Still upgrading some things on the car. My goal for '12 is to drop 2 tenths off my best time (see sig for video.) That run was last year right before the track closed for the year. The car was ths legal too. I think I can get my goal with the power and converter I already I have. I figured some cool things out on the tune the last outing that the car really liked. I will take those things a little further this year but I am mainly focusing on the 60'. Here's what I have so far this winter:
New shocks in the rear. Had some Monroe's on there. Got these single adjustables for now. Hope to upgrade later on.
The old ones
Changed out the upper control arms for these:
Now I can adjust the instant center. It is the proper way the correct the squat the car has (see video).
Went with some adjustable lowers too:
All solid mounting points except the upper control arm at the rear end which I may change later. The car isn't a daily driver....I decided to go all out.
These suspension changes also saved a total of 9 lbs.
My old exhaust was well worn and looked like Swiss cheese at the end of the year. Bought this exhaust off my friend Tom. It was on his car last year. He decided to do just a fender dump on his car...so I jumped on this. 3.5" all aluminum, including the muffler. Weighs about 10 lbs total!
I also lost 15lbs myself with more to come lol. The car was pretty much right at 3650lbs which is it's legal wieght because of the aluminum heads. I am going to be using the wieght I took off the car to counteract the rest of the cage the car needs. That way I can still be close to my legal weight without going too much over the 3650.