Finally getting stuff done on our cars

[JET]

Crap, the world is coming to an end!!

[Pushit2.0]

When I welded it I tried to only do about 1-2" welds at a few different spots and checked with a heat gun and it stayed around 2xx deg the hole time.

~John

[niterydr]

*Zero 3S knowledge.*
What kind of behavior do the 3S housings like to exhibit when they fail? Do you know of anyone that has a CAD model of them?

No one has modeled one, I don't have time to do it as of yet.

Pretty much since they are a helical cut gear, the input shaft tends to push out the bellhousing in an attempt to eat the clutch. It happens on the 6speed models somewhat often on high hp cars w/hook.
The 5speed models it is yet to occur, but I am tired of being the "first" to break shit...not the goal this season.

The theory is that the plate strengthens the "inside floor" of the bellhousing. This keeps the drive gears from seperating, and does not give them the opportunity to start to fatigue the bellhousing.

The method works great for some of the high hp 6speed guys that USE to break cases.

[Jakey]

Wow! Jakey didn't ask for a close up of the welds! ;)

-A. Swift
Crap, the world is coming to an end!!
It's not something I'd be interesting in buying so it's irrelevant to me.

No one has modeled one, I don't have time to do it as of yet..
If I were you, I'd get a 100% stock housing and send it off to Advanced Design Concepts to get a CAD model made. It is nearly impossible to 100% reverse engineer a piece like this without some sort of laser scan or touch probe because of all the fine details. By having a CAD model, you could have someone run an FEA simulation on the piece to determine where the stress concentrations are and then be able to specifically target your reinforcements.

[niterydr]

It's not something I'd be interesting in buying so it's irrelevant to me.


If I were you, I'd get a 100% stock housing and send it off to Advanced Design Concepts to get a CAD model made. It is nearly impossible to 100% reverse engineer a piece like this without some sort of laser scan or touch probe because of all the fine details. By having a CAD model, you could have someone run an FEA simulation on the piece to determine where the stress concentrations are and then be able to specifically target your reinforcements.

True this is much easier.

However we did manage to reverse engineer a transfer case with a similar vague description of what happens with 100% success.

[Goat Blower]

If I were you, I'd get a 100% stock housing and send it off to Advanced Design Concepts to get a CAD model made. It is nearly impossible to 100% reverse engineer a piece like this without some sort of laser scan or touch probe because of all the fine details. By having a CAD model, you could have someone run an FEA simulation on the piece to determine where the stress concentrations are and then be able to specifically target your reinforcements.

Or you could just weld reinforcements and call it good. Some of y'all over complicate this stuff.

[Pushit2.0]

Engineering problems for solutions is so much fun though.

~John

[FattyBoomBatty]

I think you have that backward. ;)

[b00stcreep21]

That's what you think my friend

[rst95eclipse]

Will the transmission be built for the upcoming season, or stock?