riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 24/04/12 09:53 PM Share Posted 24/04/12 09:53 PM What about drilling and wiring the heads? Will that weaken them too much?What power does this become an issue?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIERCE Flat out like a lizard drinkin ! Member 621 Member For: 14y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 25/04/12 05:43 AM Author Share Posted 25/04/12 05:43 AM Problems like this have occurred from even standard cars. the likely hood is only greater when your more than doubling the power output. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIERCE Flat out like a lizard drinkin ! Member 621 Member For: 14y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 25/04/12 03:13 PM Author Share Posted 25/04/12 03:13 PM (edited) So the job is done, all up it took around 4 hours the hardest part being reinstalling the box, that I assure you was a *beep* doing it solo.after pulling the box out all the bolts where loose and one was completely out lying in the bell housing.there is the converter it was all good with no damage present. Edited 25/04/12 03:20 PM by FIERCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 20y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/04/12 02:51 PM Share Posted 28/04/12 02:51 PM (edited) I have a bit of an intermittant light squeal coming from around the front of the box, rear of the engine area sometimes when the car is idling. Its only there sometimes and sounds a bit like a squealing belt. Does anybody know if that's a flexplate symptom? Edited 28/04/12 02:53 PM by hypnodoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomiCg6 Donating Members 197 Member For: 12y 11m 15d Posted 29/04/12 04:01 AM Share Posted 29/04/12 04:01 AM Ive just broken my atomic flexplate, snapped most the bolts off and they were tig weldedI spoke to brad from atomic, and he said he gets them sent off and has a guy do it for him, and its perfectly fine and it doesnt send your engine out of balance, and the heat from the weld wont weaken the bolts etc..dont know why it broke then ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Donating Members 553 Member For: 14y 10m 5d Gender: Male Posted 29/04/12 04:04 AM Share Posted 29/04/12 04:04 AM (edited) did it break the bolts or break the weld off the flex plate? welding high tensile bolts etc normally just makes them brittle and then breakhave you got an atomic balancer aswell? Edited 29/04/12 04:05 AM by possum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomiCg6 Donating Members 197 Member For: 12y 11m 15d Posted 29/04/12 04:25 AM Share Posted 29/04/12 04:25 AM its broke the welds off the plate, and sheered some off from the crank, the welds themself were about 10cm on each bolt, my mechanics rekon the heat has made them brittle.. I have to tap the bolts out the crank, and re tap it with stronger bolts I was suggestedIts got a 998 atomic complete motor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomiCg6 Donating Members 197 Member For: 12y 11m 15d Posted 29/04/12 04:29 AM Share Posted 29/04/12 04:29 AM its broke the welds off the plate, and sheered some off from the crank, the welds themself were about 10cm on each bolt, my mechanics rekon the heat has made them brittle.. I have to tap the bolts out the crank, and re tap it with stronger bolts I was suggestedIts got a 998 atomic complete motorsorry I mean 1cm lol, and snapped the bolts in half off the flexpate or straight off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 16y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 29/04/12 05:03 AM Share Posted 29/04/12 05:03 AM Damn... one thing to the next...Have a couple of more drinks ..It will be fine in the end 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 12y 8m 1d Gender: Male Posted 29/04/12 05:49 AM Share Posted 29/04/12 05:49 AM Wow I would not go doing that, apart from balance issues the thermal stress caused by welding can destroy the flexplate under load 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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