The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 4: Burnouts for Distance

[Bigtanker]

500 hp Smart Car. I love these guys.

[video=youtube_share;U08dME4r3ug]http://youtu.be/U08dME4r3ug[/video]

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Yup if you are into that platform.

Why the pics of the steering.

Very tempting

 

[jeffsqartan]

Yup if you are into that platform.

Why the pics of the steering.

Maybe they were the only pix he had of it for some reason? That is a super odd set of pictures to post.

 

[bobzilla]

Let's try this:

 

[bobzilla]

 

[churchmouse]

Let's try this:

I recognize that shop.....

Well done sir.

 

[bobzilla]

Are the images showing?

 

[churchmouse]

Are the images showing?

Yup.

 

[bobzilla]

trying some more here.... before the 8 hours of cleaning the garage:

and the after:

the reason I had to buy a new to me trans:

 

[churchmouse]

trying some more here.... before the 8 hours of cleaning the garage:

and the after:

the reason I had to buy a new to me trans:

Ouch.

 

[bobzilla]

fender hackery:

this car is *mostly rust free but it has the normal rust belt rot in normal places. Luckily I got to cut part of it out

 

[churchmouse]

So with this is it ready for track abuse....????

 

[bobzilla]

She is. I had to raise the rear a little more to compensate for the rub. It would still rub when heeled over on the throttle and hitting a huge frost heave in the right rear. So I just raised them both half an inch. Has the big brakes (12"front rotors and 2 piston calipers), braided lines etc. The diff is still in the old trans but with old 255's (I'll be buying 245's) its not much of a problem getting its meager power down. 160/160 to the wheels ain't a lot

EDIT: Just need a track to actually OPEN

 

[churchmouse]

She is. I had to raise the rear a little more to compensate for the rub. It would still rub when heeled over on the throttle and hitting a huge frost heave in the right rear. So I just raised them both half an inch. Has the big brakes (12"front rotors and 2 piston calipers), braided lines etc. The diff is still in the old trans but with old 255's (I'll be buying 245's) its not much of a problem getting its meager power down. 160/160 to the wheels ain't a lot

EDIT: Just need a track to actually OPEN

Yup. This crap is now way out of hand.

 

[bobzilla]

this thing has 100% ruined all "fun" roads. IT's so grippy I have to triple the posted limit to get close to the limits of grip. At least the stereo is good! That $10 bluetooth aux adapter was worth all the monies. The stock sub comes out with 2 10mm bolts on a drill and a single plug. All the rest of the interior behind the back seats is gone and at the dump.

 

[churchmouse]

this thing has 100% ruined all "fun" roads. IT's so grippy I have to triple the posted limit to get close to the limits of grip. At least the stereo is good! That $10 bluetooth aux adapter was worth all the monies. The stock sub comes out with 2 10mm bolts on a drill and a single plug. All the rest of the interior behind the back seats is gone and at the dump.

Dump it all. Shed it. Loose it. "ZOOM"

 

[churchmouse]

Have you done anything with the truck yet..???

 

[bobzilla]

Have you done anything with the truck yet..???

So I move it off the grass to mow. Lol. I’m blowing serious smoke and all that. The plan was to get this one sorted then start on it.

 

[churchmouse]

So I move it off the grass to mow. Lol. I’m blowing serious smoke and all that. The plan was to get this one sorted then start on it.

 

[jeffsqartan]

Speaking of posted limits and grip... A road not far from here would be a great place to test the Stang out after the upgrades are done.
But, it's had a vibration in the shifter from roughly 3500-4000 rpm, in all gears including neutral, for a long time. It's worst at that range, but is pressent from 3000-4800ish. Bad enough that I hate aggressive driving on that road because I'm in that range a lot. The noise bothers me.

I have a second T5 in the garage. It was supposed to be for the Notch. I might rebuild it (needs synchros at least) as my first transmission rebuild and swap it in later to see if I can finally get rid of that vibration.

I know someone is going to ask, so here's what I've replaced/repaired trying to fix that vibration:
engine/transmission mounts
clutch and flywheel
pilot bearing
transmission was rebuilt by a reputable shop
driveshaft ujoints replaced and then shaft balanced
harmonic balancer
new shifter

There might be more stuff, I kind of lost track and stopped caring after the last wreck. Be cool to finally rebuild my first transmission, though!