stages of life for my car. 56k... don't bother.
#34
08-24-2006, 08:13 AM
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Magrathea/California
Posts: 9,865
that'd be greaaaaaat, mmkay. Thanks.
I'll see if I can't crawl under there with a flash on the camera and get the Torque arm to show too. Then you'll also see my ghetto dumps. I went with dumps for several reasons:
1. MM PHB and TA suspension makes tail pipes an ultima-atomic-bitch to get in with no rattles
2. I hate the look of tail pipes... they dirty up the lines of a car. Having it just be a little loud is plenty for me.
3. I love mashing the gas when some ricer pulls up and revs on me (every blown honda around here wants to play with mustangs and LS1's... silly kids)... the exhaust dumping right in front of the rear tires is LOUD from the side at 5K rpm. Causes them to shake their heads and go away.
I'll see if I can't crawl under there with a flash on the camera and get the Torque arm to show too. Then you'll also see my ghetto dumps. I went with dumps for several reasons:
1. MM PHB and TA suspension makes tail pipes an ultima-atomic-bitch to get in with no rattles
2. I hate the look of tail pipes... they dirty up the lines of a car. Having it just be a little loud is plenty for me.
3. I love mashing the gas when some ricer pulls up and revs on me (every blown honda around here wants to play with mustangs and LS1's... silly kids)... the exhaust dumping right in front of the rear tires is LOUD from the side at 5K rpm. Causes them to shake their heads and go away.
#35
08-24-2006, 10:10 AM
Awesome car r3dn3ck! Having all the stuff defiantly makes a big difference in the handling. Just out of curiosity do you autoX are road race? If so where? I'm looking into doing make racing but don't know where to go.
#36
08-24-2006, 10:21 AM
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Magrathea/California
Posts: 9,865
I do the occasional auto-x at Oakland Arena but I prefer open-track (streets of Willows) and open road racing like the Silver State Classic Challenge.
There's NASA autocross events all over the place pretty regularly. Easiest way to get into that is to sign up for a membership. For open tracking you have to watch for an event in your area (Willows has events all the time but finding them is a PITA). Check out www.cafords.com, many of them are pals of mine and most are local to you in sacto, they'll know about the events in your area more than me... I'm like 90 miles from you.
I built the car for the Silver State Classic 120 & 140Mph classes. I'm hoping to be able to make a run next year with the 5.4 in it. After I get a couple 120-140 runs then I'm going to redo some of the safety systems and my aero package and step up to the 160mph class.
Showroom stock racing is very restrictive make based racing, other than that you can try American Sedan SCCA events.
Before you get too far though I'd get the torque arm done cuz you'll be loose as hell with the setup you have on any of the tracks around here and you'll probably get the back end stepping out every time you brake coming up to a corner. I had to be kinda careful before the torque arm cuz the car was loose and kinda snappy about it. I found myself facing the wrong direction a couple times and drifting more than I liked. What spring rates are you running?
There's NASA autocross events all over the place pretty regularly. Easiest way to get into that is to sign up for a membership. For open tracking you have to watch for an event in your area (Willows has events all the time but finding them is a PITA). Check out www.cafords.com, many of them are pals of mine and most are local to you in sacto, they'll know about the events in your area more than me... I'm like 90 miles from you.
I built the car for the Silver State Classic 120 & 140Mph classes. I'm hoping to be able to make a run next year with the 5.4 in it. After I get a couple 120-140 runs then I'm going to redo some of the safety systems and my aero package and step up to the 160mph class.
Showroom stock racing is very restrictive make based racing, other than that you can try American Sedan SCCA events.
Before you get too far though I'd get the torque arm done cuz you'll be loose as hell with the setup you have on any of the tracks around here and you'll probably get the back end stepping out every time you brake coming up to a corner. I had to be kinda careful before the torque arm cuz the car was loose and kinda snappy about it. I found myself facing the wrong direction a couple times and drifting more than I liked. What spring rates are you running?
#37
08-24-2006, 10:39 AM
Originally Posted by r3dn3ck
I do the occasional auto-x at Oakland Arena but I prefer open-track (streets of Willows) and open road racing like the Silver State Classic Challenge.
There's NASA autocross events all over the place pretty regularly. Easiest way to get into that is to sign up for a membership. For open tracking you have to watch for an event in your area (Willows has events all the time but finding them is a PITA). Check out www.cafords.com, many of them are pals of mine and most are local to you in sacto, they'll know about the events in your area more than me... I'm like 90 miles from you.
I built the car for the Silver State Classic 120 & 140Mph classes. I'm hoping to be able to make a run next year with the 5.4 in it. After I get a couple 120-140 runs then I'm going to redo some of the safety systems and my aero package and step up to the 160mph class.
Showroom stock racing is very restrictive make based racing, other than that you can try American Sedan SCCA events.
Before you get too far though I'd get the torque arm done cuz you'll be loose as hell with the setup you have on any of the tracks around here and you'll probably get the back end stepping out every time you brake coming up to a corner. I had to be kinda careful before the torque arm cuz the car was loose and kinda snappy about it. I found myself facing the wrong direction a couple times and drifting more than I liked. What spring rates are you running?
There's NASA autocross events all over the place pretty regularly. Easiest way to get into that is to sign up for a membership. For open tracking you have to watch for an event in your area (Willows has events all the time but finding them is a PITA). Check out www.cafords.com, many of them are pals of mine and most are local to you in sacto, they'll know about the events in your area more than me... I'm like 90 miles from you.
I built the car for the Silver State Classic 120 & 140Mph classes. I'm hoping to be able to make a run next year with the 5.4 in it. After I get a couple 120-140 runs then I'm going to redo some of the safety systems and my aero package and step up to the 160mph class.
Showroom stock racing is very restrictive make based racing, other than that you can try American Sedan SCCA events.
Before you get too far though I'd get the torque arm done cuz you'll be loose as hell with the setup you have on any of the tracks around here and you'll probably get the back end stepping out every time you brake coming up to a corner. I had to be kinda careful before the torque arm cuz the car was loose and kinda snappy about it. I found myself facing the wrong direction a couple times and drifting more than I liked. What spring rates are you running?
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