good point, i forgot to list tires.... the guy i was talking to at the track was mentioning that i could probably snag some used race rubber at the weekends for cheap/free as a fair number of people run a 15" rim with race rubber... barring that i was going to run my nitto summer tires up front (if i can get them from CT soon...) and the all seasons out back. If i get a permenant job at a decent rate, i can probably afford some better tires and so on.
the mods would be time/money permitting anyways, and yes, i'd rather spend the $$$ for the weekend than some part for the car (unless i needed it
) But it's nice to have a plan for upgrading so your not lost on where to go and all.
I think id do the bushings first, maybe the rear sway. the way the car feels now is that the front response is crisp but the rear is really sloppy and unresponsive causing some abrupt steering changes going through normal road corners.
Also i am concerned that my 10.25" front disc 220mm rear drum brake setup would not be up to the task of slowing the car down from 100+ off the back straight or keep up with the continual braking abuse a road course does to brakes. (I am getting some non-vented rear discs w/ drum e-brakes this weekend, i just need to find the caravan 11" fronts and re-do all the brake lines/calipers and i'd feel safer racing then
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