2018 1.4 manual build thread
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macdiesel
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Piece number one for the AWD manual swap attempt has arrived.
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Have you looked into a solution to get that ride height down? Doesn’t the Trax drivetrain bump the height up a bit?
This will be awesome.
From what I understand, Sonic coilovers will fit the Trax rear axle and have enough travel to get it back down.
First findings are disheartening on the gas tank. The Trax tank is about 4” lower than the Sonic tank. There’s no way I’m getting that in my car at my ride height. Maybe if I wanted to lift it and do a rally style thing. The only option I know of now is to go with a custom tank. If you wanted to remove the back seat and cut the body out I’m sure you could make it fit better, but that’s not an option for me. A custom tank will be a lot more money and hassle, plus it will reduce my fuel capacity to cut a 4” tall driveshaft notch out of it. I’m going to have to put this project on the shelf for now, but it’s not dead yet. Sorry for the bad news.
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The ZZP stage 1 cam has kind of turned this eco minded motor into a little screamer. I finally got to some stretches of road that were dry this morning and got back up to E50 from gas. Huge improvement, 10/10 would buy again. The tune isn’t 100% yet either. It’s down on boost a little bit until you get to the top of third and AFR needs to be leaned out from 11.0 to 11.8 again. It pulls great to 7000 now when it used to fall off before 6500. Such a mild upgrade too, these things really need cams. I don’t doubt the 20-30whp gain that ZZP’s dyno shows one bit. Besides the turbo upgrade I can’t think of a thing that’s made this much difference, and for only $350.
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zomby woof
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Cams are usually the first thing I recommend for a turbo'd application, and these particular stock cams are really bad.
So did you swap the intake cam to the exhaust side with no issues? I'm going from memory but as I recall when I degreed them, they are ground opposite to each other, so I would be careful
So did you swap the intake cam to the exhaust side with no issues? I'm going from memory but as I recall when I degreed them, they are ground opposite to each other, so I would be careful
Well, I’d planned to dyno it before the cam but I had to retime the motor. I figured I’d go ahead and knock it out since I was in there. Since I did the cam I have one last thing that I’m adding before I call it quits on this turbo. I’ll go ahead and get it all done and head back to the dyno once ZZP says the tune is finished.
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zomby woof
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No you misunderstand.
The lobes themselves are ground opposite each other between the intake and exhaust. You can actually see it in the ZZP pic, and they are not technically interchangeable. The inverse radius of the intake cam, now on the exhaust side is on the wrong side of the lobe.
I don't know what the effect will be. It might be OK, but I would keep a very close eye on it.
Gotcha. Well, as long as it makes more power and isn’t breaking I’m pretty ok with whatever.
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YouBeTailsIllBeSonic
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Oh WOW I have been AFK for way too long.....there are even aftermarket cams available now?! 
YouBeTailsIllBeSonic
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I would be more worried about T-case and reardiff gear ratios personally. If you are mildly handy with amig welder and a drill it shouldnt be too hard to fabricate some sort of tank/fuel cell.
