The Mendeola is a go!, it's here!! pix included now Options

[byndbad914]

Been a lot of phone calls, etc and in fact I UPS'd my starter to them to verify fitment. My big issue was how in the hell I am going to mount a starter on the transaxle that doesn't hang way below the car (an inverted VW/Porsche bellhousing puts the starter at 6 o'clock on my car and means I would be dragging the solenoid on the ground).

Then they had this puppy left in stock - apparently they only made a couple of them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif) just moves the starter to the other side of what I have.



sssooooo, the sequential dog geared monster transaxle just might be a go for me!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) Laid under the car last night to make sure it looks like it will work, and this thing might be "money"! He is going to take some pix with my starter installed today as a final verification - if it all looks good then "it's on".

My current setup... notice starter should just move to the drivers side but remain parallel to ground



I'm sorta gloating I know... but I have literally talked to them for 4 yrs now on and off waiting for them to get an LSD setup that I liked, etc etc and this trans apparently is using the same LSD style as the Vipers and so forth.

Don't even ask price... OMFG am I gonna pay for this one for awhile (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) but will look like this smiley the whole time I am driving it (notice only pulls shifter in one direction, no mo' H crap) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)

And got my new Excellence last night - the same day I got the pic above - and page 161 = Going Sequential (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) It's a sign from God hhahaha (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[byndbad914]

Andys - I am still chasing both the track and the car. I am chasing the car a lot - I have been making changes in small increments trying to match the track and I am getting there but I have yet to feel comfortable in the car on the track frankly. I had a few spins last year (and this is the only car I have ever spun BTW) and it is just the old setup and new track. I am also chasing the track but I really feel it is due to my discomfort with the car setup - hard to get the track without having a stable car for me.

I am getting to the point the car is soft enough I need to consider fixes to the suspension for more travel. That is in the works this winter as well - I will be relocating the rear shock mounts for sure and getting the longest springs available in 2.25"diam (9") and am looking into making new front susp upper mount plates to gain another 1/2" tho' I may need to drill a couple holes in the hood to let the strut nut protrude through. I have quite a bit of front travel now but I raised the car to do that and really want to lower it down 1" in the front and 3/4" in the rear.

This new trans will be geared much lower than the 930 - I haven't used fourth gear in the car since Willow Springs and even then at only speeds above 140mph so I am gearing down. I topped out around 155-160 at WSIR and maybe 130mph at Pueblo, so I am gearing the trans for 155mph at redline 4th for the small diam rears, and should I travel to a track with a long stretch in it I can go up to the 25.3" diam rears and hit 170mph. The new track they are building much closer to Brant and I has a stretch that is only 200ft longer than Pueblo according to the guy I spoke to there, so I am not expecting much above 135mph there either.

Brant - werd. That -4 is hauling, and that -6, holy crap. I would be really interested in just knowing how soft (or conversely, maybe stiff) the suspension setup is on those car. Also I am hearing guys are running lower tire pressures than I am so I might have some time there and arguably a softer overall spring rate in the sidewalls.

I have been dicking with springs and sway bar settings so much the fine tuning of tire pressures hasn't been much on my radar. I have been going down a psi here and there and getting better tho'. I am down 4psi from Ho's recommendation in 3 track days for instance. I was going to soften the front tires last time to get more grip and then broke the shifter so that is yet to come.

All that little stuff that I am sure a guy that has built cars to run that track has learned a long time ago. Spinning a couple times has sorta rattled my confidence so once I get the car stable and get confidence back that will get me a lot right there I suspect. I am always juuusst a bit off in the corners not wanting to spin and risk an accident with another driver. 2mph in every corner is 2 seconds and that could easily be lost by my reservations.

Last track day I was the only guy on the track when I ran the 43 for instance and a lot of it was my willingness to push a little harder since I had no fear of T-bone if I spun. Then the understeer really reared its head which of course is severely limiting for speed.