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ESPCamaro
post Aug 29 2004, 11:47 PM
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Got any big plans.

I'm just improving the car (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

And the "plan" is to NOT put it off until last minute...

What's up everyones sleeve?
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sgarnett
post Aug 30 2004, 02:30 AM
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I haven't made it through LAST winter's plan yet.

All things considered, I've been happy just to be able to keep competing with negligible maintenance and no breakage..

So, my list still includes the 500 mile diff oil change from installing the T2R in February, flushing the very old (1.5 years) Castrol SRF with some ATE Super Blue, replacing the caliper guide pins, and installing the SLP diff cover.

Of course I'll continue my perpetual, quixotic quest for a reliable way to run my LS1 on pure gasoline instead of ersatz two-cycle mix within the ESP rules.

I may get around to installing coilovers and slightly stiffer springs or not. I may go to 500/150, but considering I never run on concrete and frequently run on sealer, I may go a little softer. Daily driving constrains the ride height to higher than ideal anyway. Then again, now that I've got the alignment tweaked for Hoosiers I may leave it alone. I don't see anything but local events in my future for a LONG time.

I'm anxious to see how that UE decoupled torque arm works out, and hoping Sam gets around to turning his "maybe I should do my own coilovers" comment into reality.

I may even tinker with fitting a convertible x-brace, and I'm idly toying with the concept of a damper of some kind on the torque arm, but that's WAY down on the list.

Someday I may even get around to fixing my trashed tranny. In it's current condition, it's costing me low end power due to false knock retard, and the thicker oil I'm running to help that a *little* plays havoc with the synchros, so the shifting is crappy. But it still works (with a lot of double clutching), so it's still in.

Oh yeah, there's still the 180 thermostat and PS cooler I bought last year, maybe a Turn One pump, ...

I'd still like to add two proportioning valves (one per rear channel on my TCS car) but getting it balanced well enough to be safe in rain and ice seems like a nightmare.

Yada, yada, yada....
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ESPCamaro   What are your winter plans???   Aug 29 2004, 11:47 PM
robz71lm7   Well I've won the lottery and come to the real...   Aug 30 2004, 02:06 AM
sgarnett   I haven't made it through LAST winter's pl...   Aug 30 2004, 02:30 AM
2000Z-71   Our season starts in less than 2 weeks. Time to s...   Aug 30 2004, 02:33 AM
rmackintosh   Gonna try UE Decoupled TA UE Lowered PHB Shocks ...   Aug 30 2004, 04:21 AM
Jeff97FST/A   New trailer - two sets of tires plus the creature ...   Aug 30 2004, 01:50 PM
pknowles   First I'm waiting to see how the whole EVO/STI...   Aug 30 2004, 02:32 PM
Absolut Speed   Probably just tires. If anything else, I'll p...   Aug 30 2004, 02:55 PM
CMC #37   Go autox! I'm in California   Aug 30 2004, 05:04 PM
axoid   1: 6pt Roll Bars and harness, maybe a race seat as...   Aug 30 2004, 05:59 PM
derf'96SS   QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Aug 30 2004, 11:04 AM)Go aut...   Aug 30 2004, 06:58 PM
Absolut Speed   QUOTE (ESPCamaro @ Aug 29 2004, 06:47 PM)What...   Aug 30 2004, 07:57 PM
JimMueller   Winter? What's that? I thought you fellas up N...   Aug 30 2004, 09:00 PM
ESPCamaro   QUOTE (pknowles @ Aug 30 2004, 08:32 AM)First...   Aug 31 2004, 12:36 AM
Mericet   QUOTE (axoid @ Aug 30 2004, 12:59 PM)1: 6pt R...   Aug 31 2004, 02:26 AM
sgarnett   QUOTE (ESPCamaro @ Aug 30 2004, 07:36 PM)Phil...   Aug 31 2004, 03:20 AM
ChevyWeatherman   4.10s and a good clutch this winter.   Aug 31 2004, 03:32 AM
ESPCamaro   QUOTE (sgarnett @ Aug 30 2004, 09:20 PM)QUOTE...   Aug 31 2004, 10:02 AM
pknowles   QUOTE Even still we have some work to do, as the M...   Aug 31 2004, 02:04 PM
pknowles   To go back on topic I also polished and waxed the ...   Aug 31 2004, 02:17 PM
John_D.   Fall, winter, sometime.... Mount the cutout switc...   Aug 31 2004, 03:46 PM
Bald54   I'm still paying for parts I bought this year....   Aug 31 2004, 06:16 PM
00 SS   I still have nationals and 3 events to go this Sum...   Aug 31 2004, 07:03 PM
TxAgZ28   We don't get "winter" in central Tex...   Sep 1 2004, 02:23 AM
robz71lm7   QUOTE (Bald54 @ Aug 31 2004, 02:16 PM)I'm...   Sep 1 2004, 03:25 PM
ESPCamaro   Rob I probably shouldn't answer for Steve but ...   Sep 1 2004, 11:19 PM
WOOS1   New tires, new rear end, and LOTS OF SLEEP!   Sep 2 2004, 02:46 AM
sgarnett   FWIW, Dan Popp told me he thinks the new Hoosiers ...   Sep 2 2004, 01:08 PM
ESPCamaro   Tunnels account..... Strelieks on V710's (has...   Sep 2 2004, 10:50 PM
sgarnett   I am impressed that the A3S04s seem to just keep g...   Sep 6 2004, 12:23 AM

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