Akron/Cleveland 8 Owners.
07-20-2009, 01:28 PM
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It's Not Easy Being Green
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I have heard the same - that the rear is the one the gives noticeable gain, and isn't a complete pain in the *** to change out.
Well, I'll keep my eyes open for a decent used pair I guess. Does Ryan have sways? I assume so, but I don't know.
Perhaps I'll just wait for his part out.
Well, I'll keep my eyes open for a decent used pair I guess. Does Ryan have sways? I assume so, but I don't know.
Perhaps I'll just wait for his part out.
You have to remember with these things is that you have to have something you're trying to correct. With me I wanted to correct the understeer slightly while getting less body roll. I managed to do that pretty quickly with just the sway bars. The fronts are 3-way adjustable and the rears are 2-way adjustable. What you can do with these is experiment on them at autocross to find out what kind of response from the car you want (ie more understeer, more oversteer, a truly 'neutral' setting, etc.) but the problem is that if you add other things (shocks, strut tower bars, wheels/tires) they will also adjust the way the car responds so if you add something and you lose what you gained from the sways you'll have to adjust those.
In the end though my car is a shitload stiffer side to side and up and down, I have almost the same driving behavior (slight understeer) that you have with the stock setup, which means I can go a helluva lot faster while still not sliding.
I should have prices up next weekend for the partout since it doesn't look like there's anyone I know interested in buying the car as is.
07-20-2009, 01:33 PM
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The devil made me do it
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No...we need a place in which we can get up to 40 mph legally and safely record it. Little to no traffic would need to be in the area as well. Jon and I made the parking lot at the bowling alley work...but it was a pretty bad arrangement. If the ice rink is like Steve said it will be perfect.
07-20-2009, 02:09 PM
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Jon + John: Should be alright at the ice rink. The slow speed runs will def. be fine. If you want to do 40 mph the road would work great for that too. There is a hill there too so we could put the engine under load too and get a better sound (perhaps)
Ryan: Did you have endlinks and bushings also? I was looking at the progress sways, but really don't know too much about them.
Looks like you should call up street glow to see if they'll sponsor you!
Final place we're meeting on Friday?
Tom: Its monday at 3pm. You said you were taking delivery today. Put your pants back on (in the relationship sense) and give a 370 update!
Ryan: Did you have endlinks and bushings also? I was looking at the progress sways, but really don't know too much about them.
Final place we're meeting on Friday?
Tom: Its monday at 3pm. You said you were taking delivery today. Put your pants back on (in the relationship sense) and give a 370 update!
07-20-2009, 02:21 PM
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I have the sways with my stock endlinks. They work fine but allegedly with the stiffer A/M suspension they tend to break occasionaly.
I was going to replace them with RB endlinks prior to deciding to part it out. The RBs are inexpensive but they require drilling into the progress sways for fitment (just need to widen the holes). You can get other endlinks for a little more that don't require drilling but lots of people have the RBs so there are plenty of DIYs
07-20-2009, 11:57 PM
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good ole' wankel spanking
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haha holy jesus looks like i missed alot in one day, well im just gonna throw this out here but i'd like to meet at boneyard hah just cuz its close to my house, but i'd be fine with quaker too. dont matter, ill meet you guys wherever.
brian- sold the springs already, so i wont be needin help but thanks anyways man i appreciate the advice and everything.
steve- i didnt really try and push my parents too much on the midpipe but all i had to mention was how i wont be able to sneak out at night and take my car and they were happy to let me get one
now it just comes down to which one to get.
you guys really dont like the exoticspeed pipe at all? check this video out and let me know honestly what you think, the guy has the exact exhaust setup with the exoticspeed pipe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOZQNOKwAM
sounds real loud when he's in the garage but when he does drive bys i kinda like it.
ill wait for the feedback to order one cuz i really dont want to buy a shitty one.
brian- sold the springs already, so i wont be needin help but thanks anyways man i appreciate the advice and everything.
steve- i didnt really try and push my parents too much on the midpipe but all i had to mention was how i wont be able to sneak out at night and take my car and they were happy to let me get one
now it just comes down to which one to get.
you guys really dont like the exoticspeed pipe at all? check this video out and let me know honestly what you think, the guy has the exact exhaust setup with the exoticspeed pipe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOZQNOKwAM
sounds real loud when he's in the garage but when he does drive bys i kinda like it.
ill wait for the feedback to order one cuz i really dont want to buy a shitty one.