Doug G

OOoooooooo shiney new parts

speedtigger

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Had a little speedbump with the new axles. One of them is out of spec on the splines and will not fit onto the spider gears. I have to wait until Monday to see what is up with Moser.

GC99TA

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Sorry to hear that man. I was a little disappointed with the workmanship on the Moser 12-bolt I put in my 99 TA. Welds weren't the best and the angles between the control arm mounts from side to side was inconsistent. Hopefully they'll make it right with you. That's why I went with Strange stuff for the Camaro.

gjestico

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I had a pair of moser 12 bolt axles. New straight out of the box they were very sloppy on the spline fit. Could rotate the axle back and forth about 1/8" at the flange OD. For comparison the 40+ year old well worn stockers had less than 1/16". The ends of the spline machining were all over the place too. Sloppy workmanship.
I complained to moser about it and they said it would work fine and dont worry about it. The axles are still sitting in the corner unused. Moser=crap in my book.

speedtigger

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Well, they are sending me out another axle. Hopefully this one will be right.

Also, I found a new stainless steel replacement fuel tank for my car at Auto City Classics. Now I can weld in my custom stainless steel tank baffle/sump. This will allow me to run 16 or more gallons less fuel saving me 100 pounds.

jaywill

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Nice set-up ! Congrats

Doug G

WOW.... My 35 spline axles and spool were tight as hell....maybe it was since it was all Moser stuff ?

Anywho, hope they get you fixed up this time speed.

likes cars

After doing a horrible job on my original tank I have been looking at a stainless one. I talked to the auto city guy at turkey rod run. $220 for a stainless a body tank sounds pretty awesome. Where are you getting a stainless sump? Are you going to fab your own? I considered making one myself. Are you mounting the sump back by the filler or down in the front? It seems like a trade off, down low or back.

speedtigger

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I designed my own baffle/sump. I will create a thread with pics when I weld it in the new tank.

speedtigger

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Something sexy about this picture.

speedtigger

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The fuel tank sump/baffle project is now full swing:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...l#post16959086

GC99TA

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Checked out your thread. Looks badass man. Great job so far!

speedtigger

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10.44 @ 129 with the left wheel up and twisted. I will post a slip and vid later although the vid is really grainy.

speedtigger

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Here is the timeslip and video from tonight:

Doug G

Congrats 10.44 @ 3700# and laying the smack down on a stang.

GC99TA

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Very cool man. That 1.48 60' is gettin it in that big car. Same jetting and progression as last time or did you give her a little more outta the dig?

speedtigger

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I upted the tune to 63n/53f and increased the progressive from 40hp to 80hp on the hit and all in by the 60'.

I think I will back off the initial hit to 60HP next pass though. It was a little too violent feeling and the car twisted a lot. It is hard too see in the grainy low resolution video, but it is going to need an anti-roll bar in the back if I am going to hit it that hard on the line.

Even with doubling the initial hit, the 60' was only 3 hundredths quicker. I think it was all lost in chassis deflection. I would have tried a softer hit, but I got the double whammy of the track manager coming after me for the 10.40s pass and then the rain came.

GC99TA

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Is the body rolling on the suspension or is the chassis/body actually twisting? Do you have stock rubber body bushings?

Looking back I guess you're right but to me, a 1.4-anything in the 60' is awesome for a mild mannered street car, and that 1.4 is what caught my eye. I consider my car mild mannered and I have more cam, converter and gear than you.....so I'm really impressed with the 1.48.

What's the story with the track manager? Did he give you the "slow it down" speach or the "don't come back without a 6-point" speach? I'm guessing he didn't come over to offer his congratulations......

speedtigger

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It is mostly in the suspension. Typical A-body behavior. I have Energy Urethane body mounts.

Um, we came to an agreement that included some safety related things......
But, he was laughing about how hard it ran.

GC99TA

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Cool. Sounds like a good guy then. Doing his job to keep racers safe but not being a dick about it.