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Alright, so it's kind of cram time as the first event this year is in 12 days. Got the subframe back in the car, ordered Godspeed arms because all mine are shot, got a real Sparco Sprint Jr. for $5 and threw it on the Corbeau rail. Making dual caliper brackets at some point this week so I can run my hydro setup. Should put an exhaust on the car.... Need to check over all the fluids, and get some test runs in before I load it on the trailer.
subframe work looks great. How do you like those arms? The price is hard to turn down but the bushings look a little tighter in the megans from just looking at pics
subframe work looks great. How do you like those arms? The price is hard to turn down but the bushings look a little tighter in the megans from just looking at pics
i have Megan arms, they have spherical bearings in the toe and camber arms. They are as tight as can be.
So I got the car all back together and did a few test runs with it (just an eyeball alignment). The car kicks out well and is very manageable so far, but I had limited space so highest speed initiation was about 50km/h. I decided to remove the rear sway for now as the rear was a little too stiff for my liking. I ran a turndown dump from the mid pipe and pitched the 4 mufflers, also built a bash bar for the front of the car as the aluminum isn't going to save anything if I hit the wall. I'll post pictures when I get a chance from home. I currently have the car loaded up on my trailer ready to go for an alignment tomorrow afternoon, first event is this weekend (4 days away).
Originally Posted by blumagic
subframe work looks great. How do you like those arms? The price is hard to turn down but the bushings look a little tighter in the megans from just looking at pics
So far the arms are great, bushings look solid and didn't tear out after an hour or so of abuse. only downside is they are a tiny bit longer than the oem arms which is causing some unwanted negative camber. I wanted to go for the Serial Nine arms but I figured I could put the extra $500 towards track fees or tuition.
So first event was good! No serious problems other than going off track relatively hard and bending a wheel but it's all part of the game! Car handled well, I drove it hard (really hard), and it didn't have a single hiccup. For the next event I need to throw the rear sway bar back on, pull some more weight out of the car, and sort the exhaust as it's pretty beat up from this event. I thought the auto transmission would be a disadvantage but it was quite easy to drive and I was keeping up with my friends in well sorted cars. I kept it mainly in 2nd with the "Power" mode selected on the transmission.
OMFG I love this. I'm surprised you're able to get that thing sideways so efficiently with the stock motor/tranny setup. This gives hope to everyone who may want to en devour in such hooniganery in the future.
Thanks dude! There was a couple other LS400's out this weekend as well, but all of us have came from a driving background. These take a lot of aggression to slide though, pictures make it look easy! Here's some more photos of the car and a in-car from my youtube channel:
I haven't really been putting attention towards the car as of late but I took it to another event today, performed great! Only update I really have it that I removed the sound deadening and carpet, and cut the bracing out of the hood as I have no struts and hate lifting that heavy thing by myself!
I have never driven it on the roads but that is coming once school is done! The look is because I'm doing the lower two tone in Midnight Purple and haven't quite finished it but I couldn't miss this event! I plan on throwing the bumpers on and putting the passenger and rear seat back in and street driving it to some events and meets in the fall!
ok. I can dig it. I tried throwing my pig sidways this weekend. I accomplished it, but WHEW was it hard. She's bone stock right now and on snow tires. Had some lube (rain) applied to the roads, but I may have to rethink that whole thing. I REALLY like this car and I know what happens when I drift cars lol.
