Red Rattler Revamp

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Blacky
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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EK283 wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 6:23 am So did you get it on the DYNO ?

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Not yet mate, want to make sure its all behaving rather than be fiddling around fixing stuff while its bolted to the dyno costing me $200+ an hour.
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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Jumping out of third could be engine mounts or bellhousing bolts binding.


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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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If you hang a bag off the gear lever it won’t jump out of third :mrgreen:

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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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Spoke to the gearbox guy who reconditioned the gearbox today, he is of the belief that if there was a misalignment issue between the engine and the gearbox it would misbehave in EVERY gear not just 3rd, and that seeing I fitted a non standard tail housing with a Chinese short shifter that would be the first place to start looking so that is the next job.
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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how does one car cause so much grief, i could never drive it if it ever got finished (it never would get finished if i owned it) i'm to superstitious it would be cursed as far as i was concerned
sometimes yor just better off shitting in yor hands and clapping

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