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Finishing up install of the rest of our parts for Blub.
Removed front bumper support. This neccessitated flipping the mounting bracket for the Jackson Racing oil cooler to attach it to the under tray. Bumper support was 14 lbs.
Addded Race Engineering canber plates. Tilting the OEM struts in caused the Whiteline adjustable end links to contact the tub when the suspension compresses. We spotted that while checking for clearance before we drove it. A little grinding on the links and hammering on the tub allowed -3° camber.
Installed the Whiteline RCA kit which consists of extended lower ball joints and outer tie rod ends.
Installed the White line 20mm front sway bar. We chose a 20mm because the car had so little body roll stock. The RCA kit (Roll Center Adjustment) raises roll center to compensate for downward RC shift when the car is lowered. Raising RC restores some natural roll stiffness. Combine that with the slightly loose OEM balance and very little increase is needed for front seat bar diameter.
Last was the 12.88" (328mm) Wilwood Superlite brake kir on all four corners. We run G-Loc R18 front and R10 rear. Dropped 20lbs up front, gained 2lbs rear for a net loss of around 18lbs.
Running our first autocross this weekend. We will see how it goes!
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