Diirks New Predator X18S

[diirk]

Yeah, we managed to run through some of the MDR courses while out there today. Overall, the car handled amazing well. We had to tweak on the rear suspension a little but not much. From my amature standpoint, it rocked!

On the downside, the vent on the top of the diff blew a ton of oil. Still need to figure that out. But that's the only problem we had, which with any brand new car, isn't too bad. And to be fair, we ran the snot out of it.

[Gene]

Seems like the diff presures up and blows. Standfast and others have this happening with RPM' and Jeffco's too. An effective catch can has yet to be presented here as far as I know.

[Bugpac]

catch can would be simple, One line in one line out and back to the top, My trans does the same, That is my plan to not make a mess of the trans, You need oil that does not foam...

[diirk]

Well, I spoke with Eamon the mfg, he said the diff was intentionally overfilled to allow it to set its own level. That the blowby should slow down if not stop entirely within one or two rides. So, no concerns there. Everything else was fantastic, so now, zero issues!!!

[diirk]

Anyhow, here's a few pics. One of the coolest things is the hydraulic ram steering which works flawlessly.

[standfast]

Lookin good. Lets see some vid!

[pwerwagn]

Cool lookin car!!!

Thats cool that he is using the new MT/R's now...but wonder why the eff they mounted 2 of em backwards?

--Jeff

[diirk]

Actually, they're all mounted the same. And, according to Goodyear, they'll provide the same traction no matter which way they're mounted, even though they look directional.

[pwerwagn]

Yeah, its kind of a weird tire. Being asymmetrical, you couldn't really mount them the other way because the tires still would not be symmetrical with respect to each other. There are a lot of skeptics out there in regards to the "equal traction in either direction"...I guess time will tell.

I do know goodyear does their homework when it comes to tire design. A large portion of the old MT/R was developed where I worked at, and they put a lot of time into that pattern.

[diirk]

Oh yeah, it threw me off when I first looked at them. And mine a opposite the typical mounting direction that shows in all the Goodyear advertisements. Which is why I started looking to see, since the tires themselves don't have the arrow usually associated with directional tires.