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Discussion starter · #502 ·
Changes are coming. I cannot stand rebuilding another transmission 3 times just for it to not shift again.

All of those new parts that I bought for this weekend... quartermaster, slave, master, clutch pedal assembly, shifter.. Is all going to be sold. Along with the rebuilt trans, 300m transfercase and 4 bolt rear.

Watching the Q16 and auto cars go down the track over and over and not worry about the trans set my mind in stone. "Banging gears is more fun" yes when the thing works. I want to make passes not fix shit.


There will be alot of changes. Hopefully I get a chance to pick up another sponsor to go along with the one I have currently.

I do have to thank the Force-Fed Performance guys. They did not have a chance to make it up and even with me breaking they still have my back.

Stay Tuned :)
 
Discussion starter · #505 ·
I checked a hunch today. Found the rear trans bolt pulled the threads out. I also noticed something that I knew would become a problem and show its ugly face. Crank has noticeable end play when the clutch is depressed. I knew it was happening I just wanted to blow the engine apart, which it refuses to do...

I decided before the auto swap happens that I am going to pull out my trusty street car engine and actually build a race motor. I also need to change out this cage and clean the car up some. Jake M.'s car has always inspired me with how clean it looked. I want that clean look for this thing.

Stay tuned :)
 
#506 ·
Jake definitely had a nice car but gotta say that Jeffs car is a lot cleaner in person. Not cleaner than mine but still clean. :p

Gotta love when the owners give a damn about these cars, they can actually be somewhat attractive.:cool:
 
Discussion starter · #507 ·
Well seeing that I have not had a bite on any of the parts except for asking about half the amount I priced things at... I pulled the trans completely apart today.

I checked the 3/4 syncros and they still look new. I did have some wear marks on the hub that Tim attempted to band-aid for me. I have a replacement for that which I stole from a spare trans.

Everything else looks mint. I am also putting all the internals into a new bell housing that does not have a stripped rear bolt.


There is a race November 12-13th that I want to race at and it looks like I'll still be 5 speed for that.
 
#510 ·
I had a clutch drag issue that took forever to track down. As it turned out, the alignment dowels were seated too far into the block and allowed the trans to be just slightly off. Only caused issues at high rpm when trying to shift very quickly.
 
Discussion starter · #512 ·
fatt6903 said:
If I make it up for the Import Showdown, it will be Fwd vs Awd in the showdown class.... This will also be my last race on the 5 speed. Going to put my auto in after November.
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I wont be making that race this year. Just too far away now and not enough money. I am going back and forth debating on pulling the pan and replacing the mains or just saying fuck it the thing has been runing fine engine wise.

Who knows.
 
#513 ·
How much walk is it? I have about .003 with my motor now, but im not reving to 10k I only rev 9200ish for now untill put a manley crank in it next year with grp rods with 11.1:1 pistons and plan to fill the block. I feel you pain bro.... you have the speed for 9s just like my old turbo I had the speed for deep 10s. It will come soon enough I guess, then we will have to relearn our cars once the auto goes in!!
 
Discussion starter · #516 ·
John ****** hooked me up with two input shafts and a set of main bearings last night. Hit wild wings, saved some boobies, and headed back.

Finished this last night.

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I also noticed some excessive free play in my magnus shift fork so I emailed Marco with some questions about them.

I should be testing with John at Fayetteville this sunday.
 
Discussion starter · #519 ·
I replaced the main bearings for the first time since I built this engine back in 09'. It seems to have fixed my "crankwalk" like movement on my crank. I use to be able to press the clutch and watch the crank shift... Shit still ran 10s like that.

I reinstalled the trans last night. All that is left is tracking down a new O-ring for my turbo outlet, Replace the oil return, Axles and wheels.

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Discussion starter · #520 ·
Bringing this up to speed some more.

I sourced all the parts needed to get the car back up and running and hit a test and tune with ******. First pass out I just checked the gears and it did not go into 3rd again.. Hmmm. I figured it was me and tried 2-3 more times and it pissed me off.

Cooled down and watched a few raced then went back to the car and made some adjustments to the shifter/ linkage. Next pass out I didn't expect the car to shift and was just testing. Easy 1-2 shift then banged 3rd, stupid thing went in and I rode it out the rest of the way. Ended with a 9.93@151.

Not too bad. I went to back it up and blew the brake line my staging brake is connected to.


These past couple days I have been tracking down an electrical gremlin. Finally found that back in the day I wired all the grounds to ground. I did not separate sensor ground or chassis ground. This causes a jumping signal from the sensors.

Now that the harness is fixed I still need to put it back in. Next month is a race at Fayetteville so hopefully it is ready to rock then.
 
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