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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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Back into the injured list.
Broke both axles today.
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Ouch man, where you enjoying it though?
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSnowflake8
Ouch man, where you enjoying it though?
always. the car is just a blast to drive man. I cant wait to get my 8.8 in there, waiting on the axles. I lowered the boost as low as I can but I guess it still has to much powa.. hehe
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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always. the car is just a blast to drive man. I cant wait to get my 8.8 in there, waiting on the axles. I lowered the boost as low as I can but I guess it still has to much powa.. hehe
lol too much powa for the stock parts, otherwise i don't believe in there being too much power lol
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSnowflake8
lol too much powa for the stock parts, otherwise i don't believe in there being too much power lol
I hope. I'm planing to use every single bit of power i can get out of it. The problem is there is always a weak link. first it was the tranny (solved), then the clutch(solved), now the axles. lets see whats next, or if we go back to a vicious cycle..
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by angeljoelv
I hope. I'm planing to use every single bit of power i can get out of it. The problem is there is always a weak link. first it was the tranny (solved), then the clutch(solved), now the axles. lets see whats next, or if we go back to a vicious cycle..
Everything is weak on the Rx8
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSnowflake8
Everything is weak on the Rx8
Not in mine... Everything is NOT from an RX8.. lol Exepct for the axles... hehe
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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and that is why it broke!! lol
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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yea lol. thats the 5 or 6th pair.. lol and with street tires..
But i had them laying around. NOw I'm out of replacements. Ima put the BHR's I have and next is the 8.8 with 1000hp axles

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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 11:11 PM
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lol you have any pics of the axles?? im sure they would make cool paper weights :p
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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I have pics of the old ones. Ill take some pics this week of the recent ones.
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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cool want to see what they look like lol
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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This is the pair that just broke
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this are the BHR set I just installed. We had to machine them becouse they were bent. The guys were more than willing to help us out with a new set, but I desided to fix them my self. Just want to clarify that Charles is tha BOMB. He contacted me several times to get them fixed but I simply didnt do my part.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Ouch. Sorry to hear that.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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How in the hell did you get bent shafts?? Was it your fault or bad packaging?
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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I have no idea. Im not going to give dumb opinions. lol All I know is i got them in and the car vibrated like crazy. At first I thought it was the dirve shaft, I got that balkanced. It didnt help. Took the axles out and had my father in law check them. Sure enough they were both bowed. Carles was on top of it at all times. He is a great guy. But my father in law said he could fix them so we just did that..
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSnowflake8
How in the hell did you get bent shafts?? Was it your fault or bad packaging?
some people are just born that way
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by angeljoelv
I have no idea. Im not going to give dumb opinions. lol All I know is i got them in and the car vibrated like crazy. At first I thought it was the dirve shaft, I got that balkanced. It didnt help. Took the axles out and had my father in law check them. Sure enough they were both bowed. Carles was on top of it at all times. He is a great guy. But my father in law said he could fix them so we just did that..
oh I sure hope he gets to checking his products before shipping them lol

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some people are just born that way
LMAO you sicko
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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wow angel, it sux aboout your axls, I can't imagine how much torque you are making
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 06:01 PM
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That HUGE turbo prolly has the same lag as the size ?
Have U measured the HP / torque so far ?
When does the turbo come up ?

Anyway Gtaz ! Grat project, keep up the good work mate !
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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lol bro, it seems like you're always breaking your axles, but no surprise though. Time to start another project but just on suspension?
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSnowflake8
How in the hell did you get bent shafts?? Was it your fault or bad packaging?
Believe me we'd like to know too.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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Believe me we'd like to know too.
I know how!! Poor quality... Someone had a little too much to drink and did a bad heat treating cycle

oh and let me add, you guys didn't check them. But you probably just drop shipped them?
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by NeSSaYah
That HUGE turbo prolly has the same lag as the size ?
Have U measured the HP / torque so far ?
When does the turbo come up ?

Anyway Gtaz ! Grat project, keep up the good work mate !
3 rotors do pretty good with big turbo's. you would be surprised. As soon as I tune the car I'll take some on board videos driving around and we can all enjoy and get the answers to your questions. In the mean time I rather not answer your question becouse I cant give you facts.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by bhop
lol bro, it seems like you're always breaking your axles, but no surprise though. Time to start another project but just on suspension?
Truth is they are stock axles man. I'm working on an 8.8 ( ford) swap that will be ready soon. The rear end ts already laid out and is just waiting for custom axles. Once I get this installed there will be NO braking axles again. ( I hope). So I'll call that my next project for now.
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