8 weeks
Posted by on 22nd June , 2010So 8 weeks have now passed, meaning the 7 week marker has elapsed with still no car…
Just kidding, on my last visit a couple of weeks ago now I think, I had decided to have the ARE cooler (supplied by Bri-Z performance) refitted and new piping made up which equates to another 1 – 2 weeks work. I’d originally dropped the car out there for the dyno tune without it as I didn’t want to cut the Sunny ZX front bar to make the cooler fit. Instead I planned to move to a W2A system but with the few reviews I could find results pointed away from this solution.
Given this I approached the shop looking after my car about getting new piping made coupled with, I guess their expert fitting, as apposed to doing it myself at home. The job was given with the understanding the look of the front bar must remain from front on – limiting the amount that could be cut away. Aluminium is going to be used for the cooler pipes for it’s heat properties and weight.
The Sunny ZX gearbox idea has been dropped in favour of giving the Quaife another go. The idea was actually mainly thanks to the chap who was selling me the gearbox as he rated the Quaife over the VLSD so strongly. So dispite him burning the sale of his gearbox, he chose to help me instead and get my Quaife working – champion. I contacted Quaife directly as did my chap in the UK, but turned up no good news. After alot digging around on US sites and talking to bearing suppliers I was eventually able to find a close match used in some Maxima over in the states and then eventually a part number.
I’ve ordered some bearings from the US from a Maxima tranny they use over there. The idea is to mill my gearbox case out 2mm to accept these bearings. The second option is to machine the bearing case down that 2mm to fit into my untouched gearbox case. If either of these work, the next step would be back to getting cv innners to suit the diff. The reason this wasn’t attempted straight up is because the bearings are a special import item and a major pain in the ass to source, add to that finding someone that would actually send over to Aussie.