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Advice needed for my GT500..
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<blockquote data-quote="cgaulzetti" data-source="post: 16061697" data-attributes="member: 190019"><p>did some research and ordered up some Kirkey 55 seats in the 16" size with red covers. They're really light- felt comfy and racey- and i also got some adjustable mounts from fathousefabrications so i can adjust the position of them before we end up bolting them in. the whole set up for seats, covers, and the mounts ended up being less than a what it would have cost to get a single Sparco or Momo or Cobra r whatever and these things honestly look and feel more pro and they're super light!</p><p></p><p>AutoPower Industries is going to make and install a four point roll bar set up in the car. I was originally going to get the harness bar and diagonal cross bar welded in as well- but they convinced me to do the bolt on so it'd be easier to lug my race wheels around and with the rear seat delete- carry my bicycles to and from our bike shop!</p><p></p><p>i also test fitted my race wheels and race rubber yesterday and i think everything is going to work. they're 18x11 Forgeline CF5s with 35mm offset and I've got 305/685/R18 Hoosier/Continental g5000 slicks on them. These tires I guess were made for endurance racing on super speedways so they take a while to heat up- have super super stiff sidewalls, wear like iron but aren't quite as grippy as say a Hoosier R7. But they were literally $75 a tire- so as long as they're as grippy on the track and last at least as long as a $300 Nitto NT01- I figure I'm doing great.</p><p></p><p>I need to get a spoiler-less trunk lid from a junk yard so I can put my five-star Blade spoiler on it and start playing around with the aero thing. I'm signing up to do the American Muscle Cup Series down here in SoCal and I think I'm well on my way. I know I'd probably be better off had I started with a Boss 302- as our cars are never not going to be big fat pigs that run super hot- but I love the way this car puts the power down and it handles really well actually. I'm sure I'll get smoked but I'll have fun-plus I can always take the car to drag strip too and run respectable times there. I see no reason why I can be in the low 11s with this car right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cgaulzetti, post: 16061697, member: 190019"] did some research and ordered up some Kirkey 55 seats in the 16" size with red covers. They're really light- felt comfy and racey- and i also got some adjustable mounts from fathousefabrications so i can adjust the position of them before we end up bolting them in. the whole set up for seats, covers, and the mounts ended up being less than a what it would have cost to get a single Sparco or Momo or Cobra r whatever and these things honestly look and feel more pro and they're super light! AutoPower Industries is going to make and install a four point roll bar set up in the car. I was originally going to get the harness bar and diagonal cross bar welded in as well- but they convinced me to do the bolt on so it'd be easier to lug my race wheels around and with the rear seat delete- carry my bicycles to and from our bike shop! i also test fitted my race wheels and race rubber yesterday and i think everything is going to work. they're 18x11 Forgeline CF5s with 35mm offset and I've got 305/685/R18 Hoosier/Continental g5000 slicks on them. These tires I guess were made for endurance racing on super speedways so they take a while to heat up- have super super stiff sidewalls, wear like iron but aren't quite as grippy as say a Hoosier R7. But they were literally $75 a tire- so as long as they're as grippy on the track and last at least as long as a $300 Nitto NT01- I figure I'm doing great. I need to get a spoiler-less trunk lid from a junk yard so I can put my five-star Blade spoiler on it and start playing around with the aero thing. I'm signing up to do the American Muscle Cup Series down here in SoCal and I think I'm well on my way. I know I'd probably be better off had I started with a Boss 302- as our cars are never not going to be big fat pigs that run super hot- but I love the way this car puts the power down and it handles really well actually. I'm sure I'll get smoked but I'll have fun-plus I can always take the car to drag strip too and run respectable times there. I see no reason why I can be in the low 11s with this car right? [/QUOTE]
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