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ummmm, how?
Looks like one of the previous owners had cracked one somehow and did a small weld over it. Lasted 3+ years haha
Yep, not even close.
What calipers are they?
I've taken to just ordering spares lol. I think I've replaced 3 so far, fortunately, my shit is cheap lol.
Brembo Motorsports 6 Piston...XA5C201/02
Uh..
Did you take it somewhere and have them re weld it? I can literally find engines for cheaper than one of those.
Yeah I'm going to get it welded
Hell yea! Hope the aero works as good as it looks!! Side note what the HELL happened to driveviper, Such a disaster!
What engine are you planning on running? Also how much does the car weigh?
Aero is sweet. Paddles are sweet. Chasing some issues though.
When the compressor kicks on for the air paddles, while under WOT, it kicks my car into limp mode on track. Bummer. Happened 3 times Saturday at the same place on the track.
Yesterday I was flying and pacing almost 2.5 seconds faster than my previous best, and then I heard a weird banging noise, pulled off and got towed in. I thought it was clutch/throw out bearing/transmission...ended up being the driveshaft. It was hitting the frame inside the tunnel.
When the compressor kicks on for the air paddles, while under WOT, it kicks my car into limp mode on track. Bummer. Happened 3 times Saturday at the same place on the track.
Yesterday I was flying and pacing almost 2.5 seconds faster than my previous best, and then I heard a weird banging noise, pulled off and got towed in. I thought it was clutch/throw out bearing/transmission...ended up being the driveshaft. It was hitting the frame inside the tunnel.
Ah dang. That could've been a catastrophe!!
What's the plan to repair? CF driveshaft time??
What's the plan to repair? CF driveshaft time??
I was going to. Doug Shelby has one that is made by QA1, I had one in my Gen IV ACR. I spoke with him this morning and he fears the slip yoke is different from the factory cars, with mine having an EMCO transmission; he was right.
I ended up ordering another aluminum one.
Now the question is, did it happen because of it's own failure....or was the aero throwing the angle out and causing it to break?
Do you have any better pictures of the bearing surfaces in the yoke on the diff? What about the caps? Any better pics of those?
One bolt is sheared, the other missing. Did you take out the missing bolt or was it just gone? Can you get a better "face-on" picture of the broken bolt? Would like to see the shear pattern.
One bolt is sheared, the other missing. Did you take out the missing bolt or was it just gone? Can you get a better "face-on" picture of the broken bolt? Would like to see the shear pattern.
To my untrained eye, it appears the one bolt backed itself out, and then the other sheered off, that's what the sheer pattern looks like anyways. I don't have it sitting in front of me right now though to get better pictures.
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