Dropped the stock diff out, only to realize the 4.26 diff that I had welded and waiting to go in had its ear mount bushings burnt out. I had done this ages ago when I wanted to put in the polurethane, but like most of my projects, I got bored halfway through and left them as is. I didn't know this until after I burnt them out, but I wasn't actually supposed to burn them out until after the bushings and the sleeves that enclosed it was pounded out. Whoops. So, I had to resort to pretty shady backyards mechanics and a sawzall to get the outer sleeve out.
Cut through the ear mount on the pumpkin to eventually cut through the sleeve
Then greased up the polyurethane bushings that a member on clublexus is selling. the bushings were a little loose, but it seems to do the job just fine. Used the super sticky grease that Prothane sends along with their polyurethane bushings.
Installed the diff in the middle of the night since wrestling the diff in and out without dropping the exhaust too much was quite the pain. Next time around, my lazy ass will not try to work around that and will just drop the exhaust from the beginning.
I'm noticing a lot of knocking and whining, but I'm not sure if it's 1. just the sound welded diffs make, and 2. the increase in sound transfer from the poly diff bushings. Been dd-ing the sc on this for a bit now and no problems have come up, so I should be in the clear.
The reason why I have to dd the sc is, again, b/c scions suck. Finally got around to putting some time into the tC by first dropping the subframe, and eventually dropping the tranny.
I'm noticing a lot of knocking and whining, but I'm not sure if it's 1. just the sound welded diffs make, and 2. the increase in sound transfer from the poly diff bushings. Been dd-ing the sc on this for a bit now and no problems have come up, so I should be in the clear.
The reason why I have to dd the sc is, again, b/c scions suck. Finally got around to putting some time into the tC by first dropping the subframe, and eventually dropping the tranny.
Oh herro, problem ACT.
The 2 bits lying on the diaphragm springs were chillin it between the clutch disc and diaphragm springs, keeping the springs from having their full range of motion and thus, no clutch disengage. Gotta get a new PP, and possibly a new disc.
I'll also have to decide whether or not I want to take this chance to change out a lot of the tC's front end stuff. motor mounts, bushings, rebuilt tranny, etc, all of which I would've had to lower the subframe to do anyway Money pit, yes, but these were all things I've wanted to do for a while. just not sure a scion is worth the investment.
Also spent some time on my 1/10 to make it look purdy.
I'll also have to decide whether or not I want to take this chance to change out a lot of the tC's front end stuff. motor mounts, bushings, rebuilt tranny, etc, all of which I would've had to lower the subframe to do anyway Money pit, yes, but these were all things I've wanted to do for a while. just not sure a scion is worth the investment.
Also spent some time on my 1/10 to make it look purdy.
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Fast forward a month or so, and I go to my first ever event. I sucked, to be honest. The staff there couldn't believe how bad the sc e-brakes are and how hard it is to lock it up without feinting and braking to transfer weight, so I spent half the day adjusting the e-brake to absolutely no avail.
iwillnotmissilethis
iwillnotmissilethis
iwillnotmissilethis
iwillnotmissilethis
Fast forward a month or so, and I go to my first ever event. I sucked, to be honest. The staff there couldn't believe how bad the sc e-brakes are and how hard it is to lock it up without feinting and braking to transfer weight, so I spent half the day adjusting the e-brake to absolutely no avail.
Credit to Brian
Got about 10 min of seat time the whole day so I had to let an instructor get his hands on the steering wheel for the car to go sideways.
The next week was the first track day that I really cared about. It was a 626drift event at the Balcony of Willows Springs. Sadly, the minute I pulled up to the WSIR gate, I hear some sort of clunking noise from my rear end. I park and jack up the rear end and find that 2 of the diff-axle bolts had gone missing, allowing the C-washer thing to swing around and snap in half. The rest of the bolts were all loose. Due to the fact that I had only 4 bolts holding an axle to the axle stub of the diff, I opted to not to push the car too much. I practiced my figure8's and donuts all day long and got the feeling of the ass end sliding around pretty down.
A little minged that I didn't get to drive the nuts off the car, I signed up for the next 626drift event a mere 2 weeks later. This event went muuuch better.
Got about 10 min of seat time the whole day so I had to let an instructor get his hands on the steering wheel for the car to go sideways.
The next week was the first track day that I really cared about. It was a 626drift event at the Balcony of Willows Springs. Sadly, the minute I pulled up to the WSIR gate, I hear some sort of clunking noise from my rear end. I park and jack up the rear end and find that 2 of the diff-axle bolts had gone missing, allowing the C-washer thing to swing around and snap in half. The rest of the bolts were all loose. Due to the fact that I had only 4 bolts holding an axle to the axle stub of the diff, I opted to not to push the car too much. I practiced my figure8's and donuts all day long and got the feeling of the ass end sliding around pretty down.
A little minged that I didn't get to drive the nuts off the car, I signed up for the next 626drift event a mere 2 weeks later. This event went muuuch better.
Was able to practice initiating 2nd gear with a clutch kick (again, my e-brake seems to be useless, especially at my skill level of complete noob ass), leading into a switchback. Car ran flawlessly all day long, with the water temp needle moving up just a bit as we got hot fire winds coming from the santa clarita fires intermittently.
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