Are you using synthetic grease?

Congrats on the win. That's a nice little trophy.

Now that my car is somewhat done, we need to get together with our cars some time.

I'm running Red Line grease and gear oil in the axle....Why do you ask???

FYI - I'll be in the bay area next week for work and am going to try to come by your shop and say thanks for all the little tips you've helped to provide.

I agree. If nothing else I'm looking into some track days at MSR in Houston. You down to join?

Im not sure why but from my experience the synthetic stuff seems to flow better which includes getting past seals.

We had a few issues in the past with several cars were we would end up with grease on the wrong side of the seals. so we switched back to regular petrol based. Not sure but the issues stopped. Some of them ran the same seal.

There is no scientific basis behind my experience just from what we have noticed.

If you talk to the reps they'll tell you to never run synthetics in your rear end. It's too slick.


A8. Clutch chatter occurs when the clutch cone engages and disengages rapidly in the differential case. It causes no damage and can be cured by using the correct oil and friction modifies. Clutch chatter is caused by the difference between the static (non-slipping) friction coefficient and the dynamic (slipping) friction coefficient. When the difference becomes too great, the clutch cone cycles between the two (sticking and slipping), which creates the noise. Friction modifiers bring the static and dynamic friction coefficients closer together to minimize chatter. Auburn recommends using Auburn limited-slip additive (#504102) with a high-quality non-synthetic 80W 90 hypoid ol



GL-5

This classification is also common and can be used in all axles, even in severe conditions. This oil provides the best overall protection, so just buying GL-5 rated oil for all axles is recommended.

I've heard this before. I'm running a locker in the rear, do you think it still applies since I don't have clutches?

This morning I changed the setting on all the shocks to ~25% all around from ~75%. Now the car is very comfortable to drive and there is a noticeable change to the rear grip. It can still break them loose but not as much. I haven't launched the car hard since I was driving to work but certainly better. I'll keep playing with it.

Only issue found is the rear tire rubbing some times with the softer setting. I think I need to look at getting a 1/4" rear spacer to swap out for the current 1/2"

Where is it rubbing and how much space do you have between the tire and inner well?

I'm in. It will be my first track day though, but who cares. I build the car to run track days.

Next one up at MSR (thru driver's edge) is next weekend. Next one up is first weekend of October, but that falls into FW Goodguys.

There is maybe 1" at the inner well were the flare starts. It only really rubs when the car is articulated.

I din't realize it was next weekend. I'll check out the site and see if there is still space to join. Let me know if you sign up.