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Yeah, most of the pictures are coming up with a dash instead of the image.

Refresh my mind - what is your current spring rate / damping rate on the car? I think you'll like losing the front ARB and going to comp. struts.

I haven't touched the suspension. Currently looking into ways to lower rear roll center without lowering car any more. I'm going to index the timing belt in reference to the distributor pulley / cam pulley with a paint pen, and just keep an eye on them both a few times a season. Easy enough. Oh, bec...

So after a quick search, apparently it's common for the square teeth to jump time on higher powered cars. Live and learn. Some pictures from the last event. Took home a win, but the car was probably 50-60hp and 80-90ft lbs (or more) down on power due to the cam timing being off. http://i2.wp.com/www...

Car's been feeling down on power all season. Couldn't place it. I pulled 1 degree of timing and added 3 points in fuel under low rpm high load (100kPa up, 2300-3600) but that shouldn't have taken my car's ability to melt tires away. So after yesterday's autocross (first in class but the class was ti...

Really curious to see how this comes out - nice work.

I can't be the only one jealous of that trailer of yours.

No, Ben Martinez had it custom made and gave it to me last winter.

No, ordered from bilstein with compression/ rebound rates changed based on the cars weight, spring rates, etc. the JVAB ones are a great alternative but a bit softer than this car's purpose (not valved for springs this heavy / track use only / etc) Just a note: The JVABs are valved and made to leng...

Awesome progress! I wonder what cracked the ears on the manifold? You could probably TIG those back together.

Cool, damp autocross Sunday. Temps hovered around 50 with light, misting rain most of the day. Got 1 solid dry-ish run in, enough to secure 2nd in class out of 6, and 7th overall. I'm in a pretty fast region, so 7th overall, in the wet, is something I'm rather proud of. Still impressed with the new ...

Your wheels came out amazing!

Esteban wrote:Whats the word on MC2 fabricating comp struts?
Have any videos?

I really should start doing videos. I made a few remarks to a fellow autocrosser (runs in FP) and he records most of his runs just to learn from them, get a better line, etc. Something i should probably start doing.

Would that i could make it, with this marking year 4 in a row, i'm on travel for work the week after. With a strange irony, i'll be 1 hour from carlisle 2 days later, but i have to take my work truck / soil demonstration stuff. I've been chatting with Anglin a little bit - about making these for us ...

I agree - XR's tend to look best in white, but that red isn't bad at all. Body looks in great shape.

600lb/in front, 325 rear (rear is coilover)