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Bunk
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 Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:33 am |
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Thanks for the pictures. The Really nice NSX on the bottom of the page I believe is from Appleton. I'm pretty sure this is the car I saw the write up on the NSX site. Here is a link to it. It shows how he built the car. Awesome job! Don't view unless you have a bunch of time on your hands to view. You will be hooked and have to see all the pictures! Kyle http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60872
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VR4GUY
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:10 pm |
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SJ wrote: Nick and Johnny H. -- I think we made the right call on Sunday about NOT pushing another session...   Yeah huh.  Best, SJ Is the pad on the right from the inboard side of the caliper? That's funny how the stock calipers seem to wear those out faster. I to ran out of pad after the fourth session and noticed that I cracked a rear rotor after I got home probably should have removed those stupid splash shields back there.
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VR4GUY
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:20 pm |
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Also, I'm happy to say my coolant leak was nothing important. The reserve tank has an overfill hose that drains out on top of everything instead of going to the bottom of the car. It was overfilled a little and the corning forces sloshed some of it out. (no other leaks found)
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SJ
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:48 pm |
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VR4GUY wrote: Also, I'm happy to say my coolant leak was nothing important. The reserve tank has an overfill hose that drains out on top of everything instead of going to the bottom of the car. It was overfilled a little and the corning forces sloshed some of it out. (no other leaks found) Good news Nick. Maybe run a new longer hose?  That seems to be poor engineering IMHO... SJ _________________  Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting. http://umg.mn3s.orghttp://ummo.boards.net
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SJ
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:22 pm |
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VR4GUY wrote: Is the pad on the right from the inboard side of the caliper? That's funny how the stock calipers seem to wear those out faster. I to ran out of pad after the fourth session and noticed that I cracked a rear rotor after I got home probably should have removed those stupid splash shields back there. Sorry Nick, missed this one...  The picture is misleading -- they both are the same. Sorry to hear you cracked a rotor -- what kind was it? The rear dust shields look like a real PITA on my 1st gen, so I passed only removing the front. SJ _________________ Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting. http://umg.mn3s.orghttp://ummo.boards.net
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VR4GUY
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:35 pm |
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It was a slotted carbotech rotor. I ran the coolant overflow hose down like it should have been in the first place, also found a faster way to remove my bumper cover.
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SJ
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:58 am |
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VR4GUY wrote: It was a slotted carbotech rotor. I ran the coolant overflow hose down like it should have been in the first place, also found a faster way to remove my bumper cover. No kidding? You have upgraded rear brakes (I can't recall)? Have you tried the Porterfield cyro'd versions? Which pads ye be running back der? Faster? You mean with a hammer? SJ _________________ Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting. http://umg.mn3s.orghttp://ummo.boards.net
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SJ
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:20 pm |
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G-ELL
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:32 pm |
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SJ
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:39 pm |
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Jhammer
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:09 am |
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Location: Waukesha. WI
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WOW! I was really off my line coming thru that corner that time! look at that smoke fly, can you say 4 tire lock-up? 
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MRink
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:00 pm |
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SJ
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:52 pm |
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When we were at the track this past October, I was surprised to learn that our cars were not the fat, heavy, cumbersome pigs everyone makes them out to be. Besides showing this on the track, we found out curb weights of the Supra are almost equal to our cars and that the Subaru WRX STi comes in at a whopping 4,100 pounds...  So I don't want to hear anymore BS from all the other car owners that thumb their noses at us about how heavy our cars are. Check out this part of a review I found at Speedtv.com: [i]"As expected, the 987hp, four-wheel-drive Bugatti launched off the line and rocketed into the distance with an intensity and efficiency not matched by any other car here. It recorded a phenomenal time of just 2.5sec. It _________________ Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting. http://umg.mn3s.orghttp://ummo.boards.net
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