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Old 03-09-2012 | 09:51 PM
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Went to RR yesterday for my first track day with my 4.0. There were only six cars there so we had lot's of track time for getting the car set-up. TopSpeed Motorsports did my initilial alignment and balance. Doug and Cicio brought the car down and Leh Keen met us there. I did a dozen laps and then rode with Leh. The rear was very loose and required a much softer rear sway bar setting. After two more sessions, Leh turned consistent 1"16s . I was LESS fast but, the car is set-up great. The only mod's are a full set of RSS control arms, an open center exhaust and an RSS half cage. Allan
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Upper or lower control arms ?
Or you mean toe links ?
Old 03-09-2012 | 09:57 PM
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No he has full solid suspension front and rear if this is the car Greg worked on at Hennessy
Old 03-09-2012 | 10:33 PM
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It's a great track for setting up a car. What tires were you running?
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Full solid Rss, running stock MPSC with 900 street miles. Hot temps 31f, 30r. Allan
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Originally Posted by allans
Went to RR yesterday for my first track day with my 4.0. There were only six cars there so we had lot's of track time for getting the car set-up. TopSpeed Motorsports did my initilial alignment and balance. Doug and Cicio brought the car down and Leh Keen met us there. I did a dozen laps and then rode with Leh. The rear was very loose and required a much softer rear sway bar setting. After two more sessions, Leh turned consistent 1"16s . I was LESS fast but, the car is set-up great. The only mod's are a full set of RSS control arms, an open center exhaust and an RSS half cage. Allan
What time did you do?

Roebling is a game of loose rear and patience
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Allan, you should come out to road atlanta one weekend. Would love to meet up
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did you happen to film any of this? Would love to see videos of leh keen ina rss set up 4.0 @ RR
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Nice job Allan !!
And having Leh for an instructor ...not too shabby

Now post some pics !

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Hi Allan,
Nice meeting you at Roebling. Your car looked and sounded great! Are you going to CMP next week with Topspeed? We are thinking of taking the ST boxster again to sort out the new motorsport abs.
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Originally Posted by allans
Full solid Rss, running stock MPSC with 900 street miles. Hot temps 31f, 30r. Allan
Was 30r hot to help fight the lose rear - seems a bit low
Old 03-11-2012 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jenk12m
Allan, you should come out to road atlanta one weekend. Would love to meet up
Mike, Would love to meet up. we met briefly when I first got the car, at C&O in early Sept.
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did you happen to film any of this? Would love to see videos of leh keen ina rss set up 4.0 @ RR
TopSpeed did some filming and pic's. should have up this week
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Nice job Allan !!
And having Leh for an instructor ...not too shabby
Now post some pics !

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What a privelege! He is a great guy and a great driver.
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Hi Allan,
Nice meeting you at Roebling. Your car looked and sounded great! Are you going to CMP next week with Topspeed? We are thinking of taking the ST boxster again to sort out the new motorsport abs.
Nice meeting you all too. I'll have to check with Cicio on CMP.
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Was 30r hot to help fight the lose rear - seems a bit low
Yes it was and it helped a lot.
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Ahhh, I remember. Hopefully, we can run at an event together soon. Would love to see that beauty on the track
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TopSpeed did some filming and pic's. should have up this week
Please post here when available.
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1:16 is smokin...even with suspension bits.



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