Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
Been studying 12 hours a day for exams next week.
The angle of the engine is concerning because the more I look at the angle of the transmission, the more I'm worried about driveshaft clearance. I can probably re position the motor in a good, long day. I'm also not convinced I like how i mounted the transmission either. I'm going to drink tea and give it a good hard stare after final exams. First Rally: 2010 First RallyX: 2004 (a bunch) Driver (0), Co-Driver (7) Organizer (3), Volunteer (3) Cars Built (2.5), Engines Blown (2) Cages Built (0) # of rotations (3.5) Last Updated, Apr 9, 2023 |
egdinger Eric Dinger Mega Moderator Location: PDX Join Date: 05/07/2012 Age: Settling Down Posts: 14 |
It would be hard to argue for the switch with "PURELY MECHANICAL" in there. I can't find anything about not allowing lexan side-windows to roll down though. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 03:52PM by egdinger. |
Mad Matt F Matt Follett Senior Moderator Location: La Belle Province, Montreal Join Date: 03/13/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 646 Rally Car: Don't Laugh, the Justy is Fun! |
My guess is somebody wants a mechanical shut off valve... so you can't flick a switch and have both pumps running...which would do what??? Send more fuel back to the tank... sounds weird.
Hey it means when your pump dies you get to get out on stage, put a triangle, flick a switch, get your triangle.... ![]() Edit... really by the word it just needs to be connected by a mechanical device, doesn't say what is to be connected... Mount the pump on a door hinge... and wait for a wording change. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 05:40PM by Mad Matt F. |
Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
yea just seems silly to have to go through all that nonsense to turn a back up pump on.
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Pete Pete Remner Elite Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Fuel pump A overheats and craps out, switch to fuel pump B, which also overheats and craps out because the hot fuel in the tank is what is making it overheat, so switch BOTH of them on so maybe crap plus crap equals enough. Anyway, about that Subaru brake booster. How much screwing around was required to get it in the car? Swap the clevis and adjust some brake lines and Bob's your uncle, or was firewall surgery required? I'm asking for a friend who just picked up an '81 with a rusted through brake booster. Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2016 01:59PM by Pete. |
Mad Matt F Matt Follett Senior Moderator Location: La Belle Province, Montreal Join Date: 03/13/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 646 Rally Car: Don't Laugh, the Justy is Fun! |
I get why you would want 2 pumps running. My question is what performance advantage would it give that you would want to regulate it? Isn't the amount of fuel dependant on the injectors and the pressure? Are fuel pump outputs regulated in anything but production???
Just seems like a silly rule... |
Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
i agree on silly ruling.
Pete, it was pretty easy honestly. I did use the GSLSE booster spacer to get the distance from the pedal about right, and I needed to widdle down the threaded part of the rod to the clevis like 2mm to adjust back enough. First Rally: 2010 First RallyX: 2004 (a bunch) Driver (0), Co-Driver (7) Organizer (3), Volunteer (3) Cars Built (2.5), Engines Blown (2) Cages Built (0) # of rotations (3.5) Last Updated, Apr 9, 2023 |
Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
photos seem crappier than expected, but this should give an idea the droop in the front.
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Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
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Pete Pete Remner Elite Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
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If living in Stockton can be called that....Pooor Alex. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
seems so! Working on my doctorate so I generally find myself doing that instead of the important things, like racing. That said I really hope to get this car done here before summer. At least in terms of driving about. Really want to feel how this suspension works now that I've functionally de-Mazdaed the back half. Still rallycrossing Pete? First Rally: 2010 First RallyX: 2004 (a bunch) Driver (0), Co-Driver (7) Organizer (3), Volunteer (3) Cars Built (2.5), Engines Blown (2) Cages Built (0) # of rotations (3.5) Last Updated, Apr 9, 2023 |
Gravity Fed Alex Staidle Senior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
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where is a good place to get a Toyota 8" LSD rebuild kit? ![]() First Rally: 2010 First RallyX: 2004 (a bunch) Driver (0), Co-Driver (7) Organizer (3), Volunteer (3) Cars Built (2.5), Engines Blown (2) Cages Built (0) # of rotations (3.5) Last Updated, Apr 9, 2023 |
Eric Ewert Eric Ewert Infallible Moderator Location: Calgary, Ab Join Date: 05/13/2013 Age: Settling Down Posts: 366 Rally Car: volvo 240 |
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