It's been a little bit since I've posted, I haven't done a whole lot of the summer since my racing budget has been pretty tight and the weather has been ridiculously hot! In any case I have done a few things, mostly including new tires on all 4 corners, new alum DS and a few other odds and ends. I won't get into why it took 3 months to get my alum DS...here's a few pics
Same Hoosier 275/60-15's out back
I went with M/T ET fronts to shave 24 lbs off the front end
New DS - 3 months in the making
Strange billet yoke
A buddy of mine recently acquired a fox body, he's been working on it all summer.
He was taking it to the track for the first time last weekend, so I decided to go too and take my car.
Here's our pit area:
It was sooo damn hot though, it was literally well over 90 degrees, really closer to 95 degrees. Needless to say my car ran like shit, it went 9.4x @ 148 a couple times, with some wheel hop on the 1-2 shift. It was a good time but way too hot still.
I need to figure out the wheel hop issue, as this is something new. I think previously the tires were spinning but now that I have brand new tires they're causing wheel hop, I'm not sure why yet. I'm also looking into a different torque convertor, since my current one is only stalling at 3000 which results in 60' times in the 1.4x range. I think it should stall closer to 4400-4500 to leave nice. Although on a positive note, it does leave perfectly straight now with that anti-roll bar! What a difference, no more gangster lean lol.
All in all, my car ran 9.40's @ 148 in the blistering heat and humidity, and I didn't break anything, I'll consider that a good day anytime! Also coming soon is a parachute.