Toyota Soarer/Lexus SC400 E/Pro
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- Last Minute Racing
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- Last Minute Racing
- Posts: 118
- Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:20 pm
- Location: Adelaide Hills DLRA#928
- Last Minute Racing
- Posts: 118
- Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:20 pm
- Location: Adelaide Hills DLRA#928
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what gearbox you going to use , best would be the supra 5 speed , plenty of kits around for them , its all been done before . Scattershields pretty simple to make out of 6 mm mild steel plate , as long as it will protect from exploding flywheel or clutch . I made mine about 150mm long , completely encircling bell housing and bolted to rear of engine .
NOW LIVE IN NEW ZEALAND
RED NISSAN WAGON 1986 # 281
2002 F/PRO 125.4 MPH RECORD
2003 F/PRO 140.2 MPH RECORD
2005 F/GC 137.9 MPH RECORD
2006 F/GC 141.1 MPH RECORD
1/4 mile ( drags ) @ Willowbank 14.15 @ 97.61 mph August 2006
RED NISSAN WAGON 1986 # 281
2002 F/PRO 125.4 MPH RECORD
2003 F/PRO 140.2 MPH RECORD
2005 F/GC 137.9 MPH RECORD
2006 F/GC 141.1 MPH RECORD
1/4 mile ( drags ) @ Willowbank 14.15 @ 97.61 mph August 2006
G'day Don,
No 5 speeds for me mate unless it has 1:1 top. 3 or 4 speed are the likely choices. Per my earlier post, I have a top loader 3 speed and a single rail 4 speed as likely candidates at this time.
My original plan was to start with the Soarer auto but overdrive is short lived at 400HP and I believe I will need just a little more to eclipse 179.928mph.
Going manual will kill my chances of making it in 2011 I think. I need a flywheel, scatter shield, clutch setup including pedal, modified drive shaft and adapt another diff center. I can make a "G" series Toyota rear fit but it's still more work.
With a short external scattershield, what holds your gearbox up should the flywheel decide to saw your bellhousing in half? That's a pole vault I'd rather not take.
I had given thought to the agricultural approach using 6mm wall pipe and two plates but don't have the tunnel clearance required.
Cheers,
Rob
No 5 speeds for me mate unless it has 1:1 top. 3 or 4 speed are the likely choices. Per my earlier post, I have a top loader 3 speed and a single rail 4 speed as likely candidates at this time.
My original plan was to start with the Soarer auto but overdrive is short lived at 400HP and I believe I will need just a little more to eclipse 179.928mph.
Going manual will kill my chances of making it in 2011 I think. I need a flywheel, scatter shield, clutch setup including pedal, modified drive shaft and adapt another diff center. I can make a "G" series Toyota rear fit but it's still more work.
With a short external scattershield, what holds your gearbox up should the flywheel decide to saw your bellhousing in half? That's a pole vault I'd rather not take.
I had given thought to the agricultural approach using 6mm wall pipe and two plates but don't have the tunnel clearance required.
Cheers,
Rob
I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.
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ok what about a ballistic blancket wrapped around bell housing + gearbox , and if you worried about gearbox dropping , a support brace underneath .
NOW LIVE IN NEW ZEALAND
RED NISSAN WAGON 1986 # 281
2002 F/PRO 125.4 MPH RECORD
2003 F/PRO 140.2 MPH RECORD
2005 F/GC 137.9 MPH RECORD
2006 F/GC 141.1 MPH RECORD
1/4 mile ( drags ) @ Willowbank 14.15 @ 97.61 mph August 2006
RED NISSAN WAGON 1986 # 281
2002 F/PRO 125.4 MPH RECORD
2003 F/PRO 140.2 MPH RECORD
2005 F/GC 137.9 MPH RECORD
2006 F/GC 141.1 MPH RECORD
1/4 mile ( drags ) @ Willowbank 14.15 @ 97.61 mph August 2006
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Rob wrote:With a short external scattershield, what holds your gearbox up should the flywheel decide to saw your bellhousing in half? That's a pole vault I'd rather not take. Rob
same thing that's holding it up now?......how many cars have the whole tranny and tailshaft hung off the back of the block?
Can't be hard to just put a loop around the whole box and bolt it through the floor if you're worried about it.......
...few understand what I'm trying to do , but they vastly outnumber those who understand why..
Don/Doc,
Maybe on both counts but I really do think a full scattershield is far better insurance long term.
I'm sure a clutch explosion/loose flywheel will never happen but I'm also well and truely attached to all my body parts. A little extra work will be time well spent should the worst occur.
I do appreciate your chipping in though, any and all help/advice gratefully accepted!
Cheers,
Rob
Maybe on both counts but I really do think a full scattershield is far better insurance long term.
I'm sure a clutch explosion/loose flywheel will never happen but I'm also well and truely attached to all my body parts. A little extra work will be time well spent should the worst occur.
I do appreciate your chipping in though, any and all help/advice gratefully accepted!
Cheers,
Rob
I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.