6th Gen Celica Rally Car AWD Build, Rebuilding after the roll..... Options

[czwalga]

Randomly found a pic from our last race after the roll rebuild.


Amazing because the rear diff blew out 4 miles in. Probably half mile past the photo.

[SwissFerdi]

Badass.

[Neon90424]

howd you blow the rear diff?

[czwalga]

howd you blow the rear diff?

Pinion Bearing disintegrated, which in turn destroyed everything else. Pics a few pages ago.

[Neon90424]

Did it absolutely destroy everything in it? because im looking for the inner diff helical thingies that has a 2 teeth missing and If you have 2 of those left over of the last diff I could take em off your hands

[czwalga]

Did it absolutely destroy everything in it? because im looking for the inner diff helical thingies that has a 2 teeth missing and If you have 2 of those left over of the last diff I could take em off your hands

I may have them. Are you talking inside the diff itself? The pinion and ring gear were destroyed. The diff itself maay be good, but i drove it for probably 30 miles without fluid, clunking a long just to get it back to my service area.


If you have a pic, might be easier. I havent looked at the diff in a few months.

[Neon90424]

meh...its the 2 screw type gears that spin when you lose grip...but if you ran it without fluid...sounds like that thing can rest in peace haha...hard to find a diff that isnt ridiculous expensive for this car...I wish someone made an aftermarket rear diff for the celica

[Special_Edy]

Did anyone ever get a hold of a Rav4 rear end to check for similarities and common parts?

[czwalga]

Come to think of it.... I made a scrap yard run a month ago or so. I'm pretty sure I scrapped the entire diff, so I wouldnt even have it anymore.




I have not looked at a rav 4 rear end. I just end up getting the gt4 stuff again.

[Batman722]

I haven't folloewed this thread too close, I should have.

That diff looked nasty. The Rav had an option for lsd but it's rare. I have a spare open diff and pinion if you ever want it. I put a 205 lsd diff into my Rav, strait swap fyi.

[Neon90424]

nah, I need the inner LSD part of it but thanks anyways dustin! Atleast I know where i can get an emergency diff from lots of rav4s around here

[czwalga]

Thanks to qatar for finding this pic... Sno*drift last year. Hopefully better results this year.

Leaving a week from today.

[qatar11]

Maybe I should offer to bring along a fascia and headlights - not driveline parts

[czwalga]

Maybe I should offer to bring along a fascia and headlights - not driveline parts

If you have spare fenders/bumper.... bring them haha. Ill buy them off you cause most likely I'll need new ones after this event.

[Special_Edy]

Would they let you remove the crash bar and build a simple brush guard/push bar? Ive always wondered why you dont see some kind of external frameing to protect the body on rally cars.

[qatar11]

Would they let you remove the crash bar and build a simple brush guard/push bar? Ive always wondered why you dont see some kind of external frameing to protect the body on rally cars.

You have to retain the exterior of the car.... there is a super structure that they usually build... let me find some photos...

One here is the skid plate on Chris Duplessis' Rally America Fiesta



This post has been edited by qatar11: Jan 17, 2013 - 1:33 PM

[czwalga]

In the front end its safer to use crushable materials. More deformation the less g forces on impact. So in the front they want it to crush. If you made a solid car, it might not deform but the gforce would kill you.




FYI, if anyone is curious as to why there is foam on the skid plate in the pic above, its to prevent rocks from getting wedged between the skid plate and oil pan.

[qatar11]

I thoroughly enjoyed pushing your ass out of S20 with 15 - 20 of my newest drinking buddies.... we crossed back to the specator area and the lancer came flying by

I need a rally car...

[czwalga]

I thoroughly enjoyed pushing your ass out of S20 with 15 - 20 of my newest drinking buddies.... we crossed back to the specator area and the lancer came flying by

I need a rally car...

Thanks! We struggled the 2nd day. I had limited steering, a sputtering engine, and no lights on that stage. I got stuck once on the last 2 stages in the dark. Both were in spectator areas.... trying to do to much without really seeing the turn and how to set up for it.

Even with the sputtering engine the first 4 stages on saturday were decent, clipping the tree with the wheel over the flying finish caused the day to snowball though.



I got 3rd in OL the first day, I think 4th the 2nd... but we had a shatload of penalties.... late out of service trying to fix the lights. Late fixing a flat, with a dead impact gun.





This post has been edited by czwalga: Jan 27, 2013 - 8:45 PM

[qatar11]

I was wondering what you were doing without the light bar.... If can block can lose an entire day with a bad alternator - you can live without lights



This post has been edited by qatar11: Jan 27, 2013 - 8:57 PM