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MASSIVE thanks to Neil this weekend, i popped over to his place and we did some surgery on it, so now it's got some 2nd hand CV's on it, so i now know part of my noise was them being fooked with way to much play in them, and the other thing was my BIG block conversion shaft that had play in, you'll see why from the pic's!
So next to do is replace the other two CV's on other side to get rid of any unwanted play thats in them, but hope that shaft is ok??
Will wait and see..
So off and out it popped..
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4993/photo0703w.jpg
So this is what 185bhp-153lbft and a quaife diff/paddle clutch and burn outs on the strip do to your shaft's!
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6361/photo0704t.jpg
Normal side by side with duffed one..
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1149/photo0705o.jpg
So if my car/set up can do this, i would hate to see the cheep bodge version's some do, and what can happen to them, as IMO i was very lucky not to snap it..
And now i have a short shaft fitted from the infamous Izachunt Drag nova's 2.0 8V turbo set up.
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/2843/photo0710.jpg
First real test drive show'd no iffy noise, and no loud clang/bang from the slack in shaft/CV's etc..
Feels sweet to drive again, and my confidence in the car is back.
So more to do still, roll on track time once new CV's are on.
Scott
What top bolt are you using on your hub/strut mount?
Fook, wouldn't expect a XE to do that to a shaft. Especially seeing as people use them with 300+ lb/ft of torque
that issachunt powertrain in that red corsa b still?
Iain,there leada coilovers with there own camber bolt setup on,
Ad, yes mate you wouldnt think it but i must be driving hard enough.. lol
Dave, yes the corsa still has the 2.0 8vt in, is being built upto nice track spec.
Interesting pic of those shaft splines, nicely spotted though who knows how long they would have gone before snapping.
What shafts were they out of interest?
lol well the play (EG loud bang) was there on my old nova, so I'm guessing it's just got worse as this one got more abuse, and then CV's started giving up, as there all same stuff from my old one from 2004? And they were part of a cossvuax conversion kit i bought way back on old silky.. There meant to be Rally X big end conversion shafts, eg same as M-tech i guess..
Scott
So found out the guy opposite where i work can do shot blasting, so getting the MO's done for around a 10er.
Got the tyres ripped off today for FREE!
Sat ready in boot for drop off tomorrow.
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1261/dscf3094p.jpg
These will be getting powder coated this time round.
Then these came too, these will go on after the finished at powder coaters.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3599/photo0732w.jpg
Scott
R888s? Nice :) What colour are the MOs going?