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08-27-2021, 11:14 AM | #211 |
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Looking good! You may want to consider running a ground cable up to the front as well. When I had my battery grounded in the trunk my cranking was pretty slow. Fixed after running a ground cable. This chassis must not conduct that great. It wasn’t a problem with the FA20 but the ls cranked a bit slow.
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08-27-2021, 11:15 AM | #212 |
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Sold my 255 17" tire setup. Purchased
Titan7 18x9.5 wheels Falken RT660 275/35r18 tires The tires rubbed, a lot. Grabbed a fender roller, heat gun, pulled out the fender as much as I dared. Still rubbed. Found the worse locations were actually where the rear bumper meets the fender, and at the back of the front fender-well. not the fender itself, but there is a frame rail behind the plastic liner. I didnt take any photos of hammering the frame-rail protrusion down, but SpeedAcademy did a brief video on it on an episode with a FRS. 3 minutes 20 seconds in the video... screenshot here: after that I have no rub in the front other than extremely tight turning radiuses, which i expected and plan to limit my steering input. To combat the rear rub, I purchase RacerX adjustable upper control arms. With these I pulled the wheel inward just a few millimeters using the upper arms and balanced the camber adjustment on the lower arms.
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08-27-2021, 08:57 PM | #213 |
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Hey mate, quick question about handling. How do you feel the weight distribution and centre of gravity changes have affected the balance and handling of the car?
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08-27-2021, 09:35 PM | #214 | |
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I feel like I notice a little higher center of gravity with some body roll, more than I notice the weight distribution, but thats likely because the original distribution is nose heavy. I need to re corner balance the car now that it has the cage, rear accusump, and battery in trunk.
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09-08-2021, 10:20 AM | #215 |
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I have to say man, reading this whole thread has been a journey. It's truly inspirational, the time and love you put into your car. I don't own an 86/brz, but I love them very much. I created this account just now for the sole purpose of telling you just how awesome it was reading all this.
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I've picked up a new project- a Lotus Exige that I am working on a K24a2 swap for NASA ST4, Gridlife Club TR, and SCCA SSM.
No recent updates to the car. Just fun driving.
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01-30-2023, 02:36 PM | #217 |
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Appreciation and PCV question
Hey Spitsnaugle, appreciate the build write-up. You really saved me a ton of time on my LS3 2013 BRZ build. Your recommendations have been spot on and I frequently revisit this thread. I have a question about your PCV setup. I am currently having oiling issues on track in long left hand sweepers. It looks like you have changed your catch can setup and I am wondering if you have found something that works. It looks like you have taller valve covers as well.
My motor is basically stock except for cam. I am running a vented catch can off of both valve covers only .I have the valley port going to the intake port. I will be changing this to a non-vented can because of the picture below. Here is what happens 1.5 laps in, oil catch can completely filled in that time and purges through vented top. |
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