kangaroosa Posted March 8, 2010 Author Report Posted March 8, 2010 I'm going BP :P All the brakes were new before the engine conversion. New or Reco changeover at least. The pedal feels firm but not too firm....Its feels more like theres no bite from the pads. Maybe its got something to do with the rear now having discs? don't get me wrong, the old girl will still out brake alot of cars on the road. But I think theres still an issue that needs to be resolved. Quote
Raven Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Rear discs would do it. You'll need to up the size on your master cylinder. :no2: Quote
chappo12 Posted March 12, 2010 Report Posted March 12, 2010 i thought you were going bridge port not extend port Quote
Raven Posted March 12, 2010 Report Posted March 12, 2010 i thought you were going bridge port not extend port He was going to go extend port but his old man convinced him to go for a bridgey. Quote
kangaroosa Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Posted March 12, 2010 I was always going bridgey when the finances allowed. I have a S3 12A Extend Port in the shed that used to be in my car, but went off for tuning and came back with added smoke trails....so thats in the pipeline for a rebuild. Currently I have a stock S1 which seems almost indestructible, so i'm in no rush to rip it out. Mick I have a 1" VN V8 Master bolted up to a KE55 Booster. I would expect that to be plenty as it ran the 4 pot Landcruiser calipers on the front just fine. So the pissy R31 callipers shouldnt be that much of an issue. The brakes were shit hot until: A) The diff upgrade B) The Engine Swap - It doesnt appear to be a vacuum issue now as the resevoir tank hasnt cured it. Next step will be to swap out the pads and chuck in something more streetable that doesnt require heat for them to work. On a side note. I hate lazy exhaust shop owners!!!! My car has been there since tuesday morning, and all he has accomplished is twin pipes from the extractors to the diff. He still hasnt done the loop over the diff. I honestly don't know how people make a living..... Quote
kangaroosa Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Posted March 16, 2010 Well I finally got the Rolla back this arvo. Krikey its loud. I estimate maybe 2 or 3 trips past my front gate and I will have a Yellow sticker on the windscreen. I made it a few hundred metres before I drove past the first divvy van. Instant 1st gear to 3rd where it loaded up and became even louder. >| Thens theres the raspy bark that it has over 4000rpm.....definately wasnt hoping for that note. The only good thing to come out of it is the wicked backfires it does on downshifts. No power increase that I could feel either. Well I really havent gotten stuck into it yet becasue it was peak hour and the cops can spot/hear me from a mile off. Maybe a little smoother revving and the low down flat spot has eased a little. But that could be any number of things. Some pics of the work. Not the nicest looking setup, considering the start and finish are on opposite sides it turned out well. Its tucked up as much as possible too. Quote
kangaroosa Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Posted March 16, 2010 Video ? Yeah i have to edit it. Its pretty boring though. Quote
13BT_KE20 Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 I would be getting the biggest SS muffler that can fit before the diff in there to quieten it down. Can be a straight through one so wont effect performance (you wont notice any power loss anyway) but will quieten the car down considerably Quote
Taz_Rx Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 Pretty much the same as my system, except I have 2x resonators in EACH primary. Have you noticed if its blowing flames while backfiring yet? Take it for a drive on a dark (obviously at night) country road. :wub: I used to be able to light up 50 odd metres of the road behind me blue! :D Quote
13BT_KE20 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 flame shows are always pretty cool in the hills to, or tunnels mine have been known to reach the ground :wub: Quote
Taz_Rx Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 hahaha mine have been known to bounce off the road and come up another half a metre (dump tip). Lighting up tunnels is also great fun. Quote
kangaroosa Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) I havent driven it at night yet, and i'm from the burbs. So the nearest country road is 45mins away. Theres always the tunnels here though.... I'm taking it back tommorrow arvo to get it measured up to see what muffler I can fit in there. If I get the motivation over the weekend, i'll see if i can bolt my wireless camera to the back over the exhaust somehow and go for a squirt before I quieten it down. I was halfway through uploading a vid to youtube last night and I chickened out. The footage showed a 2nd and 3rd gear run which would have been over the speedlimit. I don't want to be one of these fools that upload illegal stuff and get done for it. So i'll do another clip in a 100km/h zone (hopefully with flames) on the weekend. The footage of the exhaust tip was all distorted too, so its pointless uploading that. I talked to the exhaust bloke and he said its fine to join stainless to the mild steel. So is there a difference in noise reduction/quality between stainless and mild? Pros v's cons? The Rotaflow Resonators and Muffler that I have are Mild Steel. I want to lose some raspyness, and make it deeper. Edited March 17, 2010 by kangaroosa Quote
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