Originally Posted by
vw addict
Cleaned the gears out with a toothpick, super smooth now. Thanks for the reassurance!!
Transmission gears wear as a set. Start mixing and matching gears from different transmissions and the noise and wear will not be good. Even something as seemingly trivial as putting the idler gear or diff in the other way around will cause the gears to wear more quickly and make the gearbox much noisier.
Originally Posted by
mtpocketsracing
I think my rear tires are going to wear out the wing first. this was the first time at the track with it and it's already worn the paint off where they touch.
Paint is not really that resilient. Crashing is what kills wings.
Originally Posted by
ryanpatrickgore
Cain, avid rack or superglue the stocker is the hot ticket still.
I bet carpet will be different than clay with this car, I know petitrc has a few carpet setups on the site. Maybe give one of those a shot?
Probably end up with the 3.5 block or 4.0 rather than the 3.0 that is commonly used on clay.
With carpet being such a high bite condition he is going to want to run some front toe in and some hard compound tires up front, to calm down the aggressive steering. He is going to want
less rear toe in to free up the car and help it rotate through the turns. The next stiffest springs all the way around, and oil that is 2.5 weight thicker than what he is running now. Lower the ride height by a few mm and add some limiters in the shocks to help limit all of the extra weight transfer from all of the extra up travel from the lower ride height.
It is best to leave the setup advice to those of us that know what we are talking about.