New best today, pulling the front wheels on launch
04-23-2007, 09:39 PM
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What color do you want...You've got your choice...Silver or silver...LOL The last time I had them made, I went with all silver because it was the most popular color.
Frank
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Javier, funny how that works out, isn't it?
BTW, Frank the series I am running in had me put on a lot of sponsor stickers but I made sure they were nowhere near the CPT stickers so they can shine all by themselves...
But I might need a few more if you have them since the red does stand out on the black part of the glass. It was cool when it was a street car, but now I should show them off more since I need to run stickers anyway...
Frank
CPT
Javier, funny how that works out, isn't it? BTW, Frank the series I am running in had me put on a lot of sponsor stickers but I made sure they were nowhere near the CPT stickers so they can shine all by themselves...
But I might need a few more if you have them since the red does stand out on the black part of the glass. It was cool when it was a street car, but now I should show them off more since I need to run stickers anyway...
04-23-2007, 10:55 PM
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I might be wrong but I don't remember mentioning suspension tricks...
But here goes that story. The problem was I installed some suspension parts and it was incredibly stiff, I got on the boards (you can probably search for those threads) asking if this was normal or not and everyone said it was "OK"...
Well my first trip to the track and the car would not transfer weight or do anything but spin the tires, I got back on the boards and started asking more questions. The next day I went to Frank's place since he had a scan tool and I wanted to look into a few other things from the night at the track anyway, and while I was there I ran into Steve who was dropping off a tranny. Steve who is know locally for helping guys get good 60's was on his way back to Virginia beach, VA from Franks shop in Newark, DE a 4+ hour drive, and still took about an hour or so to look at my car and help figure out the issues.
The first thing he found was a dumb mistake I made when I put the swaybar on, it was binding because I had one to the bushings too close to a corner and it wold not flex properly. Then we pulled the shocks and found that you had to put your full weight (200+ #) on them to compress them, and that is no good, he then adjusted them to a compression rate that felt good by hand and we reinstalled them. After that the 60's were getting pretty good, consistantly in the 1.6 range, now all that needs to be done is adjust tire pressure in reference to track prep...
But here goes that story. The problem was I installed some suspension parts and it was incredibly stiff, I got on the boards (you can probably search for those threads) asking if this was normal or not and everyone said it was "OK"...
Well my first trip to the track and the car would not transfer weight or do anything but spin the tires, I got back on the boards and started asking more questions. The next day I went to Frank's place since he had a scan tool and I wanted to look into a few other things from the night at the track anyway, and while I was there I ran into Steve who was dropping off a tranny. Steve who is know locally for helping guys get good 60's was on his way back to Virginia beach, VA from Franks shop in Newark, DE a 4+ hour drive, and still took about an hour or so to look at my car and help figure out the issues.
The first thing he found was a dumb mistake I made when I put the swaybar on, it was binding because I had one to the bushings too close to a corner and it wold not flex properly. Then we pulled the shocks and found that you had to put your full weight (200+ #) on them to compress them, and that is no good, he then adjusted them to a compression rate that felt good by hand and we reinstalled them. After that the 60's were getting pretty good, consistantly in the 1.6 range, now all that needs to be done is adjust tire pressure in reference to track prep...
04-25-2007, 09:32 PM
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The photographer put up the pics...
I swear it felt like I lifted the tires, but there is no photo evidence of it.
I felt it on this launch, I think...
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=469
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=470
and Frank here is a shot with the CPT sticker in it...
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=498
and these are just another few shots they got of my car...
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=418
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=419
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=420
I swear it felt like I lifted the tires, but there is no photo evidence of it.
I felt it on this launch, I think...
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=469
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=470
and Frank here is a shot with the CPT sticker in it...
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=498
and these are just another few shots they got of my car...
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=418
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=419
http://www.gallery.smithspeed.com/di...bum=17&pos=420
04-26-2007, 05:29 AM
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You can easily pull the wheel's on a 10 bolt... The real question is how many times can ya do it...
http://www.streetsleepers.com/DSC04621.jpg
http://www.streetsleepers.com/wheels%20up%20capture.jpg
http://www.streetsleepers.com/DSC04624.jpg
http://www.streetsleepers.com/Untitled_0004_0001.jpg
it didn't last much longer...
John....
Looking good bro.. got some nice weight transfer and it's leaving nice and level... Get some good front shock's and we can capitalize on the adjustability and possibly get ya a lil lower in the 60ft which will def. add up at the big end....
http://www.streetsleepers.com/DSC04621.jpg
http://www.streetsleepers.com/wheels%20up%20capture.jpg
http://www.streetsleepers.com/DSC04624.jpg
http://www.streetsleepers.com/Untitled_0004_0001.jpg
it didn't last much longer...
John....
Looking good bro.. got some nice weight transfer and it's leaving nice and level... Get some good front shock's and we can capitalize on the adjustability and possibly get ya a lil lower in the 60ft which will def. add up at the big end....
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