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swifty.

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Aaron.

Long story short, flywheel sheared the dowel and one bolt, others all where able to be taken out via my fingers. Crank and flywheel have nicks and scratches. I tried drilling out the one bolt, and even my cobalt bits are not really making any good work at it. I've never had such a tough time drilling something out. So, whatever. Car just sits.

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buy my auto and swap parts on it, it will be sick. Then you can sell your awesome trans and other stuff or have one 5 spd and one auto, auto drag car and 5 spd, daily/auto-x/whatever

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I'm never converting this car to an auto, sorry. To me, that takes the fun out of driving.

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Try welding a nut onto that stuck bolt. Works every time!

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...perhaps if I had a welder I could do that.

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Have you driven a fast car with a GOOD auto? Try it first before you make that statement:)

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I like shifting, and not being lazy when I drive. Depressing a pedal and doing nothing else is not only boring to me, but makes me feel like a girl. :D

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That is what everyone says when someone mentions switching to an auto. I would think a DSM with an auto, Manual Valve body and a nice converter would be a blast to drive. Almost zero lag, always in the power, and don't have to worry about typical DSM shifting/clutch issues. But what do I know

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^A lot more than swifty.
Note swifty is a guy that can't keep a running dsm.
After driving my DSM daily for the last year and seeing the toughness of Auto, please take note there are a ton of stock trans DSMs that are in teh solid 10s so they are capable, but I don't feel confident in the way i drive or the amount of time i drive on them to hold as good as an auto would.

At vs. 5 spd is just a preferance/ opinion, but 5 spds impress the kids a lot more.

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Manuals seem to be a dying breed. The Evo X SST is awful good and Ferrari seems to offer manuals as an afterthought these days.

It seems that the fastest drag cars have auto-manuals or whatever they're called. What does Rau run on his car?

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Yeah, it seems auto in DSM's are way more durable and obviously more consistent than manuals, you just don't see a lot of them because they aren't as fun to drive around town in my opinion. Any big power car that is strictly a straight line drag car would be better suited to be an auto but not nearly as 'cool'.

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You still have to shift most high performance autos, you just don't have to deal with that clutch pedal or boost drop during shifts.

Rau runs a manual, but it's a sequential that you don't have to use the clutch with once you are in first gear, so it's like an driving a drag auto that you shift.

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Ok we get it.. swifty doesn't want an auto. I think we should get back on topic with swiftys car and the 5sd he's keeping.

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Ya really. And Aaron, I've kept my DSM running for quite a while. Have you put more then six years of abuse on your shortblock without once pulling it apart or messing with it? What? Because all of a sudden I have issues, I don't know how to keep a car running?This is why I don't bother posting much more on what it is I do or don't do. You just further reminded me why. I do something, break something, or have an opinion on something, I'll get shit for it.

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I had a nice response but i hit the backspace.

Basically dude we all want to see this car running so don't get too upset. I will ease my shots at you, but sometimes u make it easy and when u make statements against an auto like that you kind of ask for it.

This whole site would like to help you get that car running again, i would trade you my FMIC in order to help you, but it looks like that I will get to drive my old 5spd at the track and on the street so I don't want to wonder if it slows down or gets worse because of the trade.

My vote along with a lot of others would be go smaller and simpler, 35r setup is plenty for power and speed and yet its still pretty big.

Good luck

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I know the stabbing is meant in a joking manner. But believe me no one is more frustrated in this shittyrd then myself. Im constantly doubting it, and the setup, motor, and everything else. Trading the fmic, would help eliminate, and point in the right direction why the car makes well under what it respectfully should.

Autos in their own right Im sure are fun, but, being as I do still drive this car on the street, I perfer a little shifting fun.

Perhaps I'll just part it all out, and find a new hobby. I hear bottle collecting can be fun..

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^lol. if you want you can use it, but you would have to come and pull it, but thats not really hard either.

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I just might do that, once I get this crap with the tranny/flywheel/etc sorted out. up to you. Otherwise, I'll order one from ETS over the winter, and sell the core I currently have.

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Just gonna throw this out there: swifty posted pics on facebook and not this build thread/MitsuStyle (shoutbox doesn't count swifty, sorry). Payban worthy, imho.

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ok, then ban me. I dont see a big deal banning me anymore anyway.

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Ha, if I got half the amount of shit Swifty does, friendly ribbing or not, I would probably do the same thing.

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^Truth!

Good luck Switfy, you're staying in the game a lot longer than I would have of if I had as many problems and bad luck as you have had. Keep it up and kick some ass with it someday

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Not really the response I was looking for emo-boy! I just think it's nuts to post pics on facetube and not on an actual car site, where you have a thread that's 100% dedicated to the status of your car/project. Everyone was sad to see you not run last weekend, maybe me most. Then you kinda leave us in the dark (no, not everyone is on fb) so other than a few random posts in the SB and me begging you to know what's up, we get nothing.

Scandalous.

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How so? All he does is get endless amounts of shit here for anything he does, good, bad or otherwise. I don't blame him.

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It's like he doesn't get shit on facebook too. Everyone is going to rib him a bit until he successfully make's it to a track.

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It's true. When you spend years building some big badass drag car yet it never makes a pass, what do you expect?

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LOL, I can see why he doesn't post. He hasn't said hardly anything as of late and this thread continues on...

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Just so you all can STFU about me never updating..

Car is fixed..sorta. Replaced the stupid bolts for the flywheel, after cleaning it all off, reassembled, etc. Took it for a drive today, to get some gas, enjoy it, and get a fuse so I can finish wiring the cut-off switch for the alt. dirrectly to the batt. I noticed in my work, that ANOTHER thing is broken..the stupid mounting bracket that the alt. mounts to! So, it's hitting the inner frame! Anyone know if Jay racing warranties these? Either way, I need that bracket! I also put my helmet on and sat in the car, and I dont think i'll notice my shift light or anything outta my peripheral vision since it's on the ceiling, to the right of the rear view mirror (I didnt want it on the dash cuz it's kinda ricey-don't hate) but now I need to move it down and over on the left side so I can see it..however...were do I put the 2 pod gauges? I dunno what the fuck I'm going to do.

Either way, that bracket needs replacing, and I cannot race on Sunday, unless it's fixed. I swear, if it's not one thing, it's something little and dumb like this that gets in the way of me just making a fucking pass!

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you can borrow my helmet if you want swifty, its open-face and has good peripheral vision. Call me or just come get it. JB weld on the bracket? :D

Glad it's getting back on the road!

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it WAS back on the road, till this damn bracket broke! And, no I have a helmet, it's just that the fricken stock tach throws me for a loop, and the other one is too far outta my line of sight when i am trying to stare at the road..

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Pass or fail

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My jayracing alt bracket broke years ago as well.

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Good luck with the bracket, maybe someone here can weld it for you?

I say for the shift light, just duct tape the bitch to the dash after you go through tech just so you can run, then move it where ever after this weekend. Good luck on making a pass this weekend.

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Just get it welded swifty, ask brent rau or the primo guys. One of them should do it for you in a pinch.

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Word, lots of local welders anyone should patch that shit for $20 or case of beer.

That jay racing alt. bracket is horseshit, everyone has had one break i swear.

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Yeah their old style aluminum brackets break ALL the time. Usually they'll send you a new steel one. Just have a local shop weld it up quick while jayracing ships you a new one.

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I need to contact jay racing then..

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scheides is right about the Evo being a newer DSM. I can relate to your thread WAY too much. lol.

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Primo welded up the new bracket, and I got it all back together. I still need to call Jay and get the replacement bracket he said he'd warranty. I also wired the alt. to the batt correctly so now when you flip the batt cut off switch, car dies instantly. I then also moved the pillar gauges, and tach over to the "ricer" position on the dash, so atleast now I can see the damn thing, especially when wearing a helmet. Perhaps tomorrow I'll fine tune the 2-step, and go do a few street pulls. We'll see.