Evo update
Aug 9, 2022, 04:42 PM
#226
Well tomorrow is the day I have waited 20 months for. Am I excited no not really. I will be excited to see my car and all the new **** that is on it but whats the point of getting all excited when I can't drive it. Sure I can drive it on the trailer and off the trailer but still. I called my buddy to see if he can pull my t case at the shop he has and now he wants 1500 to do so. Wtf he only charged me 500 to do a clutch a few years ago. So with that said idk wtf to do. 3000 dollars to fix a 1300 t case just urks me. I am starting to understand why people part their cars out after they go big builds.
Aug 10, 2022, 04:51 PM
#227
Well my day started today at 5:30 am. Got on the road by 6:30 am after waiting for my father to arrive and after a quick stop at Mcdonalds for a couple egg mcmuffins and 2 large coffees we were on our way about 7. We got to the shop roughly 10:45, I paid for the car and packed up all my **** and put it in the truck. Well uhhh yeah not happy with what I heard when I tried to start the car. Something isn't right at all. They said they couldn't figure it out which means they prob didn't wanna tear back into it.
After an hr or so getting the car on the trailer I made my journey back home towards my house to only drive past my exit straight to Warren, Mi to my buddy shop where I unloaded the car and going to wait till this weekend when he takes out the trans and t case to send to rrt in CT. I let Rief know they will be on the way and he said I didn't sound happy uh no I just spent close to 20k and now I have to have my trans and t case rebuilt when they were pretty much fine and shifting like butter when I brought the car into the shop.
So fast forward a few more hrs and it is 10 to 8pm and I am now settleing in getting ready to go to bed being I get up at 2 am now to go to work. Yay ****ing fun let me tell you. So now I have to wait at least another month for my stuff to get fixed and back in the car before I can even start to break in the engine. Guess I won't be doing test and tune at the shootout this year.
Here is a short vid of what my car does now that I got it back. Oh pay close attention to the last few seconds of the video being that is what the car does now when the starter isn't free spinning.
Ok the video didn't get the clunking it makes when trying to start but it sounds terrible and somethings ****ed up. This just gives you an idea of what I have to deal with now. Ok sorry for the rant I am exhausted and crabby and not happy about everything at this time. So with that said goodnite EvoM hopefully tomorrow will treat me a tad big less ****ty.
And here you thought the thread was already heartbreaking lol watch the video and try not to cry.
After an hr or so getting the car on the trailer I made my journey back home towards my house to only drive past my exit straight to Warren, Mi to my buddy shop where I unloaded the car and going to wait till this weekend when he takes out the trans and t case to send to rrt in CT. I let Rief know they will be on the way and he said I didn't sound happy uh no I just spent close to 20k and now I have to have my trans and t case rebuilt when they were pretty much fine and shifting like butter when I brought the car into the shop.
So fast forward a few more hrs and it is 10 to 8pm and I am now settleing in getting ready to go to bed being I get up at 2 am now to go to work. Yay ****ing fun let me tell you. So now I have to wait at least another month for my stuff to get fixed and back in the car before I can even start to break in the engine. Guess I won't be doing test and tune at the shootout this year.
Here is a short vid of what my car does now that I got it back. Oh pay close attention to the last few seconds of the video being that is what the car does now when the starter isn't free spinning.
Ok the video didn't get the clunking it makes when trying to start but it sounds terrible and somethings ****ed up. This just gives you an idea of what I have to deal with now. Ok sorry for the rant I am exhausted and crabby and not happy about everything at this time. So with that said goodnite EvoM hopefully tomorrow will treat me a tad big less ****ty.
And here you thought the thread was already heartbreaking lol watch the video and try not to cry.
Last edited by CurseDSM; Aug 10, 2022 at 04:57 PM.
Aug 13, 2022, 07:53 AM
#231
Update:
Well it has been a long drawn out time for me. I've spent a **** ton of unnecessary cash on this car to please a shop that basically gave me the finger as the car left their shop. I have my car at my buddy's shop yet again to have the subframe dropped and the engine, trans and t case pulled. I am waiting to see how destroyed the clutch is at this point
I have a cousin who works at exedy and can help me out but I am at a point to think I will need new stuff altogether. I asked my buddy's to send me pics of the clutch once things are out and I will send them to exedy to assess the damage then pics and response will be sent to slowmotion.
IDk if my car will make the shootout this year being idk how fast rrt can have my stuff back, but if it does it will be a miracle..
Well it has been a long drawn out time for me. I've spent a **** ton of unnecessary cash on this car to please a shop that basically gave me the finger as the car left their shop. I have my car at my buddy's shop yet again to have the subframe dropped and the engine, trans and t case pulled. I am waiting to see how destroyed the clutch is at this point
I have a cousin who works at exedy and can help me out but I am at a point to think I will need new stuff altogether. I asked my buddy's to send me pics of the clutch once things are out and I will send them to exedy to assess the damage then pics and response will be sent to slowmotion.
IDk if my car will make the shootout this year being idk how fast rrt can have my stuff back, but if it does it will be a miracle..
Last edited by CurseDSM; Aug 13, 2022 at 06:02 PM.
Aug 13, 2022, 06:06 PM
#232
Well I have made the decission to go with the same t case RRT uses in their race car. It has the upgraded pinion and splines with the upgraded spool, and the Wavetrack lsd. Trans I am doing all new 1-5 that has been hardened with rem and carbon synchros. That should hold the power of the car pretty easily so that will mean the weak link will be the axles and I am ok with that being axles are way chearper to replace then t cases and trannys
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Aug 14, 2022, 09:28 AM
#233
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I mean...long term parts only get more 'spensive so in a big picture look this is kind of good. Plus blah blah built for madness now.
Aug 14, 2022, 10:09 AM
#234
Plus at this point my trans will not go into gear while the car is running. So with that said who knows what's wrong with that. To the same extent if I break a trans it's the same scenario as above.
Riaf's makes 500 more HP then mine will and he says he hasn't broke one launching or anything as of yet. Not to say it won't happen but if his race car handles the stuff mine will to ad a driver ya know.
Aug 17, 2022, 05:29 AM
#237
Not yet I sent the pics to my cousin who works at exedy and see what the enginidiot tells me. I'll have to measure the discs as well to see how much was eaten. I am going to buy an act twin tonite being it will cost me just as much to rebuild the triple
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