[s-cars] Da Green Monstah goes back to da dyno

[John Cody Forbes]

Are you sure you want hardened axles? The harder they are the more brittle they are. Personally I'd rather let them flex. The failure mode on most Audi axles I've seen is they bend. I'd rather bend one and limp home than BREAK one and have the two halves flailing around destroying things.

-Cody (mobile)

On Oct 15, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Hap Maguire <captmagu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Taka
> 
> The car is very easy to drive on the street. The power curve is so large that you don't have a sense of lag. The only real challenge is the clutch. Basically its a custom race clutch for the street that was concocted by Southbend with consultation from Dave Jones. For a hydraulic clutch its very heavy and Mr Jones specced it to hold 800 ft/lbs of torque. Nothing like the mechanical clutch on my Big Block Vette back in the day but stiff nonehteless. Its stiff but not grabby like a Spec. The turbo is at about 24 lbs of boost at 4500 rpm and full boost by 5000. The motor is making 300 ft/lbs at 4000 rpm. 
> 
> As far as the rest of the drivetrain, the tires are the fuse right now. They break loose quite readily. Having that fuse eases the strain on the rest of the drivetrain. We are taking a set of axles in to a shop to have them hardened and we'll install them this winter. The 6-speed CRB was rebuilt and I had everything hardened by Mr. Klugge in Germany before it was shipped to me.
> 
> Sick it is Taka.
> 
> Hap. wit dakine sickness not from Evahboost, Maguire
> 
> 
> On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> 
>> Congrats-
>> Just curious, what is the turbo lag like with that monster turbo- at what rpm does it spool, how broad is the torque curve?
>> 
>> Any issues with the rest of your drivetrain with that kind of power output? I know you're not drag racing the car, so I don't think you're snapping halfshafts, just wondering if your clutch and trans can withstand the power.
>> 
>> 755whp is sick.
>> 
>> Taka
>> 
> 
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