The official 2010 Solo discussion thread!

[cody]

Originally Posted by Kevin M

You'd still have Cory, Bob and Dave to run with in the SP group.

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by cody

I blame the wagon. You can never go fast enough to get noticed in one of those.

[cody]

Originally Posted by Kevin M

I blame the wagon. You can never go fast enough to get noticed in one of those.

NEMESIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[A1337STI]

arg i still need tires and an alignment. Think i'll go el cheapo route and go with the Z1s as i'm going to need brake pads shortly as well

My revalved dampers feel and sound better than the old 90K mile ones hehe

[cody]

About time. You've been clunking in the rear for ages.

[Dean]

Originally Posted by A1337STI

arg i still need tires and an alignment. Think i'll go el cheapo route and go with the Z1s as i'm going to need brake pads shortly as well

My revalved dampers feel and sound better than the old 90K mile ones hehe

Was wondering how those turned out. Who did them? What all did they do?

[A1337STI]

Odi @ Fealsuspension.com "revalved" them, i think its an insert kit that he custom creates.

But Dyno, they FEEL so much better, car doesn't feel nearly as "springy / bouncy" bumps are a tiny bit more jarring to run over now. the non stop clunking is gone (for now) Really need a timed racing event to test them out properly.

my cars usual balance (oceans of understeer at the limit) is not changed, but it feels easier to transfer weight around. Car still has a healthy amount of Roll Dive and Pitch , almost like the struts allow the first little bit to happen easily but right the rest of the movement Feels great LMK if you want to have a little test drive.

I just ordered the cheaper Khumo Escta XS tires in a 255/40/17 (i'll be needing brake pads by mid summer) figured i'de save the budget if i wasn't going Advan AD08s ..

plus being the only guy out there on the XS it can be a great excuse , for me if i'm losing, or for anyone else i manage to beat.

[cody]

You coming out this weekend, Alex? Nick in the Saabaru too? Is he still going to run ESP?

[WRXlerate]

I'm looking forward to seeing you guys this saturday!! I was disappointed when I found out the first event was the same weekend as NHRA in LV, I already had my tickets.
How is the competition between everyone this season? Looks like from some previous posts it is going to be a fun season

[A1337STI]

Yep i'll be coming out , I need to try and get an alignment still .. guess the KS Shop won't have an alignment rack yet, guess i can bug the guys at C&C

[cody]

Sweet.

So I've heard that I can run up to 5mm spacers without needing longer lug studs. True? Could I run them only in the front without adversley affecting anything? I want to run more neg. camber up there but there's no more room between the strut and the tire. How much more neg. camber could I run with the spacers? Somebody has to love geometry here.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by cody

Sweet.

So I've heard that I can run up to 5mm spacers without needing longer lug studs. True? Could I run them only in the front without adversley affecting anything? I want to run more neg. camber up there but there's no more room between the strut and the tire. How much more neg. camber could I run with the spacers? Somebody has to love geometry here.

What's your camber now? How much more camber does your adjustability give you? I'm surprised that you ran out of strut space before you ran out of camber range... I guess that's because you're not running coil-overs?

As far as an answer, imagine you've got 5mm more space between the wheel and strut, and now imagine tipping the wheel into that space. Without having an exact drawing of your suspension geometry, the size of the struts, the size of the wheels/tires, etc you're going to be able to guess much more accurately having actually looked at the problem first hand than anyone on the boards.

As far as running spacers... I don't think I'd run any sized spacer without an extended lug bolt. Every mm you space the wheel is a mm less threads you're not using since the stock lug bolts are pretty short to begin with. I've heard 3mm is okay, but 5mm is pushing it.

To be frank, the "right" solution is coilovers and/or different offset wheels. Though some adjustable top mounts would get you there with your existing wheels and struts, since they allow camber adjustment without changing the strut/wheel clearance.

[cody]

Supposedly I'm running -1.8 in the front, but it sure doesn't look like I'm running much at all, and my car understeers pretty bad. I can drive around it though. Guess I could always try loosening my front sway and/or stiffening the rear struts.

Yep, I'm on stock struts with Koni inserts. Running 245/40/17's. On one side, I can see that the tire is close enough to clean the dust off of one spot on the strut body. I also can't turn to full lock without hitting the fender liner, but I don't mind that since I only use these tires for autocross.

I can get as much as -3 or so of neg. camber in the front with my camber bolt setup.

I'm guessing it's not worth buying spacers and getting a new alignment since I'd probably only gain a tenth or so of neg. camber.

Camber plates are a good option, but meh, they always seem so expensive.

I really wanted RPF1's with the 45 offset but the 48 offset 5Zigen FN01R-C's were available for the right price...

[A1337STI]

I've heard the rule of thumb for Lug stud thread is you need 1.5 X the width of the lug, as the length of available thread, I've ran wheel spacers on my STI and nothing broke or fell off Mine may have only been 3mm or something low though. I've ran them on my rally car as well with out any issues (have more thread to work with on that one though)

[cody]

You guys like my new wheels?

[Kevin M]

When did you move to Illinois?

[szucchet]

ill be there sat or sun not sure which one, but ill be there for a day at least
cody are you for real?

[MikeK]

bleu cheese?

[A1337STI]

the blue cheese wagon... i dig it!

[cody]

Looks like I was wrong about how close the tire is to the strut body. I mistook the clean spot on the strut to indicate the tire was super close when mounted, but when I swapped wheels, I realized that's just from when I wiggle the wheels onto the lug studs. I actually can fit a finger between them.

So what's the consensus, 3mm spacers, just in the front, but go back to steel lugs to compensate? I run aluminum lugs now. I'd like to add the spacers to get some more room before an alignment.

[Kevin M]

You're probably fine without spacers.

[MikeK]

Round 2 results posted

[szucchet]

congrats cody on top pax! had alot of fun, thanks to everybody that made it happen

[Kevin M]

Frickin' Cody and his crazy banzai runs. During 4th run group I was at station 3 with Bob Williamson watching Cody on his last run. He came flying through the slalom, and I turned to Bob and said "I think Cody is about to win PAX."

Being right sucks sometimes.

[van]

Good jobs SECCS, you guys killed PAX.