It's a rotten rainy night, so I decided to start my weekend wrenching a little early.
Project #1.
Nick's 9-5 Aero rear brake upgrade for my Viggen.
Nice kit, easy install. The worst part was you had to trim the dust shields. The rest is pretty straightforward. Hopefully the weather will clear for a little break in work tomorrow.
Before...........
After.............
Project #2 and #3. Front shocks and rear brakes/parking brake on my 03 Ford sport trac. You don't need those pics.
That's what Nick said.
I always thought the fronts do way too much of the work. After 70K I've used 3 sets of pads and a set of rotors in the front. The second set of rear pads look like brand new.
My right foot is twitching already.
The trans on my SPG is ready to "self-drain" any moment, I can feel it (OK, so I can hear it might be more accurate - you get the picture).
Zoom, zoom! Its fun to out drive guys in turbo'd miatas and e46 BMW M3s (and holy crap, look at how bad I'm taking that cone!!! I could fit a Viggen between my car and the apex!)
I had a old guy obliterate his clutch racing me from a dig in his 91 911 C-4. My wife pointed and laughed. Its the only time you will find my Vig murder a AWD car from a launch lol.
Jameson do some searching for previous Carlisle threads, I think it was Tweek who posted a video of the course, its not very big, I'm sure you could stay in 2nd the whole time.
Also, unless you have warmed up your tires and brakes ahead of time, make sure to take the first run easy since you wont get the most grip out of cold tires and brakes. I watched an instructor nearly hit a curb when he overshot a carousel at the autocross school I just went to - cold tired and brakes were the culprit.
Oh yes, I know this from experience. The Hawks and 615's are kind of iffy with no heat in them.
I am wondering what the ideal Koni setup will be. Full firm front and rear, or fill firm in just the rears, a setup that may promote more oversteer and less understeer........
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