M35 Info

[Commsman]

there are a few options to be able to do burnouts

1. sell your stagea and get a commodore

2. grow up and dont try to do burnouts in car designed for AWD

+1

commodores are not my friend, chocolate is!

I'm too old to grow up, and I am quite iresponsible

My car is RWD

oh and I'm a drifter, D1NZ

LOL @ discipline fail

[PN-Mad]

Oh, you have a pm35. You need a turbo.

That is all.

[zei20l]

and an LSD.

and a hole saw to remove 500kg of weight from it.

and a cage so it doesnt break in half.

[PN-Mad]

Chur brew.

Then a set of VIP wheels, lowered till it scrapes on cats eyes, manual conversion, then go drifting! Post vids!

Team lolvo drift.

[0t1]

Haha

So is there any use asking for tech help on this forum. or is this an anti-fun forum.

Plans are to do suspension, shocks and springs, swaybars, nolathane bushes and brakes.

What I want is the car to be able to do a skid if I want to, it will not be a drifter, I have a race car or two for that, it's my daily after my C34 tow car got worn out.

Me at a Drift Demo

Me at our local track, practice

[0t1]

and one for the haters

R33 RB25DE plus T 357 rwkw on E85, all our cars are built by myself and my two sons

[PN-Mad]

Not anti fun at all, most of us love skids. But skids and speed off the streets. Most of us live in areas that imports are pretty heavily targeted by the authorities, and as a community we want to promote off street activities. Search YouTube for some SAU texi vids for and example.

So when you just ask how to do skids, don't be suprised by the response! Most people reserve skids for kids with flat caps in commos.

So, to the car. If you bought a 2.5 or 3.0 and trying to do skids, your a derp. If you bought a 3.5 then you have some options. You can go down the NA bolt on route. Exhaust, plenum spacer, z tube, maybe a tune if your rich. That might get you to skidville. Other options are turbo or supercharger kits.

Best thing you could really do with a rwd, is a manual conversion. Just do it from a manual v35 wreck. Skids would be much easier, and more fun to drive.

Don't worry about the brake wire cut, in NA cars it doesn't exist.

Cheers Stagea Cuz.

[Mr 20Valve]

Off the 'skids' topic for a sec, does anyone have any advice on the most appropriate place to fit a sender for a transmission temp gauge?

Looking at the box, theres two possibilities I could see:

One at the back just above the sump

And another on the side near the lines to the radiator, but it might be a bit close to the front propshaft depending on how big the sender is

Anyone fit one before that could tell me which is the best spot?

[scotty nm35]

I'm just doing an inline one, brass bspt barbed air fittings for the trans hose and 1/8 bspt for the sender thread. I only plan to monitor the trans temps, but the other inline sender for the new -12 engine oil cooler lines will control the thermo fan. (its mounted right behind the engine oil cooler.) I will get some pics when I re-install the engine.

[PN-Mad]

I think I've seen them mounted in the side of the pan. Can't quite picture the locations you've supplied, but I'd be wary because the valve body sits pretty snug in there. Better of in the pan of fluid I would have thought.

[Daleo]

I think I've seen them mounted in the side of the pan. Can't quite picture the locations you've supplied, but I'd be wary because the valve body sits pretty snug in there. Better of in the pan of fluid I would have thought.

That would be my choice; weld or braze a bung in to the pan.

The other thing; I wouldn't be surprised to find a spring & detent ball behind one of those bolts...

Edited June 14, 2012 by Daleo

[Commsman]

Haha

So is there any use asking for tech help on this forum. or is this an anti-fun forum.

Plans are to do suspension, shocks and springs, swaybars, nolathane bushes and brakes.

Welcome Darren. Nice vids btw.

Don't worry, you'll get plenty of tech help here (& on itsnotavolvo.com.au) & a small amount of ribbing occassionally, as you've seen. It's all in fun & (mostly) everyone on here are good blokes with heaps of knowledge between them. Being mainly family guys &, ermm, responsible types, you will never hardly ever hear us talk about driving illegally. It's what sets us apart from the others

[zei20l]

That would be my choice; weld or braze a bung in to the pan.

The other thing; I wouldn't be surprised to find a spring & detent ball behind one of those bolts...

i have to quote this for importance

[Mr 20Valve]

the only worry i have about the sender sitting on the side of the pan is ground clearance - my car is stupidly low at the moment

last thing i want is the sender getting torn out while my wife negotiates an Everest sized speed hump & leaving a trail of gearbox fluid all over the street where it doesnt belong...

[PN-Mad]

It's going to tear your sump off first. I'd say after that the sender is not so important. Side of the pan, not the bottom.

[Daleo]

the only worry i have about the sender sitting on the side of the pan is ground clearance - my car is stupidly low at the moment

last thing i want is the sender getting torn out while my wife negotiates an Everest sized speed hump & leaving a trail of gearbox fluid all over the street where it doesnt belong...

If you're worried about that; you (I) could roll a piece of sheet steel as a shield around the underside of the bung & sensor & weld on to the pan.

I don't think it would be an issue TBH; Jetwreck would be able to tell you if he's ever seen a pan with gouges or dents, mine didn't even have a stone chip in the paint.

[Mr 20Valve]

actually, im confusing the size of a temp sender with the size of a pressure sender...

a temp sender, being the smaller of the two wouldnt be a big deal on the side of the pan, you're right.

[zei20l]

do you think there is a HUGE difference in temperature in the cooler lines compared to the sump? its probably only a few degrees

[Mr 20Valve]

Which leads me to ask - which hose from the gearbox is fluid IN to the radiator & which is OUT? (ie: left or right side of the rad)

[scotty nm35]

do you think there is a HUGE difference in temperature in the cooler lines compared to the sump? its probably only a few degrees

^ this. There is no edge to the sump.