AJ's 5ive T

[Noj]

100k centre....wow, that's heavy.....watch for rear outdrive and pin wear, he said, kinda knowingly....

[.AJ.]

I ran 200k in the DBXL, but that had booted outdrives and cv joints, greased up with moly they showed little or no wear after 25L's. It's a shame the 5ive doesn't have them as stock

[Noj]

Agreed, although stock out drives and shafts aren't ridiculous money....

 

I'm dropping oil weight drastically for the rally rebuild, 15/30/5 is the initial plan....8s isn't exactly silly power for the 5ive

[.AJ.]

I'll probably upgrade to booted stuff in time, but I'll get my monies worth out the stock drivetrain first, spending mega money on Phatdad shafts and cups hasn't got the same appeal as shiny bling bling parts  

[scatteh316]

You may find that 100k in the centre is not enough on tarmac..... I did a tarmac bash with my X2 and it kept sending the majority of the power to the front and it was horrible to drive.

 

So I chucked 300,000k in the centre and it's much better.... I prefer off the line acceleration so well chuffed with how it launches off the mark.

[.AJ.]

Cheers I'll bare that in mind, I'm planing to gear the crap out of this for ROSSA later in the year, but I'll probably run a damper/locker in the center instead of the diff 

[supersavage]

3 minutes ago, .AJ. said:

I'll probably upgrade to booted stuff in time, but I'll get my monies worth out the stock drivetrain first, spending mega money on Phatdad shafts and cups hasn't got the same appeal as shiny bling bling parts  

 

They may not have the same appeal as shiny bits but they are worth every penny of their high price tag. I only ever ran a pair on the front of my truck as I had bent a couple of front stock drive shafts, never had an issue again with the phatdad ones also the pins that come with them last a very long time compared to the stock ones.

[scatteh316]

I've only sheared a CVD pin and a single dog bone pin..... I must start driving harder....

[.AJ.]

 

6 minutes ago, supersavage said:

 

They may not have the same appeal as shiny bits but they are worth every penny of their high price tag. I only ever ran a pair on the front of my truck as I had bent a couple of front stock drive shafts, never had an issue again with the phatdad ones also the pins that come with them last a very long time compared to the stock ones.

 

 

Cool, once the stock stuff wears or breaks I will upgrade it 

[.AJ.]

The replacement clutch housing from Bartolone arrived today, I'll stick the old one on my ESP Race 32 

[Oh How Original]

You've got two engines?.. Or have I misunderstood?

[.AJ.]

Yep, the engine I ran in the DBXL, it's only a long block at the mo, I pinched the carb, intake, coil and starter to go on the Bart 

[Oh How Original]

I wondered why I didn't remember seeing you switch, so the Bart is a 34 (Fullmod?) and the 32 is an ESP Race ported?

Did you run the Bart in the DBXL at all then or is it brand new still?

[.AJ.]

Yea the Bart is like a Full Mod, I compared the porting to the ESP Race and the Bart has more extreme porting on the exhaust and the transfer ports have been opened up loads, also the Bart has smaller squish than a normal G340, it's 33.8cc according to Mr Bartolone, were as a normal G340 is 34.02cc. It's never been run, but it will be started as soon as the exhaust turns up 

[Oh How Original]

Ahh that certainly explains it then, ta, I was just a bit confused, I thought you'd put a 34cc kit on your ESP 32, then kept seeing the Bart mentioned and just wasn't sure

How did the ESP shift in your DBXL? I don't remember seeing a video of it, although I may well have done.

[.AJ.]

Here you go

 

 

 

That gearing was bang on 45mph on-road at ROSSA 

[Oh How Original]

Cheers matey, sorry for clogging the thread btw

[.AJ.]

Exhaust out for delivery today, but Yodel have it, so it's a guessing game if it will turn up or not  

[Harris2258]

Yes that's v

49 minutes ago, .AJ. said:

Exhaust out for delivery today, but Yodel have it, so it's a guessing game if it will turn up or not  

Wry true 

[.AJ.]

Tbh I've never really had much issue with them, but their reputation precedes them  

[Leo]

2 hours ago, .AJ. said:

Tbh I've never really had much issue with them, but their reputation precedes them  

 

They dumped my Losi 5ive Mini WRC outside my house while no one was home.

[.AJ.]

Sounds about right  

[.AJ.]

Anyway, while I'm waiting for the exhaust I thought I would fit a couple parts I've had turn up....

 

Turtle Air Box so I can run a larger Baja style air filter

 

 

And a Dynamite servo arm for the T/B servo 

 

[Oh How Original]

Stupid question possibly, does any cage or anything need to be removed to fit that TR air filter box thing or is it not that intrusive?

[.AJ.]

No mods need at all mate, saves killing an engine in a big side on hit as well