Vlad's rides thread

Post by **vlad01** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:46 am

or just throw it all out and put a t5 in lol.

Anyway, spoke to trans gears and diff in Thomastown and they quote for a complete rebuild on a t5 1k$

and for the diff around 500 for the labour plus tructac and gear set on top.

Everything they rebuild gets acid bathed and stripped to bare metal. I hear these guys do a top job.

Post by **Holden202T** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:29 am

did they give you a price on the truetrac ?

Post by **vlad01** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:40 am

Holden202T wrote:did they give you a price on the truetrac ?

its listed on their site, about 1100 and the gear set it about 550

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:45 am

Mates of mine swear by this bloke. Price and quality.

http://chrissdifferentials.com.au/

HQ355 · Post by **HQ355** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:14 am

I can tell you a couple of horror stories about him, let's just say after 4 9 inch centers in one car (all supposedly brand new) and even different ratios that it's no better than the 1st one, Hans in Melton is the best, he's not the cheapest but if one of my mates can't kill one of his diffs then that's good enough for me !

Post by **Gareth** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:25 am

vlad01 wrote:or just throw it all out and put a t5 in lol.

Anyway, spoke to trans gears and diff in Thomastown and they quote for a complete rebuild on a t5 1k$

and for the diff around 500 for the labour plus tructac and gear set on top.

Everything they rebuild gets acid bathed and stripped to bare metal. I hear these guys do a top job.

Yep, no dramas with these guys, buy from them often...

Post by **vlad01** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:34 am

Thats good to hear.

Chuff · Post by **Chuff** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:10 pm

+1 for Hans from Melton.

He's worked on my diffs in the past and I've never had a single problem with them.

Post by **vlad01** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:04 am

Engine pron time!

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thinner oil pump cover. its about 1mm thinner than stock

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With the double row, the gear that is used as the cam trust face gets deleted as its built into the sprocket.

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Dialing in the cam. Card says .040" at TDC on overlap. So far I got 30 thou at 2+ and about 35 thou at 4+ so might try 6+ and see what that lands me on.

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at about 0.9mm or about 35 thou at 4+ timing. Very close.

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Post by **vlad01** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:21 am

Did an engine sim back and forth 2º and it makes bugger all difference but certainly does beyond 4º.

So at 4+ the cam is about 1º retarded to my specs so that should be fine.

Probably should double check the timing with another method to be sure though.

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