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- August 24th, 2010, 12:43 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Gutting a VW transmission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7092
Re: Gutting a VW transmission
MartinRacing, Your initial post and question indicated that you have an IRS transaxle that you want to use for a mockup. The IRS transaxles for the beetle from about 1972 (or so) use a large (about 4 inch) thin round nut to hold the pinion bearing in place in the trans case. This does not have the ...
- August 23rd, 2010, 4:58 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Gutting a VW transmission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7092
Re: Gutting a VW transmission
You may have a late bus irs which uses a large dia. nut that requires a special socket . A drift punch might work if you do not plan to reuse. If this is a late model bus it may not be valid for vee frame fab jig. This did not look like a bus to me. Side by side a type 2 versus type 1 looks signifi...
- August 23rd, 2010, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Gutting a VW transmission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7092
Re: Gutting a VW transmission
You got me on this one. Sorry! Have never seen a trans without the pinion retainer bolts. Are you able to post a picture, or send me one directly of the area around the pinion? Dietmar http://www.quixoteracing.com fvraceri@cox.net Maybe I have been blind. I will look again and send a picture if I d...
- August 23rd, 2010, 9:01 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Gutting a VW transmission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7092
Re: Gutting a VW transmission
#12 in your "rebuild course" shows the location of the 4 pinion retainer bolts. Should be 15mm and if original will have locking tabs. Bolts need to be removed before the pinion can be "pushed" out. Hope this helps. Dietmar Any chance they do not all have those bolts? I sure did...
- August 22nd, 2010, 9:45 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Gutting a VW transmission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7092
Gutting a VW transmission
I am trying to gut a junkyard transmission so I can use it for a place holder on some mockup work. It is a IRS transmission. I have *Pulled the rear cover and removed. *Removed snap rings from rear of shafts *Removed the screws that hold on rear main case section *Removed side plates *Removed ring g...
- March 26th, 2010, 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Adjustable droop
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18314
Re: Adjustable droop
That does not look like adjustable droop to me. That looks like roll damping
- January 11th, 2010, 12:47 am
- Forum: Vee Photos
- Topic: M2 Rebuild Pictures
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11986
Re: M2 Rebuild Pictures
Beautiful job!!
- January 10th, 2010, 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cranking Voltage Drop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1965
Re: Cranking Voltage Drop
That is a hard question. Among other things at work we build electronics that are used on diesel generators. We design the power supplies to ride through a momentary drop to 0 volts for about 20 milliseconds. Then a return to 6 volts, before slowly increasing to 24 volts. We design the power supply ...
- December 31st, 2009, 2:31 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Cable Droop Limiter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3933
Re: Cable Droop Limiter
Are you working with a vintage vee or a newer vee? Cables were one of the first designs used to prevent positive camber in the early vees, and I hear they still are thought to be excellent in the rain! But at some point the Z bar design took over and almost all vees that were seriously raced and or...
- December 31st, 2009, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Cable Droop Limiter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3933
Re: Cable Droop Limiter
I presume that the cable would be a commitment to a hard stop. I can get the cable made with threaded ends on both ends. I think I will be able to use rubber washers to provide a soft stop but would question whether the "packaging" of cable, clamps, pulleys, adjusters, etc would be advant...
- December 31st, 2009, 1:38 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: DOM tubing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3365
Re: DOM tubing
For what it is worth. If the DOM is because of the GCR, I do not think that applies the the bottom frame rails. I think it applies to required roll bars and associiated bracing.
- December 31st, 2009, 2:04 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Cable Droop Limiter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3933
Cable Droop Limiter
I am considering using a cable as a droop limiter. The cable will go wheel to wheel over a center pulley or pivot point. Any opinions on why to do this or not to do this? I am considering it for packaging reason.
- April 7th, 2009, 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Last words in passing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3871
More "Last words in passing" about karting/fv
Kevin You gave your analysis leaving FV. I am sure you did as you left karting as well. I am interested in your perspective having left both behind as I also left karting for car racing(FST). I am still in FST or will be again hopefully in 2010 after a hiatus for medical reasons. If you do not mind ...
- April 6th, 2009, 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: FV major rules changes over the last 46 years?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2634
Ex Kart and Ex FV racer
Kevin I am curious about you thoughts. Like myself you spent years racing karts and then came over to open wheel. You FV me FST. I am had some interruptions that has kept me from getting far in to FST, but I hope to back in it by 2010. What did you like more and less about karting? What did you like...
- February 21st, 2009, 4:20 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: New manifold rules in GCR
- Replies: 80
- Views: 34060
Re: New manifold rules in GCR
The problem in the end is that rules that can not be enforced should not exist. They only guide the actions of those who choose to follow at no consequence to those who choose not to.
- February 21st, 2009, 11:54 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: New manifold rules in GCR
- Replies: 80
- Views: 34060
Re: New manifold rules in GCR
Lets say we knew that athletes in a particular sport were not supposed to take steroids. In that same sport they did not test all types of steroids because they did not have a good method to accurately determine if the athlete were taking them. And finally we found out the athletes were taking the s...
- February 12th, 2009, 6:02 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: 1970 Lynx vee
- Replies: 120
- Views: 430570
Re: 1970 Lynx vee
Thanks for the input. So how are all of your motors held it? When I bought mine it only had the four bolts in the bell housing holding it in, and they were very loose. It makes me uncomfortable thinking that only four little bolts hold the whole motor and transmission in. I am glad to here that the...
- February 11th, 2009, 12:46 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Zero Roll corner weights
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7610
Re: Zero Roll corner weights
How much different is different? Most rear suspension is truly zero roll. I think mine as the rear suspension rolls the side going up moves in the sprind slightly more than the side going down. This is do to geometry. If the geometry is progressive as the car squats this would be true. With that cas...
- February 8th, 2009, 1:06 am
- Forum: Novice Area
- Topic: My new exhaust
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9458
Re: My new exhaust
Nice job. Any feel for how much it saved you to build your own?
- February 8th, 2009, 1:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting patterns in metal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6052
Re: Cutting patterns in metal
It turns out unknown to me the old horizontal band saw I am using has the ability to be used vertically to. So for most of it I will do that. I am also going to look at these blades on a scroll saw for oher work. http://www.scrollit.com/Olson%20Scroll%20Saw%20Blades/Olson%20Metal%20Cutting%20Blades....
- February 6th, 2009, 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting patterns in metal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6052
Re: Cutting patterns in metal
I have a vertical bandsaw, but the problem with most of these is that the blade speed is set for wood so it's way to high for metal and you need a step-down gear to run a metal cutting blade. That is a concern. It looks like I would have to go higher end to get to have a slower speed How about a ba...
- February 6th, 2009, 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting patterns in metal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6052
Cutting patterns in metal
I am seeking opinions. I have various tools for cutting metal including a horizontal band saw and abrasive chop saw for chopping bars, hand and bench grinder, cutting wheels, air nibblers, and an air body. I do not have anything for cutting patterns in metal up to 1/8" thick. I am looking for s...
- January 10th, 2009, 11:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sort of a poll
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4902
Re: Sort of a poll
2007 was my first year in cars after 10 years in karts. At the end of the year I decided I did not like some things on the frame and body I built for Formula First. Over winter I planned to change that and do some other work needed including repairing a broken engine and adding a dry sump. That chan...
- January 10th, 2009, 12:36 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Head and neck systems ... request for input
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8010
Re: Head and neck systems ... request for input
I do not think the SCCA should be in the business of protecting the individuals. Each individual should have the right to choose their own level of risk. That leaves what does mandated affect SCCA. It reduces the risk that the driver is exposed to which increases opportunity for participation. At th...
- December 20th, 2008, 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fuel Cell Manufacturers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2405
Fuel Cell Manufacturers
Who are the fuel cell manufacturers that build fuel cells certified to the levels SCCA requires?