[PSN]

Hi there everyone!

I'm about to start driving around in circles here in the midst of polar bears and land of thousand lakes. (Finland) I'm new to road racing stuff, I have been at the strip a couple of times with my LS1 Camaro, but that's just not enough. There's no suitable class for LS1s here so I'll just be racing on track days with some Mustangs and other F-bodies, for now at least.

I just need to be pointed to the right direction, when it comes to making decisions which parts to buy. My car needs to be streetable, but that does absolutely NOT mean it has to ride comfortably on the streets, very few street miles will be driven.

I've already bought 17x9 SS wheels so now it's time to decide on the rubber, I've got the original rims and tires to use on the streets so I was thinking about Kumho V710s Can't go wrong with that, right? How long will they last? Any other tires worth looking at?

A4->M6 conversion starts in the coming months, there shouldn't be a problem with that, other than I have to decide between LS7 clutch and Spec 2+ What do you guys think?

SLP sub frame connectors was welded in yesterday, strut tower brace is on, adjustable LCA's by BMR.. coming soon new panhard bar, Spohn adjustable torque arm...what else?

Springs&shocks? Haven't really had time to think of these yet.

Engine will be quite stock for now, just some bolt ons, headers, LS6 cam(+intake?)

All unnecessary stuff will be removed for weight savings, abs and airbags are going to stay in the car. seats have changed to Sparco Evos, backseat removed, so rollcage will be installed later on.

Comments, suggestions, links? I've been reading some of the stuff on the board and done some searching, so I'm getting there..

[marka]

Howdy,

My main recommendations would be:

Call Sam, get springs/bars/shocks for front and rear. Sam's springs won't need height adjusters, so they're easy to install/use.

If the new panhard you're getting is rod ended, use that. Otherwise send it back and get a rod ended one. If the Spohn torque arm isn't shorter than stock, then fine, but otherwise either run the stock one or perhaps a Random Tech. Sam can help you with both of these too.

Then get some tires. 555 RII's are a great choice. I dunno if Nitto is doing away with them now that the NT01 is out though. NT01 is also a good choice, per my message above.

On the safety front, get a rollbar installed. Either custom (the best bet, if there's someone good around you) or a bolt in. Properly mount some six or seven point harnesses.

Then go run the car a lot. You may eventually find that you want to change some stuff... You may want to change spring/bar rates, use different shocks, wider wheels, or whatever. But you won't know what you're eventually going to want without some seat time and driver training. The package above is an inexpensive way to get to a known good f-body setup.

Mark