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I understand on a very basic level the desire to make every component of your car the optimum application. And the feeling that you get from knowing that's the case, whether or not it is important in real-world use of the vehicle. I bought the Borla SwitchFire exhaust crossover/x-pipe because it...

I must have missed the part where you explained why you are here at all, posting and posting, with no apparent value to anyone other than yourself. You are pushing and selling, and asking for approval of, your opinions, which as has been pointed out to you, are not based on any particular...

I believe that at a certain level of building a racing car of any sort, the original chassis is of as little importance as what color the car will be. It gets stripped down to below bare bones and reassembled with whatever components are most familiar and accessible to the builder. Just a matter...

I'm certain Norm's Instructional videos would be well worth the investment. So many possibilities, so little time (and appropriate subsidies). It's a modern given that too many do enter voluntary life-experience arenas with the cafeteria attitude, but there it is. You have to wonder what in...

I haven't been able to track down the quotation from an esteemed thinker (sort of like the [maybe] esteemed designer, manufacturer, salesman Kenny B.), which suggests any response/post beyond the third is likely to be wasted effort. Malcolm Gladwell, perhaps? A guy with a following, and with...

If the "came on the car" was in 2008, the tires are ready for retirement. You'll get a lot of suggestions as to brand and size. I'd recommend looking at the TireRack specifications for the largest-section tire that will fit your current rims in the appropriate diameter tire. I see praise for...

There is definitely a high drudgery factor to wheel cleaning. I suppose that's a reason there are so many wheel-specific cleaner products on the market. I hesitate to use any of them: If they are strong enough to do a good job, they might do some kind of damage to the unprotected parts of the...

Everything in your area of concern is a trade-off: Long-lasting = not so much grip; holding traction under higher horsepower = wearing faster—even much faster. Depending on your likely driving emphasis/interests, you might find there is a compromise that fits your needs. My view: the Michelin...

And here it is in action, 2010, at Chuckwalla International Raceway, east of Palm Springs, California. I learned on this weekend that the rear pads will get worn away in a hurry, if the traction control is active. Makes for pretty good braking, though.

This is the kit you want to fit your 2009 with GT500 wheels; photo is that installed on my 2009 GT/CS in 2009, by Joe (RIP) at Chicane (RIP) in Torrance.

(Sometimes I, too, just like to hear myself talk.)

As long as we're dealing in pseudo-sophisticated psychological cudgels, I'll suggest we see if "Projection" and/or "Reaction Formation" have a place in this fight.

Yabbut: Some folks thrive on the "misery" of uncomfortableness. Ask your neighborhood petty crook, or crime boss. It's not the result, the outcome: it's the process. Someone very close to me did a complete autocross transformation of a Honda S2000. It and he were both very, very fast, but when...

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I've been a spacers user off and on for years. One of my original inspirations was from a Brit site detailing installation of GT500 front brakes on a 200x GT/CS, which used the same wheels I see on your car, if I'm not mistaken. The H&R high-quality one-inch items did require shaving five...

Let there be tires, in any case. If your situation allows for a spare set of "track" wheels and tires, research on this forum will prepare you for the choices to be made. PS: With an eye to discovering which canyons, hills, and so forth you'll be running, I'd appreciate a bit more disclosure in...

These GT/CS wheels are on an '08:

Shot in the dark: Whatever links there are that govern toe alignment might have worn bearings or bushings?

I believe tire diameter has less to do with perceived "filling of the fender wells" than does lowering of the body over the axles (drop). If what the OP is looking for is "handling" performance, his wheels are not adequate for any useful improvements.

I imagine the Wolf Creek guys are influenced by the Thermal guys (http://thethermalclub.com/), who are in Southern California where there is apparently enough wealth and interest to maintain a significant presence. Thermal has hosted a few vintage car weekend events, which I believe were not...

Your "numbers" are incidental observations, rather than scientific measurements. I'm tempted to suggest "cognitive dissonance" plays a significant part.

Why don't you just say, "Ideal situation"? MY 'local' track is more than a hundred miles away from San Diego. Sigh.

The 25mm H&R bolted-on spacers did not work loose under rather severe autocross use (140-soft 245-18 tires on 8.5-inch rims). I put LocTite Blue on the spacer-to-axle bolts. Recognizing that torque specs are for fasteners with clean, dry friction surfaces, I knocked five percent off the...

Splash guards designed for the S197 GT500 are available from Ford, less than $15.00 when I bought them. They are mounted to the same holes the fender liners use, so no drilling. You need a right-angle screwdriver unless you have the wheels off. The shields are small enough that they pretty much...