Midstates Update !

Mike_I · #1 (**permalink**) 06-13-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mickmate

Why don't we make some arms shorter and conventional mounted?.

Thanks Nick! Maybe we'll(meaning You'll) do that before its all over!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickmate

That pinion angle I listed is on the other CCX thread but I guess they didn't read or believe it.

Which thread do you list the pinion angle in? I was playing around with the diff this weekend and noticed if you put too much pinion angle in it affects the lower control arm travel. (more pinion angle causes them to move up and back instead of just up) In light of this would it be better to mount it close to zero deg as possible?

Thanks

Mike_I · #2 (**permalink**) 12-19-2011, 11:29 AM

No, I did not abandon this project!!

Just have not had time to post lately. Here goes!

Fabbed up from scratch new top and front cross members to mount the Jag IRS. This also involved painfully stringing out the car to make sure it would align properly and also have the correct 90 wheel base. I have done most of this work with a dewalt angle grinder with a cutting wheel installed. It slipped out of my hands while making the new cross member and almost removed all of my internal organs. Thank God for the heavy welding shirt I was wearing. Note to self, cut with the flow of the wheel not against it.

I mocked up a test fit prior to the final welding using the unpainted dirty rear end and some old aldans shocks on one side.. Tires fit nicely and rear is centered in car with about 1/16 toe in on either side! I adjusted toe using some GM starter shims between the fulcrum arm supports and diff. The starter shims worked perfectly.

If you look closely in the last pic you can see the mickmate OEM spec rollbar lurking in the background.. Schweeeeeeeett!

Mike_I · #3 (**permalink**) 12-19-2011, 11:31 AM

Rear end removed for clean up and new cross members fully welded and painted. Wow, this has been some tedious work so far. Not so much the fabbing, but making sure that the rear end is in square and the ride height is acceptable.

Mike_I · #4 (**permalink**) 12-19-2011, 11:41 AM

I cleaned up the rear diff, replaced all of the seals and gaskets and painted it. I also bead blasted, honed, rebuilt and painted the brake calipers. The outer dust seals were a royal pain in the @SS to get in... Wheres the tylenol when you need it?

The Diff is a 3:31 posi traction unit. Upon inspection all of the internals & gear looked great. Looks like a pretty strong diff to me!

Mike_I · #5 (**permalink**) 12-19-2011, 11:59 AM

New Half shafts.. I had a local drive shaft shop fab up some new ones using DOM tubing that I aquired online. I hope I have enough HP to spin them over.

These babies are beefy. I also ordered some new spicer u-joints online and pressed these babies in. The spicers were a very tight fit, almost like they were a little longer than the stock jag ones. I really had to work to get the retaing rings in.