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... are bound to occur when undertaking a project as weird as this. I was excited at the prospect of mating motor to gearbox and posting a picture, but there is an issue preventing me from doing so.
The measurement on my calipers should read 16.4mm. It appears the machinist who produced my hub was not aware of the dimensions I submitted for the flywheel hub adapter length. As a result, the flywheel hub adapter is 16mm too long and I'm unable to squeeze the flywheel/clutch assembly into the gearbox bell-housing without producing a gap between the mating surfaces.
The fix should be simple: take hub to local machinist and have them lop 16mm off the inside. I doubt this will happen before everyone checks out for turkey day so the project will stagnate. In the between time, I will focus my efforts on other tasks to ready the vehicle. More updates to come
that low center of gravity is awesome, will this be using ACD? how will the awd react?
No ACD.
I read the blog of a guy who put an 11" DC motor in a subaru WRX. He was able to pull away from a stop in any gear (1-5). He primarily used 3rd for city driving and 5th for highway. 1st and 2nd were too snappy and 4th wasn't necessary. I believe the final drive in his WRX was 3.7. It would be interesting to see how the evo would behave with a 3.0 final drive or something similar.
I read the blog of a guy who put an 11" DC motor in a subaru WRX. He was able to pull away from a stop in any gear (1-5). He primarily used 3rd for city driving and 5th for highway. 1st and 2nd were too snappy and 4th wasn't necessary. I believe the final drive in his WRX was 3.7. It would be interesting to see how the evo would behave with a 3.0 final drive or something similar.
My mind is blown, this project makes you really look at how things profoundly change. I also imagine you have to seal of the hood heat extractor and seal of the underbody. Keep it up really enjoy the updates.
This is just SO insanely cool! I have to say I have the utmost respect for you. You could have gone out and just gotten somebody's street Evo and gutted it, but you went out and got one that had been left for dead, and resurrected it! Now it has a Jarvik-7 in there instead of the 4G63 pumper it was born with...
Please let us know when you're ready to share this with us Raleigh/Triangle guys. I know many of us will be excited to see it!
