Like where your grille project's going, have spare OEM grille to do the same (more or less)

Question: how flimsy is the grille with all the middle slats cut out? Figured it'd lose lots of rigidity without them, guess putting the mesh in their place would help.

 

Damn, I want that grille. Looks really good

 

The plastic is pretty thick so it is pretty solid. I don't think it twisted on me once and I was wailing on it with a dremel and lots of high force sanding.

 

Ordered my 4.083 gears yesterday and they should be here today. Now to decide if it is really worth it to upgrade the LSD at the same time...

 

Congrats. Can't wait the read about your reaction that first day you get the car back with the new gears.

New LSD, huh? Wow.

Quaife Limited Slip Differential (LSD), Z1 Motorsports

 

I looked into that one, but Spencer said it would probably be a disaster in the snow. Not so sure about changing the LSD. Entertaining the idea, but leaning towards keeping the factory unit right now. A few days of hard driving without VDC are in the works to be certain.

 

I imagine the LSD would be fine in the snow. From what I understand the Quaife only works on acceleration so it's not like you will get lift off oversteer. As long as you have good tires on you should be fine, and it will be so much better in the dry/wet.

I want a Quaife but I'm going to save that purchase for my next car.

 

Spencer?

 

Spencer from Z1 where you quoted the Quaife LSD

 

The first signs of Spring at my house are car parts starting to arrive for Spring projects.

 

Geezus... you hang up your duct tape? I think most people just throw it on an open workbench in a pile of loose hardware and zip ties.





(I mock you because I'm jealous of how organized you are.)

 

Any explanation into why it would be a disaster in the snow? I've been speaking with Spencer on a clutch type for an upcoming build. Being in Chicago, I usually drive with VDC off in the snow and would like more lock under power.

 

Haha! Yeah I use it a lot more often than I thought so it is easy access this way. I am definitely organized. My wife thinks it is funny to go into my tool box and turn a wrench the other way to see if I will notice.

I have worked with so many technicians who have all their tools in a pile and then wonder why every job takes so long. This way I know where everything is and can fly through projects. That optional pegboard back for this Craftsman workbench is awesome. So much easier to find the right tool when they it is right in front of your face.

Funny you should ask. I was talking to Russ at Z1 about this today and he didn't think it would be an issue. So I literally just e-mailed Spencer to ask him about the diff in the snow again.

 

Spencer from Z1 says the "Wavetrac has a pre-loaded helical design which just gives it better performance in the unloaded or lower traction scenario compared to the Quaife."

 

And I bet you thought I was joking, LOL



Anyway... what was in the boxes that you're collecting for a Springtime install?

I see Stillen, and Nissan, and CarGrilles...