60ft's and MKIII rear ends
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Oh, I can certainly appreciate the money and effort that goes into proving a setup and reaching goals man. However, I for one can't afford to continually break things in the pursuit of progress. I would rather build something to handle 1000hp and live with 500hp, than to put my car back together every few weeks because something new broke... Different approaches for different folks I guess, and if you can afford to push that envelope, well... more power to you sir.
That said, I beat on my car often enough considering the available facilities around here... am I trying hard enough? Some would say no, but I say when you're the one paying for all the parts I break, then you can judge my driving style all ya want.
Question though, why all this nonsense with the 8" or 8.8"? Why not just go with a 9"? Is it merely for the pursuit of boundaries that you do this, or something else? I figure you would be better off in the long run with something proven to exceed your goals, but that is just my thinking...
That said, I beat on my car often enough considering the available facilities around here... am I trying hard enough? Some would say no, but I say when you're the one paying for all the parts I break, then you can judge my driving style all ya want.
Question though, why all this nonsense with the 8" or 8.8"? Why not just go with a 9"? Is it merely for the pursuit of boundaries that you do this, or something else? I figure you would be better off in the long run with something proven to exceed your goals, but that is just my thinking...
Because you can get an IRS 8.8 from the wrecking yard for cheap. A 9" would require a custom made IRS housing, and a much larger housing at that. You are not going to gain much more needed strength on the 9 vs the 8.8. The advantage of the 9 is stronger axle shafts. 8.8 I think you can only get 31 spline where as the 9" you can get the 35 spline. To use a 35 spline you would have to have some heavy duty outers $$$$$.
For around $500 you can purchase and outfit an 8.8 with gears and an LSD or spool. Of course a set of custom shafts will set you back 2K, but that goes for any rear that you put in. I have heard of mustang guys splitting the case apart, but a $150 rear housing cover fixes that, and with the Lincoln rear you would want to do that anyway. The cobra cover has better mounting.
For around $500 you can purchase and outfit an 8.8 with gears and an LSD or spool. Of course a set of custom shafts will set you back 2K, but that goes for any rear that you put in. I have heard of mustang guys splitting the case apart, but a $150 rear housing cover fixes that, and with the Lincoln rear you would want to do that anyway. The cobra cover has better mounting.
The reason we want to retain the IRS is remain in the same class.. The 9" is significantly more money for a IRS housing. We cant afford to continually break things either that is why we are choosing to R&D the 8.8. If the conversion can be done at a reasonable cost this may be something that we offer to Monster Performance clients in the future . I believe that success is measured by the goals reached not by the goal itself , as long as one is honest within him or her self in the setting of the goal. Unfortunately for us our goals are very time consuming and costly ........ I simply refuse to give up!
wesbeech;1867897 said:
nope not since spring.
I should take this opportunity to publicly thank Wes and Beech Performance for all there help with the car .. He has delivered top notch parts as well as some custom pieces that always perform.
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Suprarunner/Jason, that answered my questions. Glad there are people like you guys to push the Supra boundaries a little. Mind my asking what track you do your testing/tuning at? I'm up here in Rock Springs, a weekend trip down there wouldn't necessarily be out of the question...
Not really related to the thread, but the reason why we are working so hard on the 60ft is because this is the direction the car is going.......
Billet 88mm.
Billet 88mm.
SuperRunner;1867796 said:
What tire are you guys using? Looks massive or maybe the offset of the rim is just wrong..
K_SHAN;1869450 said:
28x10.50. Measures 11.50 wide, depending on how the car sits the tire actually rubs on the inside control arm.
Interesting. I'm on 28x10 hoosiers on 300zx rims. I was under the impression its more than enough tire..
K_SHAN;1869524 said:Well i guess I outa post pictures of my drag mk3 also.. haha *not the dd
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Lets just say.. Lexan windows, No interior, Rewired chassis with a Painless 12circuit, 28x10s (i use on both cars since the DD should be capable of 9's lol) lots of CF I havent posted anything on it since I am currently saving to do the build the motor.. 2jz-gte with a Billet 47-88 attached to a th400. I will do another Build page on it once more parts are assembled
(teaser)
I havent posted anything on it since I am currently saving to do the build the motor.. 2jz-gte with a Billet 47-88 attached to a th400. I will do another Build page on it once more parts are assembled(teaser)
SuperRunner;1869586 said:Right on
Lets see a build page soon.
So getting back on track, what have you got for your 60's
0.000 till I get a converter for my powerglide
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