Jump to content

Suprafiedd

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    133

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Suprafiedd

  4. 2018 Track Days?

    in Events

    Posted

    I'm heading to one of these Mid-Ohio events with my college friend Scott. Most likely will be the MORPCA or NORPCA based on his attendance.

     

    Fall is likely as Spring may require me to be in Asia for work.

     

    DP

  8. Hemi Powered Supra

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    So... Import racer apparently just decided to Muscle Car his Import body? Basically do all the things the 'merican fans have been doing since the 60s/70s just with a more JDM Yo! bodystyle wrapped around it?

     

    Bleh

     

    He has (2) other 2JZ powered cars as well and learned his limit with the 240.

     

    One is a 98 Quicksilver Supra Auto built 3.0L w/7675 on it and other is his '95 240 "white rice" 3.0L billet block running an 8685 I believe. The latter is a drag car is as well and just went 6.97 in the 1/4 at World Cup finals.

  14. Rife's LOL

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    I've yet to find any auto body shop that doesn't cut corners. It just doesn't pay (insurance wise) to give that much "detail" when it comes to repairing damage let alone repainting a car just because you want to.

     

    Time, money, having someone know what they are doing and not taking pride in a shitty job. Its that simple, yet so hard to adhere to.

     

    DP

  20. Who has corner weight scales?

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    Corner balancing isn't rocket science. It's static weight, quit making it like it's some kind of brain surgery. Five to eight hours? I know someone who can dial corner balance in in under 2 hours granted that the suspension has a way to adjust ride height without adjusting spring preload. It is true that it won't be $50, but then again Chandler was trying to be funny.

     

    A multitude of adjustable suspension parts deal with suspension geometry, not corner weights. Once the corner weight balance has been achieved, alignment comes in and alignment will take longer to adjust when camber, caster, and toe are all adjustable. As long as there is no vanity and unreasonable goal in alignment specifications, it's only a matter of adjusting cams and arms. Adjusting camber and toe gains (curves) is a different story, but let's not get into that.

     

     

    So I take the notion that the car has never been corner balanced nor know what the requester has as far his suspension setup and you compare it to your friend in the best case situation of doing the work with preset ride height and no impact to preload ?

     

    Real apples to oranges there for comparison sakes.

     

    I never said it was brain surgery but to most people they would do counter productive things that ADD time to getting it setting it up right.

  21. PCV capped off?

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    I've seen it done four ways and some variations below:

     

    1. PCV + additional line to a catch can vented to atmosphere

     

    2. PCV + additional line to a catch can that is plumbed back into intake pipe pre-TB using the venturi effect (Speed density cars; I don't think you want to do this to a MAF car)

     

    3. No PCV but separate lines off VC/crankcase to check valves in the exhaust to utilize the venturi effect.

     

    4. No PCV but separate lines off VC/Crankcase to catch can vented to atmosphere. This may offer oil/fuel smell in or around the engine bay.

     

    I like No 2 and 4 the most and have used them in various high horsepower application. V8 guys love option 3 but the valves clog up over time (moroso makes a kit)

     

    The gain of the factory PCV is at low engine speeds as it draws the crankcase pressure back into the intake for better ring sealing and reduce stresses on engine seals (mains, cams, etc.). At higher engine load/speed it seals off that intake path.

     

    In some turbo cases, people have even put auxiliary vacuum pumps on the crankcase to help alleviate this known crank case pressure. Ironically it has helped more than anticipated at times due to promotion of better ring sealing/combustion.

  22. Who has corner weight scales?

    in Passing Lane

    Posted

    Is it $50 for normal cars and $2000 for cars with lowering springs?

     

    I talked to them about this a couple weeks ago after Dave aligned my supra to custom settings (yes, the car was lowered) . I didn't get the cost on corner balancing but it can vary based on the hours to "balance" the car. The owner did say he just did a 350z that had a multitude of new suspension parts that were adjustable in many fashions. I will most likely consider him in the spring once I need to have this done.

     

    If you can get some to corner balance a car for $50, I would love to see who did it and their results. To do it right, I would expect 5-8hrs to set up car right from scratch.

     

    Alignments may be around that price ~$50 but's dependent on the application (i.e. trucks with no rear alignment adjustments; fixed axles)

     

    DP

×
×
  • Create New...