Aarons Drag CQ: 3-29 anodized and welded stuff. AN lines

[speeding-g60]

i will be using Brad Penn 20w50 after breakin next go round i think.....

[zerb]

valvoline 20w50 racing oil. part number 855 for synthetic, 851 for non synthetic.

[speeding-g60]

Brad Penn per lugnuts via email.....

Ed's 673whp set-up spun a bearing at the track in 2006, and after that Bob started using the increased clearance bearings and I started insisting on using Valvoline Racing VR1 20/50 oil.

I'm now starting to recommend Brad Penn 20/50 oil, because I am hearing reports that they took the added
zinc out of the VR1 20/50.

[my2000apb]

Good to know on the vr1

[zerb]

but they HAVE the zinc in the 'not street legal racing oil'...which are the part numbers that i posted above. the VR1 racing oil is part number 211.

[speeding-g60]

Ahhh, ok then.

part numbers i know nothing about.

[zerb]

thats why im telling you, lol.

[Racerguy381]

This is what I have if you want Racing 20w50

Here is a link to the Lucas Racing oil Products
http://www.lucasoil.com/products/displa ... headTitle= - Lucas High Performance Racing Only Motor Oil

[fasterthenrs2]

Ughh I guess im just simple man, red line 20W50 for 40k easy miles , on a lower end and bearings still looked like new when pulled a part

[O2VW1.8T]

5w-30 regular castrol here non-syntec.

[quattro87]

Ughh I guess im just simple man, red line 20W50 for 40k easy miles , on a lower end and bearings still looked like new when pulled a part

Redline still has it's zinc however. By law zinc has been mandated gone, so in order to run an oil with a bit more shear protection (zinc) one has to either buy specialty, foreign, or diesel oils. I run Rotella synthetic in everything I own except for the wife's A4 S-line and that is because she still has free Audi service.

[Hank]

I run Rotella in everything I own too...

[cuatrokoop]

Like father.....Like son.

[PRA4WX]

I'm a recent convert, at least partially converted. I've started running Rotella dino oils in my twin screw PG corrado, as it sees pretty high oils temps for normal operation. So far so good.....but i have some Mobile1 stock to run out before i begin to consider Rotella for the audi.....

[speeding-g60]

yup, Rotella was the other one.....

[speeding-g60]

so i have not been lazy here.... been rather busy.

work has sucked lately, 10 hrs monday day.
then go do a night shift tuesday night (i dont sleep daytime) 16 hrs.
off @ 7:30 AM weds.
come home and "rest" just relaxing and laying down but not proper sleeping for a couple hours.
sleep WELL weds night, then full day of work today.

and in this time i also got the cast control arms situation figured out for it. i used B3 ball joints on the correct side, while flip-flopping the arms themselves from side to side, pass on driver and driver on pass side.

so first i put on some stock arms with rubber bushings and located where it would end up. its rather far back in the well.



so now that i can figure out that with the 034 offset subframe bushings it will move the wheel forward, i take the plunge and get the bushings and also the Delrin control arm bushings. it was a semi largish expenditure to do on a whim, as i said, but i took the plunge as i know now it will work out for me.







and after i moved the subframe back forward, they are better centered in the well. still not PERFECT (D3R3K) but fine enough for what i am doing.



so after all this, i take the rear diff mounts, redrill the holes for the front mounts and just slide the rear mount back so i do not pinch the driveline in there.

all is well.

now for another alignment after i get it running again.

which is in the works.

[speeding-g60]

been playin around with this and that. doin little stuff.

welded up the rear WG it was cracked too. shouldnt happen again.

devised a new turbo support, and once the other heim gets here that will be done.

waiting on rods, they will be back soon. then back together, and back to tuning. then hit the track hopefully before the end of the year....

lets see, what else have i done.... OH YEEAH, the heat shield for the manifold.

SS 20ga plate. tried it out of 3/16" alum, cant bend it. tried it out of some other SS plate i found at work, thinner than the Al but still cant bend it. just went to the Metal Supermarket and browsed til i found what i wanted. traced my shape, tweaked it here and there, and VIOLA. its on and formed and shaped, but not finished. now i am going to make strips around the perimeter and then i am going to use some of my handy dandy heat resistant wrap stuff, and wrap the underside....its cool looking, maybe i do the top. i dunno. but rivet it to the plate and its done.

[speeding-g60]

oh yes, and i have been researching HARD about the next project. do not worry, it will be built here LOL. its gonna be a fun one as well.

[naudi1]

Do you need a heat shield for a drag car?

[speeding-g60]

dunno. it'll help under hood heat. help keep that heat off my beautiful CF hood....

but the biggest thing was that i am very bored, and it was one of the way low priority things to do

[Toxcheap]

but the biggest thing was that i am very bored,

BAHAHHA I was gonna post your probably just bored and thinking of thinks to do

[speeding-g60]

looks like the crank will be ground 10/10..... so its all savable. new rods and bearings, rings too.

now the concensus is running towards machining crap still in the oil galleys, but i dont know. it made #4 bad, and #3 had a groove cut into the bearing as well, but not the crank journal.... it couldnt have been crap pumping thru the oil pump for #3, or it would be on #2 and #1 as well.

seems they think it spun right away but we did not hear it until it got a little worn....

whatever, its savable so that is what matters.

block is being gone thru right now, crank is being ground right now. gonna refinish the bores, new machining equipment. this guy does a plateau brush hone after its all said and done. knocks the high stuff off the crosshatches, and they get full seal on rings by second pull instead of 5-6 or whatever. just a really fine micro finish step. as i said before, this guy builds 1000whp BMW street car motors for HorsePowerFreaks, he knows what he is about. he can do cool stuff with port work like radius the seats instead of multi angle valve job, you have a smooth rounded edge for better flow.... that kind of stuff.

[xpalendocious]

longest that this thread hasnt been updated?

[speeding-g60]

oh i did update, huh

parts are all done ordered, awaiting shipment and reassembly.

then back to dyno, and hopefully the track for one more >135mph pass for my 9 sec license.

i also made a radius rod to support the turbo, and have been workin some on my other race car. its gonna be a project. tube framed rabbit with mid-engine RWD 16vT with a Dodge A404 built auto trans. consistent brackets is the goal. would love a 10.80 index @ 130-132 mph. my wife could drive it

[zerb]

my wife could drive it

say it aint so.

id rather see chubs drive it