Next pieces

[jrally]

to my rally drivetrain puzzle. 2nd Gen upper intake manifold fitted with a full 60mm TB off of a 2.2L Subi, special manifold rework internally and lastly machined MSP diff carrier for the speedo gear, hope I got the gear on in the right direction, made the most sense.
The idle air control will be built with a custom remote location, off the TB, allowing air into the brass fitting on the bottom. The TPS doesn't just bolt on, but it was fairly straight forward to make an adapter plate. The Subi TB shaft is built the same way as the Mazda, the cable pull ring even bolted right on.

-Jon R.

[therieldeal]

nice! thats exactly what i was planning to have done once i eventually get myself an MSP LSD. nice find on the subi throttle body! bolt holes lined up pretty well i see?

[Clean 4WD]

Lookin good Jon... keep up the good work...

[hit25cal]

are there two broken teeth in that fourth pic?

[jrally]

Aaaaa, nope, had to redrill the TB. What you don't see in the picture, the 2 lower holes actually break out from the sides, about 1/3 of the hole diameter. In case anyone is wondering, the Quaffe bolt kit for the final drive will work with the MSP unit as well. They are like tiny wheel studs, 10mm, but very short. Now to see how well the 4.39:1 gears fit in the tranny...

-Jon R.

[jrally]

Can't hide anything... They aren't broken, but yes, two of them got damaged along the face there. They were cleaned up with an exacto knife. I had the gear fitted to the housing and when I loosened the jaws on the lathe, it fell about 6-8" to the bed plate, denting the two teeth.
-Jon R.

are there two broken teeth in that fourth pic?

[hit25cal]

Can't hide anything... They aren't broken, but yes, two of them got damaged along the face there. They were cleaned up with an exacto knife. I had the gear fitted to the housing and when I loosened the jaws on the lathe, it fell about 6-8" to the bed plate, denting the two teeth.
-Jon R.

damn my "spot everything and point it out"ness...lol

i wish I had your car man...

[dave0r]

In NZ we use a bolt match TB ,65mm or 60mm, cant remeber, but its from a EA and EB Ford Falcon (has 3.9/4.0lt Inline 6)

acceletor cable is reversed, so we DIY plate it to make it work

[protege94 P.R]

for the next time also you can use a for explorer TB is 64mm and the accelerator cable work the same as ours

[therieldeal]

v6 or v8 explorer? what years?

[jrally]

I thought about the Explorer TB, but I'm not all too sure the 60mm isn't going to be too big. Too big and I'll be loosing torque and fine throttle control, at least that's my feeling. If I get itchy someday, I'll try the Explorer one for myself.

-Jon R.

[nerd racing]

Very nice work man!

[jrally]

Onr more puzzle piece this weekend, found at half off day at Ecology, the Kia Sephia axles. The Phx Ecology is huge, about 2 city blocks long by 1/2 a block wide. I found the only 1.8L '97 manual tranny car. And the best part, the axle look brand new, there were greese splatters where old axles had leaked, but these boots all looks perfect, no cracks, no discoloring, and no grease. Itching to get the new drive train done. The machine shop called Friday, the block is ready to be picked up.

-Jon R.

[protege94 P.R]

v6 or v8 explorer? what years?

mine is from a V6 I dont really know the year but I will find it and let you know I think is 97 or 99