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A good drill press and some careful attention to detail and it works just fine. For the turbo Volvo's we drill out the oil feed for the turbo and tap the block regularly. Also if a factory style drain is desired the block has to be drilled yet again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silvertune
Obviously being careful and using the right tools makes all the difference.
What's the benefit of that axle swap?? Obviously reduce or eliminate torque steer. But how does it work?? I'm just curious to under the way it works. Loving your project man. I'd hate to have a gutter car but that's just me lol
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Axle shafts of equal length create equal pressure on the knuckle which balances them under acceleration.
Pretty much what he said, the side with the shorter axle gets the most torque which is the driver side for us. At the track under hard acceleration the car mostly pulls to the left with some tendencies to go right which makes passing dangerous. I have to manage the throttle in order to avoid contact with slower traffic, hopefully this helps.
heres a write up I found on it
http://www.aa1car.com/library/torque_steer.htm
This thread deserves its title because i see a lot of money going into this
You will enjoy the equal length axle setup, as I enjoy mines on my 7G.
MR953479Quote:
Originally Posted by greddy
Bolts should be M10 x 1.25 x 40mm(L)
^^^^That's what Im hoping for, did you notice a big improvement?
Finally got to the garage garage Wednesday night, we had like 5-8 inches of snow fall in are area Monday. So here are the part numbers....
3817A008 Bracket kit
MR145574 Cover, Fr
MR953479 Shaft, Fr
MB526617 Cover, Fr
MB837241 Bolt, Fr (order 2)
MF450406 Washer (order2)
MB526680 Dust seal (This actually comes in the Bracket kit and I ordered it not knowing so now I have spare seal which I never a bad thing)
MR111742 Clip, Fr
My total cost was 229.00 plus a axle from NAPA for 70.00 + a 55.00 core charge.
Make sure to check your block and see if your bosses are drilled and tapped before your order anything!
Oh yes there is a noticeable difference especially in steering and acceleration.Quote:
Originally Posted by xd_01
Wow man, a lot of that is outside my realm of understanding, but I get the gist. Good job. So how deep is the money pit as of now? 15k, 20k?
Who knows I don't keep track but it probably close to that in the past 10 or 12 years.
Yesterday morning I brought the car to the dyno and unloaded it off the trailer, put it 1st gear to drive it up to the shop and the shifter cable snaps off at the selector lever. I probably shouldve of been pissed off but I wasn't. I was actually happy that it happened there where I had help instead of by myself back at the garage loading the car on a busy street. Theres no way I could've pushed it back up the alley to the garage by myself. Im also glad it didn't happen at the track in 2 weeks otherwise we would've wasted 10 hours of driving round trip with a 10 month old and 2 year old which any of you with toddlers know what that's like lol. Not mention wasted track fees and hotel stay.
Car should be ready this week but in light of the unexpected situation Im gonna skip the first event to save some money. Its also cutting it close time wise, I still have to bleed the brakes again, add the roll bar padding and now Im losing about a week with the car. So Ill be patient and sign up for the april event which is at Summit Point and is only 60 miles away.
That is weird to see those break, worst I've had is the shifter base pulled out of the rubber bushings and I punched the dashboard, lol. Decided at that point I needed to work on shifting more softly.
It's always disappointing to get out to the track and not even get a lap in before something breaks. Make it just far enough for nothing to be refundable but not far enough to make it worth it. Which track where you gonna run at?
Virginia International Raceway its right on the border of N.C.
Heres my monthly update. After the shop fixed the shifter cable they took it out for a test drive and noticed the boost was acting weird. They put it on the dyno to see what was going on and after some testing they found the problem. The wastegate, the o-ring on the valve under the under the diaphragm had way to much play. We couldn't find a replacement anywhere and unfortunately the wastegate I have is a 1st gen MV-S so it made it even harder to find. Tial doesn't list a customer service number on there website so they had to email instead but they didn't respond for 3 days.
At this point the car has been there for like 3 weeks and my time frame to the next event and its slowly creeping up so Im like fuck it, get me a new one and be done with it. So after all that is all squared away it goes on the dyno makes 400hp/400tq but now I have a another problem. The turbo is smoking, so I pick up the car and get to the garage and start pulling the turbo the next day. Of course I ran into some problems like snapping 2 ARP bolts that fasten the turbo adapter plate to the exhaust manifold. If that's not enough as one of them snapped my hand flew into the cam sensor and snapped that too. Luckily I had another one.
Turns out the bearings where on there way out due to hot shut downs, lesson learned. So now Im just waiting for my turbo to show up that was shipped out Wednesday morning and Im also waiting on the new adapter plate. Im trying to make this next event which is one week but its not looking so good. I still have work to do but no parts and very little time.
nuff talk
how it sits now
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps688f7ca2.jpg
parts that should be in the car
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psb5e8a4e2.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psa93ef099.jpg
off to Precision
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps3a8aa040.jpg
heres the adapter plate with the 2 ARP bolts snapped off, one clean off and the other showing about 2''s of bolt.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps081a0f06.jpg
I heated it up to almost 500 degrees (I have a laser thermometer) and used my pipe wrench from work to twist out the bolt that had 2''s sticking out.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psec2e210f.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...pse035c9e6.jpg
drilled hole for easy-out
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps850d1733.jpg
heated it up again to almost 500 degrees and snapped it.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps04cc739f.jpg
Snapped shifter cable
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps6e98803b.jpg
and did I mention the cotter pin on the driver side axle snapped on the dyno, Im still trying to figure out this one
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psf1ac890f.jpg
but on the bright side I got the roll bar padding done, even that was a pain in the ass
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps651e5ae3.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps3e6bb03c.jpg
I've seen a lot of bad luck with Precision turbos. Decent numbers are far as output but terrible longevity whether they're on street machines or race.
I can't believe you snapped an axle on the dyno. What exactly was happening when it broke? Spool up? Sustained torque? I've only seen one snap under a driveline load spike ei shifting or launch but never from just raw torque.
dude! you're snapping to much crap. hurry up and get it fixed I wanna see this on the road! :)
Lol i know this is getting to be too much, and no I didnt snap an axle lol dont even jinx me. The axle nut moved on the dyno and snapped the cotter pin. Looks like Ill be putting paint marks on the axle end and nut to check for movement. I do that with my adjustable cam bolts too.
this thing is registered and road worthy?
I think it is strictly a track car.
Well I COULD register it but it will never past inspection with the AEM and no airbags. Road worthy,, not really it doesn't have the stock restraint system and its not exactly a good idea NOT wearing helmet in a caged car cause if some sort of accident does happen and you hit your head on it even with padding it could be very very bad. People do it all the time though and Im sure I would take it out on occasion in this manner to go the car wash or whatever but I would taking a big risk.
It was registered in NYS with no inspection for 2yrs and since I live in MD I didn't really care about getting pulled over with no inspection sticker. I had to surrender the plates in Sept 13' for renewal time since I couldn't produce an inspection. That's really the only way I can register it: get plates for 2 yrs with no inspection then surrender, let it sit for a few months then register again and start all over.
So yea its pretty much a track car only at this point which sucks cause I cant test drive it when ever I do any upgrades or maintenance. The shop I go to does take it for test runs but their in an industrial area, I know Ive mentioned that recently so I don't want sound conflicting.
So what tracks/events are on your agenda this year? My buddy with a mustang kicked ass at limerick in CT last year and he got me into autocross. Thinking about taking my Mazdaspeed3 to a few time attack events somewhere but don't know where to go
March- VIR, VA (missed it)
April- Summit Point, WV
May- NJMP, NJ
June- Summit Point, WV
July- VIR, VA
August- Summit Point, WV
October- VIR, VA
November- Daytona International, FL or Summit Point, WV
driving to Florida is a big maybe but really REALLY want to go. I actually talked to my wife about it last night and she said she was down.
You would have a blast in your MazdaSpeed3 you should really try to go. NASA and SCCA are pretty much the big dog clubs but theres lots of smaller ones too. Ive only run with NASA Mid-atlantic and a few times with the northeast region, there a great group of people that just enjoy racing and helping each other out.
There are those Time Attack events like GTA and Real Time and Im not exactly sure how they run as far as licensing but the general rules with most clubs is you have to start in the beginner run groups usually referred to as HPDE and work your way up the groups 1-2-3. Once your in group 3 you can go for your Time Trial license or your Competition license or go ahead up to group 4 which is pretty much all instructors. This is NASA's program that Im most familiar with and SCCA has something similar. Most of the smaller clubs follow NASA and SCCA's HPDE program outline.
Heres a website where you can register for many different clubs including SCCA. Make sure to look under driver school.
http://www.motorsportreg.com/
Or if you want to sign up for NASA NE go here,, there expensive though.
http://www.nasanortheast.com/
let me know if you have any questions, Im glad to help!!
So I got the turbo back from PTE last week, installed it after Easter and took it to the dyno today.
Car made 412hp/398tq at 21psi
https://vimeo.com/92981444
Were headed out to Summit Point early tomorrow morning for the weekend, Im happy I was able to get everything done, I hate crunch time lol!!
That's awesome
Man I wish!!
Solid numbers. I'm thoroughly impressed with how clean it sounds as well. Not too loud, but enough to let you know it means business.
*Smokey voice* That's my dawg! That's my dawg!
Great number Bryant! Car looks so beastly.
Thanks everyone!! Things went great last weekend, Weather was good and lots of track time. I signed up for the advanced group this time and after I passed my checkride I was good to go. I was little nervous at first especially after being off for like 4 months but after my first session I felt right at home. I wasn't the fastest guy out there by far but I wasn't the slowest neither and I didn't see any passing flags which means I wasn't holding anybody up. Daamn there were some fast guys out there.
video from Sunday
https://vimeo.com/93602607
Someones bolt bounced up and landed on my windshield
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps5d83a843.jpg
Someone in my group brought a Ferrari Challenge car, This car passed me like I was driving backwards.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps45ede2c4.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps56233fa6.jpg
My oldest fixing the axle nut cotter pin, it backed off again.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps825d53ad.jpg
Paddock space
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps018ce417.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps97af18b2.jpg
My boys
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psc6737b0c.jpg
Dyno sheet
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps2631bd0b.jpg
Thanks for looking
Man that video is awesome looks like a ton of fun!
Also your bezel and door covers look way cool in the video (not that didn't already look awesome ;D)
Also nice dyno!
Thanks, I even got the chrome JDM door handles too!!
nice driving, what are you using for your footage?
Thanks, I use a Contour Roam2. Good camera and about $100 cheaper then a Gopro but there support sucks. Shouldve went with a Gorpro after all.
Your car straight up gets it in the straights!
yea the straights are fun!! Its the corners I need to work on.
Not much going on with the car lately, I decided to install the 24mm rear sway bar with adjustable endlinks last week. Ive been holding on to these parts for a long time waiting for the right time to install, I figure why wait any longer.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psaf1684e1.jpg
My tires had some serious flat spots, sucks not having ABS. My steering wheel felt the vibration like crazy.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...pse54b2c0f.jpg
So I replaced them with the new Direzza ZII. There on closeout for $160 a piece cause there coming out with a new one next year so It was good a deal and perfect timing.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps2ecca031.jpg
Where headed up to Dirty Jerz Friday night, Im gonna run Thunderbolt at NJMP Saturday. Brakes are bled, car is packed up and Im bringing the portable BBQ this time, where getting tired of spending money on crappy concession food so well see if this works and better.
That is all.
Good deal on the rubber.
Looking forward to more videos !!
What proportioning valve so you have??
stock 8g 4cyl I never changed it.