Derracuda's Project Alpine 4kq *Comatose*
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derracuda
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billzcat1
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audibeans
derracuda wrote:i'm gonna get you darin.... :wink: and yeah, i've been sweating a lot, and drinking a lot of water. between three people, we've gone through over 5 gallons of water in our big cooler. it's insane here. i wanna go home :( i like oregon way better.
I know when I use to live in Davis, it felt like I was constantly in the path of a giant hair dryer. Hated it!!!
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Wizard-of-OD
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derracuda
time fer the next update. things have been hectic and whatnot so i'm doin' what i can in between on my car.
more suspension time. i've got it figured out how to fit the front ext. adjustable konis in the rear strut tubes. they are the same length shaft wise, but there is a little tab on the bottom of the front cartridge that makes it stick too far out of the tube to put the cap nut on.
this is with the little tab..
this is with the tab ground down..
i ground down those little tabs on the bottom to look like this...
then i had the top metal rings turned down 4mm (this is after they were turned)...
next up there is the cartridge dia. difference. i just grabbed random bits of pipe until i found one that worked. the diameters are 1 3/4" I.D. and 1 7/8" O.D. galvinized exhaust pipe. i painted it black so it don't rust where i cut.
these....
go on like this....
the tape is to make the pipe a tight fit so they don't go no where's. i used the green tape because i white tape is too cracker
so, once the sleeves are on, the fit like this....
bottom
top
viola' i think it'll be cool once she's done.
more suspension time. i've got it figured out how to fit the front ext. adjustable konis in the rear strut tubes. they are the same length shaft wise, but there is a little tab on the bottom of the front cartridge that makes it stick too far out of the tube to put the cap nut on.
this is with the little tab..
this is with the tab ground down..
i ground down those little tabs on the bottom to look like this...
then i had the top metal rings turned down 4mm (this is after they were turned)...
next up there is the cartridge dia. difference. i just grabbed random bits of pipe until i found one that worked. the diameters are 1 3/4" I.D. and 1 7/8" O.D. galvinized exhaust pipe. i painted it black so it don't rust where i cut.
these....
go on like this....
the tape is to make the pipe a tight fit so they don't go no where's. i used the green tape because i white tape is too cracker
so, once the sleeves are on, the fit like this....
bottom
top
viola' i think it'll be cool once she's done.
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derracuda
next up is the rear diff. i obtained a rear urq diff from Mr. fruitypants (patrick) back towards the beginning of the year and am finally getting to install it! yey!! i hate the NA gearing for all road use and launching. to me, guys with type 44's are going plenty fast with their turbo gearing and i think it will work great in my car for my uses. i've heard of someguys switching to the 4kq gearing with relatively stock power levels in urq's and i'm sure it works good for that, but once you start pushing the power up, the NA gearing is too short in 1st gear for a decent launch as shown by javads 120mph 13 second passes IMO. we don't really have much to choose from gearing wise, so please don't anybody come tell me about all the ideal gearing choices available for the subies, eclipses, and stuff like that :wink:
the urq diff is different in the way it's put together, but dimensionally the same. shouldn't be too hard to retrofit the stuff for the lock mechanism.
i swapped out the diff lock switch so i could use my connector and not have to cut any wiring. for some reason the tips are different, but once i got it in, i check it with an OHMs meter to make sure contact was good and it works fine. the bigger one is the 4kq part.
something else i wanted to play with while i have stuff apart is the B3 vs. B4 struts. the B4's have waay more offset and really push the wheel outward. the B4's also share the same front outer CV's as the V8q's oddly enough and have huge splines
this what the B4 struts would do for me wheel clearance wise..
this is the B3
this how i'd love to have my car sit, but it's on the bumpstops :(
so this will have to do
oh, and just for fun sake, and because everyone else who ever switches to big brakes takes a pic, this is the difference between the puny stock stuff, and real brakes :wink:
the urq diff is different in the way it's put together, but dimensionally the same. shouldn't be too hard to retrofit the stuff for the lock mechanism.
i swapped out the diff lock switch so i could use my connector and not have to cut any wiring. for some reason the tips are different, but once i got it in, i check it with an OHMs meter to make sure contact was good and it works fine. the bigger one is the 4kq part.
something else i wanted to play with while i have stuff apart is the B3 vs. B4 struts. the B4's have waay more offset and really push the wheel outward. the B4's also share the same front outer CV's as the V8q's oddly enough and have huge splines
this what the B4 struts would do for me wheel clearance wise..
this is the B3
this how i'd love to have my car sit, but it's on the bumpstops :(
so this will have to do
oh, and just for fun sake, and because everyone else who ever switches to big brakes takes a pic, this is the difference between the puny stock stuff, and real brakes :wink:
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derracuda
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audifreakjim
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derracuda
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derracuda
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billzcat1
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derracuda
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derracuda
WOOOOOT
ok, rear CV issue is solved. dumb luck puts me with a spare 84' 4kq with the big rear CV's :wink: so my car will be on the road the next time i come here to sac, no diff gear swappage required!!!
man, i'm so happy i nearly jumped and hit my head on my car while standing under it (it's on the hoist) :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
ok, rear CV issue is solved. dumb luck puts me with a spare 84' 4kq with the big rear CV's :wink: so my car will be on the road the next time i come here to sac, no diff gear swappage required!!!
man, i'm so happy i nearly jumped and hit my head on my car while standing under it (it's on the hoist) :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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Jorgen
Now I only need to go find a suitable 3.89 tranny in my cellar and then go buy the guy with the URQ diff a few rounds of beer to get a decent price.-
derracuda
YESSSSSSSSSS, the car is together and i gave the brakes a little break in and then for some semi good stops and it feel NOICE!!!! hehehe. these 400# springs are great! i have no swaybars on right now and the sucker feels like it did with my old setup. ride is a little firmer, but still very liveable. i'm VERY happy.
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derracuda
pic time! i got the sway bars back on and then took it for another drive and whew, it's fu-lat. this thing is amazing now and i can't wait to carve up some decent roads. sacramento isn't known for very good cruising roads. my billzcat1 brakes are still on the break in, so i've been relatively easy on them. i can't wait for some real stoppage
here's the MC setup before i messed with it....
this is a V8q MC with the 4kq reservior. here's how i rerouted the lines...
luckily my dad has a drawer full of odd brake and fuel line junk and he found this T for me so i dinnit have to cut and reflare the lines in standard american style flares....
after everything got put together and bolted up tight my friend trevor and i went for some test driving to make sure everything worked out good
it's still mega dirty here, but doesn't show. i washed it tonight and will take some freshy pics soon...
this is some extra stuff that doesn't have anything to do with my car really, but it's still interesting to see...i mean, everybody likes to see a wrecked vehicle!
yesterday (saturday for all future reference) my friend trevor and i went to visit javad and pick up some goodies and on the way back we had to sit in traffic for about 40minutes through davis,CA and it was HOT, like 50C. no a/c and stuck with tons of other cars all putting out heat. ugh. but the reason was some persons truck decided to try and kill them :tard:
we also passed through benicia,CA and saw the crazy construction for building a huge new bridge 8)
last but not least. trevor had a cool idea and we tried it out. it turned out prety good IMO..just that there's a bimmer in the pic!
EDIT: i forgot to mention that the reason i didn't take my car is because it wasn't finished. today i drove around and and reeeeeeally like the turbo gears. i can do 80mph at a tick over 3k rpms!!! yesssss. and it's everybit just as fast. this is gonna be sweet.
here's the MC setup before i messed with it....
this is a V8q MC with the 4kq reservior. here's how i rerouted the lines...
luckily my dad has a drawer full of odd brake and fuel line junk and he found this T for me so i dinnit have to cut and reflare the lines in standard american style flares....
after everything got put together and bolted up tight my friend trevor and i went for some test driving to make sure everything worked out good
it's still mega dirty here, but doesn't show. i washed it tonight and will take some freshy pics soon...
this is some extra stuff that doesn't have anything to do with my car really, but it's still interesting to see...i mean, everybody likes to see a wrecked vehicle!
yesterday (saturday for all future reference) my friend trevor and i went to visit javad and pick up some goodies and on the way back we had to sit in traffic for about 40minutes through davis,CA and it was HOT, like 50C. no a/c and stuck with tons of other cars all putting out heat. ugh. but the reason was some persons truck decided to try and kill them :tard:
we also passed through benicia,CA and saw the crazy construction for building a huge new bridge 8)
last but not least. trevor had a cool idea and we tried it out. it turned out prety good IMO..just that there's a bimmer in the pic!
EDIT: i forgot to mention that the reason i didn't take my car is because it wasn't finished. today i drove around and and reeeeeeally like the turbo gears. i can do 80mph at a tick over 3k rpms!!! yesssss. and it's everybit just as fast. this is gonna be sweet.