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Payton your car looks awesome!! Calipers look good to me as well, but I'm running Baers..:lol:
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Very impressive. :thumbsup:
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Payton,Look's great.Can't wait to see it in person.:thumbsup: Scott M.
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Those exhaust hangers look like exactly what I need for my project. Whose products are they?
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wow thats looking awesome Payton..!!!!
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looks great payton!
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thanks guys!
I am so close. Really looking forward to getting it out and see how it drives. I thought my car before was sprung too light, so I have this one set on kill. I know the spring rates will work great on the big track, but it may be too much for the street. 700 lbs in front and 550 lbs in rear. May need to drop the rear to 500 lbs.
Mark, Dan makes those in house. His contact is 704-450-0607 [email protected] Not sure why I spend so much time making the bottom of my car so nice when it sits so low, the only time you see it when it is up in the air. With everything painted and coated, it does make it easy when I get around to wiping it down. |
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Car is looking good big boy.
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Car is home and has assumed the position
that it has spent most of its life...on jack stands. Had a couple of ends put on the new fuel line I am working on and need to make a brake line.
Too busy today to load up pics. Get you guys lots of them tomorrow |
Congrats Payton! Please post your driving impressions too...:thumbsup:
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Nice
:yes: looks greate:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Cool can't wait to here what you think of Jakes rear suspension set up. By the way car looks sweet, wow did Dan do a great job! :hail:
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Is it tomorrow yet :D . Pics Pics Pics
Hmmm if your's is at home now then that means that mine probably has been moved back in the shop and out of the Nova annex :unibrow: |
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http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...g/DSCN3624.jpg Dan being funny with the license plate http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...g/DSCN3622.jpg |
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Going to the house
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Shop dog Jake lounging by the door
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Ride height is still a little high
As I still need to put seats, fuel, stereo and my big ass in the car. I am in the process of wrapping a few things up and it will be ready to drive. Hopefully this weekend or next.
Here is the hard line for my fuel system http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG953732.jpg |
Car looks Awwesome.
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Outstanding!! Payton the car looks killer!! Cant wait to hear your review on how it drives.
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Looking good Payton, it must feel great having it home.
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Damn! One of the best looking yellow cars. Those rims really set the car off.
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Looks great Payton. Phat Cat sounds pretty good. Got alot of meat in the rear. :unibrow: :willy:
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Looks Killer Payton, love those underside shots. :thumbsup:
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Payton,Very nice.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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looks fantastic, its like a shinny new toy! :rolleyes:
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I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out.
Was not really thinking I was going to have to do as much work as it took. I am really ready to drive. Taking Thursday and Friday off to get this thing on the road. The problem I have is I just can't seem to put it back the way it was...always reworking or upgrading.
I will report back on the driving impressions. It has been since mid-October since I have driven the car, so this should be a real treat with the new rubber, rear suspension and new shocks on all 4 corners. |
spot on payton! :thumbsup:
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Fianlly got around to posting again
It was a thrash getting the car back on the road for RTTH 7. Seems like there is always something. When I took it out for its maiden voyage, I knew right away that something was not right. The shocks were not where close in controlling the springs...I was running 700 lbs front and 550 lbs rear. Good thing about living in Charlotte is there are a lot of race stuff around. Bilstein is here, so I pulled them off and ran them up to have them checked. One was completely out of gas, valving was too light for spring rates. They gave me a pair of safety glasses and I proceeded to get an education on shock design. Mike revalved all 4 shocks on the spot and ran them on the shock dyno, it was quite an afternoon.
Got them back on the car and went down on spring rate to 550 front and 325 rear. It was a night and day difference in the car. I am running them in the middle setting and my 69 rides better than my wife's M3. What a difference the correct shock makes. I did make RTTH but had only put 5 miles on the car before it hit the parking lot for the autocross school that I had signed up for at the event. I was getting use to the car and was getting faster every run I made. It was a little tight and I had a small mechanical issue the first day. I had Danny Pop make a 2 laps for his feedback. 2nd lap in my car that he has never driven knocked 2 seconds off of my best run. The car is capable, the driver is not. Fixed the small problem, raised the watts one hole to free the car up and aired the tires down to 28 psi hot for the next day. Again every run I got faster and ended up running 12th out of 86 cars and missed the top 10 by .4x. A little more time getting use to the car and would have like to try some shock settings, I think I could have gotten there. All in all a completely different car with the torque arm, shocks and new/better tires. My hat is off to Dan and his wonderful fab work and a well thought out rear suspension design from Jake. http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ics-221-X2.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ics-230-X2.jpg |
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Looks awesome Payton, looks like it's on it's way to getting dialed in. :thumbsup:
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Man it looks super!! Looking at a yellow for mine. Your's is a great inspiration.
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That thing looks so good with those new wheels. Night and day. People always say wheels make or break the car, but sometimes you just have to see it to believe it. Well done. :thumbsup:
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Thanks for the kind words everyone
When Jake was racing his 69 he tried a number of different springs at the track. He likes the way 700 lbs front and 500 rear felt the best. Vinnie bought Jake's old car and he is going to Optima runnng 700/500 combo. That set up is really for the big track more than autocross, but it still works well at either. That yellow corvette going to Optima was running a 1200 front 900 rear at VIR this summer. 2 schools of thought, heavy springs lighter bar or vice versa. Ron, with the blue mustang, just got either a 650 or 900 lbs spring for the front of his. Can't remember the exact rate. You will still needs shocks that can contol that high of a rate.
When I go back to a road course, I will run the 700 up front and 450's in the rear because that is what I happen to have sitting in my garage and tune from there. The ride is actually not bad at all with the higher rates, I think you would be suprised of how it rides and the feedback you get. The only problem I see with the higher rates is I am losing a little bit of rebound travel at ride height. I have heard that most run a short light spring (150lbs) in conjunction with the heavy spring to get ride height correct. |
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When I write about rates, that is per coil over/wheel.
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