Fabman
Dances with Racecars
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Back in the day I cut the input shaft off of a grenaded tranny and used that as a pilot tool. Worked sweet. If you have your old broken trans and it's the same spline as your new one that might be an option for you.well, made some progress. The BBS wheels and Enkei's won't work for me (see them on the for sale section shortly), however the APEX wheels fit great (test fit a 18x10, so very hopeful the 18x11's work)
The brake system is massive, and while its not fully assembled, I can already tell its going to be a huge (yuuuuge) improvement over the S197 4 pot system.
The final bit is some sour news, the trans kit mostly went together ok, but I can't get the transmission all the way seated. I had to order some hydraulic parts, so once those arrive I can continue (actuate the clutch a bit to try to get the disc lined up perfectly if that's the holdup. One of the largest issues is the clutch alignment tools available don't perfectly fit the pilot bearing, coupled with some very tight tolerances on the transmission dowels and you have a fun time trying to get this thing set.
Once its together, testing will be determined by when I can get some workable wheels on the car to get out on track, and will collect some data points on the new brakes and transmission (as gear ratios, all gear ratios, have been heavily discussed for their benefits/drawbacks).