Originally Posted by Nightshade
First one threw synch gears all over the place and punched a hole in itself somehow.
As far as the power output I am not sure...I still haven't had it on the dyno. The compression sits at 11.7:1 though
Dayum...that some fairly serious squeeze you got there. :eek3:
Well, given the nature of the swap the drive-axle and transmission shaft geometry shouldn't be an issue. All the IDRC all-motor teams should prove the durability of the transmission beyond all doubt.....:thinking:
The best, cost-effective solution I can think of is what the FWD SR20DET guys do... cryotreatment. Basically it amounts to a cycle of heat treating and deep freezing to strengthen the steel at the level of the molecular bonds.
A fatigue crack in one synchro could easily lead to it "hand-grenading" when asked to deal with a sh*tload of torque. The consequent shrapnel in the gear box makes things even worse.
h: But it seems to me it'd take a hell of a lot more torque to snap the input shaft, though. :dunno:
My 2¥