time to get those angry monkeys on... (thanks to fillit, 4ABHGE and Woot Woot)
introducing the C60 gearbox with quaife LSD monkey wrench racing. 3.9:1 final drive ratio (the same ratio at the 5spd corolla gearbox)
transferring the parts over...
poor car bleeding...
taking the box off...
checking the clutch was aligned properly. had to check with eyes in the end. stupid aligning tool was useless as!
slot 1
slot 2
slot 3
after our first attempt. we got to this and raged quitted for the day.
we couldn't get the gearbox on for hours. sir woot woot and sir 4AGBHE and i couldn't get the box on the damn car. so we sat there and looked at the box then ground then box again for 10 mins. sit woot woot said: i feel bad being a quitter man...
then another 10 mins of looking down on the ground and the box again. after what seemed like an eternity, i jumped up and said "fuck! this box is going in TODAY! i don't give a shit!!
then this happened...
OH&S at its finest!
and...within 15 minutes and a very sore finger...
THE BOX IS IN!!!
tightening back up the bolts...
and verdict? I hated it at first... acceleration has slowed down in the straight line by more than 2 seconds 0-100km/hr. However... the LSD made a huge difference on the corners. I even grip in the wet too now. holy crap! and i have more fuel economy :) traveling at 100km/hr my revs at 2.5k rpm.
The fun of straight line killing v8s is over... until i reach a corner, brake brake brake... i'm still accelerating looks sideways at v8 turd. "waves BYE!" :P
oh, note to self and others out there. please replace the rubber o-ring that plugs in with the speed sensor, i didn't listen to sir 4AGBHE and i lost approximately 200 mls of oil in 7 days :( just replaced it today hopefully it should fix the leaking issues!
long ratio gearbox, most of you guys know whats coming next... :)
and just fyi... these are now my max speeds in each gear. of course all done on off roads.
1st - 80km/hr @ 8400 rpm
2nd - 130km/hr @ 8400 rpm
3rd - 175km/hr @ ~8000 rpm? didn't reach the end, gear ratio too long and road got bumpy.
4th - ???
5th - ???
6th - 340km/hr according to gear calculator... ;)
from 1st to 2nd shifting at 8400rpm, drops to 5,300rpm
from 2nd to 3rd shifting at 8400rpm, drops to 5,700rpm
clearly i'm out of the power range... so maybe apexi pfc for now... and then...
or maybe i should just change the final drive ratios over form the old to new box... so many options... hehe
thats all for today... phew!