Cheocwa, that's cool... just send 'em whenever you get a chance.

Swowlinc, those are my rear sway bar links that you ask about every month, but never buy.

 

That actually only applies to semi-trucks. They don't want them slowing down using the engine because it is quite loud. That wouldn't apply to cars.

 

HA! Oh... its you. Gimme a deal mayne, I need too much crap from you. This month fa sho' Matt. Rstb rear links (actually I can buy these today...for the right price...)

 

that's called a jag brake or jake brake (depending on what brand you buy)..
simply an engine brake for the large trucks... I forget exactly how it's done inside the engine, but it can create some pretty impressive engine braking. the problem is that it's pretty damn loud..

a lot of cities have prohibited them due to the noise.

 

wow really...I wonder why? I have seen signs that say "no jake brakes" and such but that is an obvious reason behind that (man those things are loud when truckers hit them) and it was just in the city limits of a small town that had all the shops and stuff on that main road.


edit: wow so I should have responded before I took my daughter to school (when I actually opened this message but didnt respond until I got back)...seems its alread been covered.

 

HA! Oh... its you. Gimme a deal mayne, I need too much crap from you. This month fa sho' Matt. Rstb, LTB 2, rear links (actually I can buy the rear links today...for the right price...)

 

LOL! The prices on this stuff are only going up for me, so unless you buy a huge pile of stuff, I'm losing money on those things by taking any more off the price. unfortunate, but you can thank China and Japan for buying up all the scrap steel and driving raw material prices to 6x what they were a year ago.. the aluminum bar I use for that stuff used to cost me $1.20 a foot.. it's over $8 a foot now, and the steel isn't any better!

 

I feel ya on that one. Hey look, let's get back to my problems. These guys and the whole .Org are drainin my pockets but I have a plan mapped out for my mods that Im trying to follow right now. You can set me up un a bi-weekly payment plan for all the stuff I want from u. I know were talking at least $300. But like I said >30 more days and its me and you time.!
I have to put a Fidanza in. Like someone said, the max is a whole different car without it.

 

what down shifting law?? they cant regulate that, its not a mod.

downshift = driving style

They cant tell you HOW to drive....

Edit: should have seen there was a second page and some one aready stated it was for trucks.

 

yeah, i hear jake brake most often.

i heard from a guy who opperated a trucking company that when they do that all of the exhaust valves stay open.... how they do that is beyond me. unless they don't use cams and just have hydraulic actuators or something.

 

I saw on a Trucks show once where they installed an aftermarket one on a late model turbo diesel. It goes on the exhaust some how I believe. I cant remember exactly but they showed how they install it and all.

If I were not lazy and had to leave for work I would do a google on it to see.

 

well let me know what you want and we'll work on it....
I suggest you just get yourself a piggy bank and throw $20 a week into it until you have the money. easiest way to do it.

 

nice max. I love all the work you have done cant wait to hear how you do in sts. I think im going to have to run sm this year because i have a fidanza, high flow cat and im getting a stillen ecu in a few days (7600 here i come) got one off ebay for 370. have fun and where did you get your azenis sports im trying to find the cheapest place that sells them in 225 45 17 and as a suggestion you might want to try playing around with the front sway bar either put the stock one back on or lose it all together it will help you rotate but its good to leave the sus tech one on for street use have fun
harv

 

i APPEAR TO BE PUTTING MY SKID MARKS ALL OVER THIS THREAD!!!haa! MY BAD YALL.

 

I just installed my Blehmco Stage 1 LTB last night, and I actually ran into a few problems too.

1) My impact socket was too thick to fit inside... I found out a 1-1/16 socket is identical in size BTW. A normal socket just fits in there and all the ones I measured were pretty much identical in diameter at just under 36mm.

2) My LTB came slightly too short, which actually isn't a bad thing because it's easier to flatten out the bar slightly with a hammer than trying to bend it shorter. "Adjusted" it to fit nice and snugly.

3) One end had trouble fitting the socket to let me tighten it.... this was a combination of a slightly crooked hole (like the one pictured above) and a tight fit. I almost freaked out a bit before I figured out the simple solution of tightening that side first and then tightening the okay side second. No problem!

I've only got less than 1/4" clearance to my engine crossmember and Y-pipe though... hope this enough. I haven't had a chance to drive it yet, but look forward to it.

 

Harv, trust me.. leave the front sway bar on. you'll understeer a bit more, but you won't have the horrible body lean that eats up your front inside tire..

 

If you need a payment plan, you should not be spending your money on mods.

 

So Matt, you put it back on? heh

 

exhaust brake?

I heard that one a long time ago

 

F*** yeah.. I have the stocker up front and ST in rear. I shouldn't have sold my ST front bar now...

 

Maybe you can buy Drrrives?

 

Hmm I love my ST front bar. I'm surprised you got rid of yours.

 

Drrrives has been sold. bamma
Ok so you might not be a bamma, but dawg I dont REALLY have a money problem and I preciate you holdin that in next time. Man, I thought you were straight.!

 

The front swaybar is priceless. I can not stress how flat it makes my car when I am cornering. Besides if I want to rotate my car I can just lift.

-Larry

 

I saw something on Trucks or one of those other Spike TV car shows that they were showing an aftermarket tranny brake.
It bolted onto the end of the axle (RWD) near the U joint or whatever they call it. Then it was just like a brake rotor and had a caliper but they were just controlled by a lever and didn't have any fluid (similar to the rear parking brake system on the max).

 

i saw that. that was more of an emergency/parking brake.

 

If it is the same one I saw, it is just a parking brake (when you lift trucks alot it becomes a PITA to mess with). I know Banks and a few other manufactures make exhaust brakes for the Cummins/Powerstroke/Duramax in the light trucks (ie. 1 ton and lower).

 

yeah, now that I think more about it, mtcookson and MrGone are exactly right - it was intended to be a parking brake

 

A jake brake works by opening the exhaust valves at the top of the compression stroke. Basically turns the engine into an air compressor.

 

Our firetrucks and other large emergency vehicles use them.

 

Did mr blemco pay you to say this? lol just kiddng really cool stuff.