Looking for the 14:1 rack and pinion for an L-Body.
I'm located in Arizona
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Looking for the 14:1 rack and pinion for an L-Body.
I'm located in Arizona
Been a very very long time since I updated this thread.
Accusump installed, coils re-located. ...
I was kinda leaning towards this, I will look into changing out the grease. Thanks for the reply
Doh! I'm nowhere near 120 but the constant WOT acceleration and hard braking generates some...
I am having an issue with my CV joints flinging grease from the boot.
Basically it flung a small amount of grease from passenger inner joint and drivers inner since day one but recently it has...
No big updates.
Bought a house and the car is moved in (don't mind the mess)
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Overall it went well. Fundamentally the car works which was my main concern. It braked straight w/o locking up front or rear, no massive understeer or unpredictable behavior. I had no problem...
yes it does! no oil cooler yet....that day ambient was around 105. unfortunately my longest session was only 15 minutes do to some issues but my oil temps never got above 200f. mind you that was low...
i MAY be out of town that week. honestly 7 pm might be a little early for me and my work schedule but we will see! Thanks for the heads up
Baby Braille battery was on its way out. Decided I could no longer deal with the anxiety of a small battery so I put a full size in the back.
Fun little optima specific hold down. ...
my god that car is nice.
Also, here is a recent pic from the cars first track day.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/azshadow/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1465097718261_zpsbtl7qoyc.jpg
daaaaaaaaaaaaang
awesome! can't wait to see this thing come to life.
Time for an update.
The used radiator i bought (that leaked) was a reworked Ron Davis circle track radiator. Because I already mocked it up to fit the car I decided to re-create that radiator....
Yum yum
Thank you,
these wheels only come with an offset of 30 in 5x100 configuration. This translates to a backspacing of 5.68" (according to online calculators).
As a side story I've now had an "ah...
Alignment is not set nor the spacers but this is basically the set up. (pictured is nearly 3 degrees of negative camber and ~ 5 mm worth of washers as spacers. Camber will be around 1.5 degrees once...
So, I was not really fond of the way the coils became loose on full suspension drop so I ordered helper springs for the front and rear . Between the springs and the pieces that go in between it ended...
Todd, thank you for the response.
After talking with the sales representative they are going to give me black friday pricing on these wheels (buy 3 get one free).
so between that and much...
Aren't you on a ET35 setup tho? This would be an additional 5 mm outwards. Also how different do we suppose the fender clearance is on SC vs Omni due to them having different geometry?
ah yes thank you for replying! your name came across on my search on the 'other forum' which lead to searching for a while for the famous 8 wide Omni picture to no avail.
Do you remember the...
I've been researching for days now trying to avoid this post.
I am attempting to purchase 16x8 ET30 wheels for my Horizon. Originally the wheel manufacture said that they could shave 5mm off the...
Here is my thread regarding this
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?77888-L-Body-91-Knuckles-Question&highlight=
hahaha just noticed the OP date
few updates...
91+ knuckle setup is not quite finished (MAX negative camber is still roughly 1.0 degree POSITIVE). Further modification is required.
10" vs 11" 60mm brake discovery. Rock Auto...
quick update. struts have been modified (holes enlarged to 91+ spec, and top hole slot elongated). The car has been mostly reassembled and set to MAX negative camber adjust. Using my Watkins Smart...