Jon - Cried because he's still drving a tribute.. Maybe today?? Maybe?? Please??

 

That suck almost as bad as the shagin wagon....

 

Well, I just talked to them.
They got all the right parts in and they're putting the transmission back together. He said it might be done by the end of today but he's not sure. They want to test drive it before they give it back to me, which I understand.
At most it should be 1 more day.

 

You could look at it this way after driving the Tribute for close to a week once you get your 8 back you will enjoy it that much more.

 

True.. but i'm so impatient when it comes to this stuff... blah.. i need to buy a second sports car.

 

Pick up the new Z06.

 

Thought about it actually.. It would make a better daily driver than the 8 too cuz it gets better gas mileage..

 

Go ahead and buy me one too while you're at it.

 

I'll add you to the list...

 

Me too me too!

Matt and I had a great time, even though we didn't do anything to my car.

Thanks so much to Chris and Amber for hosting.

 

hey chris...did you by chance find a small white box with my VW emblems and a ton of screws??? hopefully you did cause i need all those screws for the new bumper!!! let me know!

 

I think Sam was going to use that for some sort of necklace ornament. Either that or Jenkins has it.

-hS

 

Damn that is alot for one day, kind of surprised that you and Shari did not mod your cars.

 

Neither one of us had anything to install. I'm saving for a cruise.

 

I thought you were saving for a house!

 

You will have fun on a cruise.

 

First the cruise which is next month. It's my last hooray before being a penny pincher.

 

I will look for it...

 

thanks. it should be a white USPS box with a bunch of small screws and my chrome VW emblems. i'll be at Rack Daddy's tonight so i can get it then hopefully! call me and let me know.

 

I got it. I will bring it with me. I need your new number by the way, I still have your old one.

 

I just got my car back.
Wow.

I gotta say a few things..
Throttle response with this flywheel is a big difference.
The transmission feels great. 93-94 mph 3-4 shift = no problem at all.
The clutch feels super light and responsive. The friction point is closer to the floor than I had expected so it's gonna take some getting used to.
I could adjust that if I wanted to and I might move it back just a little. I stalled the car pulling out of the lot the first time but not after.

I've gotta say the car just feels so much more alive now. Of course, it's not as noticeable as turbo, but seriously, the difference is there.

Driving at low RPM is still no problem once you know where the new engagement point is. I was able to get the car to roll just fine at 900 rpm like always so the lighter flywheel doesn't seem to be hurting my drivability..

Last 2 things...
Gotta love burnt clutch smell... it smelled pretty good after i did the first run. it started to go away by the time i got home.. new clutches will do that I guess..
My 1 -> 2 shift is gonna have to get faster. It's a combination of the speed at which the flywheel revs up and the fact that the friction point is so close to the floor. Coming out of first, it's obvious that i'm unfamiliar with the freeze point. I'll get used to it.
Woo..

 

STOP TALKING!!!

Dang it... now i have to go upgrade.
I hate you

 

i wanna run you now harry....>

 

Haha..
Well worth it in your case, especially the clutch.. the flywheel you may not notice as much cuz you have turbo but there's no way you can miss the clutch..
Then again, 20% drivetrain loss is much more noticeable when you have more horsepower than less.. I may have freed up 5-10 horsies whereas you may free up 20-30.. No way to know w/o dynoing.

 

huh? Are you challenging me to a foot race? if so... LETS GET IT ON!!!

I think the lightened flywheel will make some of the turbo lag less noticeable, not like with a small turbo i really have much... but there's still some. The clutch is needed so i can get a good launch.

I never really thought about the hp improvement... this would be an interesting experiment. TO THE DYNO!!! <insert batman theme>