Claus Groth
04-12-2005, 03:36 AM
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Yeah I have the Escort cup suspension front and rear but I left my torsion bars in beacause I heard they were a pain to remove and reindex. Anyway I lowered the rear as much as possible so the car pretty much rest on the rear springs but there is no preload on the springs because of that. This setup pretty much makes the rear end very progressive going from 150lb spring rate to 500lb spring rate. As for having old shocks laying around I have my old Koni rears and Sachs front struts.
Brent
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04-12-2005, 05:16 AM
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Glad to hear you're ok, Claus! I thought I was going to have remove the SS brake lines you sold me and have them bronzed in your honor. Anyway, they're still holding fluid.
(I bought these lines from Claus off of ebay and picked them up at his house and got to check out all his interesting cars and projects. I think he could build a 951 out of a hunk of steel, four tires and some chewing gum! Very impressive some of the fabrications he's done.)
Eyal, let me know if you ever want to go race around the canyons. Are you running 18psi with a basically stock suspension? How much power are you making? I would love to see what that feels like--I've only got 13psi and minimal mods.
Bob
(I bought these lines from Claus off of ebay and picked them up at his house and got to check out all his interesting cars and projects. I think he could build a 951 out of a hunk of steel, four tires and some chewing gum! Very impressive some of the fabrications he's done.)
Eyal, let me know if you ever want to go race around the canyons. Are you running 18psi with a basically stock suspension? How much power are you making? I would love to see what that feels like--I've only got 13psi and minimal mods.
Bob
04-12-2005, 07:10 AM
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We can surely go on a run, but I don't push it in the canyons anymore. Havent crashed my own car, but passenger in one that did... hard. Seen to much, and now I track, so I have no desire to... as soon as i get all the things i just bought for my car on, we'll do it.
~Eyal
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04-13-2005, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Weston Dillard
Claus,
Are you clamping the small ends? I was blowing them every weekend, in fact I blew 3 at the Parade club race. I stopped putting the band clamps on the small ends and haven't blown one since.
West
Are you clamping the small ends? I was blowing them every weekend, in fact I blew 3 at the Parade club race. I stopped putting the band clamps on the small ends and haven't blown one since.
West
I exploded the bearing cage and that got ground into the bearing races, tearing the bearing apart and throwing the ***** onto the track. The only thing salvagable is the boot.
Thanks, Claus
