had a great day at willow springs but i broke the throw out bearing during qualifiy in my mr in a qualifying session... i was third behing a m3 and a 2003 camaro... i think we were all under the track record...
has anyone heard of throw out bearing problems...
and also.... i can delete my ac.... i would love to lose some weight off the nose of the car.... how do you delete the pump... what do you do with the belt...thanks....
santos.....
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You can delete the AC if you would like. However, i would run an idler pulley in its place. While we cant confirm the idea or not, it seems that running a short belt may put more of the tension on the center of the power steering pump shaft. We thought this could have been the problem with the 25 hour car, thats why we put the AC back in....but then it broke that too, so it seems that the demotic harmonic was just against us that day.

In any event, good luck with the rest of the season.

 

i also want to get rid of my ac.. i heard that it saves 40 lbs from a previous post on evom.

 

Buy a belt from an Evo RS with no AC and use that instead of the stock belt. While I understand the theory Dustin, I have to agree to disagree. I find it had to believe that would cause the failure, but I could be wrong.

- Steve

 

hey dude i was the guy with the black evo at the shop u were there..sorry to hear about the bearing..

 

Here's a very good thread with A/C removal and weight information.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...3&page=1&pp=15

 

hey leif... the car ran great.... had a little push.... but it was fast... i was right with the m3 and the track record holder camaro.....so im going to play with the camber and air pressures and drop some weight off the nose and we should be good.....

 

good to hear man....whens the next race?

 

I had mine removed last week, and track tested it at Thunderhill last saturday. No problems so far. The belt that should be used is a JDM part that the JDM EVO RS uses. I got mine at WORKS. In general, it was a shorter belt. I weighed everything (as best I could)....about 30lbs. On the track, however, it was steady-state cornering all the way. Very neutral (but that's probably more because of the suspension tuning).
Anyway, use the JDM EVO RS accessory belt if you intend to remove the AC.

 

I vote for no AC all the way.