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DB-2 OLDS Quad Four Powered, 4 Speed Mk9 Tran, Ld65 4 piston brakes with vented rotors,  Penske Shocks, Jethot coated and completely rebuilt rear suspension, Magnesium wheels.

Swift DB-2
Serial Number 013-88
First race 7/30/88 Portland ACRL
1995 June Sprints
1995 Runoffs
1996 runoffs 6 Place CSR
1997 June Sprints
1997 Runoffs 6 place CSR
1998 June Sprints showed raced in logbook
1998 Runoffs 6 Place CSR
1999 June Sprints 2nd  place driven by Thomas Bartz
2000 June Sprints 4th place
2002 June Sprints 5th place
 

Before pictures:

All the pictures above are how the car came in. sorry the pictures are so close, the car was in a trailer when taking the pictures.

 I will be doing a rear half restoration to the car this winter/spring. This will included:

 stiffened rebuilt rear lower A-Arms. stock lower rear a-arms are weak and can brake as seen above.

 all suspension parts to be Jet- Hot Coated, ceramic coating 14 times more heat durable than chrome. go to1200 degrees.

 Custom Rear frame stiffening

New clutch quarter master 5.5 inch twin disc

all new bearings in suspension

New CV boots

New input shaft custom made by Hewland, reseal trans.

2:20:03

the rear of the car was stripped down to the engine

2:25:03 All rear suspension parts are back from Jet-Hot with the sterling coating on them.

Before Jet-Hot Coating, the after jet hot coating picture will come latter when the parts are on the car

3:20:03

We checked the specs on the clutch and found that new clutch parts are needed, we bought a new quarter master pressure plate, floater plate and 2 5.5 tilton disc.

Olds quad 4 steel flywheel which was resurfaced. clutch stack height is very critical with these types of clutches so when resurfacing you need to make sure there is a .100 step on the flywheel where the clutch housing bolts up to the flywheel.

some new clutch parts, quarter master with 2 Tilton disc 5.5 inch

rear of quad 4

flywheel bolts get a drop of blue  lock tight then torque to 80 foot pounds

Flywheel mounted

clutch housing set on flywheel

disc 1 placed on flywheel

Floating plate next

second disc set in flywheel

Pressure plate goes on

Clutch cover plate is bolted on to 20 foot pounds and a input shaft is used to keep everything straight during bolt up.

Finished clutch installation

3:25:03

The new Input shaft is in from Hewland. it looks very well made. 

The ring and pinion looked very good so we are only going to put in new input shaft , reseal side plates and put in new front seal. The trans is equipped with a aluminum open diff which is alot lighter than the Standard Hewland Cast Iron part.

Hewland MK9 case with out left side plate. if a swift is going to have a trans fluid leak it will happen on the left plate as that is where all the ring and pinion load is transferred.

connecting of the new input shaft

Here is a pic of the broken input shaft, it broke on the trans side right where the snap ring grove is.

the input shaft for a swift db-2 that has a olds engine is 18" long which is about 7/8 inches longer than a ford powered cars input shaft.

Swift DB-2 bell housing was cleaned and inspected. the clutch slave cylinder was rebuilt with new o rings and Teflon seals.

When the starter was removed from the engine for inspection the aluminum bracket just fell apart.  it is a cast aluminum parts which looks to be a very fragile design. to get a replacement bracket is hard to find but quarter master had a few at $125.00

Cleaned and rebuilt starter.

We are making so extra engine braces to help ad some stiffness to the rear of the car. the 2 engine braces had 3/8 inch rod end brackets welded to them and where sent out to jet hot for coating.

Parts are now going back on the car

4/20/03

now that most of the parts are back I have started assembling the car:

bell housing was bolted up to the engine and we also installed a new TO bearing for the clutch. a 5.5 inch clutch and a 7.25 inch clutch use different size TO bearings so it is important to get the correct size.

5/02/03

Right Rear corner gets mostly assembled, we are waiting on the correct reducer bushings so we can install the lower A-arms. In the picture you can see the sterling silver ceramic coated parts (rocker arms, axles, fore shear plate supports, and sway bar system). The silver ceramic coating is good to 1,200 degrees and is about 14 times as durable than Chrome.

Looking down on the 2 rear Penske 8100 shocks

bell bolted to the quad 4, you can see the .500 thick aluminum adapter plate sandwiched between the bell housing and the Quad 4 engine.

5/5/2003

The parts came back in from jet hot and they look OK, Jet-Hots service has been a little poor lately and you really have to keep on them for them to do your work correctly.  the past 2 times i sent them parts with areas masked off that I didn't want coated they went ahead and coated anyway. and I have experienced a little inconsistency in the finish that they give me. 

Left side engine brace, this brace has 3 bolts. 2 bolts that mount it to the rear tub roll bar and 1 bolt that mounts to the bell housing. it takes a little work to align all of it up. all 3 bolts where torque to 50 foot pounds. In the lower bottom of the engine brace you can see the new bracket that was welded on. this is where the new brace will be attached.

Same with the right side.

5:7:2003

Today I worked on the rear brakes, the car has LD65 4 piston brake calipers. these calipers are getting hard to find as they are not made anymore. The car has 10 inch x .81 vented rotors.

The old rotors will be replaced with new ones, the hats are good so we just unbolt the hats from the rotors and re use the hats, the old rotors are good for spares If we get into a jam but they are just a little to cracked for my taste.

In this picture you can see the cracking, a little cracking is fine but once you can really feel them with your finger nail I feel it is time to change.

New Directionally Vented Rotors

Old hats bolted to new rotors. we used the old bolts but used new washers and jet nuts.

New rotor on left rear  upright

LD65 caliper. If the car stays as a CSR race car we would like to convert it over to aluminum calipers.

Pistons out of caliper.  wire brushed and cleaned

Removed old seals and replaced them with new seals. everything needs a coat of brake fluid to help with re assembly.

All bolted up. after all is done safety wire will be used on the bolts

5:15:2003

Lower rear a-arms are ready to go on the car. with the Swift cars there are many bushings needed for just about every rod end.

this are the new supports made for the car they will tie into the rear truions and the bolt into the trans side mount plate.

this is the under side of the drivers side pod. the top  edges  of race car body work always seems to get cracks in it from when drivers push on it  to get in and out of the car. I reinforced this edge with 4 layers of low weight fiberglass.

5:30:2003

lately I have been mostly working on the nose patched cracks, chips and reinforcing weak areas. pictures will come soon.

This is a picture of the inside of the nose wheel arch. the top center section is very prone to cracks as the down force tries to bend the nose down. i put several layers of 3 inch fiberglass tape. the out side flair was also damaged so this new fiberglass will support the new body filler that will make the new flair.

 the rear mechanical section of the car is 99% done and I even started the car for the first time today. the engine ran very well and had great oil pressure. the true test will be after we bleed the clutch and make sure all of that is working properly.

6:19:03

The car is now a complete roller:

in this pic you can see the custom shock cover that extends further into the cockpit area. I am still doing a few mods to it then i will repaint it.

7:30:2003

I  got the car all back together and ran the race at St. Louis, Gateway International raceway, My old buddy Cory Galakatos helped on the Friday test day and everything went fine.

Here are some pics:

In the First Race on Saturday We finished 3rd and On Sunday We finished 2 nd

10:27:04

Did a regional race on Saturday and won the race

Car is now in California.