Sparks280zt Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 What is the performance benefit of this set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 i don't know but it looks like a pretty tight squeeze for the s366! it looks ruined IMO. i dont know what you have in mind but it looks pretty creative. i cant wait to see the inside and what you have for plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 This should improve traction in most cases. This may be troublesome if I take the car to the drag strip as I'll have to deal with picking up the front end. On the street and road coarse that should be less of an issue. This will reduce the PMOI, helping the car rotate more easily. There should be a slight weight savings due to shorter exhaust, fuel lines, drive shaft. An added benefit is plenty of room to vent the radiator and intercooler air out the hood and over the car. The S366 will likely stick up out of the cowl and hood. I'm hoping I can keep the down pipe, and inlet tube under the sheet metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 This will reduce the PMOI, helping the car rotate more easily. It will also make it more difficult to drive at the limit (10/10ths). http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100849 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 I can always increase the Yaw Inertia from where I'm going to start. Its tought to go the other direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 all i can say is, damn that's a lot of work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Not much progress. Just checking clearances to make sure the floor bars will be low enough to clear the transmission and motor. Its a tight fit. I also found out there are shelf options to move the shifter forward several inches. This along with a forward sweeping shifter should fix all those issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 This shows the modified shifter mount that I'm going to use. I think I can move the shifter head about an inch further then is shown in these pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvice Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Another inch further ahead (looking at the new mount that your talking about buying) looks like a nice spot in relation to the steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 a quick idea that just crossed my mind. how about cutting up the rear glove box area and move the seat a bit farther back and extend the pedals and steering wheel spacer adapter and drop the steering column a couple inches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 a quick idea that just crossed my mind. how about cutting up the rear glove box area and move the seat a bit farther back and extend the pedals and steering wheel spacer adapter and drop the steering column a couple inches? I've been looking at this, but the seat runs into the wheels well. I actually have to redo the wheel wells to make them taller for clearance of the 27.5" tall street tires I plan on running. More on this soon. The drivers side box tubing has been welded in. Now I need to support the remaining structure so that I can cut out the passenger side frame rail for this same modification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 justin, you keep moving everything back and your car will do back flips eevrytime you hit the pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggyZ Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 (edited) justin, you keep moving everything back and your car will do back flips eevrytime you hit the pedal. Pretty soon he'll be able to attach another 2JZ to the front to have an L12 and 2000HP! Edited February 21, 2010 by ShaggyZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Rear wheels are on the way. 18X12's with 345/35-18 Mickey Thompson drag radials! These are C6 Z06 replicas as I needed to keep it on a budget. The fronts will be 18X10.5 with 295/30-18's. No CCW's for a while, but eventually I'd like a set. The wheels and tires that are on this car are the same that I will be running: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snailed Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Rear wheels are on the way. 18X12's with 345/35-18 Mickey Thompson drag radials! These are C6 Z06 replicas as I needed to keep it on a budget. The fronts will be 18X10.5 with 295/30-18's. No CCW's for a while, but eventually I'd like a set. The wheels and tires that are on this car are the same that I will be running: That's a lot of tire for a little car! Can't wait to see the progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snailed Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) double post Edited July 31, 2012 by Snailed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2Zs Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Just wondering what happened to his car? Read through the whole post for it to just stop!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2Zs Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 It will also make it more difficult to drive at the limit (10/10ths). http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100849 could you explain more or repost the link? I just get directed back to the main page when I try to read up about it. From what I understand you want your center of gravity front and back side to side, and up and down to be centralized as possible. I would think moving the engine back this far would make it have more responsive handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 He's refering to polar momentum. High polar momentum means weight at the front and back. It makes the car less nimble but allows the car to send you tons of feedback and also allows the car to slip out slowly and linearly when the tires break traction at the limit. Mid engined cars are capable of better response, but are far less forgiving due to the low polar momentum. They tend to spin very easily without much warning. When they do spin , they do so very tightly, without making big sweeping arcs. A z car will scream at you when you get close to the limit, an mr2 just lets you **** up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Exactly! A Z will tell you, "Oh, I'm going to spin! Get ready! Here it comes!" A MR2 will say, "Buh bye!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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