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What did you do to your Z this week?
- Thread starter jonbills
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Been playing with diffs, doing a Quaife conversion. Need to do the final set up but now stuck waiting for a shim to arrive
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Hi Huw, is this a 'nice to have' mod or do you need it? I think we all like to do these mods but have you ever had a problem with wheelspin?
Huw
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Hi Rob. Just a ‘nice to have’ and a ‘wanted to try’. I do have a tendency to spin the wheels but that has nothing to do with the diff
Alphabettispaghetti
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Been playing with diffs, doing a Quaife conversion. Need to do the final set up but now stuck waiting for a shim to arrive
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nice work. What a fun mod.
Hi Rob. Just a ‘nice to have’ and a ‘wanted to try’. I do have a tendency to spin the wheels but that has nothing to do with the diff
I bet you don't spin the wheels. I have a Quaife in my blue car and on dry roads the only time I would need one is at Santa Pod - I can just about tell on 'stupid' getaways.
On the trackdays without one I got wheelspin on the inside wheel in chicanes/hairpins but it was never a significant problem. On slippery/loose surfaces it would have been more noticeable.
Anyway just asking.
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
Some hose straightening....... well ish.
Take this
Try in a garage, not enough space.
Luckily with CV-19 a kitchen is late so i'm making some hardwood end panels and had an idea.
Then mk2.5 with rear guide and a passer buy happily assisting
to say its the Cupro pipe which is harder than copper, i'm quite happy.
Strapped to a roofing batten till some clips arrive.
Parts needed.
Passer by
4.8m 200x47 c24 joists
16th century oak strips, ideally varing size along its whole length
4.8m roofing batten, treated incase you take as long as me to do anything to your car
Some old red electrical tape, ideally where its gone hard so it splits easliy.
Take this
Try in a garage, not enough space.
Luckily with CV-19 a kitchen is late so i'm making some hardwood end panels and had an idea.
Then mk2.5 with rear guide and a passer buy happily assisting
to say its the Cupro pipe which is harder than copper, i'm quite happy.
Strapped to a roofing batten till some clips arrive.
Parts needed.
Passer by
4.8m 200x47 c24 joists
16th century oak strips, ideally varing size along its whole length
4.8m roofing batten, treated incase you take as long as me to do anything to your car
Some old red electrical tape, ideally where its gone hard so it splits easliy.
You feeling ok franky?
Turn & Burn
Club Member
I’ve just discovered when I went to fit the chain tensioner block how close the drilled and tapped hole edge gets to the gallery in the tensioner block, I reckon it’s within a mm. Just check urs. I hadn’t originally been aware that the tensioner is hydraulic powered and spring assisted.
Turn & Burn
Club Member
Tidy tube straightener, NiceSome hose straightening....... well ish.
Take this
Try in a garage, not enough space.
Luckily with CV-19 a kitchen is late so i'm making some hardwood end panels and had an idea.
Then mk2.5 with rear guide and a passer buy happily assisting
to say its the Cupro pipe which is harder than copper, i'm quite happy.
Strapped to a roofing batten till some clips arrive.
Parts needed.
Passer by
4.8m 200x47 c24 joists
16th century oak strips, ideally varing size along its whole length
4.8m roofing batten, treated incase you take as long as me to do anything to your car
Some old red electrical tape, ideally where its gone hard so it splits easliy.
thanks, I will have a look at that. I also need to check how it works with the KEW twin idler, when the standard tensioner isn't there. Maybe it just sprays out all over the timing cover and chain. or maybe it should be blocked. hmmm
scratch that, the lower idle gear goes where the standard tensioner goes.
Turn & Burn
Club Member
I would block it off if ur using the Kew Tensioner. I can’t bring my self to part with the money for one of those. I reckon I should be ok without but I haven’t decked my head much. On a similar vein I also found that conrod 1 now catches the internal oil baffle plate, probably cos of the 85mm stroke, this will need an amount of modification as it’s still required.
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
?? Generally?
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
it does the job for all the sizes. Hopefully it'll be for sale soon!
I wouldn't be without the twin idler now - it makes so many thing better - easier to take the head off, takes up much more slack, makes it easier to adjust valve timing, keeps timing constant under acceleration and deceleration, sounds a bit like a supercharger and prob more!
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
Turn & Burn
Club Member
I’m kind of torn on it, wish it was half the price!
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
Given the quality and spec of the rest of your car..............
