Stefan Mohammed

You're using used bearings from different engines? I'm guessing you looked at the block/crank bearing codes for each engine and worked backwards from there to find out each bearings 'colour' and then you swapped all the good/correct bearings into this motor? Am I right?

Really sad to see this go :( This car was a huge inspiration to pretty much any custom mod that I ever did on either the S80 or the 850 (basically this car was my inspiration to stop picking up IPD bolt ons lol). I really respected the attention to detail with this build and the lengths that you went through to have great driveability. I sent an email inquiring about some of the parts from the XR. Let me know if those parts are still up for grabs.

Damn H, sorry to hear about all of this. I completely understand the point about having a reliable daily and as car guys/tinkerers we never stop growing our car collection and modifying our prized possessions. All that said, a tonne of work has gone into the X/R over the last few years. The entire clutch issue was expected based on the kind of torque you were making and the AWD and other drive components requiring service were also realistic given how hard you push the car and the age of the components. I could only imagine how pissed off and demotivated you are when the skirt fails just after your clutch swap. Considering the condition of the other parts though, you practically rebuilt the car after all, do you think it still might be worth it to part it? If the bore is good then a quick rebuild is all you need and the X/R should be pretty reliable for what it is (and it's important to remember what it is, a highly modified/very high output project car). Perhaps if you need a newer/more reliable DD then it might make sense to sell the GT500 instead (seeing as you have less of a financial and emotional investment in that) and get something to replace that (the C30 T-5M or the fiat). Nothing would stop you from using the X/R as a daily once it's running again, but you would have the newer replacement car and the X1/9 as a fall back if something does happen to the X/R down the road. If you (regrettably) do choose to part the X/R or (preferably) replace the GT500, I would advise that you keep the modifications mild... when we starting raising the output too high on these things all sorts of unexpected problems lurk around the corner and then you need to re-engineer the entire car to keep it reliable (like the X/R). My .02

Damn H, sorry to hear about your packages getting stolen... looks like the last 2 months haven't been that kind to you (Clutch job, AWD system repair, X1/9 HG blowing and now these packages)

Need more info on this... this is insane!!! Actually needs a full thread dedicated to it!!!

Damn, and here I was hoping (in some alternate reality) that maybe a full-faced AP setup might have held out to 600whp . I wonder how a puck style disc possibly with a more aggressive friction material would hold up? Based on most people's very positive feedback with the AP setup, I'm fairly confident that AP might have another option for us that might work for higher outputs. ​A while back I was researching the Ford Probe clutch option paired to a machined 850 SMF and 850R pressure plate. During said research I found that several RX7 Turbo clutches had interchange part numbers with the Ford Probe disc. I was planning on doing some further research into the dimensions and suitability of the RX7 discs for our application but it seems you did that for me already!!

Send a payment to your paypal address on April 29th, for 4x small (white), 2x medium (white). Any details on order status? PM Sent with transaction ID and shipping address.

Glad to see that you're making progress on getting it restored!