Engine work required !

subarubrumby · Post by **subarubrumby** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:16 am

theres the problem there, i will be dumping the clutch heaps to get the angle on corners. so it might be outta the question ? hahaa

subarubrumby · Post by **subarubrumby** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:17 am

the big QUESTION I HAVE IS, will the amount of work im going to do have the power to drift tight lil corners and keep the wheels spinning ?? or nah ??

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:27 am

Shannon's don't insure under 25's, Just Car don't insure cars older than 10 (or 15? years). That is the two major insurers who handle modified cars already out of the question. No one else will insure either an under 25 driver, a modified car and definitely not a combination of both. If you lose your license on top of that you're totally screwed, i speak from personal experience. Of course some people will say i'm an awesome driver and i will never crash. Well that's great, but it doesn't stop some retard from pulling out in front of you or a car going through a give way sign and hitting you.

So the pro's of an EJ = a lot more torque, KW, better burn outs in front of your mates and (maybe?) giving a commodore a run for it's money between traffic lights. Awesome.

Cons of an EJ = been totally uninsurable and the potential consequences of what that means.

Pros of Ea81 = a bit more torque, KW, slightly better burn outs in front of your mates and you could make it look completely stock.

Cons = you have no hope against the commodore.

subarubrumby · Post by **subarubrumby** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:34 am

hahahahaa i love the way you explained it. burnout in front of your mates etc etc. and i dont think its wise me to drive around UNINSUREDD haha,
you seem to know a bit about ej's n ea's. do you rekon a fairly modified EA will get the rear wheels sliding around a track suck as archifeld ?? just go on youtube and type in " archy drift r31 " and watch the vids, so you can get a grasp on how small and tight the track is !

78sti · Post by **78sti** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:20 am

you rekon a fairly modified EA will get the rear wheels sliding around a track suck as archifeld

Not a snow flake chance in hell!
An ej22 would require some performance modification to do that!

Maby on dirt.

subarubrumby · Post by **subarubrumby** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:15 pm

really well, atm in the dry with my wleded diff, i can get it sliding, just not for too long, hahaha, and thats with the cruddy positive camber, and my clutch slips from the word go its so F^&*^*%* its not funny.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu May 05, 2011 7:37 pm

78sti wrote:Not a snow flake chance in hell!
An ej22 would require some performance modification to do that!

Maby on dirt.

You mean EA81...

Anyway, Venom is very right about the insurance, I know from personal experience too namely as I'm the guy with the EJ. I'll leave that there.

As for your brumby it is a light ute that when driven by the rear wheels should be able to spin the wheels the way you want it to with the work you're going to be doing to the EA. The next things to look at are the gearbox and the rear diff setup.

The gearbox would most likely be the next weakest link. The stress of drifting your brumby will most likely kill the aged gearbox very quickly.
The rear diff will give the rear moustache bar a good workout too. The torque twist is something you would want to eliminate as it means you're loosing out on the power/torque from the gearbox. You should be able to work out some bracing from the diff to the K frame that will reduce or eliminate this twist.

Cheers

Bennie

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:57 pm

if only someone could dredge up the read on QIKRX? build of the EA82T making 400HP at the crank before it twisted itself to death on the engine dyno. Heavy duty internals, 20 psi boost and NOX - there's some ideas for you su. bru

subarubrumby · Post by **subarubrumby** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:00 pm

yeahh i was thinking of using a 5 speed gearbox for shorter ratio, and brace would be a good idea!!! thanks for that one man, i got offered a 5 speed box to suit ea81 but need a L series tail shaft and mount, or is there an easier option ??

78sti · Post by **78sti** » Fri May 06, 2011 9:47 am

No I meant a EJ22, Maby my idea of drifting is a little different to others.

I would think the car in

archy drift r31

would have much more than 100kw (standard ej22) and for the record a ea81 has 54kw and at best worked would put out 60-75kw IMP.

I have owned a ea81 with weber and exhaust mods and a ea81t with cams exhaust and bigger turbo and more boost and it still did not have the performance of a ej22.

subarubrumby · Post by **subarubrumby** » Fri May 06, 2011 10:11 am

oh yeah ! keep in mind i cant do a ej22 cause of my P PLATE !!! hence why im doing the ea81 up..