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Topic Started: Sep 24 2013, 06:37 PM (56,786 Views)
ZXTjato
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Plenty of life left in this tire....
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pvr007
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yeah i have 4.10, 4.39 plus 12 inch wheels must really wake the car up, only problem is that the 12 inch have no grip, that plus they loos really small with the side skirts installed. Plus i already have the 14 inch wheels. Later on ill just upgrade to the 4.39.
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t3ragtop
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put it on the other side of the car. :P
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t3ragtop
Apr 14 2014, 05:30 PM
put it on the other side of the car. :P
Other side wears the inner also, I can't get the bolts loose to align the car so I've had this problem since I got it. Adding extra weight added to the rate of tire wear. It's cool tho I guess because I can burn up some junk tires.
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ZXTjato
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pvr007
Apr 14 2014, 05:29 PM
yeah i have 4.10, 4.39 plus 12 inch wheels must really wake the car up, only problem is that the 12 inch have no grip, that plus they loos really small with the side skirts installed. Plus i already have the 14 inch wheels. Later on ill just upgrade to the 4.39.
Yea the 12" wheels don't have much grip but sometimes that can be the fun in a corner, get that rush when a 35mph turn gets a little squirmy and you push the gas feather the clutch bring her back under contro. And mind you all this fun was at a break neck 35 mph. Launch is kinda awful on 12" as well, got to gingerly pinky toe the clutch at the feel of any slip for the perfect gate start. Just mashing the gas the tires break free. You will love the 4:39 trans it is so much fun, shifting 2-4 gears are the best, close together rpm hardly changes. Shifting the trans pressing the clutch hearing the motor is the thill I seem to never ever get tired of.
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Metromightymouse
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You might put some sound deadening tape on the bowl to absorb some of the vibrations.
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Apr 14 2014, 10:54 PM
You might put some sound deadening tape on the bowl to absorb some of the vibrations.
Yea I may not be able to use the bowls because they are kinda flexible I mean they are plastic after all. The fiber glass is something I will need to practice with more. I just hate to waste money because I can't do something, waste resin waste fiber stuff, but oh well I can't learn if I don't try.

The bowl I did in 1 layer of fiberglass seems quite rigid so maybe a layer of fabric like suggested and then a layer of fiberglass and I'll see how it works out. I have four 6" speakers I wanted in the hatch window mounted to a beam across the back, that's why the "cool" Fiberglas enclosures
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Watch more You Tubes about fiberglassing and go for it. ^o) Planning, :news patience, :tumbleweed and perseverance :gamerz is key. :thumb It will turn out great. :cheers
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Zxt, it may seem like a waste of resin and cloth, but the learning is golden. Most of what I know is self taught, and I have scrapped lots of projects in the process. The drive that you have to try stuff like this will get you where you want to be, and my personal opinion is that it will be faster and better than a trade school. People poked fun at me as I did the same things that you are doing, but none of them were learning or doing anything. Now those guys have to pay me when they need something done right.
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ZXTjato
Apr 15 2014, 07:29 AM
Metromightymouse
Apr 14 2014, 10:54 PM
You might put some sound deadening tape on the bowl to absorb some of the vibrations.
Yea I may not be able to use the bowls because they are kinda flexible I mean they are plastic after all. The fiber glass is something I will need to practice with more. I just hate to waste money because I can't do something, waste resin waste fiber stuff, but oh well I can't learn if I don't try.

The bowl I did in 1 layer of fiberglass seems quite rigid so maybe a layer of fabric like suggested and then a layer of fiberglass and I'll see how it works out. I have four 6" speakers I wanted in the hatch window mounted to a beam across the back, that's why the "cool" Fiberglas enclosures
let me know if you need some help, videos online are ok but nothing beats real hands on experience.
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Old Man


Go to thrift stores and see if you can find the metal cones that are used on light fixtures. Kinda rare but I have seen some the size you want for a buck or so each.
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Ok so I took my product off my mold and tried to make the "rim" of the enclosure. The bowel turned out decent but needs to be thicker next round of trial. I was going to try to makers rim and the bowel then put the pices together, so when this cures up I'll see what I get.
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A while ago I bought some hard stainless steel bolts and brass washers for my SRD under drive pulley. Well I dust have a wrench that fit the bolts, so I found this little guy in my tool box I cut it down an use a 5mm socket so now I can use a socket wrench :thumb
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Yea, there is something about corrosion resistant parts that just makes me :drool
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ZXTjato
Apr 15 2014, 07:24 PM
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A while ago I bought some hard stainless steel bolts and brass washers for my SRD under drive pulley. Well I dust have a wrench that fit the bolts, so I found this little guy in my tool box I cut it down an use a 5mm socket so now I can use a socket wrench :thumb
Ingenuity! They do sell those kind of thing already built that way, but good for you making do with what you have!
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