Daniel's TruckStiva Build Thread (56k warning)

[Nerd Racing]

PM Hatchback immediately! he just found a 4wd pro in a junkyard he pm'd me about it and I went to send him one back and there was a database error. You might have gotten lucky! even if they are toast they can still be rebuilt through rockauto.

[Nerd Racing]

car-part has no listing for it

hmm, how about trying mazdas247.com or http://www.amazd.co.nz/forum/

[Nerd Racing]

I would invest in some boundary engineering billet oil pump gears if you are going to run high boost then. I just heard about another guy who's oil pump gears blew up running boost and an undamped pulley.

[daniel_cogar]

car-part has no listing for it

[daniel_cogar]

My guess is that you are running a single pulley then off the festiva?

yeah thats the plan

[Nerd Racing]

fenco just emailed me this

I’m sorry but we have exited the CV axle business.

Regards,

Ron LaCombe
Vice President – Traditional Sales
Motorcar Parts of America
RLacombe@motorcarparts.com
815-341-4194

sounds like time to hit up car-part.com

My guess is that you are running a single pulley then off the festiva?

[daniel_cogar]

in WV the law requires you to have a parking brake. this is what it will be. ive never reach down and grabbed the Parking brake in a incident usually you dont have time, or it locks up the rear tires causing you to slide out of control.

[RENESISFD]

Hydraulics are not a mechanical means of braking. I believe the intent of the wording is for a mechanical linkage type of braking.


One problem with hydro E-brakes is that when left engaged for a while they have a tendency to blead back rendering the parking brake useless. It is not a good idea to use a hydraulic e brake to actually hold the car stationary for an extended period of time (guessing here: over an hour or so) most people use hydro E-brakes to gain extra braking force for drifting.

[Christ]

plus it isn't actuated by positive mechanical means, aka a cable.

anywho... daniel did you end up boxing the frame on the passenger side?

Hydraulic pressure is still mechanical force. The intent is that it can't be something which requires constant energy, such as a line lock solenoid or an actuator solenoid.

The caveat there is that it CAN be a solenoid that defaults to apply the brakes using mechanical force such as a leverage linkage or direct pressure. It also must have a locking device, IIRC, unless the mechanism's default setting is applying brake force.

[daniel_cogar]

fenco just emailed me this

I’m sorry but we have exited the CV axle business.

Regards,

Ron LaCombe
Vice President – Traditional Sales
Motorcar Parts of America
RLacombe@motorcarparts.com
815-341-4194

[daniel_cogar]

okay so i just checked napa online and my order says "canceled" so i called there customer service guy and he said its on back order from factory. So i asked how long will that take he said "I have no idea" at this point that kinda made me mad so I said " well here is the thing I haven't found this axle anywhere in the us no company makes it, honestly i called the company you go through and its no longer available from them either." he said well sir we can just wait at this point. ...I give it a week and id like a full refund all 116.00.

[daniel_cogar]

plus it isn't actuated by positive mechanical means, aka a cable.

anywho... daniel did you end up boxing the frame on the passenger side?

nope I did how ever clearance the frame on the drivers side i just used the bfh

[Nerd Racing]

plus it isn't actuated by positive mechanical means, aka a cable.

anywho... daniel did you end up boxing the frame on the passenger side?

[Christ]

I agree that would work but I'd save the potential legal hassles and fab work to do it, that's why I'd use the cable

Legal - in PA -. "Parking brake system—A brake system used to hold and maintain a vehicle in a stationary position. A positive mechanical means is employed to hold the brake applied when the vehicle is unattended."

Edited for legal defition:

(2) The parking brakes shall be separately actuated so that failure of any part of the service brake actuation system will not diminish the vehicle’s parking brake holding capability.

Therefore, this would not work unless the entire plumbing were done separately (in PA), and could still be considered questionable because it still utilizes the original slave-type devices (wheel cylinders and calipers).

[Damkid]

Slave cylinders at the hubs and a second fluid system.

I agree that would work but I'd save the potential legal hassles and fab work to do it, that's why I'd use the cable