Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
Jesus.... I have a pdr guy if you're interested, i only let him touch my car and his price is good too, I hope you didn't report to insurance yet because that doesn't look good at all.
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
ugh :( damn more guys getting hit.....Leave a comment:
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
We had hail several times however the hail was just slightly larger than peas so no damage thankfully!Leave a comment:
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
God damnit this is starting to piss me off. So many nice vehicles getting damaged! :(Leave a comment:
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
It’s been a while hey - still have a decent sized to-do list but I’ve been renovating my house and completely neglecting the car. I’ll def post up when I’m back at it though.Leave a comment:
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
Made some progress on the exhaust - I decided on race mufflers for their straight through design but used two (a smaller one after the resonator and a bigger one just before the tail-pipe) to get the sound levels down to where I want them.
Pipe clamps made from two pieces of steel angle and a pair of bar-clamps I had...
Ran just the resonator and small muffler for a while...
Reworked the bends around the differential and got the exhaust a little closer to the exhaust cut out...
Here’s an OEM mid-span bracket that didn’t make it into my parts pile somehow. Might buy one to see if it will work - PN: 8N0253461C...
Stainless hanger positioning at the back muffler was probably the fussiest part of the exhaust fab - have one on each end of the muffler...
Muffler secured in position with tail-pipe centred in the cut out...
Still need to weld in some mid-span hangers and the exhaust tip but it’s getting pretty close. The stainless Torco clamp behind the muffler is pretty lame compared to the OEM sleve-clamps so I’ll swap it out - it doesn’t seal completely and is pretty thin. The exhaust is really close to the CV boot on the driver’s side of the diff so I’ll put some heat wrap on that too.Last edited by All_Euro; 07-30-2017, 11:07 AM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
Clarification: when I checked the clutches before install they did have pressure on them still. Not full pressure but it took some effort to move the driveshaft so not ideal.
Stepped out into my garage yesterday to install the diff...
Install went well and the subsequent test drive resulted in some tail-happy cornering... nearly shed a tear I was so happy. Really slow U-turns are a touch grabby. It's minor but it is there so I'll add a bit of viscosity modifier to the Haldex oil when I have a chance.Last edited by All_Euro; 07-30-2017, 10:45 AM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...
The holes at the top right and bottom left are for bolts but here are how the openings in the controller housing relate to the Regulating Valve - top opening in the valve feeds the top and bottom openings in the housing. Lower opening in the valve feeds the middle opening in the housing which is where the point of the awl is...
So with the lower opening in the valve or the middle hole in the housing blocked, full pressure / clutch lock should happen. The initial test went well - the clutches locked up as I was hoping and when I checked the clutches about an hour later they had depressurized... will try again tomorrow and then hopefully install and test for real.Last edited by All_Euro; 07-30-2017, 10:44 AM.Leave a comment:
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