Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[dylan8]

Well done. The mk1 is looking really stable on the track, as opposed to that commodore behind you in the 3rd last pic

Was thinking the same thing!

[Jarred]

Looking great Pate. Shame about the CV

[Peter Jones]

Well done. The mk1 is looking really stable on the track, as opposed to that commodore behind you in the 3rd last pic

The Golf is actually rolling a bit more than usual.

I was running with the rear sway bar disconnected to give me more rear grip.

This works much better in the wet, I was trying it out in the dry to see if I need the rear bar at all.

The Commodore was hilarious to watch from behind, it was on the stability control all through the corners, you'll see what I mean from the videos when I post them up.

[Peter Jones]

Looking great Pate. Shame about the CV

I always knew that the 020 gear box and the 90mm CVs weren't going to be up to the task.

I just had to start with what I had to work out gear ratios and defer the cost of a proper gearbox setup for a year.

Now that I'm getting the hang of the car and getting the tyres to hook up properly there's more load on the drive train than it can handle.

The good news is that the new gearbox is built, I'll be fitting it over the next month or so.

I'll make the change to 100mm CVs at the same time.

[Jarred]

as always, all part of the master plan!

[Peter Jones]

Quick clip of the CV failing.

[velly_16v_cab]

bugger!

[Jarred]

ouch!

10chara

[abreut]

Crunch. Did you see if the LSD would still drive the good trans-axle or just go open diff? Would have been a good opportunity to test it

[roccodingo]

any damage under neath other than a dead CV ??

And something completely different.... What oil brand, type and grade you running in the Wavetrac box Pete, have you changed it yet
( looked ok, contaminated etc )

[Peter Jones]

Car still drives, just sounds really crunchy!

No other damage so far.. I pulled the LHS axle out yesterday but it looks OK. Inner CV is fine, I ran out of time to dismantle outer but it looks OK too.

Boots aren't twisted up at all.

I'll pull the RH one one next.

This problem might be inside the box yet.

If the CVs all look OK, I'll put some old axles in and see if it's the gear box.

I was really expecting to find shrapnel in the outer L/H CV.

Gear box oil in this one is Penrite , pretty sure it's 75W90 fully synthetic, I'll have to check the bottle. Haven't dropped the oil yet to look for metal chunks.

The other box had Redline in it and 3rd synchro was problematic from day 1 post reco.

[HaydEn]

Unfortunate about that mishap.

I had this happen one time, the driveshaft bolts snapped and the shaft was no longer connected to the gearbox. Shaft spun and was hitting on frame, ground engine making a similar noise to what's in the video.

I'm sure if this happened to you though you would have seen this problem straight away


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[roccodingo]

Thanks for that Pete, hope nothing to expensive has detonated

[fthaimike]

Hi Peter how are things with you?

Did Uwe at Kamei get in contact after i reminded him again and did you get anything in the post from him this year?

Merry Christmas

[Peter Jones]

Nothing in the post so far Mike.

Car's going great, keeps getting faster as I learn how to drive it.

My new gearbox is about to arrive from Eurospec in the next couple of days. That should speed things up a lot.

I keep seeing your car pop up in the magazines. Hope it's all going well.

Merry Christmas to you too!