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Team3S Digest        Friday, November 19 1999        Volume 01 : Number 340




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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:01:54 -0500
From: "Gil Gomes" <gil@warpedweb.com>
Subject: Team3S: TurboZet, eRAM electric superchargers...

Bob:

    Did you ever go any further in designing a smooth
intake hose for the NT cars?  I had the same impression
when I installed the FIPK and took out the resonator.
The honeycomb is insuring clean, smooth air through
the MAF.... but beyond that to the throttle body, there's
nothing but turbulence. 

    Is the Super eRAM available at this time?  What are the
costs involved, and did it actually meat your initial impression
of 50%?  I'm trying to wring every last HP I can from my NT
and I just started looking at the turbozet, myself. 

    Matt at Dynamic Racing also mentioned that I may want
to look into a big bore throttle body as well. 

Thanx, Bob...
- -G

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 21:07:37 -0700
From: "Barry E. King" <beking@home.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S: Ground Control Kit in at last!

> 1. My castor is off a little in the front now (it's within spec, though),
> and there is no way to adjust it. So my alignment guy compensated for it
> with camber adjustments (please don't ask me to explain this front end
> magic). He said it would be good if I could find a camber adjustment plate
> that allowed castor adjustments too. Anybody been through this? What did
> you buy? Did it work?

GC makes a generic kit that requires four mounting holes rather than the
three of the stock setup.  If you don't mind drilling a few holes in the
front strut towers, these are a great deal and professional quality stuff.
Tein makes them but for more moolah and they might be hard to get.  Cusco
also makes them but for even more.  GC sells the Cusco too, which i think is
a direct bolt-on deal.  If you get the Cusco kit, ask GC to provide you with
a proper bearing for the top.  They'll know what you mean and they are
fairly cheap.  I bought the GC kit.  I can't comment on how well they work
since the car has been neglected for a while.  Keep in mind that these types
of mounts use pillow ball upper mounts and ride quality will be sacrificed
for better control and high speed stability.  Seems like a fair tradeoff
IMO.

Tein also makes upper pillow ball mounts for the rear of our cars but they
are not adjustable in any way.


> Rich/old poop/94 VR4/only slightly slammed


Barry

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:27:06 -0800
From: "Sam Shelat" <sshelat@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Team3S: Transaxle removal-a few q's

Check out www.wrenchead.com, they have a replacement made by borg warner for
about
$300 and TOB for $80


- -----Original Message-----
From: Rob Lewin <sdholo@hotmail.com>
To: stealth-3000gt@list.sirius.com <stealth-3000gt@list.sirius.com>
Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:41 AM
Subject: Team3S: Transaxle removal-a few q's


>ok, I'm going to take the plunge and attempt to remove the transaxle out of
>my '91 Stealth TT this weekend. As this is my first attempt, I'm hoping to
>benefit from the hard won wisdom of the list as to any tricks, traps and
>special tools I really should be aware of.
>
>I've been following the Clutch thread and the consensus seems that an OEM
>clutch will be best for my non modded car. Anybody know of a good supplier
>besides the dealers? I understand this is a good idea to swap out with the
>transaxle removal. Any special info there I should know of?
>
>I do have the shop manual, but they do assume that you're a professional
>mechanic and leave out a lot of steps. I'm planning on disassembly this
>weekend, buying the parts (seals, bearings, and if necessary a rebuilt
trans
>from md auto) next week, and reassembling the following weekend. Is this
>reasonable or are the parts going to be very hard to find?
>
>Thanks for the help!
>
>Rob Lewin
>'91 Stealth R/T TT
>
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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:43:57 -0800
From: "Jim Berry" <fastmax@home.com>
Subject: Re: Team3S: Ground Control Kit in at last!

> Barry King wrote:

> GC makes a generic kit that requires four mounting holes rather than the
> three of the stock setup.  If you don't mind drilling a few holes in the
> front strut towers, these are a great deal and professional quality stuff.
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This is the same setup that I have and I'm pleased with it --- however ----
the needle bearing just under the pillow ball is damaging the upper race.
Tony at GC sent me a replacement and it damaged the race in a matter
of 50 miles. If any one has occasion to remove the GC upper spring retainer
and bearing take a look to see if the race is damaged. This bearing is what
allows the spring to rotate without making that strange " sproinggg " sound.
I'm not sure if sproinggg has two or three g's.

Jim Berry  >>>          93 stealth TT ---- "arrest me red"
                       K&N FIPK -- Magnicore/.034" --- Blitz SSBC
                               --- GAB struts --- Stillen SS lines ---
                     GC/Eibach  600# F/350# R --- GC caster/camber plate
                             Yokohama  AVS  sport  255x40x17
                    Porsch/Brembo [ big red ] brakes --- KVR 315mm rotors
                              Roadrace engineering rear  strut tower
                       Gtech --- 0-60 = 4.75 -- 1/4 = 13.3 @ 110 mph
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:25:52 +0100
From: "R.G." <robby@swissonline.ch>
Subject: Team3S: SplitSecond ARC2-GP GroupPurchase

FYI, forwarded from the 3Si board :

Here's what we came up with for a group buy on the GT-PRO Split Second:

Normal Price $1049.00

Purchase Price with 15 people $949.00
Purchase Price with 25 People $899.00

For Details, please check out our website at www.dynamicracing1.com and look
under Monthly Specials or give us a call at (505) 430-4850.

Thanks,
Dan 'Dynamic Racing'
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 01:57:54 -0800
From: "Bob Forrest" <bf@bobforrest.com>
Subject: Team3S: OT: Autotrader.com buy/sell S/3k's...

Just a quick note for everybody's reference files...  I checked to
see if any S/3K's were for sale within 200 miles of the San
Francisco area.  I found 27 Stealths and 52 3000GTs in all years and
flavors.  Lots of private sellers.  Good fast site...
www.autotrader.com

F



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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:55:36 -0800
From: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@netapp.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S: Ground Control Kit in at last!

WHat?

You have one rear wheel with neg. camber, and the other with positive camber?

THAT has got to handle well..weird.  Will corner great when heeled over on the
neg wheel, but skid out from behind you on the pos camber wheel.

Who cares what caster is, caster just makes the 'feel' of the wheel different in
how the car wants to straighten itself out, and how large the 'dead zone' is at
the center of the wheel in turning transitions.

:-----Original Message-----
:From: Merritt [mailto:merritt@cedar-rapids.net]
:Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:34 PM
:To: Chris Winkley; 'Benson "elmagoo" Russell'; 3000GT Mailing
:Subject: RE: Team3S: Ground Control Kit in at last!
:
:
:. If it's a "little" out, you might choose to leave it alone
:and watch how
:the tires
:>wear. If it's a "lot" out, you should consider a kit.
:
:All parameters are within factory specs, but I can't get the
:same negative
:camber on both wheels because my alignment guy had to set one wheel
:slightly positive and one slightly negative to offset the
:castor. Still,
:all are within specs. Car drives OK, but I'd like to have a
:little negative
:camber all the way around.
:
:Rich/old poop
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 21:58:09 -0600
From: Merritt <merritt@cedar-rapids.net>
Subject: RE: Team3S: Ground Control Kit in at last!

At 05:55 PM 11/19/99 -0800, Mohler, Jeff wrote:
>WHat?
>You have one rear wheel with neg. camber, and the other with positive camber?

No, on the front. My mechanic went into a long dissertation on how to
correct castor by changing camber, but I didn't follow it all. Besides,
it's only a teeny bit off, and everything is within factory specs.

My problem is that I'd like to have negative camber on both fronts, and
I'll need a camber plate to get it AND cure the castor problem..
>
>Who cares what caster is, caster just makes the 'feel' of the wheel
different in
>how the car wants to straighten itself out, and how large the 'dead zone'
is at
>the center of the wheel in turning transitions.

Yep, my guy explained all that. But he said if I set up negative camber on
both fronts and ignored the excessive camber, the car would want to pull to
the left, or it wouldn't straighten up evenly on left turns, or something
awful. Like I said, I didn't quite follow the explanation. Setting an
alignment appears to be an arcane art.

Rich/old poop

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