the time for test fixtures so I'm assuming it'd be similar.. Might not be a bad material for it. I've seen a couple homemade splitters from a variety of materials including plywood, jabroc, and fiberglass.I'd say...
Ksports are orange and are the proper (ish) spring rates for a stock DSM (or close to it) Unless you're significnatly lighter, or have much heavier wheels/tires these springs rates should work out for you... Or unless you have a thicker rear sway bar, in which case you should take the rears down...
This sounds a lot like rear toe change under "rebound".Basically, when you unload the rear (by loading the front) the suspension moves upwards. This change in "ride height" of the rear can effect the hub/wheel/tire with both camber gain/loss and toe gain/loss.I'm not all that familiar...
Yeah... the lack of interest is kind of what I figured... I might still make a set for myself depending on how my "ghetto" fixes work (taller ball joint and a bumpsteer stack)It really would not be that difficult to solve most of our suspension problems with a drop spindle though. You...
I guess there are really two ways to look at this question.1) What's the best way to vent pressure without creating a mess, which would be create as much open surface area to relieve crankcase pressure and create a catchcan that is baffled enough to not create a mess. For example, adding a...
StopTech : Balanced Brake UpgradesWhen I said "see stop techs white papers" I wasn't joking.My actual point was to say that sliding calipers won't "warp" rotors more or less than opposed piston calipers.
Please STOP posting incorrect information.Rotors don't warp. Check out stop techs white papers. Deposits are left from the pad of a very hard carbon material. This has more to do with pad break-in and how hot they get than, and I quote "even surface area on pad to rotor contact front and back...
You really aren't weakening them if the welder knows how to weld. In most cases a weld should be stronger than the base material with steel. If you haven't already boxed in the arms like he's done though, I'd do that after you cut them and weld them back in place. Should give you a very strong...
Blurry pictures that don't show any of the cast in markings on the compressor housing make the "guess what turbo this is" game a bit more difficult.Please tell me something was wrong with the engine prior to you pulling it completely apart... At least burning a shit ton of oil or something...
If everything is brand new, I can't think of any "typical" issue... Does it loosen up when you take it off and slide the frame back and forth a few times?
Funny you say that as I thought I changed it too:confused: Anywho, I'm here and here to stay (at least another year or two).I'm down for the meet. I'll try to bring the track car down there too.
I'm noticing a very heavy trend of Pennsylvania road racers (and most some what close east side).Any chance we could put a thread together and plan a small gathering of like minded people? I'm in the Lehigh Valley area, but don't really have the space to host. Maybe we could look to JM or JNZ...
Understeering pig = Suspension not properly tuned for your application. (or you don't know how to drive it, but that's a bit more personal than I'd like to get into)FWD's will inherently have less grip in the front than AWDs, making them more prone to understeer, so your FWD will always...
First off, the cool thing about aluminum is that not only does it shed heat quickly, it gains heat quickly (funny thing about those material properties is that they work both ways) You need to take steps to shield the caliper from getting hot in the first place. Powder coating hurts this.Your...
Random thought of the night has lead to two questions for people.1) If, hypothetically, I was able to produce a set of drop spindles that would A) fix the camber gain curve, and B) fix the bump steer and C) make it easy to add brake ducts, and D)keep your ABS if you wanted to... How many...
Don't assume that you need bigger calipers to increase braking ability. To make your car stop faster do these things in order:1) Flush fluid, and use a high temp racing fluid like motul or super blue.
2) upgrade to an "autocross" pad. These aren't going to be as bad in the cold as a real track...
G... You have a valid opinion, and one I agree with, but you really need to learn how to be personable. Stop being a dick, offer your opinion as an opinion, and realize that not everyone has the same one as you do.That said, swain tech one of the best options in my opinion. Jet hot coatings...
Power has much less of an effect on transmission life for road course applications versus drag racing. The failures arise from very different means. Think of it like this, in drag racing you're "shattering" gears based on shock loading which can overcome the strength of the oil film quickly in...
3rd and 4th are the most heat sensitive for road course and if possible, two inputs above those gear sets would be beneficial in keeping a road course transmission together.
I've got most the work done... I have the haynes manual, and its pretty worthless as far as telling you how to do things. I wanted any hints, tips, and suggestions as far as actually removing the motor/trans and info on removing the halfshafts and driveshaft. I have experience in working on...
I'm going to go into the control arms:First off, the polk ones break under braking. They really are a pretty bad design regardless of whether you're a road racer or a drag racer. Under braking you have a large moment around the ball joint and this design really doesn't tie the two tubes...
I'm pretty sure the original manufacturer got effed over by a lot of interest when he was looking at how many sets to have made, and then not a lot of people with cash once he had the parts in his hands.He might actually have a few sets, but I think you'd have to PM/email him to get any...
So I get how you can measure downforce using suspension position vs speed, but I'm really not sure how you're going to separate a drag value out. I mean, if you assume that parasitics are linear with engine speed you could get some data off of acceleration between specific speeds in different...
Nice Work.And I told you that compromises are required sometimes :pMy budget of a car build while I was earning pennies as a co-op didn't quite cover what you've been doing for the past few years. Just curious, (and I know this won't be at all exact) but how much do you have into the...
My problem with evom.net is as soon as I go there, I look for steering racks that come with the rest of the evo.Seriously, there's a really clean 03 for sale and I've been thinking about updating my DD
It's cold. And I'm a whiny bi***.THat said, my car has been 1 o-ring away from running all winter and I haven't found an extra hour of time to throw the new one in.I suck. but it is cold. That's my excuse and i"m sticking to it.