Less weight = more speed!! lol:unibrow: :lol:

Hi Todd how did it go yesterday? Sorry didn't see the other post until I posted this.

Todd did you look into Hotchkis end links for C5, Maybe Im wrong but I do believe there shorter. If your looking into an offset type let me know.

From the video it looks like you had a blast over the holiday. Next time Im there for the International Builders Show Ill have to look you up.

I did notice the hotchkis ends but won't know what I need length wise until I get my bracket mounted. I bet they end up working just fine. Give me a hollar next time you're in town.

It went really well. I ended up 15th out of 64 cars. http://lvrscca.org/race-results/auto...ound14_raw.htm My last run was clean and I verified it with the director at a 42.5xx. That put me ahead of the street prepared champion for 2009 in his 98 Z28 with 315 A6's on all for corners. I also ran within .6 of a previous Super Street Modified champion in his Corvette and A6's. I have room for improvement and the car does as well. I'll never be the fastest but feel I can pick up a little more time on the field. It's a great bunch of racers.

I made some changes to the car that really seemed to help. I changed the front sway bar and made some major shock adjustments. I also changed air pressure.The car felt more nimble from the minute I left the driveway. The new axles didn't fix my brake knockback. However, it has improved it. I'm much happier with my street pedal and brake performance. I also had brakes without a double pump on the track. I still did when I had time just for a high pedal. I'm glad I made the change.

Builders show is 2nd week in Jan already. Considering I was just out that way it may not happen unless the little lady is looking for a mini vac.

Whats up with the knock back issues. Seems like you have tried to correct a ton of items already and it still isnt all good. What were Paytons suggestions.

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Just lucky I guess. :D It's not as rare are you think. There are 4 fixed calipers and 275mm/335mm of R compound that will pull more G's than most sports cars. It stresses everything. I bet a 10 psi residual out back will fix it, I'm just worried about excess heat. I've also considered doing springs behind the caliper pistons like they did in the old days. Wilwood claims it won't work, but I don't think they want the liability of telling me to mod my calipers. The other alternative is a floating rear end. Power brakes with a larger piston would help dramatically but I don't make enough vaccum. A hydraboost unit would also allow a bigger piston and would help dramtically but I like manual brakes on the race track. I know how to fix it, it's just at what compromise and how much money I want to spend. :lol:

Well I decided the engine needed torn down and inspected after an oil filter examination. For those of you that have been following along, I lost a bronze distributor gear at around 1800 miles on the engine. The engine builder made a mistake. The camshaft has a cast gear and you can't use a bronze gear.....Anyway, all that debris went through the motor from day 1. I changed the oil twice within 500 miles and found bronze and silver metallics. I've put about 1500 miles on the car since the last oil change. This time it was no different. The engine clearly was slowly hurting itself. Every pleet had some bronze and silver.
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I started at about 9 and Aj showed up at around 10:30. We had it on the stand by 1:30 or so. Thanks for the help.:cheers: You talk about a flippin mess!!!!!
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I ripped into it yesterday afternoon but ran out of steam and needed a 7/16 12 point 3/8 to loosen the rod bolts. I have done a brief inspection and here are some of the biggest findings.
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Most bearings had distributor gear debris embedded. The worst were the bearings that had actually started coming apart and had deep pits. Number 3 main and number 4 cam bearing were the worst. I also found 2 pushrods with excess wear.

Bummer man... where do you go from here? Anything happening with the engine builder about this?