911 Carrera RallyCross Project
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Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
I drove the car home last night and noticed that the voltage on the new voltmeter was all over the place. At idle it was around 14 but driving it would fluctuate between 14 and 18. This can't be good.
Do I need a new regulator? Are they easy to source and replace? Anything else that should be done at the same time? Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
John Vanlandingham Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
John Huebbe Mega Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
Do you have an in'ee or out'ee ?
Something like this on your car? 
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Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Pulled out the alternator. Doesn't look to bad but I think I will just replace the whole thing. What do you think?
Nice and clean in there  Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Kirk Coughlin Super Moderator Location: Saint Paul, MN Join Date: 01/08/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 493 Rally Car: Dreaming of escorts and xrats |
Allright, I have a new question:
Will your team also have falconry lessons available?  Kirk Coughlin Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Of course.  Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Banned Elite Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Today we ordered an alternator off eBay. Then replaced the front wheel studs with longer ones:
Then found we are going to need a new tie rod end sooner or later 
 Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Installed a remanufactured alternator.
Though a little fiddly it all went back OK, until the final step: 
Why is my belt now slack, even with zero shims? :confused: Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
John Vanlandingham Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Installed a new belt courtesy of Munk's Motors. Also bought an extra 2 shims. You can see the old belt is significantly narrower then the new one.
Problem solved. Though it did need only 2 shims inside, 4 outside. Will check it next week. Voltage is now a steady 13.8V  Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Paul Eddleston Godlike Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 560 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Back to the lowering saga. If you remember we were trying to lower the car back to stock US ride height of 25.5" front and 25" rear. We had set the spring plates at 35* which, with our stock torsion bars should result in this. But it didn't! Instead returning about 26.75".
So we tried again with 32* which we calculated based on how many inches of lowering we got per degree of spring plate inclination change from the previous attempt. This resulted in 24.5" ride height which is lower than we want. What's going on? Well, it turns out the car appears to settle quite a lot if left overnight or driven. I thought bouncing it would settle it but apparently not. The 26.75" was measured after just bouncing the car. The 24.5" after letting the car sit overnight. Solution: set the spring plates to 33* and leave it overnight. Result: 25.5" of rear ride height. YAY. Then we set the fronts to 26" rather than 25.5" for a little more front clearance and took some pictures because it just looks so darn cool in the sun IMHO. 
OBJECTS IN MIRROR MAY BE PASSING YOU SOON. 
Next: mud flaps. . Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Kirk Coughlin Super Moderator Location: Saint Paul, MN Join Date: 01/08/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 493 Rally Car: Dreaming of escorts and xrats |
Warning: Objects in mirror are about to smoke you!
Kirk Coughlin Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. |
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