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#151 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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![]() If it shatters, I'm doing a TKO.
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#152 |
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Location: Monterey/Falun
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![]() Problem isn't the internals as much as it is the case that's made out of a Coke can
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1979 Volvo 244DL 6.0/4l80e,8.8,Ms3x goldbox ecu and Mircrosquirt tcu, GTX4202r, 228/230cam, tbss intake, 11.4@123mph 9psi 1991 Volvo 245, Efan conversion, tcam, 4.10s, Aw71L 1982 Ford Fairmont Futura, 4.8/th400, 8.8, mircrosquirt, 7875 turbo, 228/230 cam, Project Cheap Thrills |
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#153 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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![]() Really? That's interesting. Where do they usually break? I always thought third gear broke somehow.
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#154 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Soldotna, AK
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![]() erik broke one because his pilot bearing fell out, and now thinks that all t5s are that fragile.
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#155 |
Been here for too long
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Edmonton AB
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![]() For the ABS sensors, did you use the non-abs strut housings, with the ABS style tone ring hubs?
I really want traction control, but don't have ABS strut housings, and wasn't sure if the ABS tone ring hubs would bolt on? Jordan
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80 242- 2.5L, T5, Porsche brakes, short billies and kaplenkhe suspension, trutrack. Project Thread- http://www.turbobricks.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=324470 |
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#156 |
Never go full retard.
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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![]() The ABS hubs fit non-ABS spindles with no issue. I'm currently running that combo on my car.
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#157 | |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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For reference, the Bentley manual says the ABS tone rings are pressed on and can be replaced. So the interested TBer could probably just turn down a non ABS hub and press fit an ABS tone ring on. |
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#158 |
not yet good enough
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jackson, WI
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![]() That's a pretty neat setup, nice job. I could (and probably should) get on board with that.
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#159 | |
50 shades of beige
![]() Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Rockville, MD
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You would have to make an adapter, easier just to source a set of ABS hubs
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#160 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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![]() Good to know.
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#161 |
Board Member
![]() Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Monterey/Falun
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![]() The t5 cases flex with a hard launch.
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#162 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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![]() Drove it to IPD; the trip was something like 1800 miles total. The way out I had no problems, car ran fine. However, on the way back, my electric fan motor seized a little less than halfway home. So I drove 50 miles on the freeway with no fan, stopped in a junkyard in Boise, found an 850 efan and made it work. No overheating problems unless I was stopped at a light or an exit or something. Turns out the 850 efan motor has much shorter wires than the 940 fan, so I had to dangle my relay on the skid plate. Ghetto but I had limited time and tools. After swapping the efan motors, I drove the rest of the way home without incident. I'm trying to find another 940 efan locally.
My seats have been pretty bad for some time, so I decided to do something about it. These showed up the day I was leaving for IPD: ![]() I made some brackets yesterday, just waterjet out a shape from 1/8" mild steel and pounded them into submission with a hammer and vice. Small compound bends aren't really possible on the brake I have access to. The flange near the rear mounting point is to make the brackets stiffer as they hang off the back of the stock seat slider. ![]() They fit perfectly: ![]() ![]() I really need to find a black carpet and redo the rear bench. ![]() ![]() I really like these seats. They're Recaro Expert L. The driver side has hand inflatable lumbar support, but the passenger doesn't. The driver also has an armrest I can't use because it interferes with the seatbelt console. I'll probably machine some bracket to make it work, I really want an armrest. I made the brackets hang off the back of the slider because I'm pretty tall. Doing it this way gives me plenty of leg and head room. |
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#163 |
Board Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: west hartford, ct
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![]() what turbo do you have on the car?
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#164 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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#165 |
ಠ_ಠ
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Soldotna, AK
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![]() ironically i really liked the seats that were in it. they fit a tall fat guy nicely.
having driven it: the motor is astonishingly good. |
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#166 |
not yet good enough
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jackson, WI
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![]() If you made a second set of those seat mounts, I would buy them...
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#167 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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#168 |
not yet good enough
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jackson, WI
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#169 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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![]() Here you go. I've included a solidworks part file and a dxf (in mm). If you can't find a cheap waterjetting or laser cutting place local to you, I'd cut them out if you want.
I made them from 1/8" mild steel. The holes in the part are undersized. I do this to get a location reference from the waterjet, and then I go through and drill them to the finish size. I'm pretty sure I used a J drill bit for the seat holes and U bit for the slider holes. This gives room for the square base of the slider studs so the bracket can sit flat. |
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#170 |
bruspeed
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sacramento, CA
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![]() I didn't see this update, Glad you made it home safe and sound, when I first read "However, on the way back, my electric fan...." I was like, "If this dude killed a relay I'm going to LOL" that is one of the spares I brought with me and you scoffed at it.
Those seats are the cat's ass, I wish I could have gone for a ride in this beast.
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#171 | |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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#172 | |
bruspeed
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sacramento, CA
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#173 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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![]() It's a good way to do things. I could have saved myself 3 hours if I happened to have a fan motor in my trunk. I'm not sure what I'm going to take to Big Socal yet.
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#174 |
50 shades of beige
![]() Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Rockville, MD
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#175 |
8v are still cool, right?
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cedar Hills, UT
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