Thanks Trent
yeah if i went super slow i would of had less deep grind marks and what not, but it'll do the job
so since i installed the whole T3 suspension catalog and got a wheel alignment + i lowered the rear end about 2cm more, i wasn't happy with the rear now with an over-steer behavior, so assuming since i lowered it 2cm more, i must of stuffed up the rear end grip even more.. so trolling on google for info and ideas on how to get around this, plus i had lost crazy amount of torque from 1000-4500rev which made my car feel like a normal 16v bigport, i had purchased these off ebay last week and it arrived today, so i got busy after work this afternoon
Pinon Angle TEST Chapter 1.
-=DIFF=-
picture reads left to right so you get a rough idea on how the scale works, it should make sense if you just keep reading on
<Left is back of the diff, exhaust exit direction - Right is front of the diff, connected to tail shaft>
so basically this picture shows the front of my diff was pointing upwards, +Positive i'll call it, +5
Tail shaft
<reading left side is connection to diff - right side of picture is towards gearbox
and this picture shows the tailshaft connection at the diff is pointing down/sagging down, -negative i'll call it, -3.5 or -4 give or take
and then after playing with the top adjustable links on the diff (extending the arms), below are the results
Diff
Tailshaft
the front of the diff now sits at +8
the tailshaft connection at the diff is -1..almost 0 degree
now i think i stuffed up because i didn't set the tool on the correct position on the diff and im not going to head back into my garage and do it again.. but i'll just work with this data for now even if its most likely a wrong reading..my bad
TEST DRIVE RESULT
- rear end has plenty of grip, so much now that my front under-steers at the same point where it would over steer before
- it now gets all and every torque this 1.6L can dish out onto the road, the difference was very obvious
- rear end feel stiffer
- a little less noise coming from the rears then before now
the first 2 were very noticeable things since the change, and i guess its a very good starting point.
the last two im 50% sure about, but i'll have to drive it a bit more to confirm
i dont mind the understeer though stretch tyres front and rear doesn't help much with this too, maybe normal fitting tyres would benefit more from this change but i dont have any to test with at the moment.
so to wrap it up, i can confirm and say in confidence that
diff pointing up, more grip
diff pointing down or lower, less grip
next step is now to slowly "tune" this to get the best result
