Posts by iNewton

  • Tires...what are you running?

    the problem with wet performance is this:
    Most guys want to get a larger rear tire for added grip, but this goes the other way in the wet. You can't have best of both. So of course if you run a 315 in the rear, I don't care what brand or thread, its gonna suck.


    Double with 300hp and a turbo.


    You want good wet traction, go slim. Dry traction, large. Stock size is good compromise, can't have both.

  • Must read for turbo owners or soon to be owners.

    i am reading a book that I think is a must read to anyone who has boosted or is looking to boost their engines:



    This book is easy to read, even for greens newbs like me.


    Its really a bible as far as basica of turbo charging an engine, lots of details of the effects of different setups, and also, a lot of examples and tests are done on the Ecotec engine. Its really instersting the conclusions of these tests, and contradictory to the limits the vendors of such turbo kits said where "safe" for the LE9...


    Again, invest some time and read this book.


    Here are some examples of passages I found very enlighting:


    Here they talk about the tested limits of the 2.4L cast rods... GM attests that 283 is the very top limit of the rods, read it yourselves:



    They go into the details and risks of boosting a N/A engine:



    It talks in detail of what are the differences GM did to the turbo engines vs na engines, little details they make the engines reliable:



    How does a stock engine deal with added boost:


    How GM developed the turbo ecotec:



    Details like where to get boost pressure from: (this has been a discussion from many guys here, everyone has their theory of what is good or not, well, here you have it...)




    And lots more. Again, highly recommended read.

  • front spoiler

    Quote from Flybuddy

    Here's a fairly simple method to hold down the fenders. Of course, you do have to replace the tie any time your open the hood.


    I was refering to the lift the fenders provide to the frame, not just the hood lifting off.

  • front spoiler

    That bumber has too much flex to provide any kind of usefull downforce unless you are at 200mph imo.


    I would get a way to stop the front fenders from lifting the SS before creating df from that spoiler...

  • Drive belt adjustment

  • Drive belt adjustment

    raise the rear of the SS, put blocks to stop the SS from moving on the front wheels.
    unbolt the lower shock bolt, make sure you support the wheel so that it doesn't slam when you remove the bolt, it should lower the arm enough to get the slack you need to put the belt on.


    That's how I clean the belt and sprockets.

  • Tie rod end replacement

    Anyone of our vendors have taken a look a the steering system of the SS? I have play in both my front wheels, coming from the fact that for some odd reason, Polaris decided to use gokart parts to assemble the steering on our machines...


    The tie rod end is a pierced ball inside a cup, with a bolt securing it to the hub in a sanswitch. Only thing, the hole in the ball of the tie rod is bigger by maybe 0.001 inch than the bolt holding it to the hub, and same thing with the hole in the hub, its bigger than the bolt... So the rod ends move on the the bolt instead of turning the wheels...


    Anyone come up with a solution to this, like a ball joint we can swap in there that doesn't make you feel like you drive a rented gokart?

  • Oil cooler

    Anyone has a suggestion for installing a oil cooler for the engine? I have the DDM Works adapter to get out of the ecotec, has AN10 threads, looking to install a remote oil filter and oil cooler.


    As of now, I have found the Derale 35709, which looks good and uses KN Oil filter HP3001 and might be tempted to hook up a flex-a-lite 45200 7x15x1 1/2 AN10 oil cooler to it. Should help keep oil temps in check.