Operation Outrageous: JOSE goes HAM on my old FD

[zbrown]

Wheels look pimp man

[mefarri]

Can you give me some more info/pics on the racepak install.  That's exactly how I've been thinking about doing mine.

[CharmCity7]

Right now its just held in place with some crude, hardware store, angle mounts.  Id like to make a fiberglass housing for the back section of the racepak to mount to.   Basically, i centered it in the panel, made a rough cut and then mounted it to the cluster panel.  I went back and taped everything off and used fiberglass resin to fill in the gap to give it a nice, tight fit.  Sanded everything down and I will wrap it once jose decides he doesn't want to mount anything else on the cluster panel.

Austin

[mefarri]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Racepak-IQ3-Flat-Mounting-Panel-Black-/380467700227?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5895a46203&vxp=mtr

[CharmCity7]

Jose found that a while back, just seems like a lot of money for a rather simple piece.  Plus, the fd gauge cluster plastic isnt a flat piece.  I think the contours might make it hard to mount that piece easily.

-Austin

[J.O.S.E.]

Wheels look pimp man

Thanks! Im still working on fitting them on. Because of the offset of these wheels I might have to pull the quarters. But before I do I'm going to try and see if I can get away with just rolling the quarters.

Can you give me some more info/pics on the racepak install.  That's exactly how I've been thinking about doing mine.

Sure.. I will take some close-up pics... feel free to rag on Austin's work!!! lol 

[J.O.S.E.]

Here are more pics:

RPM Level V TR6060 Tranny:


McLeod Street Twin Disc Clutch and QuickTime Bellhousing:


PT6266 Turbos, Tial BOVs, Precision waste gates:


A couple of random pics of car and engine bay:




Hopefully I will have some progress pictures of all this stuff going in the car soon.. Im still waiting on the oil pan to come in before we can put the motor and tranny in the car.. Then the real fun begins!!

Jose

[mefarri]

Well , shit just got serious didn't it.  I'd recommend looking at Beatt's setup for how you should do yours.

[J.O.S.E.]

Well , shit just got serious didn't it.  I'd recommend looking at Beatt's setup for how you should do yours.

Ha! Damn right!! Yeah I've been drooling over that build thread like a fat kid at a candy store.. 

[atli126]

omg nice!

[frijolee]

Ditch the McLeod. I used to run that clutch (details in my build thread) and the engagement window is just odd. It was ok but I was never really happy with it. McLeod does sell a good twin but it's the full fingered style not the long style three finger.

0.02 from someone who's been there.

[mefarri]

Ditch the McLeod. I used to run that clutch (details in my build thread) and the engagement window is just odd. It was ok but I was never really happy with it. McLeod does sell a good twin but it's the full fingered style not the long style three finger.

0.02 from someone who's been there.

You're the only person I'v seen who didn't like the Mcleod.

[Azar]

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Ditch the McLeod. I used to run that clutch (details in my build thread) and the engagement window is just odd. It was ok but I was never really happy with it. McLeod does sell a good twin but it's the full fingered style not the long style three finger.

0.02 from someone who's been there.

You're the only person I'v seen who didn't like the Mcleod.

You arent looking very hard. I partially share Joel's sentiment. The clutch performs ok, but I feel that other full finger twin discs are more forgiving and more consistent.  That said, there are people with bad things to say about EVERY clutch on the market. Talking about clutches is almost like talking about  politics.

[Demon]

Ditch the McLeod. I used to run that clutch (details in my build thread) and the engagement window is just odd. It was ok but I was never really happy with it. McLeod does sell a good twin but it's the full fingered style not the long style three finger.

0.02 from someone who's been there.

You're the only person I'v seen who didn't like the Mcleod.

You arent looking very hard. I partially share Joel's sentiment. The clutch performs ok, but I feel that other full finger twin discs are more forgiving and more consistent.  That said, there are people with bad things to say about EVERY clutch on the market. Talking about clutches is almost like talking about  politics.

Excuse Mefarri, he doesn't know what he's talking about. I've heard the 3 finger twin disc is iffy, but the full finger McLeods, like I have, is absolutely the best clutch on the planet.