Its Time

[maccavr4]

im with dre now lol


i have pulled the front bar, intercooler, BOV, and all the pipeing and i will be pulling the radiator and some of the engine mounts out 2day so its allgo for the 10sec build up im thinking 2.3styles :twisted:
but like all projects on a budject they take time so any input is welcome

 

[CLuTZ]

Dude, trust me- forget about making a 10 second VR4- buy an EVO thats already been worked- you'll save yourself 20k and a whole lot of time and fucking around.......


Last year a friend of mine bought 4WARND- a CC4a mirage RS that did 10.53 Sec @ 220.5KPH for $20k NZD. Thats about $17k AUD. It was built by the same workshop that built this car: (Ohlsen Developments- i used to use them in Auckland also)

EVO 1 RS, 305kw atw on 25psi- 10.86 1/4 mile

The difference in currency would be enough to get the car shipped here!

 

[maccavr4]

yes but there are a few problem here

1. i dont have a spare 20gs lying around
2. i dont have a licence so i am doing this long term and it is stopping me drive
3. I like my vr4 and want to be a little different
4. this is a great learing curve for me
if it doesnt make it to the 10s i know it wont be far off and it will be a very quick street car anyway

that evo does look hot though lol

So today i got a little busy and started to pull shit apart. I have got it so all i have to do is undo the engine mounts and seperate the engine from the g/box and pull it out

I have uncliped pretty much all the wires and shit like that and i even took a couple of pics for each wire i undid so i should not get to confussed when it comes to putting it back together

so if all goes to plan and i get either a block and tackel or engine crane and a engine stand i will be pulling the engine out next weekend

then i will be slowly striping it down and sending stuff away to be betterised :lol:

But i have allot of homework ahead of me as there are so many great iteams on the market and i dont just wanna buy the first shiny thing i find lol
thank you all for the input so far and keep it going

p.s

if you guys want some pics posted give me a email address and i will email the pics and you can put them up :wink:

 

[CLuTZ]

Your making a mistake by pulling apart a perfectly good car.

You should have just sold it, put the money in the bank and saved up.


But thats me- im only trying to help, goodluck on your quest


dre

 

[maccavr4]

I COULDNT SELL IT NO ONE WANTED IT

would you sell a car like this for under 8k because i wanted to sell it and i couldnt even get 8for it

 

[amulday]

I agree with dre, If you sell the car, you won't have a car to drive around in anyway, and the money that you are going to be spending on the vr-4 could go to an already worked car that has proven results. they are just my 2 cents though.

good luck with whatever you end up choosing

 

[CLuTZ]

I COULDNT SELL IT NO ONE WANTED IT

would you sell a car like this for under 8k because i wanted to sell it and i couldnt even get 8for it

Put it on carsales, ebay, trading post- anywhere!

Dont rely on forums to sell it.......

And have patience too, selling a car is never a walk in the park.

 

[JAP63]

Off topic here.

But i find it hillarious that a licence suspensions prompts an all out 10 second motor build :lol: :lol:

Its as though the threat of infringement did nothing but spur you on more.hah
Love it.

And as for crankwalk.I wouldnt be worried,From what ive seen its 2G motors that were prone to this,Though i did see sum 1 with i think an evo 2 or 3 that had the symptoms...Who it was i cant remember.

Here.. A little something i found.

Aside from the obvious causes, such as dirt contamination and misassembly, there are only three common factors which generally cause thrust bearing failures:

1. Poor crankshaft surface finish
2. Misalignment
3. Overloading
The third one is as follows...
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A number of factors may contribute to wear and overloading of a thrust bearing, such as:

1. Poor crankshaft surface finish
2. Poor crankshaft surface geometry
3. External overloading due to:

a) Too much torque converter pressure.
b) Improper clutch release bearing adjustment.
c) Riding the clutch pedal.
d) Excessive crankshaft load pressure due to a malfunctioning front-mounted accessory drive.

I got a whole file on this shit if you want it.So if you wanna read on let me know,I'll send it to you...Bear in mind,the more you read the more you worry,but as i said,mostly a 2g problem

 

[maccavr4]

i have a evo engine (i think its a 3) so would that make it a 2g ?

yeah lossing my licence has done nuthing but make me wanna go faster lol

clutz i tryed selling it in just cars, ebay, trading post and uniqe cars for atleaste a month and had no interest just time wasters, test pilots and tyre kickers.

So i have decided i am going through with this and it is to late to talk me out of it so please stop trying. i wont your input but please dont be negative if you have some advise on how to go fast and what bits to use then let me no

the only thing thats still not set in concrete is how far i will go
but all in all i have to take the engine out as i am sick of the state of the engine bay as it is fukin horrible and is in need of a realy good clean and i need to organise all the wireing and stuff like that i want it neat.
Before i had this car i had a vh commo and that had a v8 in it and the engine bay on that car was so impressive, chrome everything in a black engine bay with allot less wires hanging around
and now i have this engine bay that looks like everything has been cramed in there !!!

 

[87vr4]

if u want a 10sec vr4 ur gonna need to pretty much customise the entire car, strip it back to nothing, & start a fresh, it would be worth finding someone whos built drag cars to give you some pointers on how to properly lighten the chassis but not loose strenth (replace all strenthening points with alloy equiv)

it wont be a problem getting the power out of the motor, e3 or vr4, but when it comes to the strip, its all about how many kg's ur xxx kw motor is dragging behind it.

& dont forget a 10sec vr4 will be useless on the track, without a replacement of the suspension & a re-tune for something other than all out power

 

[maccavr4]

yep with you 100%

im on a diet lol :lol: