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so, i gave this DSS place a call and they said i have two options:
1. they can make an mx-3 axle with a bigger 323 hub on the outer end to fit my wheel. price: $600. shipped to my house in 8-10 weeks.
2. they can make a custom axle specially for my application. price: $800. shipped to my house probably within 2 weeks. this will probably be the stronger of the two.
what do you guys think?
800 is a good price for axles, I'm guessing these are also going to be able to with stand higher number of hp/tq would guess around the 600 range
yeah. he asked how much power i was making, i told him my motor is stock besides the basic i/h/e. he said i could try the first ones. hes not guaranteeing they wont break but they have a one year warranty. so idk. the problem is still, they might need to be shortened a little, and i forgot to mention that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kfzemx3
Go with the custom ones, will handle more power and seems like a safer bet if the shop is telling you they might still break. And being that people snap stock axles with Ze's its a better bet just all together. Plus I mean 800 over 600, its just 200 for a better product.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeeAOne
yeah true. thats like 2 paychecks for me too. but who said a swap would be cheap right? lol
yea i say stick with option 2 and just give them a measurement for lenght.... but now u know how i feel about expensive shit
damn louis car is coming along nicely! cant wait to see this thing on the road!
mx6
Nbody ever said being different was cheap louis!
yesterday i went to the pull a part in conley and grabbed the whole front suspension assembly off a 94 323. BG chassis.
got some good news and bad news.
good news: the whole assembly seems to be a direct bolt on, amazingly. but the thing that im scared about since it seems to have went in so easy, does every bg have the spline count i need? i got the stuff from a 94 hatch. even the tie rod ends bolt up, and look like they will be straight with just an alignment.
all the did for the struts was simply slap the bf top hat on the bg strut.
bad news: the axle nuts are frozen solid in the hubs. im going to have to take them to a shop to get them out. hopefully wont be too much pain in the ass. but since they are in there, i went ahead and tested the length of axle. and the passenger side length is perfect. this all seems too good to be true. lol.
the driver side has not been touched yet since i need to get the nut off tomorrow, so i didnt bother putting it on.
whoever said the thing about bg hubs with bf struts was right, when one hole lines up, the other is slightly off.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10702.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10708.jpg
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http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10714.jpg
also worked on getting my gauges set up. the finished product:
gotta have old school gauges with a BF. :)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10715.jpg
good work,cant wait till its finished.
man this is cool as shit your car was cool before so now it is really kick ass get it done man i want a ride asap
Late to the party but I'm here now. Keeping tabs on ya bro. :)
ay yo louie lookin good
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Originally Posted by DeeAOne
yea you will be golden with the BG hubs. BUT! there is 1 more small issue that happens sometimes with the swap in the BG. And using the gs axles with the bg front, Is that the axles will bind, because the MX3 GS is 30mm wider in the front. So you may need to get the mx3 GS lower Control Arms.
BUT! when i used the GS axles in my bg hubs/front suspension, i didnt have this issue. And a lot of people actually dont have this problem, its kind of sometimes it dont work...lol. but the bf might be different.. so i guess you wont know until u get the gs axles in..
http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/sho...t=axle+binding
Thanks guys.
And joe, all bg chassis have the spline I need right? I'm about to head to a shop to get the nuts off as we speak.
yea.. escort gt and protege,323.. but remember the mx3 isnt bg, its Ec, and the 4cyl axles from the mx3 Rs i believe have same spline count..Quote:
Originally Posted by DeeAOne
That's all I needed to know. :goodjob:
i finally got both axles out, so i went out tonight and got the passenger side done tonight. here is how it sits with the wheel turned straight. its not too bad. looks like ill be able to straighten it out with just an alignment. ill have a 4x100 lug pattern on the front for now.
this is a stock bg strut on ebay springs, no sleeves.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10724.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10720.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10719.jpg
im probably going to have to put a spacer between the tie rod ball joint and the spindle. it will not get tight enough to keep the tie rod from moving before the actual spindle and wheel turns.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10725.jpg
the hub swap on this side actually wasnt that hard. the bottom two holes that bolt the spindle to the control arm are slightly off between bf and bg. i just took a decent sized drill bit and widened it up.
next, driver side. :)
shits badass.... i just hope those axles work.....:goodjob:
tell mike to get u some new tie rods! he can fit those in his pocket!
lol hmmm :ninja:
MIA bit! wtf updates?
is that my bottlecap?
maybe... :ninja:
lol nice. you need another one!!
i got the other one from sterling. so ill have the black ones on the back, and bottlecaps on the front for now.
baller!
bit dont hateQuote:
Originally Posted by 94ej2
alright. so today i got the other side finished. im definitely going to have to do something about the tie rod ends. im going to see if i can bring the bf ones out a little bit more. if not, ill just go with the bg ones like everyone was saying.
has some serious camber and toe issues, lol. the weird thing is, sometimes it sits fine and sometimes it looks crazy like this. it makes no sense to me.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10726.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10727.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...1/SDC10728.jpg
hopefully buying axles this week for it! if i have enough cash left over from buying books for school. :(
uhhhh ^^ loui i dont think thats susposed to look like that......
dom im just following the stupid camber trend! its the thing to do these days. :rolleyes:
just adjust the toe, and you will be good. but if they are split and messed up like u said, u might as well get new ones, i think they are like 13$ new.. i had soem on warranty.. but i doubt its still active.
lol true true just be safe man:goodjob:Quote:
Originally Posted by DeeAOne
uuuhhh i think somethin is wrong with your toe and camber... :thinking:
damn man! cant wait to see this thing running
how am i hating? i guess telling him bottlecap=baller is hate?Quote:
Originally Posted by SlenderEG6
u know u want some lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 94ej2
are you alright?Quote:
Originally Posted by SlenderEG6
Dee, are you actually 18? Your parents okay with all this? lol.
Does the hood close?