Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Guest]

11 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

I have a bit of a thing for wagons

 

It’s really nice and all but I need my car to go up my driveway 

[TVwazhere]

On 3/16/2019 at 7:50 PM, vinyldash303 said:

I’ll pick up some struts for non air suspension Tahoe, and pay a shop like you said.

Thats what I did, just make sure you double check their work before you go slapping your struts back into your vehicle  

[JoaoPRSousa]

On 3/16/2019 at 5:05 PM, chaozbandit said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

 

Seriously, when does Mazda not DNF?

[chaozbandit]

4 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Seriously, when does Mazda not DNF?

 

One of the cars finished Sebring tho

[wANKER]

Haven't been to a showroom in long, are they now as bad as estate agents? 

 

Guess it will buff out. 

 

[chaozbandit]

[chaozbandit]

 

[Speakerator]

14 hours ago, wANKER said:

Haven't been to a showroom in long, are they now as bad as estate agents? 

 

Guess it will buff out. 

 

What the actual f*$§ ? He must have run that into a curb like a madman - I'm kinda surprised that the front wheel held up (Given its a 690, it was probably in the air )

 

Also, has the GBP  really gone so bad? I'm currently shopping for a new bike and remember seeing 690s that were demo bikes with around 1000km on the clock go for ~ 7200€

11 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Oh what? Don't mind me, just casually flexing the twins  

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, Speakerator said:

 

Also, has the GBP  really gone so bad? I'm currently shopping for a new bike and remember seeing 690s that were demo bikes with around 1000km on the clock go for ~ 7200€

 

Its not great but the sellers dreaming at 5k

Either that or they put 1 too many zeros

[Ross Siggers]

My car finally got booked into a small local bodyshop for the welding, 1st of the month. I was asking around for quotes and it turns out he lived a few streets down from me. Came over to have a look one weekend, spent about 45 minutes chatting, seems like a decent bloke.

 

The eventual price for the jacking point repair was £375+vat and upwards, depending on how invasive it needed to be. I also got quotes for a few other small bits, including painting a new bootlid. He offers a service where he supplies an SD card with progress photos of all work carried out, which struck a chord with me because I love documenting shit, especially regarding my car.

I was shocked when I realised it'll be 6 months since it was parked up... MOT ran out end of September. I've been driving a 1.0L, 3cyl Nissan Micra, so it'll feel EXTRA FAST when it's back on the road  

 

I also picked up these bad boys for a long term project. I may have to step up to 18's...

 

 

And I also PX'd my manual seats for some very good condition electric ones, in anticipation of new wiring the car will be getting this summer. Until them I'm using a battery to "set and forget" the positions. 

 

[chaozbandit]

Viper is back baby

 

@MEC-777

 

 

yayayayayaya

 

 

[TVwazhere]

I bought the things. Now I just need to have a person like @Bitter do the transmission things for me  

 

Finding that is proving especially difficult. The one guy I've called cant find enough info on it to fell comfortable doing the work (lest there be more trouble) the one guy I could find through a co-worker cant do it because he's backed up till tuesday of next year so to speak, and the mechanics who can do it might not be the most trustworthy or competent if my coworker is anything to go off 

[Ross Siggers]

3 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

BIG BILLZ

Ooh, lsd...Do the ST's have one standard? If not that'll haul ass once fitted 

 

Possibly try the local Ford/ST owners club, and see if they have anyone they'd recommend? With the E36 there's several clubs in each region of the UK, you're not normally far from someone who knows their stuff.

[bcredeur97]

14 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I bought the things. Now I just need to have a person like @Bitter do the transmission things for me  

-snip-

 

Finding that is proving especially difficult. The one guy I've called cant find enough info on it to fell comfortable doing the work (lest there be more trouble) the one guy I could find through a co-worker cant do it because he's backed up till tuesday of next year so to speak, and the mechanics who can do it might not be the most trustworthy or competent if my coworker is anything to go off 

find a business that builds crazy stuff for their clients. might be your best bet.

[TVwazhere]

14 minutes ago, Ross Siggers said:

Ooh, lsd...Do the ST's have one standard? If not that'll haul ass once fitted 

 

Possibly try the local Ford/ST owners club, and see if they have anyone they'd recommend? With the E36 there's several clubs in each region of the UK, you're not normally far from someone who knows their stuff.

The ST's come with open end Diff's from the factory. The 2018 RS was the only one to come with a limited slip IIRC

6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

find a business that builds crazy stuff for their clients. might be your best bet.

I've asked but most of the people who responded werent local to NY. 

 

I'm also now questioning whether I need extra parts to do the diff and synchro swap (bearings mostly)

https://www.mountuneusa.com/Ford-MMT6-Countershaft-Bearing-and-Retaining-Bolt-p/6070-cbr-aa.htm or https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-4026-FST

https://www.mountuneusa.com/ATB-Differential-Installation-Kit-Focus-ST-p/2363-atb-hw.htm

 

Cant find any concrete evidence theyre essenttial, save for this thread where OP lists a number of Ford OEM parts 

[TVwazhere]

-duplicate-

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

The ST's come with open end Diff's from the factory. The 2018 RS was the only one to come with a limited slip IIRC

I've asked but most of the people who responded werent local to NY. 

 

I'm also now questioning whether I need extra parts to do the diff and synchro swap (bearings mostly)

https://www.mountuneusa.com/Ford-MMT6-Countershaft-Bearing-and-Retaining-Bolt-p/6070-cbr-aa.htm

https://www.mountuneusa.com/ATB-Differential-Installation-Kit-Focus-ST-p/2363-atb-hw.htm

 

Cant find any concrete evidence theyre essenttial, save for this thread where OP lists a number of Ford OEM parts 

you may just have to venture out. Best of luck finding someone!

Also.. starting to kind of sound like a rabbit hole. Why don't you go ahead and order the quaife sequential box with the straight cut gears now? XD

[TVwazhere]

8 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

you may just have to venture out. Best of luck finding someone!

Also.. starting to kind of sound like a rabbit hole. Why don't you go ahead and order the quaife sequential box with the straight cut gears now? XD

Threw it out to the Facebook ST group, hopefully one of them gives me a yes or no amidst the "part out" and the "what wheels are those" comments  

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

Threw it out to the Facebook ST group, hopefully one of them gives me a yes or no amidst the "part out" and the "what wheels are those" comments  

what you could also do is get a spare transmission and attempt it yourself

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

what you could also do is get a spare transmission and attempt it yourself

I actually did look at car-part.com, a spare transmission with 45k miles is about $800-1000, plus I dont have the tools or facility to do it myself (mainly a transmission jack)

 

Normally I'm all "DIY and save the labor cost" but not this time

[vetali]

44 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I bought the things.

1.6k for a LSD for a mazdaspeed 3. Dayum. They have tons of honda stuff though. 

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, vetali said:

1.6k for a LSD for a mazdaspeed 3. Dayum. They have tons of honda stuff though. 

The Quaife Differential is $1000, so the Mfactory one I got is a good deal. Quality is the same from what I read online. 

https://shop.synchrotech-transmissions.com/Helical-LSD-Ford-Focus-ST250-MMT6-MF-TRS-05STA.htm

[vetali]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

The Quaife Differential is $1000, so the Mfactory one I got is a good deal. Quality is the same from what I read online. 

 https://shop.synchrotech-transmissions.com/Helical-LSD-Ford-Focus-ST250-MMT6-MF-TRS-05STA.htm

I think quaife made LSDs for my car, but as with anything aftermarket for the early non skyactive 2nd gens aftermarket support is next to nothing today. Speed3 stuff don't work in my car because of the different proportions of the car. I think I remember reading the case is the same size, but axles are different splined and length. 

[terrytek]

29 minutes ago, vetali said:

I think quaife made LSDs for my car, but as with anything aftermarket for the early non skyactive 2nd gens aftermarket support is next to nothing today. Speed3 stuff don't work in my car because of the different proportions of the car. I think I remember reading the case is the same size, but axles are different splined and length. 

isn't it because the speed3 axles and stuff have to handle more power and all?

[chaozbandit]

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