alright - here goes. KL-P5-take2

[CR3 Motorsports]

Sick!!!!!!!!!

 

[ihone]

Thanks! Loving it now that it's not just "quick" but it's "Mighty-quick".

 

[Lewis7789]

You're my hero!

Looks great! Now I'll harass you for videos.

 

[ihone]

videos will come - but I need to take care of a few things first.

1.) Shift Shaft Seal - it's leaking gear oil pretty bad. Bad enough that after a night of (censored to keep the anti-street-racing pplz happy), I opened the hatch to find it completely covered in oil droplets. wiped and sure enough....it's gear oil.
2.) both axle seals - they're leaking but not nearly as bad as above.
3.) Intermediate shaft bearing - you can feel the vibes coming from that way....either that or the axle/cv is about to take a dump.
4.) AC! I have to get this AC working....another summer without AC and my wife/kiddos are going to chemically castrate me!

 

[ihone]

I've actually been looking at running different style endlinks due to the fact that the coilovers I have do not have endlink tabs. Possibly using a different style endlink that bolts in the stock bar mounting point - then turn 90* to point down. In turn - run them through a hole in the control arm to bolt to. Kind of like a mustang setup with a 90* turn at the top.

I know it wouldn't be near the top of the strut, so I'd lose a bit of functionality - but do you think it'd be worth the trouble??

 

[ihone]

got a quick recording of this morning after taking my wife to work..

couldn't put the screws to her too badly - after all .... it was 5AM. So, sub-6k granny-shifting ftw!
http://s23.photobucket.com/user/ihone/media/Video_zps825622af.mp4.html

 

[JaLMP5]

If the cops ever pull you over, you could tell them with a serious face that you were going 0mph according to your speedo. (five-0) ---> (boom04) ---> (drive2)

 

[ihone]

good ol' FSDE>KL>ATX>MTX swappage...... dunno if the gauge clusters are different for the atx/mtx p5's, but the speedo has never worked. verified that the vss is putting out the correct stuff - just hasn't ever read anything on the speedo.

I'm taking the leap of faith, and taking the car to the shop today. Going to see David at Kozmic Motorsports to let him diagnose my boost issues and look at assisting me with the megasquirt install/dyno tuning.

 

[Lewis7789]

Does your P5 have ABS? In the silver P5 swap I simply retained the ABS and the speedo worked. In the black P5 I retained the speedo sensor from the P5 wiring harness and am praying it will still work.

Sweet video, btw.

 

[Sport23]

^This. ABS cars get the speed from the wheel sensor. Non-ABS cars get the signal from the VSS in the trans. You need to stay with the system that your car originally had.

 

[JaLMP5]

I'm not positive but I think the ATX uses the speed sensor that's on the back right of the trans, so switching between the ATX to MTX would have caused the speedometer to stop working. I'm not sure if adding the ABS sensors would allow him to utilize the speedometer since it's not wired for it to begin with. Don't quote me on this, since I'm just trying to remember something I read a year ago.

 

[JaLMP5]

^This. ABS cars get the speed from the wheel sensor. Non-ABS cars get the signal from the VSS in the trans. You need to stay with the system that your car originally had.

You took away my spotlight!!!! DAMN YOU!!! LOL, but looks like I was right

 

[ihone]

nope. Non-ABS.

I've tried plugging the VSS into the speedo-feed.....but nothing. I do know that the ATX had a different sensor compared to the MTX version - which in turn lead me to the possibility of the ATX vs MTX speedo's being of different feeds.

 

[ihone]

ok - it's MUCH faster now. Found my boost leak....which was a 90* coupler that split along it's seam and was hidden from plain-sight.

I have some Mexican Highway runs tonight too......I'll try and get some videos.

 

[Lewis7789]

Glad to see you got your trans swapped out okay too. (I stalk you...)

 

[ihone]

not much of an update- I polished those MS6 wheels and gave em some lovin:
How they turned out eventually:

Front finished / Rear still raw polished look:

 

[JaLMP5]

Did you clear them after? I can't imagine doing all that work for it to go to waste first rain fall. Looks good though.

 

[ihone]

I waxed the snot out of them.

I did find a high-temp 2K clear though - but the issue is that it is a tad yellow and gets worse with age.

 

[ihone]

got the tranmission done (new trans, new shaved flywheel, new ACT 6-puck clutch, trans saver on trans to keep it from breaking the case again). Had some issues with overheating after the trans replacement - so I went ahead and replaced the waterpump, timing belt, tensioner, and thermostat. Drained all the fluids and replaced them all (what a PITA!) and found that my car wasn't overheating....it was reading incorrectly due to me missing a ground. Replaced the ground and went for a joyride:
[video]http://s23.photobucket.com/user/ihone/media/Video_zps5940e1ce.mp4.html[/video]
A little 2nd-4th pull, granny shifting and not pushing it too hard due to the new clutch.

 

[RicoP5]

Maybe we do a swap like this to my p5 down the road

Looking good man!