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I've always wondered about that dry differential... what sort of service interval would you get with it until it chewed itself up?

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That's awesome. I wonder what the train of thought was that lead to using a plunger...

New plunger bought for the purpose!!

Is this a common method of keeping grease on open diffs? Or did you think of it yourself?

By the looks of it, that it one cool custom mod. Another everyday thing turned into something that works.

How hard would it have been to make a rear wheel drive car and just weld the diff? Just like a go-kart.

I was at Disney World watching the car stunt show and the engines sounded aweful revvy. Although they are Honda Civics they are powered by 'Busa engines.

Did you ever get it registered? If you ever head up this way I could help you register it here they only check the vin and you dont have smog

Cool busa engines you say:) I was in Disney wold in Paris a couple of years ago, and saw the show. Believed them to be powered by some kind of Open engine like na2,0l or something.. Was real fun, got to be a part of the show actually


Nice metro btw! Must bee real fun watching that rev meter fly!

That was sooo nice!!! I can only fantasize how a new busa engine should pull a swift.

Hello all. Here are a few update photos. I welded some mounts for a tow bar onto the stock tow hooks. I put some vented rotors off an LSI on the car. I also snagged the swaybars fromt he LSI and will have those on before the track day a week from tomorrow. I gotta say the car is pretty easy to work on since so much of the original equipment has been removed. The biggest PITA was converting to 12x1.50 wheel studs so I could bolt on the Acura/Sterling wheels I got at the junkyard. They require special lug nuts that are not available in 12x1.25 so I had to go back to the yard and find studs that would work. These are off a DaeWoo!

I thought up the diff thing myself. I figure if I can keep it greased it should hold up a bit longer. I am still looking for a spare.

That's way cool! I want to do something like that but with an electric motor so I can have a hybrid.

Anyway, I was wondering what your itensions were for the project. Where you trying to gain performance? Were you successsful?

Nice updates man, love the custom tow bar you made. Hey, DevNik, how did you end up part of the show?

I bought it with the motor already in it. It's a race car. It's faster than a stock one I can say that. We'll see how it stacks up on the track this weekend.

they picked put some random people from the audience, me and some mates were luckily chosen!

Cool, what did you do beside drive a souped up car?

So what do you do about reverse? Just walk it backwards?

DOH!

The solution is.... Nothing!!! I push it out of the garage. I tow it to the track... If I need reverse I make some friends.

Update:

The car now has front and rear swaybars. The tires come in tomorrow and I hope they fit. 195 50 15. Some fender work may be needed... Pix to follow.

lol, the friends become the reverse. Let's see those pics.

Rims and tires are on. They fit. The 15's sure feel heavy compared to the 12"ers. Tires are Hankooks, rims are off a Sterling (Acura rebrand).

Car is almost ready for track use. Just a couple little things now. Gotta wire the lights for towing...

Wow, they look good on it. Do they have a website to check out those rims? Car looks goods now with the hood on.

The rims are off a car like this. Sterling. They where a late 80's Acura Legend with more wood on the interior and a "British" heritage. Now they populate junkyards and donate their wheels to Swifts and Geos. One must use the Sterling/Acura lug nuts though, so converting to 12x1.50 lug studs in required.

The wheels where made by Speedline of Italy and are as stylish as they are heavy.

Well, they do look nice, but I think I will stay with the Koing Helium for light weight.

Those Konigs are nice. I could not find 15" in our bolt pattern. What size are you running?

What I like about the Sterling wheels is the $33 each price at the local Pick A Part! As the car develops I might spring for the good stuff later.