I got the new race car running and out to the autocross yesterday. I have been
working on the car for a couple of years now a little bit at a time. A few
months ago I broke the tranny and clutch on my old car and decided it was a
good time to swap all the drivetrain and other parts over to the new car. I
was pleasantly surprised that nothing broke on the first time out with a new
car. The new car was much tighter in the steering and handling. It stuck like
glue. I kept waiting for it to start slipping and drifting but it never did.
It just kept on sticking. I think it was cornering so hard that it engaged the
bump stops in front. They are already cut down by quite a bit. I will have to
investigate if I can cut them any more. The metal parts tend to contact if you
cut the bump stops too much. I was happy to have moved up in class to
E-Modified where there is some real competition. For the last couple of years
there wasn't much to race against in EP. I came in third out of five
yeaterday. I think that when I get the suspension tuned a little better and
have some seat time with the new setup that I will be much faster. It is
amazing how much different this car handles than the other one. They are both
68 model SRL but behave dramatically different on the track. Over the next two
weekends I'll have three more autocrosses. I hope to get it more dialed in.
I have a 510 brake master cylinder. I think it is smaller in diameter than the
roadster unit. It is kind of mushy and requires a lot of travel before the
brakes grab. I want to swap out to a larger master cylinder. What is the OEM
roadster cylinder diameter? I was thinking about using a 240Z cylinder because
they are cheaper than the roadster unit. Aren't they a little larger? I can
swap out fittings and am not too worried about the metric-vs-standard thread
issue.
Later,
Andy
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