Mayolives

My thought and prayers will be with you and your friend. Always remember the good times.

David Spillman, I took the car to Winston Salem for a show last weekend and left it there at my friends shop. I will take some pictures of the splitter for you next week. The aero stuff on the front and rear of this car make it a challenge to load on my trailer.

This is good information. Thank you.

Mark, The dyno shop is in Greensboro. I would like to be there on Saturday morning Sept. 30th.

Garrett, At present I'm using a stock, 1978 transmission. I have a Nissan competition transmission that I will be trying soon but fear the closer ratios will not be suitable for a turbo car. We are still making changes to the engine and tuning it. The 55 lb Siemens injectors are maxed out at higher rpm runs so they are being replaced with 72 lb injectors. Also, the 50 amp alternator was not providing enough juice and caused problems with the battery, fuel pump, injectors and Electromotive engine management system. All this added up to not being unable to really put the engine to the test above 6200 rpm. At a conservative, 17 lb boost setting we made 410 hp and nearly that much torque. I forget the exact torque numbers. I plan to have all the changes made and test the car again in two weeks. As to the car's weight, we don't know yet. All the turbo parts and Lonewolf intake manifold really add up. The car was striped to the bone but probably still weighs about 2450 lbs. That's our guess until it hits the scales.

Where are you going to mount the cooler and what pump will you use?

My body is an 1978 280. The lsd unit is from an 1987 turbo car. I haven't checked but the ratio should be 3:70.

What temperature should a Nissan LSD unit reach on a track car? My differential temp. gauge goes "over the top" at 250 degrees after running some laps. Is this too hot?

V8dats, Yes, I still have a new PDK fab dash. pm me. Let's make a deal. mayolives@aol.com

Ross, Yes, I did the reversal, shortening procedure on both axles before I installed them. Is it possible that you had already shortened them and I inadvertently reversed them back into the longer position? As I remember it, the axles had a very "snug" fit when I installed them. Thanks for your help, Tom.

The car is on stands and not in a very good position to get pictures of the radiator, intercooler area and the rear diffuser. I will post more pictures in the near future.

I installed a pair of rebuilt cv axles in my used R200 lsd differential and after a short session on a road course track, my car acted as if the transmission was not in gear and/or I had lost the clutch. The car would not move. After being towed to my pit area, I discovered the drive shaft was turning when the transmission was engaged but the rear wheels were not moving. My first thought was a differential problem, but upon further tear down and inspection, I discovered a broken cv axle. The joint near the differential was in pieces. I purchased the rebuilt cv axles from Modern-motorsports and what occurred happened on their first trip under a load. My question is, why did the car not move with only one broken cv axle? Why didn't the other axle propel the car? I haven't opened the differential but I did drain the gear oil and it was clean and new. Any thoughts on the condition of my lsd? Is it ok? Did I get a bad cv axle from Modern-motorsports?