Getting the Laser ready for AutoX

[carltalon]

You can just buy a disk and reuse the pressure plate and flywheel.

[123abc]

Originally Posted by carltalon

You can just buy a disk and reuse the pressure plate and flywheel.

Thats what I was hoping.

I took the tranny into work last night after close and degreased the piss out of it and pressure washed it. It looks about 50 times better but it still has that aluminum varnish that won't come off without some scrubbing. Is there a trick to getting it off easy or will a sandblasting take care of it?

[123abc]

How harsh are 6 puck clutches really? I'm not asking from a dd point of view. I'm talking a fun car for weekends and nice days. I'm thinking about going with a stronger 6 puck disc instead of a street disc.

Here's some current status pics. Been working pretty slowly on it. Sanding the whole engine bay by hand is a pain in the ASS. I've just got a few more holes to sand down to bear metal then I'll be slapping on the bondo.



I modified the engine mount and am quite happy with the clean look. I'm not leaving that paint on there, I shot it on to test out a color and to see how my mount looks:



Here is the transmission all cleaned up:





Here is the one issue with the china e3 compressor housing:



If you look closely, you can see the wastegate is put up flush where it's suppose to be bolted. However, the wastegate arm is too long to keep the flapper closed 100%. I'm thinking some spacers on the wg actuator mount will do the trick with some longer bolts.

[123abc]

Any body got any good advice on disc types? This is the disc I'm getting now that I sold my nt transmission:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XTD-6...3A1|240%3A1318

Take note in the sprung center spring retainers. Almost the whole spring is covered so that will hopefully do away with my past problem. 6 puck should hold more power too. I'm just curious on the driveability.