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G Force sell a CV upgrade kit for my driveshafts, using stronger Porsche units.

Then I’ll just get my original shafts machined down and I’ll be good to go!

Gary when you measured up for driveshafts, did you do it once the subframe was back in the car, or before you installed it?

So the arms are now complete, i just have the issue of the driveshafts. Has anyone ever had custom length ones made?

The car will be running some pretty serious rubber, and I would like shafts that can cope with a few decent launches at the strip etc.

Do the trumpets have mesh on them? If they do could you swap to finer stuff? Or would it reduce airflow.

Mentions poor filtration from the intake. Are you going to try and find a solution to that or just keep changing the oil?

I’m not one for tacky stickers / plastic dip but that HRT scheme you did looks killer! Nice work mate.

Great work mate, the shame about these small details is most people will never notice and appreciate the time, effort and skill required for these sorts of little pieces.

Another reason why in depth threads are the best way to look at someone else’s build. 

Thanks mate, ended up with the Castrol high temp bearing stuff.

Got the bearings pressed in.

Also got the handbrake assembly’s fitted up after cleaning and painting the arms. They were supposed to be gloss black but the paint can lied to me and they’ve come out satin, oh well will only get covered in dirt and grime anyway.

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Did not try heat, just wanted it done asap. Was easier to run them up to the old man’s work real quick Will try sticking the spindles in the freezer to shrink them down when re assembly begins. Just need to clean up the arms and paint them gloss black.

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Back from work so a bit more progress has been made, have stripped both sets of arms down, removed the spindles and not the VS arms are currently at a workshop having new bearings fitted.

What the arms look like with the spindles removed.

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You could run them with a standard spring / shock mate, a lot of effort though.

I run camber adjustable control arm bushes in my setup, that do exactly the same thing, just not as much adjustment.

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Hey mate, did you do the T400 conversion into the calais yourself?

Was it tricky, or does it all bolt in pretty easy, i assume you cant drive it without a tune etc first.

Unrelated comment mate, I looked through your thread but couldn’t find anything.

Where abouts have you mounted your fuel system? And are the pumps noisy where you placed them?

What tyres are you running on the rear mate? From memory they’re just a set of ordinary Federals or something?

Might be time for some softer / stickier rubber.

Yours are a different story gaz man.

My wheels you can purchase in a 19X10 + 20 haha. So I wouldn’t need custom made wheels. But I’d rather change them up a bit anyways. Something 3 pc, polished lip, gunmetal centres. Just hard to find a style I love haha. I’m way to picky.

Wow that guy does some awesome work.

Might look a bit odd with dish on the rear not the front though.

Sooooo

Has it run a 10 yet

Only problem with concave, is the fronts almost always end up looking flat faced compared to the rears, and a lot of wheels designed with concave in mind look crap when they’re really flat.

So the plan is hopefully something with a bit of dish and concave. It takes me months to decide on a set of wheels haha :(

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Only problem with concave, is the fronts almost always end up looking flat faced compared to the rears, and a lot of wheels designed with concave in mind look crap when they’re really flat.

So the plan is hopefully something with a bit of dish and concave. It takes me months to decide on a set of wheels haha :(

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Only problem with concave, is the fronts almost always end up looking flat faced compared to the rears, and a lot of wheels designed with concave in mind look crap when they’re really flat.

So the plan is hopefully something with a bit of dish and concave. It takes me months to decide on a set of wheels haha :(

Recently SSR SP4’s looked…[Read more]

The Gforce items are designed for more tyre clearance, the suspension geometry remains the same, and the camber would also remain the same. If you were to fit those, you’d also need to weld in the brackets that change the mounting position of the arms to the subframe that Gary has linked above.