400whp breaks things......
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i was just thinking about a longer term solution to this... rather than relying on bolt shear strength and the friction of the plates (and you could probably make a roughened/friction enhanced plate treatment) how about machining interlocking teeth between the halves? (like a dog ring, without the slop) This would require new parts to be made, but the reliability could be worth it. straight teeth might work, even stronger would be an undulating pattern.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Originally Posted by IceShark
Oh boy Kevin, that is a boneheaded response. The point was the friction of the plates was what was important so you need those bolts to stay tight and not back out. How to do that? Make sure the threads are clean and loctite them. And clean the plate faces off. A saftey wire ain't going to help much as the bolts will back off enough that the plates are not torqued together tight enough by that time.
Using a higher strength bolt and torquing higher, well you are right that may not work as the threads are in the base metal. But that wasn't the original point really.
Using a higher strength bolt and torquing higher, well you are right that may not work as the threads are in the base metal. But that wasn't the original point really.
Originally Posted by Adrial
If I'm remembering my materials class correctly, isn't the shear strength determined by the tensile strength? Because even in pure shear, you can break it down to the principal stresses which are compressive/tensile.
If you take a piece of chalk and twist it until it fails, the break will be at ~45 degrees IIRC...twisting is pure shear. 45 degrees is the principal angle for pure shear.
Correct me if I'm wrong...
If you take a piece of chalk and twist it until it fails, the break will be at ~45 degrees IIRC...twisting is pure shear. 45 degrees is the principal angle for pure shear.
Correct me if I'm wrong...
A good "textbook" case of single shear involving only one bolt would be the rear shock bolt on 944s. The bolt has all it's loading placed in one location of the bolt. One side of the location has a downward force from the shock; the other side of the location has an upward force from the trailing arm. One face for each force... single shear. Suprisingly enough, single shear is actually a real no-no in the field when dealing with serious load-bearing items. I'm surprised they didn't stick with the 924 CGT shock mount, which apperently was in double shear.
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Lots of future Mech. E's here!
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I hate to go OT, so I apologize, Rage.
Re-animator, could you possibly send me info and pics of the C32? I'm interested to see what you got done to it. I'd pm you, but it says I can't.
EDIT: Patrat... now that's thinking. Interlocking teeth, or a cam-system, would spread the load out a lot better and probably cure the bolt shearing problem for Rage. Then he'd have to worry about chucking the CVs themselves ...and the gears, and the pinion and the...
Re-animator, could you possibly send me info and pics of the C32? I'm interested to see what you got done to it. I'd pm you, but it says I can't.
EDIT: Patrat... now that's thinking. Interlocking teeth, or a cam-system, would spread the load out a lot better and probably cure the bolt shearing problem for Rage. Then he'd have to worry about chucking the CVs themselves ...and the gears, and the pinion and the...
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Great discussions! Just one comment regarding the bolts, safety wire, and backing out. The bolts were inspected about a week prior to failure. None of them backed out at all. There wasn't any sign of movements from the bolts.
Re-animator - I have a few tricks for the C32 / SLK32 motor... the renntech kit claims 394hp, I was able to squeeze 419hp out of it .
Re-animator - I have a few tricks for the C32 / SLK32 motor... the renntech kit claims 394hp, I was able to squeeze 419hp out of it .
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the 3 times that I snapped the cv joints I was shifting from 1st to 2nd while going down hill. The tires bite much harder when going down hill. They don't break loose as easily. Avoid down hill hard shifts where ever you can.
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So what allows other makes and models to be able to withstand hard launches and clutch drop burnouts, etc. ????
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Originally Posted by toddk911
So what allows other makes and models to be able to withstand hard launches and clutch drop burnouts, etc. ????
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So what allows other makes and models to be able to withstand hard launches and clutch drop burnouts, etc. ????
Well thats how I like to see it. Backed up with some witness of watching 1/4mile runs and seeing countless EVO's and Pulsar GTI's pulling off the track with transmission issues!
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Originally Posted by rage2
Great discussions! Just one comment regarding the bolts, safety wire, and backing out. The bolts were inspected about a week prior to failure. None of them backed out at all. There wasn't any sign of movements from the bolts.
Re-animator - I have a few tricks for the C32 / SLK32 motor... the renntech kit claims 394hp, I was able to squeeze 419hp out of it .
Re-animator - I have a few tricks for the C32 / SLK32 motor... the renntech kit claims 394hp, I was able to squeeze 419hp out of it .
#57
Originally Posted by DivineE
They don't! People with other highly tuned cars like all the Jap tuners just seem to break things like gearboxes so often they are used to it! The 944 is so tough that when something does go wrong its a big issue.
Well thats how I like to see it. Backed up with some witness of watching 1/4mile runs and seeing countless EVO's and Pulsar GTI's pulling off the track with transmission issues!
Well thats how I like to see it. Backed up with some witness of watching 1/4mile runs and seeing countless EVO's and Pulsar GTI's pulling off the track with transmission issues!
Hmm...I see a market for improved transmission components...
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It's simple. Those cars came from the factory or is upgradable with much beefier components . It'd be nice to have an affordable aftermarket gearbox and CV's/axels solution for our cars though.
Got my car back today... time to start the bolt death countdown!
Got my car back today... time to start the bolt death countdown!
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Originally Posted by rage2
It'd be nice to have an affordable aftermarket gearbox and CV's/axels solution for our cars though.