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Most haven't tried threshold braking heading downhill with an unbiased setup ;) I see you're idea OP and it works on some cars, but you'd be adding mass (not good, stock is already heavy stuff) With some you can get a thicker rotor that's two piece and actually lighter than stock. I don't...

Colt, that's someone else's car not you? Any idea if he's running the stock rear bar so he could get the tires squared up? I have to run wider rears to get the car fairly nuetral and wondered if putting a stock rear bar on again might help. I've got the Tanabe front, ST rear and 235/255 now. Was...

The uppers don't have a cam sytle bolt (offset metal bolt inside metal sleeve) like the lowers (one reason people look to adj. uppers arms, ours have no adjustment) Looked like the problem came from the factory not using antiseize at least in my case. Surprising but they've got to have a...

Lifting a wheel in the wet, now that's cool. I didn't drive at all like that at VIR in the wet this weekend but the tow truck was busy getting others out that tried to ;)

We can do a mini-meet at a roadcourse anytime. There's two within 3 hr. of Richmond.

I've fallen asleep under the hood and under the car many times. Owned it since 96', my first car.

IRS was only on the Cobras (03-06?) It's a shame too because they handled well for the weight (a little lighter than a mk3) I like these 500's but they are even heavier, not like the old 5.0's that were fairly light. I think even the current GT's aren't too heavy but these are. They've got...

I've been running that tire size for classing (NASA is points based) and I'll be switching to RA-1's in a couple months. You can deffinitely fit more tire on them but I also like having as much wheel as possible (more control, IMO) I'll see if I can find some pics to post, so far I hadn't run...

It's 2.5" piping, the normal size for the 7m engine. Also Richmond, VA so I'm guessing pickup wouldn't be an option :) I don't know of anyone offering a 3" IC pipe that connects to the existing pieces, you'd need reducers for that.

That was all sound deadening, no undercoating? That stuff adds up more than I thought.

Thanks for the links Ben, I'll sift through Tim's thread too for some pointers. I figured a hood is a good place to go next since it's front weight that sits up high (away from the C/G) Undercoating/sound deadening is an option but since it sits so low I'd rather look elsewhere first (within...

Nice stuff Van, might be out of my budget though but very nice looking. Yes, I have kept classing in mind but I'm not building for a race class yet just NASA/SCCA time trials at first. I've got some weight to lose (min. is 3530 for the mk3) and I was 3650 last week (comp. weight w/ me) That...

I've been looking around and have seen some CF offerings in the past. Also see some on Ebay, has anyone had luck with these? Can you tell me what the weight of various ones is? How about fiberglass, any weights on these or opinions? I'm looking to drop some additional weight. Thanks for the...

That's a matter of opinion I guess, the stock pads don't cut it on track but the stock brake system is fine. I'm able to catch faster cars in brake zones on stock calipers and rotors, some case with less tire. You also can't beat on brakes on the street for the same effect as the track. Long...

Which EBC pads guru? I haven't tried the EBC's but didn't trust they billed one as a quiet street and race pad with some insane temp range (I don't think there is such a thing) I'm using the Raybestos ST-41 in front and some Porterfield rears (R41) with Valvoline Synpower (old blend, silver...

I'd recomend swaybars, I still remember it as the single best SOTP upgrade. I run a Tanabe front bar b/c it balanced the car with the rear ST bar. Have fun out there!

Anyone looking for a set of stock sawblades, they're taking up space so I'd let them go on the cheap. They have some good bridgestones (RE750's) fronts have a lot of tread, rear was fairly worn. The paint's been removed on them.

https://secure.drivenasa.com/event/819 In case anyone's interested, NASA's Mid-Atlantic auto-x group is holding a 'circuitcross' on VIR's Patriot 1.1 mi. infleid course the 22nd of Feb. A couple mk4 guys on SF may be showing up and a 2J powered S14 is signed up. Great way to get on a road...

To really improve cooling you need to force cool air to go through the rotors vents, something like this would help: http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=RE1547 But something that directs to the inside of the rotor would be best. I'm using stock calipers and haven't...

Have not used them but thought about it for a while. I was using the Eibach set (625? F 215 R?) which are also progressive. I've heard people say these are no good for auto-x roadcourse but I liked the setup (on Tokicos) so it was either a decent setup or I learned to mask them well. The car...