went for a drive to cool off today

[IJ.]

Custom Koni coilovers
Full Poly bushes in everything
Whiteline Sway bars
Falken 452 265/35/18 front 285/35/18 rears
Detroit TrueTrac Diff
SS stainless Track bars
New Balljoints/spherical bushes
IJ Spec alignment

It was a very well sorted chassis at the end as I'd owned the car for 13 years so had the chance to try a LOT of different parts.

 

[arknotts]

lol were can i find one these magical Gmeter?

If you have an iPhone or a Blackberry you can use dynolicious/logbox to log g-forces. Granted, it's not going to be as accurate as a professional meter...though it should give you a good ballpark figure and at a minimum be reasonably consistent between your own tests...

 

[rodama5anthony]

If you have an iPhone or a Blackberry you can use dynolicious/logbox to log g-forces. Granted, it's not going to be as accurate as a professional meter...though it should give you a good ballpark figure and at a minimum be reasonably consistent between your own tests...

thanks man! i guess ill have to borrow a friends ipod .

IJ dam you! i dont have the money, resources, or skills to match that yet. but i will drive as hard as i can if that makes you happy =] btw wat are track bars?

 

[IJ.]

thanks man! i guess ill have to borrow a friends ipod .

IJ dam you! i dont have the money, resources, or skills to match that yet. but i will drive as hard as i can if that makes you happy =] btw wat are track bars?

As long as you do it safely!

 

[rodama5anthony]

will do capitan! (ohhh traction bar duh XD)

 

[IJ.]

Scroll down to post #588 and have a read

Ohhh and post #2413 in this one....

 

[wiseco7mgt]

Shit Ian if he hurts himself trying this won't end well. lol Although hitting a tree will certainly record some good G-forces.
Yes you did warn him to be safe, but to prove a point people will do silly things...

 

[Poodles]

Drive in a circle in a parking lot

 

[arknotts]

Drive in a circle in a parking lot

^^ This!

I would never feel safe pushing my car to the limit on the street. Too many variables including traffic, road surface conditions, etc. Even better: if you have access to a local track, log some times with/without the bar installed and see if there is a noticeable difference.

 

[rodama5anthony]

oh man IJ! how the hell did tapping out of cruise make you spin out?
lol dont worry ill leave the serious driving for wen i go to the track in the summer =]
i cant take off the bar i just installed but i can take off the other 2 "pretty bars" and see wat difference they make

 

[KevinM]

GTech pro would suffice, I had 2 G Meters hooked up to the MoTeC, one in the Dash and the other at the midpoint of the car.

Would be able to use it to baseline your car before further mods as the assdyno/G meter lies...

Since I have no actual data either, I can't argue too much, but there were a few well respected members 6-8 years ago that were extremely happy with the Do-Luck bar once installed in regards to "twisting". I'm hoping to pick one up for myself (without the chipped tooth mod)

Kevin

 

[rodama5anthony]

^ +1 lol

 

[wiseco7mgt]

oh man IJ! how the hell did tapping out of cruise make you spin out?
lol dont worry ill leave the serious driving for wen i go to the track in the summer =]
i cant take off the bar i just installed but i can take off the other 2 "pretty bars" and see wat difference they make

Did you read the thread, Ian's rear toe arm broke from metal fatigue. Not a lot you can do when that happens except pray your in the middle of field. It's just great he's still here to help out , you might want to listen...

 

[rodama5anthony]

Did you read the thread, Ian's rear toe arm broke from metal fatigue. Not a lot you can do when that happens except pray your in the middle of field. It's just great he's still here to help out , you might want to listen...

he said be safe about it and i said okay "will do capitan". and i also said in the post you quoted that i was going to leave the serious driving for the track

 

[wiseco7mgt]

Ok sweet, sorry thought you were being sarcastic.

 

[rodama5anthony]

alright so here are the pics of the floor bar people requested along with other pics since i had the car up on the jacks to check the brakes cus they were making funny noises which happened to be caused buy someone incorrectly install the brakes thank god i decided to check it out. any ways heres some pics

Another magical bar IJ lol

nothing like working on your car first thing in the morning =]....... then getting caught with a stupid look on ur face lol

engine bay pics

suspension

since i have a NA i thought i had a W58 but wen i was under the car it look to me like a R154. can anyone confirm?

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Ok sweet, sorry thought you were being sarcastic.

lol no, anyone who nows me nows i dont do sarcasim im straight foward

 

[IJ.]

Datsun crash was someone elses fault, Supra crash was one of those things that can happen to anyone...
(nothing anyone could have done no matter how good a driver, I was a passenger once it broke the arm)

"IF" it had happened the day before when we were up in the hills running the twisties Al and I would have been killed outright, just posted the links to reinforce the "BE SAFE" message..

As for the Magic bolton bars, if someone with some engineering experience can explain to me how that floor bar does ANYTHING Beneficial I'll be happy to listen....
(or even what force it's meant to counteract where it's bolted into the car)

 

[mytmk3]

since i have a NA i thought i had a W58 but wen i was under the car it look to me like a R154. can anyone confirm?

Thats a w58

 

[rodama5anthony]

Thats a w58

alright cool thank you

 

[wiseco7mgt]

The floor bar is to take up any torsional slack removing the rear seat brings. lol