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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 12:12 PM
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Default Another 40th RoW030 conversion

Here are some before and after pics (note that in the after pics I also have 7mm spacers to increase the track; looks like the front could use 15mm).

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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Pete,

Your car looks great! I have the same wheels with Michelin PSC's mounted for track use. What did you do with your original set of wheels? I had to use 7mm spacers up front to clear the spring perches of the Bilstein PSS9's.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 12:50 AM
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Default Looks good!

The spacers definitely help.

So did you just swap springs, or did you get change everything? And I have to ask, how is the ride?
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 02:00 AM
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I kept my stock wheels for daily driving; the BBS wheels are for track only and have Corsas on them.

I swapped springs and struts; the sways are the same between US and RoW.

Rides great! I only drove it a bit so far so I can't really say that I noticed a difference; maybe I have a dull butt dyno. However, I'm more interested in how it does at the track than I am around town. The track is the reason I did the struts too; for a car that never sees track time you can just replace the springs. The RoW struts setup the car's balance more to oversteer from the US struts; the spring rates are essentially the same.

I definitely like the way it looks.

Note that I did the spacers purely for track performance; they were not needed to clear anything on the RoW setup.

Can't wait to see how it handles at Portland International Raceway this Friday!
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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The spacers really helped to eliminate the understeer on the track. I'm not sure if they will cause premature suspension wear. Your opinion?
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 12:47 PM
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I don't really know what effect this has on suspension wear, but if it causes it to wear out faster than normal, I'm happy to fix it
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