oil pan received and paid for.

who wants to buy it?

Oh, John, is there a check valve in that box? I wasn't going to open it if there wasn't a reason to.

 

This is good information, the XXX sounds like it's more than I need.

 

Makes sense and I was pretty sure that's what it would help do. I just was a little worried because as of right now I'm running some Direzza Z1 star specs I had lying around for the rest of the year and to get the car to rotate more in the corner I have pumped up the tires in the rear a good 8-10 PSI higher than the front and it works. Sometimes too well(but driver mod is probably a large factor). I guess the idea would be with the sway bar it would give you that same effect with a lower pressure and more range to adjust the pressures, correct?

 

the rear bar keeps the front wheels working. think rear bar/ front effect( keeps both front wheels well placed and helps turn in) front bar /rear effect( keeps rear tires well placed and helps rear grip which hurts turn in)
the rear bar the way it is designed not only increases rear roll stiffness it changes the rear roll center ( google) that is something that increasing rear tire pressure of course does not do.

all you get from increasing rear tire pressure is an increase in sidewall stiffness and the risk that the car will "skip"at the rear, which in itself can be scary, Keep your foot in it, and the rear can dance all it wants you will be okay. Up to a point.

But with real good progressive rate springs ( ya, I mean YYZ) and the rear bar, the whole car comes alive.

It is hard to oversell the significant handling improvement of the hardcore rear bar. Hard also to oversell YYZ and a triple X or hardcore on the race track. Just listen to guys like Wangspeed ( thanks tohis griping about Pedders collapsing that I went and got Hyperco to make YYZ) and to Speedbuggy who has shattered all his personal best lap times at various tracks in the Chicago area. YYZ/Hardcore or xXx. For serious drivers ...

as a matter of fact I had a customer drop in today on his way down east for a holiday. He auto x 's in Ontario. I put the hardcore on his car. He drove it down the road a bit and then stopped and said "They said it would be good and I thought "ok" But this is amazing!"

Troof/

 

did some drag racing this weekend.. YYZ V1's dont seem to squat too much in the rear on this launch given I was pre-loading

 

How'd u do against that rustang?

 

So I broufht my car into the dealership last week, I thought I had a wheel bearing goin out. Turns out my CABs are toast which took out my alignment and then cupped the hell out of my tires.

I ordered new CABs from john and plan on replacing the in 2 weeks. Is I put the new powell CABs in and don't get my car aligned for a couple of weeks, would that screw anything else up?

Still haven't figueed out which tire I want to go with yet.

 

if you have not changed the alignment from new its a good bet it will be fine. its easy to check toe in is the only parameter to check. tape measure side to side to the same spot front of tire and rear of tire . 1/8 toe in total is stock. so 1/8 longer back side of side to side tire measurement compared to front

 

But when I wanted to move up from my Street, I was told I can't handle it.

I see how it is.

 

^ uh oh. Someone's in trouble now....

 

I beat him

he was a good friend of mine. running 13.6-ish most of the day on his street tires trapping 104-106 most of the time. I was around 13.5-13.65 most of the day trapping 107-109. Close races are always fun races

 

I certainly did not tell you that

 

Lots of awesome info in here!! Just read all 30 pages, and it was well worth it. Looks like some Powell parts will be my first mods to the car. Probably gonna start with the rotated mounts with and lnf rear mount. Starting to save up now. Can't wait to actually order.

I'll have some more questions here in a few when I'm not at work and can actually make a full post.

 

what ever happened to the R&D on the replacement Brembo rear brakes you were working on?

 

Got sidelined with helping jap build a fuel system...

 

As far as I'm aware (since I'm interested) he's got a set or two complete and is in testing to try and make sure there aren't issues.

 

fuel systems cant be that hard hah from tank to injectors! done and done!

kidding i hope it works out great for ya! but i'm pretty sure i'm going to be on board for the brembo rears when they are done..



price point considering(and if he can powder coat them)

 

I am waiting on the parts to come in. I got the plan, the parts figured out I have to put it together and with respect I did say it was going to be a late October project. pc is always possible.

 

sorry to bug john but did u ever get my e-mail with the pics regarding the UCR hardware?

 

An early estimate was $1750 but that is by no means an exact or final price.

 

Got the big box of powell today John, ill go thru the contents tomorrow

 

yes fell down on that, email me again I ran some extra bolt plates for you last week.

 

cool ya no prob ive been spending money lately like water so it worked out

 

Hey John,

I have emailed Gloria 3 separate times about the check valve for my PCV system and have not heard anything back. I'd like to get it while everything is out of the car. Hope you can get back to me soon so I can get it in the car.

Btw the valves looked great after 5k miles with the PCV system, little to no buildup

 

very true, like i said if the price with pc is good i'm so so so in.... my parking brake not working is a slight issue more of an irritating thing though....