Peppy_t92 Silver Donating Members 748 Member For: 12y 3d Gender: Male Location: Liverpool Posted 02/06/15 02:14 AM Author Share Posted 02/06/15 02:14 AM To be honest I'm very happy with the process west kit, keeps everything looking standard-ish which is what I'm trying to achieve... Trying to stay under the radarHaha no plans of building anyone else's box at this stage Matty... Give it a go mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 02/06/15 04:15 AM Share Posted 02/06/15 04:15 AM I feel like its well and truly beyond me, plus I dont have the space. I live in an apartment building. as soon as I take up a visitors spot while changing the oil I run into trouble with someone.My father in law has 60 acres in nabiac and is building a shed. I might convince him to buy a 2 post hoist and then I may attempt it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy_t92 Silver Donating Members 748 Member For: 12y 3d Gender: Male Location: Liverpool Posted 08/06/15 12:57 AM Author Share Posted 08/06/15 12:57 AM Hey Guys, Not much has happened lately for a few reasons, I have been working with HP Tuners to get a 3.5bar T-map sensor working in my car, this is a first for The HP software so there's abit of back and forth between myself and Eric in the states, as well as a few of the other HP tuner guys giving some input.. There's no luck as yet, between the time difference from here at the states, and other things like my workload... So the car hasn't been driven much since Powerplay, I thought this long weekend would be a great chance to take it for a nice drive... I got some new tyres, put my std tmap sensor back in and went for a little drive on Friday night, just with the mrs..I was happy just to drive it, the Trans has sorted itself out, it is shifting just like standard, no flaring, bumping, jolting or anything... But the first time I loaded it up it started to break down under load, it was a very cool night and I seen the boost hit around 24lb, so my guess was that the plug gaps needed to close up even more (until I get the spark booster) but this didn't worry me because I just wanted to cruise it anyway...Saturday morning I gapped the plugs... Initially I set them at 0.7mm but the had grown to just under 0.8mm obviously due to high cylinder temps, possibly something to do with the ceramic coating, the spark plug is the softest metal in the combustion space... Anyway I set it to 0.6mmI started it up it ran fine, I hooked up the laptop and was just watching everything, and made some slight changes to the fueling... I went to stall it up just to see what the boost would do, so handbrake up, foot on the brake and 40% throttle the revs built up at a decent rate, I could hear and see the boost building and it's an awesome feeling haha... Then Bang! Crack! Clunk!! With a big free revMy first thought was "I've F@&ked the box" looked under the car andTail shaft was sitting on the driveway... Slightly relieved, but still annoyed... Looking over the log (which I accidentally deleted rather then save) it got to 2150rpm with just over 5psi boost before a big free rev...There was plenty of grease, so it didn't cease up or anything, the uni just snapped.. So that ruined my long weekend! Thankfully it happened in the driveway and not on a freeway, as it would of destroyed everything in its pathSo Gibson 1000hp shaft? Or search for someone to work with and make one up, some people have mentioned that the uni at the rear instead of the cv causes vibrations.. Some have mentioned to get one made with a Porsche style CV as they have proven to be strong... How do trucks shafts work, do they do anything different? One piece shaft or stick with two? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids4kids in the mid....not the bum like some Member 609 Member For: 11y 11m 13d Gender: Male Posted 08/06/15 01:14 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 01:14 AM Porsche CV FTW.You then have the forgiveness that a CV offers alignment wise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/06/15 03:30 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 03:30 AM Pretty hardcore to snap a uni like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 08/06/15 04:53 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 04:53 AM At least like you said it happened in the driveway! I've seen a few cars parked on the roadside and their missus is poking them in the chest whilst screaming... They simply have their arms crossed in disgust at the car and missus! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 08/06/15 07:21 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 07:21 AM Mods, Peppy needs a name change too "I am LEGEND"I mean who breaks a tail shaft in their drive way spooling up?I think you'll get various opinions on 1 and 2 piece tail shafts.The way I see it a 1 piece will need to be a larger diameter to stop it flexing and maybe heavier than a 2 piece.Too give you an idea I think the 1 piece tail shaft in my old XA is about 3 1/2 inches in diameter and that's the standard shaft but it does have massive Uni's.A 2 piece is more complex but probably better for comfort etc and lets you run a smaller diameter for exhaust clearance etc.Truck tail shafts aren't spinning at high rpm and are probably bloody heavy.There's Pros and Cons for both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 22y 6d Gender: Male Posted 08/06/15 07:31 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 07:31 AM If you can find a billet one like these you will probably be fine with what you havehttp://www.extremeaxlesales.com/44heavydutyctmu-joint.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,371 Member For: 16y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/06/15 07:37 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 07:37 AM (edited) carbon fibre tailshaft FTW! - (probably ~$3k ) Edited 08/06/15 07:38 AM by k31th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 08/06/15 08:04 AM Share Posted 08/06/15 08:04 AM I'll just add that "live" rear axle vehicles usually have 1 piece tail shafts because of the suspension travel and diff to gearbox angle.Vehicles with a fixed differential can get away with a 2 piece shaft as the angles are fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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