I believe you are spot on with the drive shaft. Nothing else should be causing that type of vibration the way you described. Can you not send the drive shaft off for a rebalance and check?
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PatientZero
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I need to call and ask.
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PatientZero
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I dropped the driveshaft off today to get checked out. They said they would get to it possibly this evening or in the morning and give me a call. If I can get that taken care of then I'll see if I can get the car on the dyno this week or next and try to make it out to the Kansas City Region double header the weekend off the 1st. It would be my first event in over a year... 
Keep your fingers crossed everybody!
Keep your fingers crossed everybody!
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I picked up the driveshaft and they said it really wasn't out of balance and had no runout. I guess that's good but now I get to start playing with pinion angle again. I also ordered one of the Holley transmission crossmembers that bolts into the factory location. The crossmember I'm running now ties into the subframe connectors so I'm just trying to eliminate that as another possible issue. I'm going to put the car on jack stands in the morning and run it without wheels to see if I can figure anything out.
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Still have a vibration. I made a new thread with more details. Going to pull the rearend apart and start inspecting bearings and axles.
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After the new transmission install (TKX) I'm getting a slow pulsing vibration that is speed dependent. At 70mph it's a wub...wub...wub...wub. It seems to be much slower than wheel speed. I can feel it in the seat and steering wheel and it vibrates the whole car. At 100mph it's much faster...
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So, a couple updates.
I tore down the rearend to start checking things out and try to find a possible cause for this vibration. I really didn't find anything concrete to point to but I did find a couple irregularities. All the bearings looked great so I don't think there is any issue there. I found a couple chips out of the edges of the ring gear and pinion gear. It doesn't seem like much but might cause an issue when the two bad spots meet. Doing the math the gears would line up at the same position every 11 revolutions which would point to my slower-than-wheelspeed vibration.
These are pictures of the chipping, doesn't seem that severe but the gears have less than 1000 miles on them.
I had a set of factory 3.27's so I decided to swap them in. I will be able to do 85mph in second gear but I'll have to swap to something else later. While I was setting up the backlash on the new gears it seemed like the carrier shims were not fitting as tightly as they should so I started swapping out shims for ones a few thousandths bigger until I got it fitting nice and snug. I was able to get about .020" more shims in it than it had before which blows my mind because I remember them being a real pain to get in last time. This could be another possible source of my problem.
Here's where it's at now;
-Pinion drag - 20in.lb
-Backlash - .009"
-Carrier Runout - .001"
-Carrier side to side movement <.001"
Here's the mesh pattern with the new gears.
My lastest issue is the axle spacer cover retaining ring was destroyed trying to take it out so I'm now trying to find a replacement snap ring which is proving to be more difficult than I ever expected. Eaton sells a kit with the snap ring, cover, and axle spacer for $62 but I only need the $2 snap ring. I contacted Eaton and they said it's 2.420" resting diameter. I've been to Oreilly's, Autozone, Carquest, Napa, Family Center, Transwest, Golden Valley Tractor, Fastenal, Gears Unlimited, Tractor Supply, and called Summit Racing. Nobody has this damn snap ring. I ordered the closest I could find from McMaster-Carr and hoping it will work but the car is dead on the lift until it gets here. If I can get the vibration figured out I'm scheduled for some dyno time on August 19th at Knight Performance to retune for the new camshaft.
I tore down the rearend to start checking things out and try to find a possible cause for this vibration. I really didn't find anything concrete to point to but I did find a couple irregularities. All the bearings looked great so I don't think there is any issue there. I found a couple chips out of the edges of the ring gear and pinion gear. It doesn't seem like much but might cause an issue when the two bad spots meet. Doing the math the gears would line up at the same position every 11 revolutions which would point to my slower-than-wheelspeed vibration.
These are pictures of the chipping, doesn't seem that severe but the gears have less than 1000 miles on them.
I had a set of factory 3.27's so I decided to swap them in. I will be able to do 85mph in second gear but I'll have to swap to something else later. While I was setting up the backlash on the new gears it seemed like the carrier shims were not fitting as tightly as they should so I started swapping out shims for ones a few thousandths bigger until I got it fitting nice and snug. I was able to get about .020" more shims in it than it had before which blows my mind because I remember them being a real pain to get in last time. This could be another possible source of my problem.
Here's where it's at now;
-Pinion drag - 20in.lb
-Backlash - .009"
-Carrier Runout - .001"
-Carrier side to side movement <.001"
Here's the mesh pattern with the new gears.
My lastest issue is the axle spacer cover retaining ring was destroyed trying to take it out so I'm now trying to find a replacement snap ring which is proving to be more difficult than I ever expected. Eaton sells a kit with the snap ring, cover, and axle spacer for $62 but I only need the $2 snap ring. I contacted Eaton and they said it's 2.420" resting diameter. I've been to Oreilly's, Autozone, Carquest, Napa, Family Center, Transwest, Golden Valley Tractor, Fastenal, Gears Unlimited, Tractor Supply, and called Summit Racing. Nobody has this damn snap ring. I ordered the closest I could find from McMaster-Carr and hoping it will work but the car is dead on the lift until it gets here. If I can get the vibration figured out I'm scheduled for some dyno time on August 19th at Knight Performance to retune for the new camshaft.
I shudder at thinking about pulling my reaer end apart again to perform that process all over.
Hope that snap ring fits for you
Hope that snap ring fits for you
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PatientZero
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Updates:
I finally finished the fire suppression installation. I made a mount to fit in the unused vent hole on the dash. This should be easy to reach for the driver or a corner worker if needed. I got decals on the way. The kit did not come with near enough tubing to get the nozzles where I wanted them so I had to order another roll.
I have one nozzle pointed toward the battery in the trunk, one nozzle pointed at the driver, and I put the last 360 degree nozzle right over the top of the engine.
Here's where I mounted the pull cable.
I finally finished the fire suppression installation. I made a mount to fit in the unused vent hole on the dash. This should be easy to reach for the driver or a corner worker if needed. I got decals on the way. The kit did not come with near enough tubing to get the nozzles where I wanted them so I had to order another roll.
I have one nozzle pointed toward the battery in the trunk, one nozzle pointed at the driver, and I put the last 360 degree nozzle right over the top of the engine.
Here's where I mounted the pull cable.
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PatientZero
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I also replaced the harmonic damper. I was looking into a rebuild of my ATI damper and while reading the literature on it I noticed something. There are 6 bolts that hold the damper together and another 3 bolts for adding another pulley if needed. The instructions say all 9 bolts must be used even if no pulley is added or DAMPER DAMAGE WILL OCCUR!! in big bold letters. My damper has never had all 9 bolts since it's been on the car. It was given to me originally and I assumed it was good so just installed it. I bought a SFI approved Summit Racing brand damper and swapped it out. It was totally worth it. The engine has never run smoother. I ran it up to 120mph on my private road and it feels great. I may still look into having the ATI damper rebuilt but I see no reason to not run the Summit damper. I'm really looking forward to some dyno time later this week and autocross next weekend with Kansas City Region.
If i was going to own a new edge, this is exactly how i would want it to be. Exactly.
Wow, I started going thru this thread for the first time today.....3 hrs later, I finally got to page 7....What a saga!!!!!....PatientZero's patience and perseverance with working and improving on his car and problem solving are unbelievable!!....More than I'll ever have in 10 lifetimes.............. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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PatientZero
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We made it to the dyno this morning and got the tune finished up for the new cam. It didn't exactly go how I expected but I'm not complaining. I think the last cam was just really mismatched for my combination. It put down 500hp/477tq on 93 octane. Over 400ft.lbs from 3500 all the way to 6500. Now autocross on Saturday after almost 2 years away.
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Nice build. What I'd like to know is, why did you delete the ABS and how are you liking the car without it?
Wow 500 on a mustang dyno is a solid number.
So did you figure out what the cause of that vibration was?
So did you figure out what the cause of that vibration was?
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PatientZero
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I don't think I would have been able to keep the ABS without keeping the stock ECU in the car but I could be wrong. I also wanted to get rid of the monstrosity of brake lines in the engine bay. I like the car just fine without it.
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PatientZero
@restless_performance
Between rebuilding the rearend and changing the damper it got rid of all of it. I think my ATI damper was actually damaged so I'll probably rebuild it and hold onto it.
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Yeah, same problem here, I still have the ABS but it doesn't talk to the new computer and doesn't work at all...I keep threatening to delete it but also holding onto the dream that somebody can fix it...so far, no one has.
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PatientZero
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First time towing with the new truck.
My first autocross since 2019 went pretty smooth. I won a small CAM-T class but my time was also good enough for 2nd in CAM-C. The car did great. I even went for about a 2 hour drive today with my daughter. None of my equipment worked yesterday so I don't have any video and my GPS wasn't synced with my phone for some reason so the data is really choppy. Front grip is a real issue. I just can't carry much speed through the corners without pushing and I'm running so much camber that I'm locking up the wheels under braking. Next time I'm going to take a little bit of camber out to try to help braking but otherwise I'm not sure what the real solution is.
My first autocross since 2019 went pretty smooth. I won a small CAM-T class but my time was also good enough for 2nd in CAM-C. The car did great. I even went for about a 2 hour drive today with my daughter. None of my equipment worked yesterday so I don't have any video and my GPS wasn't synced with my phone for some reason so the data is really choppy. Front grip is a real issue. I just can't carry much speed through the corners without pushing and I'm running so much camber that I'm locking up the wheels under braking. Next time I'm going to take a little bit of camber out to try to help braking but otherwise I'm not sure what the real solution is.
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After talking to Jack at Maximum Motorsports he recommended I go up to a bigger diameter rear sway bar to move more of my weight transfer to the rear of the car and get rid of the understeer.
I currently have the 1" x .120" and he suggested the 1.25" x .125".
I currently have the 1" x .120" and he suggested the 1.25" x .125".
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I had the car on the scales yesterday and noticed my corner weights were off since changing the transmission and all the other work I've done since I last corner weighted it. So today I took some time to get it set back up correctly.
Here's where it ended up with me in the car and a full tank of gas.
I used this calculator. https://robrobinette.com/corner_weight_calc.htm
I also used this as an opportunity to swap out my sway bar end links for my newest version. The old ones were steel, these are 6061 aluminum. I had a batch made about a year ago and never remember to put a set on.
Here's where it ended up with me in the car and a full tank of gas.
I used this calculator. https://robrobinette.com/corner_weight_calc.htm
I also used this as an opportunity to swap out my sway bar end links for my newest version. The old ones were steel, these are 6061 aluminum. I had a batch made about a year ago and never remember to put a set on.
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