Drivetrain Quaife
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Quaife
I took the plunge and installed a quaife in my 05 MCS JCW. My car was produced right before the factory LS option. Initial driving impressions are wonderful and I am surprised that the Quaife is great with either the traction control switched on or off. I am at WGI next month, so it will get the real test, but I am not expecting anything but smiles.
We did the job at my mechanic's shop and started about 5 PM. By midnight, we had the tranny out, open , Quaife inserted and the tranny back in. The next day by mid afternoon we finished the job.
Since I was adding the IE camber plates and Wilwood big brakes, we removed some parts that normally would not be removed for a Quaife job and of course, all these parts as well as a new alignment (for the camber plates) added time.
I have built 3 BMW Club Race cars as well as having done a ton of wrenching on my race cars and daily drivers, but this job was bigger than anything I had imagined. The amount of stuff that gets R&R'd is huge!!!
End result, is why did I wait so long???? Two motoring thumbs way up!
Vince
We did the job at my mechanic's shop and started about 5 PM. By midnight, we had the tranny out, open , Quaife inserted and the tranny back in. The next day by mid afternoon we finished the job.
Since I was adding the IE camber plates and Wilwood big brakes, we removed some parts that normally would not be removed for a Quaife job and of course, all these parts as well as a new alignment (for the camber plates) added time.
I have built 3 BMW Club Race cars as well as having done a ton of wrenching on my race cars and daily drivers, but this job was bigger than anything I had imagined. The amount of stuff that gets R&R'd is huge!!!
End result, is why did I wait so long???? Two motoring thumbs way up!
Vince
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Originally Posted by m332is
I took the plunge and installed a quaife in my 05 MCS JCW. My car was produced right before the factory LS option. Initial driving impressions are wonderful and I am surprised that the Quaife is great with either the traction control switched on or off. I am at WGI next month, so it will get the real test, but I am not expecting anything but smiles.
We did the job at my mechanic's shop and started about 5 PM. By midnight, we had the tranny out, open , Quaife inserted and the tranny back in. The next day by mid afternoon we finished the job.
Since I was adding the IE camber plates and Wilwood big brakes, we removed some parts that normally would not be removed for a Quaife job and of course, all these parts as well as a new alignment (for the camber plates) added time.
I have built 3 BMW Club Race cars as well as having done a ton of wrenching on my race cars and daily drivers, but this job was bigger than anything I had imagined. The amount of stuff that gets R&R'd is huge!!!
End result, is why did I wait so long???? Two motoring thumbs way up!
Vince
We did the job at my mechanic's shop and started about 5 PM. By midnight, we had the tranny out, open , Quaife inserted and the tranny back in. The next day by mid afternoon we finished the job.
Since I was adding the IE camber plates and Wilwood big brakes, we removed some parts that normally would not be removed for a Quaife job and of course, all these parts as well as a new alignment (for the camber plates) added time.
I have built 3 BMW Club Race cars as well as having done a ton of wrenching on my race cars and daily drivers, but this job was bigger than anything I had imagined. The amount of stuff that gets R&R'd is huge!!!
End result, is why did I wait so long???? Two motoring thumbs way up!
Vince
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I only had 10K miles so I really didn't need a clutch and therefore justifed the new Wilwood front brakes over a LTW flywheel.
For the street and light track duty, you really don't need the flywheel. Of course this is coming from someone that raced SCCA ITS where you have to use a stock flywheel
Vince
For the street and light track duty, you really don't need the flywheel. Of course this is coming from someone that raced SCCA ITS where you have to use a stock flywheel
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[QUOTE=m332is]I only had 10K miles so I really didn't need a clutch and therefore justifed the new Wilwood front brakes over a LTW flywheel.
For the street and light track duty, you really don't need the flywheel. Of course this is coming from someone that raced SCCA ITS where you have to use a stock flywheel
I don't need any of this ****..... I'm just obsessed with getting as much performance as I can from astreet car wo turbo..... I figure that if I'm going in the cost of the flywheel and clutch is not that much but the labor I don't want to have to do again
For the street and light track duty, you really don't need the flywheel. Of course this is coming from someone that raced SCCA ITS where you have to use a stock flywheel
I don't need any of this ****..... I'm just obsessed with getting as much performance as I can from astreet car wo turbo..... I figure that if I'm going in the cost of the flywheel and clutch is not that much but the labor I don't want to have to do again
Just had Turner Motorsports put one in my new '05 tranny. Can't wait till this car is all together... :impatient
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I'm interested in quaifing my '03. What other optional mods are y'all doing when you install the LSD? Lightened Flywheel, Heavy Duty Clutch?
Might as well go to town if I'm gonna dig that deep.
Might as well go to town if I'm gonna dig that deep.
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