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I know where you can get four plated, dimpled, slotted rotors, pads, and stainless steel lines for $375.00.
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Definitely I know where to go on that.
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This is useful to me as part of a cumulative weight reduction of the car. No A/C, no trunk junk, fb hood coming later, 5mt w/light flywheel, light wheels, no pass. seat, whatever else I end up doing.
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about what length of a drive shaft will i need after doing the 5spd swap?
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About 2 inches longer than stock, but you'll want to measure for accuracy.
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k thx alot
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Be carful doing this with a manual trans. I know that on my WRX you can only lighten the pully or the flywheel, not both. You get a lot of backfiring. It seems like someone should be able to tune this out, but I don't think anyone has. There is discussion on Nasioc. Perhaps you can post there and see if anyone has discussed this before.
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This is what I was driving at earlier. Let's get some pricing info and weight info and let the 'buyer' decide if it is worth it or not. Lots of info here but no data. As a matter of fact, I would not mind being a guinea pig in this situation. All I want to know is WHO to purchase the driveshaft from, what it weighs and how much it will cost to get done. I will call the shop/manufacturer/person and can go from there. Never was one to argue if it will or will not work. It is lighter. If it is 50% or more lighter than the 35lb stock unit, I will whole heartedly consider it myself. If it is a waste of money. so be it. Personally, I am happy about the lighter wheels and pulley of the car. This is another small piece to the whole puzzle to wring out as much as possible out of the piggish SVX. Thanks for the NikFu S. Could you please provide the name of the shop that is the 'place in town' and possibly a number. We can take this offline if you like. We gotta make some progress with these ideas somehow rather than stifling our imaginations with unproven facts. Let's move on them and test. You never know until you try. The link to the article I provided earlier in the thread showed a noticable/measurable difference. It was not much but a difference. The difference between the guys stock driveshaft and a carbon fiber unit was 11lbs. Nikfu is talking at least that much with an aluminum one, let alone a carbon fiber one. Again, people can argue all day over these things. Someone should test this out though. Heres another article to check out-->http://www.acpt.com/article1.html Another driveshaft weight reduction of about 10lbs.
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Again
Again you would probably take off a lot more weight on the car by removing all radio/stereo related equipment. Of course weight loss is really probably not that important to you.
Lee
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There hasn't been any GOOD music since Jim Morrison faked his death, anyway! 3305#s with a 1/4 tank. I would rather go with a ONE PIECE alluminum driveshaft after I make more solid the engine and rear diff mount. The rear is 1/2 way there with the 15 minute mod X three! Tom
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Notice the items I mentioned (Pulley, wheels, driveshaft) is weight loss with rotating mass. No, I am not particularly interested in the typical weight loss. I have no plans on removing anything before making a 1/4 mile run. Spare tires, radios, tools, back seats, etc will all remain inside the vehicle like it normally does. Because if it is one of the better N/A runs, I want to rub it in like a whole can of Vicks vapor rub, so people can smell my victory after they wake up. **Evil Laugh**
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This sounds like another trampoline shot to the moon, to me. There's no sound math behind it.
Regarding the pulley, consider how the mass is magnified after the transaxle gearing, and how the pulley's reduced mass winds up lost and negligible in all of that. Regarding the CF driveshaft... I'm not sure about the return which may be as steep as $300/hp. Kevin, your first link shows the car to actually be slower, two out of three, in the 1/8 mile. It also makes some pretty questionable claims. The second one incorrectly uses the formula for MOI (it doesn't function at the OD!) I'm interested in seeing some credible claims from sources who use correct scientific method and proper physics, if they're going to use any.
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Spare tire is in the drivers seat! Thanks, Kevin, now I feel bad about myself.
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