I see....you have enough raw HP for launches I guess...I just don't like the hesitation in the 6.

 

I have noticed in my srt6 stock that when accelerating hard the rear "sways" or "drifts" slightly from side to side in a slow controllable way. It isn't the traction control because it does it with and without the traction control. The tires are not spinning when it does this either. I checked everything under the rear (control arms, sway bars, etc...) and everything appears to be solid. Do you guys think it is the traction/power switching between sides? Has anybody else noticed this before the install of LSD?

 

well Jesse James, ole' Doc Holliday here thinks that is what is happening. Both are right at the point of breaking loose, so the TC is fighting back and forth keeping both wheels from spinning. It is an un-natural kind of feeling...I never liked that feel from the beginning.. With TC off, it will launch better, but usually only 1 wheel spinning, sometimes 2, but asa you would start to get the sideways motion, 1 wheel would stop spinning because the TC, even though turned off, would still over-ride the system.

 

I had mine checked three times, then one day I was put in the the slicks on the car and as I was tightening it down I noticed the wheel move forward and rear, and this is after three mechanics check it out so after the tire was tight I took a big rubber mallet and I banged on the front of the tire the top of the tire and the sides of the entire to see if there was any movement up down the front or rear. There was movement that I checked all the bushings and found one or two that were a little bit worn out you could move my hand but when you hit it with a mallet, that's when you find it good luck..your car should not sway one way or the other when you're in acceleration it should be straight as an arrow jim

 

If Jim is correct...you should have this sway all the time will accelerating...whether racing, or normal spirited driving...might want to look at that as well...but if you are talking about a hard launch...it will move around. We old drag racers don't really care we just point it forward and go....lol

 

can someone tell me how I work out the following Q re fitting a wavetrac to my SLK32
Q from Devin at Unitrax ....
"....
We need to confirm the style of output shafts. Do you know if you have the "push-in" style output shafts or the "bolt-in" style? If you have the "bolt-in" style shafts, we will send you the orings and circlips required for the installation. Additionally, you will need to have the output shafts machined slightly. The "push-in" style output shafts require no modifications....."

Get under the car - have a look - maybe take some photos....
give him my VIN....
hmmm
??

 

32krazy is more up those but I believe it is a certain year of car that has clips...maybe PM him if no one answers you soon....or latemodel21, as I think he has one as well...

 

Look under your car. if you have the 1 peice half shaft going from the diff to the wheel hub you dont need anything other than the wavetrac. if you have the 2 piece half shaft you will see a bolt pattern close to the diff. it allows the diff to be removed without removing the axles. then you need the circlips and the spacers from unitrax

 

my '02 slk32 is bolt style

 

most if not all the 02 slk32 were bolt in. the 03 , 04 were slip in

btw doc latemodel21 doesnt have 1 slk32. he has 3!!!!

 

thanks - have a look 2nite

 

lol.......I stand corrected...

 

So with Chris having 3 32's I assume all have the paddle shifters....makes maybe 6 all total with paddle shifters?

 

All 3 of my 2002s have the 2-piece axles (only 1 has a wavetrac though ....)

My first SLK32 has paddles, my second one (a low mileage parts car I bought complete with less than 12,000 miles) was the test mule, so to speak (I cut its wheel up first to test fit the paddles and did the mods to its shifter .... I then used its DIFF for my wavetrac : )

My 3rd SLK32 is sitting in my race car garage (showroom perfect and only 18,000 miles on it) ... it now has the wavetrac in it and will get paddle shifters soon (waiting on my custom wheel from DCT Motorsports : ). I have not driven this one since I drove it back from Pheonix where I picked it up this spring ... until today (I have to pull it out of the garage for a little while as my 2-post lift is being delivered this afternoon).

Soon enough I will sell my first SLK32 to make room for something else .... (Lantana re-ignited the SL600 bug the other day ... who knows : )

First, however, I need to finish the upgrades to my 3rd ... (2-tone interior swap, Parking sensors/Laser intervention, In-dash valentine one, microwave motion sensor alarm add-on, add MBZ voice control and bluetooth, 62 mm pulley, heat exchanger , etc etc ... )


Oops ... I forgot to answer the question "... 6 [slk32s] all total with paddle shifters?"
out of 40 paddle kits sold, only 4 have gone on slk32s (as far as I know) ... so plus mine, that makes 5 slk32s with paddle shifters.

Chris

 

And I thought I was bad....lol.....

 

pardon my ignorance - but 2 piece = slip in or bolt on?

 

by "2-piece" I mean NON slip-in. In this version (used in SLk32s until late in the 2002 model year build IIRC), the stubs (1 per axle) remain with the diff when you remove it. This is considered the odd-case relative to the wavetrac mod as all of the SRT6s and the newer SLK32s had the 1-piece (slip in) style.

Chris

 

so I'm guesing this is a bolt on - can someone confirm for me?

 

looks like a bolt in to me

 

Wavetrack arrived 2day.....