Quote:
Originally Posted by tom_a
Seems not along ago you were firm on keeping the 19" for looks vs. performance and now you are searching for every 1/10 of a second  Why not gut your car or put it on a diet? I think you would be $$$ ahead imo. Building a new race ispired car could take a long time even if funded by the sale of Payback.
**Another key thing is you are engaged which means rugrats come next and extra hours in garage will be replaced by diaper duty  |
I knew I should've kept my mouth shut.
I don't want to go down that road with this car. It's just to complete and nice. Another car would be a more budget minded all business car. I hated my 19's like 3 years ago so you must have your head under a rock somewhere.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sik68
Hey Todd, can you expand upon your impressions of the shock change? Where did you feel like they were better? I'm guessing the improvement is along the lines of less snap oversteer coming out of corners, and just more predictable under throttle?
It will be very interesting to see what your feeling is on road courses...I bet the valving is going to let you get on the throttle much earlier than before.
|
Steven, I'd describe it as more in control. I noticed the difference on the street almost immediately. I'm glad you asked because now that I reflect on the feel difference, the old shocks were to bouncy when they had what I now know is enough rebound. The lateral grip has definitely increased. It would get loose but well in control and savable. With the old shocks, it would break loose and it was hard to recover.
Now, that course certainly wasn't the ultimate test but I have little doubt that it will improve the car at higher speeds. I agree that I can get on the throttle a litte sooner and it may have a little more forward bite. I didn't feel like I was just mowing off tire tread down the short straights. I wasn't exactly stomping on the loud pedal and I'm not sure I was getting to full throttle but definitely well into the four barrel. I really can't say it gets out of the hole better just yet. I do expect better 60 foot times at the drag strip but that's a whole different deal.
I'm running at least one SCCA event in May on large lots. I'll report back. So far, well worth the $600.