MY AWD++ Conversion

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by VR4Rob

Dude, you're the fastest AWD converted car aren't you? And you're like the second fastest Z11 chassis code car aren't you?

hah, that is quite possibly very true!

Originally Posted by Bob The Great

Congrats man! Those pics sure brought back some memories for me. Made me want to get off my ass and bring "The White Whale" out of hibernation.

I wish I had had access to all the equipment you did when I was doing my conversion. The install looks very clean! I still can't get over cutting and welding on the primary structure of the car, but that's just my pesky engineer brain talking. I suppose it did let you avoid the driveshaft issues that I ran into, though.

Good job all around!

Thanks for chiming in!

Having access to all the mills/lathes/etc definantly helped out quite a bit.

I was a little skeptical of cutting room for the forward mount, but I am convinced it will not become an issue. So far there have been no issues with it, and in fact my car seems more solid now than it ever has before. I can't wait to get this thing out on a road course and see what she has in her!

Originally Posted by mitsuman03

Glad everything is holding strong for ya rich!!........although..hows the throttle cable doing????

Throttle cable has been a non-issue since I ceramic coated my headers.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by existenz

Awesome job on the conversion and this thread.

Originally Posted by VinylOrbit

Excellent thread! A great read and a great story! Congrats to you!

Justin

Thanks! Glad to know people are enjoying the read!

Originally Posted by Venom13132

haha he the passat runs. (or the jetta, whatever). There should be an LS1 RX7 build thread on here in the next couple weeks.

And I am waiting intently to read all about it

[defyboy]

Fuck me that must have been a mission. A+ for the effort man.

[moffman93']

Why are your times so much lower than comparable 16g cars. Your launch is fairly decent. Am I missing something?

[turbosprentice]

very interesting. great read too.

[Hannibalzero]

Originally Posted by moffman93'

Why are your times so much lower than comparable 16g cars. Your launch is fairly decent. Am I missing something?

11.8 doesn't seem like its that much lower than other e16G cars. Trevor and Adam ran mid 10s with full boost. Melon and a number of others have been able to post 11 second runs. I'm guessing he made that run at low boost. His car should be able to take a bit more abuse.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Hannibalzero

11.8 doesn't seem like its that much lower than other e16G cars. Trevor and Adam ran mid 10s with full boost. Melon and a number of others have been able to post 11 second runs. I'm guessing he made that run at low boost. His car should be able to take a bit more abuse.

low-ish boost. 18 psi with a rich tune and very conservative timing (and stock heads). I also had a bad PTU at the time, which I just found out is the reason I was having problems with any higher boost.

New PTU + Dis-4 HO + meth says my times will be much better here within a few weeks

[phule]

I was curious. Im looking for info on the aws delete ran through the thread from a while ago and cant find the measure ments for the arms. I was wondering if you new what they were or had easy acces to measure them really all im looking for is length and diameter tube.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by phule

I was curious. Im looking for info on the aws delete ran through the thread from a while ago and cant find the measure ments for the arms. I was wondering if you new what they were or had easy acces to measure them really all im looking for is length and diameter tube.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/m/108_...im-Joints.html

(2) Swedged steel tube: #910-34258-7 (7 inches long, 5/8" threads)
(2) RH Rod Ends (1/2" holes): #175-0126
(2) LH Rod Ends (1/2" holes): #175-0326
(2) RH Chrome Jamb Nuts: #910-01006
(2) LH Chrome Jamb Nuts: #910-01106
(1) Aluminum spacers for rod ends ( pk of 8 ): #546-4108