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I thought the car handled great with the stock bars... boy was I wrong! I cold get the car to understeer and push into corners but now I'd have to go beyond reckless to get this to understeer on the street. I only put about 75 miles on the new sway bars and they're currently set at middle front and rear. I may move them to soft front, full stiff rear but I won't do that for at least 1000 miles. I want to get a good feel for the bars where they're at. I wish I would have done this sooner.
I thought the car handled great with the stock bars... boy was I wrong! I cold get the car to understeer and push into corners but now I'd have to go beyond reckless to get this to understeer on the street. I only put about 75 miles on the new sway bars and they're currently set at middle front and rear. I may move them to soft front, full stiff rear but I won't do that for at least 10000 miles. I want to get a good feel for the bars where they're at. I wish I would have done this sooner.
I agree about the change for the better with the sways. Progressed from stock sways to M030 to Eibach set in middle hole. Gone is most of the push under acceleration out of corners. Too me, more balanced turn in under braking. Very notable when driven aggressively on the street. Real good value performance enhancement. If you just want to make the rear adjustment only, to test what the bar does for your car, not a whole lot of $$$ and less than an hour of your time to change out.
I thought the car handled great with the stock bars... boy was I wrong! I cold get the car to understeer and push into corners but now I'd have to go beyond reckless to get this to understeer on the street. I only put about 75 miles on the new sway bars and they're currently set at middle front and rear. I may move them to soft front, full stiff rear but I won't do that for at least 1000 miles. I want to get a good feel for the bars where they're at. I wish I would have done this sooner.
Thanks for the reply. I’m a little bit confused, though. Are you saying you are now more prone to oversteer, or is it more neutral? Did it have any secondary impact on your steering feel and turn-in feel? I kind of remember that being a nice surprise when I upgraded my sedan’s sways, but I did it ten years ago and don’t really remember what it used to be like.
Thanks for the reply. I’m a little bit confused, though. Are you saying you are now more prone to oversteer, or is it more neutral? Did it have any secondary impact on your steering feel and turn-in feel? I kind of remember that being a nice surprise when I upgraded my sedan’s sways, but I did it ten years ago and don’t really remember what it used to be like.
No oversteer whatsoever, it's way more neutral. Steering still feels the same, it didn't get heavier as some said they felt. Turn-in has improved and I didn't even know it was lacking. It's just immediate and it feel so much more precise. (I hope I'm explaining that correctly.)
Ran it around the city loop, drained the oil. Filled a Speeddiagnostix sample. Tomorrow the pan comes off and I'll look at the bores from the inside. Maybe get some cam deviation readings.
Flushed/bled the brakes and took my initial ride height measurements on the Feal coilovers. A little too low for my taste so hope to get it dialed in tomorrow.
Yeah. Need new tires too. So the plan is have the tire shop do an alignment. Let the suspension settled for a few hundred miles. Then have Musante Motorsports in South Windsor do the corner balance.
Yeah. Need new tires too. So the plan is have the tire shop do an alignment. Let the suspension settled for a few hundred miles. Then have Musante Motorsports in South Windsor do the corner balance.
Good plan and good choice going with Musante... Chris and his team knows this chassis as good as anyone.
Hit 116,666.6 today! Wife took the pic, so no worries on the safety...we were heading up IH-10 to Junction where the speed limit is 80 mph. I slowed down for the pic, we were cruising for over an hour at 90+, had a blast! Later on doing the famous twisted sisters was a lot of fun also. We did over 320 miles today!
And oh, that mic hanging there is for my hands free setup. When I enter a car show, I push it neatly back into the hole and put the cover over. After the show, I fish it back out, works great!
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Hooked up the Durametric for the first time and went for a drive. Camshaft deviation values were checked. Yes, kind of unwieldy when plugged in and driving. Changed oil to DT40, tried to scope from below after dropping the pan. Not much debris in either pan or filter. Loctite 5900 is hard to get out of the tube. Pics from pan and attempts to scope bores from bottom end are in the bore scoring thread. Oil pressure seems to fluctuate more with DT40 than 0w-40 Liquimoly.
You don't really need to check camshaft deviations while driving.
You can always rev the engine while stopped.
If you want to get readings while driving, use the logging feature.
Don't wreck your 911 because you're looking at a screen.
That was sitting in the driveway. I left it hooked up while I drove to see what would happen and it crashed after awhile. I pulled into a convenience store, fiddled with it and got it running again. Looks like the numbers are ok.
Installed Martins big rotor kit, well half of it because of a bad wheel bearing on the drivers side. The Panamara front rotor is significantly larger then the factory c2. I also installed Stoptech ss brake lines and MSI wheel studs. I went with the middle length because the brk pushed the wheel out 8mm in the front.
03-13-2021, 01:34 PM
