HarleyFDMD Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 After receiving my prop shaft back from Bailey Morris (of which i have mixed opinions of) i also purchased an SRD prop hoop / tunnel brace. Tbf the prop came back looking brand new again and the guy i spoke to upon collection seemed nice enough. The first guy i spoke to whilst dropping it of was an absolute tool though. They have re clipped the UJs and re balanced it - begrudgingly under warranty (with the help of a gentle nudge from Lee) Fingers crossed this now cures my high speed vibration! The purchase of the prop hoop was a no brainer, in the event of the prop breaking, the hoop should contain it to prevent it from doing too much damage to the floor. Atleast on the diff end anyway. Gave it a little wet sand and a quick polish before fitting it. also had to trim a little bit off the bottom to clear my exhaust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) After getting the prop back on i then started to look at how i was going to go about installing the under glow 2 things are for certain. First of all i absolutely do not want to be able to see the actual strips and secondly i refuse to bodge this - like every single underglow installation I've every seen. For some reason people just seem to cable tie it where ever they can or screw it into the floor with zero sympathy for the car. Im going to make proper tracks for it to sit in using angle tray. Keeping it neat, not drilling additional holes into the car and not allowing the strips to be visible. So i bought some 10mm x 20mm aluminium angle tray and made a start on the rear bumper strip I removed the rear bumper lower strip that attaches the bumper to the fuel tank protector and riveted the tray into those holes. Edited February 15 by HarleyFDMD (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc92 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I still think underglow is cool, I'm glad people are bringing it back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 7 hours ago, mc92 said: I still think underglow is cool, I'm glad people are bringing it back. Im 33 now, so need for speed underground 2 and the fast and the furious / 2 fast 2 furious were huge influences on me when i was a kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 I have some updates to share! I've been quite busy doing a few little upgrades.. and also single handedly destroying my drivetrain Sooo, first of all, just following on from my previous post. Underglow is done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 Secondly.. a little bit more engine bay bling. I purchased a PHR billet spark plug cover and clear upper timing belt cover from Sheefa. I absolutely love it. Made me realise how much i hated the black spark plug cover i had previously. Polished my oil filler cap too and one of the rad brackets.. still need to get round to doing the other side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 (edited) Thirdly, bigger tyres! I was due a new set of tyres. I went for Toyo Proxies on the front and another pair of Mickey Thompsons on the rear... but this time i went bigger. Rather than the previous 275 50s, i opted for 275 60s. Significant size increase. The gearing has also been noticeably lengthened. 2nd gear now will now do 75mph. Traction is also drastically improved - i dont have traction control and i dont have boost by gear, 780bhp and i can put all of that to the road in 2nd. No wheel spin. Edited May 13 by HarleyFDMD (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 Fourthly... timing belt, cam pulley and tensioner bracket. I had the whifbitz tensioner bracket, but became aware that the lack of a bronze bush inside of it can create an issue. Also, the recent clear timing belt cover was crying out for a fancy cam pulley and coloured timing belt. I already had a brand new HKS cam gear and i bought a gates racing timing belt and SRD billet tensioner bracket that Lee kindly supplied with a new pulley too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 And last, but by no means least.. the detonation of my big case B03B diff! I went to Japshow with the forum crew at santa pod, had an awesome day.. mostly Went down the strip for the first time ever.. managed an 11.9 @ 130mph VID-20250511-WA0022.mp4 gave it another shot and didn't give it enough off the start and bogged pretty bad.. third time round thought I'll just send it this time and gave it full launch control and dropped the clutch Huge bang followed by lots of rotational metal clunking and then just rolled to stop a few meters down the track.. lol Had to call my trailer and got recovered home we were pretty confident it was the diff and i dropped the oil that evening which confirmed our suspicions. The following day i pulled the diff out the car and removed the rear cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 So yeah, the diff is absolutely smashed to pieces! Screen_Recording_20250513_232724_Gallery.mp4 Its just fortunate that i haven't damaged the casing! Anyway, its going down to SRD shortly for a full build. OS Giken, new 3.1 ring and pinion, SRD billet cover, all new seals and bearings. But until then, it's just a big ornament 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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