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Have run the shit out of my car over 7000. However, i have Boss Valve Spring, forged bottom end. Re- Balanced rotating assembly, block was deck plated and line bored. Over 500 rwhp at +7000 rpm. And makes 523@7700. Oil pump gear never went. And I agree wholeheartedly that it is harmonics that...

Good question. I blew mine out second day at the track.

Really like what you did. Love the aesthetic choices. That car is for fun.

Hello Terry and let me apologize if in the past I have offended you. The only thing I can say confidently is that the cortex torque arm changes the feel of the car and reduces nosedive and squat on acceleration. If a well sorted three link can do the same, I don't know. But in a street driven...

I have had several different Spring packages on the car searching for that perfect ride. with the Jri's at their highest ride height setting they are about an inch below stock. I get almost stock ride height by running 27.7 inch tall 275 40-19 tires in the front and 28 inch tall 285 40-19 tires...

KC. The big LS sway bar works great with LS springs of course. And here is where I reach my level of incompetence. Coilovers completely change the spring rate balance in the vehicle. And the philosophy of matching swaybars to spring rate and their consequent impact on handling dynamics is not...

I will soon do a build thread in a more appropriate forum. A real racer does not want to see the word dynamat. ;-)

KC, thank you. My build sheet is long. There is almost nothing stock left in the car. it's not even done yet as I will be adding an AP Radical complete brake kit. I have different parameters and goals then most the people in corner Carver's. Everyone here is expert on track adapted Mustangs...

KC, you Know how if you wake up one day and everybody's crazy and you're the only sane one, guess what? anyways I really regret all of it and let it stand as an example of how not to make a point. My understanding both from talking to Filip and also from reading about others running his...

I completely hear what you're saying and to some degree I felt the same way. I have wasted a lot of money on a lot of things. And it's not so much that I'm pushing cortex it's just that I don't go on here and disrespect other people's products, but believe me I could. The cortex rear end...

SoundguyDave, I think we have both said our piece. I stand by everything I said. As I am sure you do. When I first advocated the torque arm I acted like a Newb. And things devolved from there. I stand by the accuracy if what I said but I completely understand that I lack credibility. You dont...

You know Norm, I like you more than you think. And I would never pretend to have your knowledge regarding the Dynamics of these vehicles. And if I could turn back the clock with all you guys, I would. I do consider you a resource, and I want to give you credit for that. And I completely...

You know Norm, even a broken clock is right twice a day and maybe that's what happened with me.

First, I did not contact Filip for him to come here. He did that of his own accord. Now that this is an open forum, I believe someone else may have informed him or he came upon it on his own. But that is exactly why an open forum is good and a closed forum is bad. The closed forum has led to...

I am guilty of communicating the subjective improvements the Cortex Rear End provided. It is you who is quoting out of context what i said, because as you well know, I said a lot more than "supercharging the suspension" And I do stand by that incidentally, in that it has the comparable effect...

Did Filip address this issue to your satisfaction?

And neither do you have any hard evidence to back you up Sound Guy Dave. You have never had a shred of data or hard evidence to back you up. whether it was about coilovers punching through the shocktowers or torque arms you have contributed much misinformation here. You have never cited one...

10 years of racing superbikes. Damn. Sounds like some extremely dangerous fun. Every guy I knew who raced bikes could drive like hell. You will find a way, I am sure you're a heck of a driver. Good luck interested to see how it turns out.

Filip is now finally a member of this forum maybe you can direct your inquiries to him.

Norm, when I quoted Ron Sutton with respect to JRI shocks, II was roundly ridiculed as I usually am on this forum even though I've been proven right every single time. And here you are referring to him as a resource. This is a wonderful day of vindication. :-)

Lest you think I'm your opponent , I want to chime in here especially where I agree with you. Bottom line is Handling is where it's at. Your car is only as fast as you can drive it. Quite honestly you don't need more than 300 horsepower have a kick-ass car if it handles good. I have been passed...

Actually no I have never considered that. I don't care about that. All I know is that I put a torque arm on my car and it made my car handle a hell of a lot better. Secondly, on my thread, Filip Trojanek has explained to you personally, exactly why the car handles better. 3rd, he has also...

My point is you and Terry Fair are wrong. But you are wrong in a very smug way which I guess makes it ok. There's a damn good reason that those experienced race car builders who I am sure have Superior experience to anybody on this forum criticizing them, put a torque arm on that car. And I...

Modifying cars and taking them to the track and seeing what they can do is fun for its own sake. You don't need to have the latest and greatest iteration of any particular vehicle to do that and it's not practical to do that. With the pace of technology today cars become obsolete every three...

Since Filip is the chief engineer for racing teams that run at the highest level of racing that the s197 competes in I think he could do just that. I am sure that he could take any car that anybody on this forum runs and make it faster with his torque arm. And he explains why. With a torque arm...