Clutch Rebuild! Waiting! HUGE projects! YELLING!!!!

Pictures of clutch...

Got a bunch of welding to do, will get some pictures up when I get a chance.  A lot more is being fabricated than originally planned.  This should be fun =D.

Possible Outcomes of Tig Welder

I have a ton of ideas since buying the tig welder, listed are parts I want to make for the mr2:

• 3 inch aluminum intake with 3 to 6" velocity stack and 6" filter
• 2.5" hotpipe, reduced down to one or two pieces instead of the 4 separate pieces now
• 2.75" or 3" cold-pipe
• Aluminum dual 3" exhaust (big maybe)
• Catch can that supports an excellent baffle

 For the bike I want to make an aluminum exhaust w/ a 2.5" muffler, similar appearing to the one I have now

I also have a good friend's car that I will be working on, their is A LOT to do to his car:

• Attach V-bands to IC piping and re-route current set-up
• Fabricate an entire exhaust system 5" down to 4" w/ two or three mufflers
• Roll Cage

As for the MR2, while closely inspecting the clutch discs I found hairline cracks in the metal.  Needless to say, I am shipping it back to clutch master for them to rebuild... =(.

The Announcement

Well I've been holding off on making this announcement as I've been crazy busy with work, working on my car, and getting my bike road ready for summer.  I finally broke down and bought myself a Tig Welder.  Its an HTP Invertig 201 AC/DC Tig welder.  I'm hoping to start making some really neat stuff in the months to come for my friend's cars, my car, and possibly the bike.  This will weld stainless and aluminum no problem.

Pics:

I'm also thinking of buying a band saw =D.  Lets see what the parents say to that..... I still need to convince them to somehow pay for the garage to be wired for 220 lol.

Well thats your problem!

Had some fun on spring break and dropped the transmission in my apartment's garage.  It actually went better than I thought... I had it out in around 5 hours and that was with me side-tracking on other little projects/thoughts (I've got some wild stuff scheming =D)!  

Here is a quick picture of my place:

So I got the transmission down, which is getting replaced with a low mileage LSD unit, pulled off the pressure plate and clutch.... and found some decent carnage.

The clutch disc definitely has material left, but it was slipping.... BAD!  I think I was simply overpowering this setup.  The clutch material was so overheated it started to glaze and chip.

In a few weeks I'm hoping to have the car running again, forgot to order axle seals =/ hehe.

Parts/Goodies

I am finally up to date, or close enough to say so.  I have a few go fast goodies going on this winter, along with a huge announcement that will hopefully be here in a week or two.

First up: drag wheel set-up, extremely light, all aluminum.... HOTT!  I'm currently re-polishing them, I added the rim tape.  I haven't seen many people add rim tape to a polished rim, so I think its more or less a "new" thing, which appeals to me even more.

 

 

 Also bought a 94 LSD transmission with low mileage and a lightly used Clutchmaster FX700 twin disc clutch.  These will definitely help the holeshot, 1.4/1.5 60ft times... here I come!!!

 

 

A few days ago an exciting gift arrived in the mail.... M&H 24.5 X 8.5 X 15 drag slicks to accompany the skinnies.

 I'll finish this post with a few pictures of parts going on the gixxer, a Zero Gravity double bubble windscreen, a zipper protector, and my rebuilt exhaust.

Till next time,

Eric

Gixxer 750

Right around the end of summer, when bikes are being put away for winter and people begin to sell them for cheap, I found a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R that was only a few miles away for a GREAT price.  I've wanted a bike for years and I wasn't about to pass up on an opportunity to get an amazing, adrenaline pumping, road gripping machine!

Pics from the previous owner:

Here you can see that the exhaust was slightly dented from being dropped in the grass.  My exhaust had a rattle at idle and I thought it was this.  I also thought it looked ugly =D.  

So I hacked it off!

Much cleaner and a little louder.  I loved it.  However, the rattle was still there!  Found out later that it was in the first muffler, a rivet had fallen in and was rattling around like crazy.  I took it apart, painted it, and re-riveted it this winter.  New pictures coming later when the weather warms up.

The toys together.