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22 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Which Astra pump do you use?

Is there a certain year range, and do you end up buying from a wrecker and rebuilding, or is someone selling them new (with Holden now goneskies)

TS astra 2001ish

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Your still driving this boat, thought you would have that bmw already. The western Sydney locals aren't selling enough kebabs?

I found a cheap way to keep the belt on was use a 5mm shorter one. Seems to have worked for me. I think my balancer is a 2010ish Ross one.

If you decide to go electric a company in qld converts steering shaft with electric motors instead. A lot of the drifters are going that way, sure could use a PWM output on the kebabtech to control feeling.

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I need, as Andrew Hawkins calls it, "A Western Sydney mode". Just need to install an exhaust cut straight after the dump/down pipe.

Then pop up a few tiktok and snap chat videos then it should sell right? If not try one of the 25 raffle businesses out there 😂

 

I'll see how the Ross PS idler kit goes, it should arrive by the end of the week. I suspect running a shorter belt "may" work, however having an idler pushed against the belt would definitely aid in keeping the belt on. I know for a fact it's high RPM related and not balancer related as it was happening before with the old motor at skid pans when I manged the limiter, albeit was only at 8000rpm back then.

If all else fails, electric power steering it is. Which also means beefing up the electrical system too. At this point I really should just get a better car instead of slapping more bandaids.

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Your better car will need these mods for motorsport too.

(I guess maybe not with regards to full electric steering, which all reviews universally hate... so I mean there's that)

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49 minutes ago, WR33KD said:

In the 6 years I have had my 33 never once spat a belt. Don’t even have a fancy balancer, still stock. 

What's your rev limiter set at?

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14 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

I need a new hobby that's not financially and mentally draining 

I've heard knitting is hot right now.

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22 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

I need a new hobby that's not financially and mentally draining 

Don't get dogs, or cats, or children, or a GF then :P

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23 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

Your better car will need these mods for motorsport too.

(I guess maybe not with regards to full electric steering, which all reviews universally hate... so I mean there's that)

The new car mods will be primarily centred on how to stop the TCS and Stability system working. 😛

Buy a big old classic cruiser/VIP style of car, without all of the typical #becauseracecar over the top mods, and don't beat on it

 

Weekend cruises with the family is where it's at

 

Slow and low

 

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On 02/02/2023 at 12:45 PM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

It has arrived...

 

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I've run the idler kit for years and haven't had a belt issue since. My car randomly started throwing steer belts at high RPM and Ross sent me one of those kits and never had an issue again. I considered going electric steering etc but for now it works and while it works I'll keep using it.

Flicking a steer belt may not sound like much of an issue but with the castor/alignment I run and the wheel size etc the steering returns to centre and is heavy af once the belt comes off... Not ideal when you are driving at a wall on track!

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Yeah I've only ever lost a belt once but it was as I came into turn 2 at wakie....when you are not ready for it in a modern car with big tyres, high caster, small steering wheel and low steering gearing you are going off

I dead set thought I had broken something because it all went bad so suddenly

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1 hour ago, Duncan said:

Yeah I've only ever lost a belt once but it was as I came into turn 2 at wakie....when you are not ready for it in a modern car with big tyres, high caster, small steering wheel and low steering gearing you are going off

I dead set thought I had broken something because it all went bad so suddenly

Exactly what happened when mine came off... Seemed to happen on decel after the kink and I took the scenic route to turn 3 lol... Luckily those were the street car days when my front bar was about 4ft off the ground!

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1 hour ago, 34GeeTeeTee said:

Seemed to happen on decel

This is my exact experience too! 

However I notice the chances of it coming off usually is above 7500rpm. Anything below seems to stay on the PS & balancer.

I'm heading out to Eastern Creek to try GP Circuit again later this month, hopefully won't be spitting off a PS belt down into any of the turns because all that equals too is a binned car.

52 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

This is my exact experience too! 

However I notice the chances of it coming off usually is above 7500rpm. Anything below seems to stay on the PS & balancer.

I'm heading out to Eastern Creek to try GP Circuit again later this month, hopefully won't be spitting off a PS belt down into any of the turns because all that equals too is a binned car.

Win it or bin it!

Yes, at Wakie with the smaller FP 3076 turbo I was holding 4th gear till 8300 or so RPM as it saved a shift to 5th but with the new EFR and bigger HP I would shift to 5th much earlier and it has a much higher terminal speed at the end of the straight.  So experience with belts flying off sound very similar!

Hopefully Ill have mine on GP circuit later in the year... Been years since I ran it, I think last outing I had some issues but still managed a 1.39... Should go much quicker now though so set me a target to chase :P

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Wow you're absolutely flying! @34GeeTeeTee

Then again your car is made for it, I still have a full street car with working AC, heating, subwoofer lololol.

Here's hoping I get it down to 1m50s with street tyres. If I can do that, I'm going to stop trying to go faster.

Meanwhile, I took a day off to hang out with my son as his grandparents can't look after him today and my wife is back 4 days a week at work.

During his nap I managed to work on the shit box. Installed the Ross Performance idler, dabbed a bit of loctite on it too because I'm paranoid. Then swapped out the reverse light switch after realising I bought this thing years ago.

Ignore the oil mist, that was from last event when I ran an oil cap without a seal... Smart one, entire engine bay was covered in a fine layer of oil. My attempts of cleaning the engine bay wasn't good either so there's heaps of residual oil and/or dried up degreaser.

 

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If it works for @34GeeTeeTee and @bcozican on their tracks1ut cars then it should work for my shit box.

PS idler seems to be doing its job, and yeah some brap footage just because.

 

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