More to follow... to include pictures....
Putting this marker on the forum for my build... there has been many builds over the years with this car since I'm the original owner...
When I was stationed in Guam, was introduced to and started doing a lot of auto-x... came back to the states about five years ago and life happened, so I'm starting to get back into auto-x, well actually, going full throttle on what will be a max effort car... i'm sure the driver will be what ultimately holds this car back from its potential... plus I like fabrication/fiddling, so there you go...
Right now I'm trying to see how far I can take the front MacPherson strut setup before eventually considering a SLA setup.
In Guam they did not care about UTQG or what class anyone's car fit in, it was just a bunch of enthusiasts showing up, doing a bunch of runs (until it got dark), and working the course between those runs... I was running a staggered NT01 setup on 17x9 and 17x10.5 FR-500 replica wheels with a 1/2" spacer in the rear with MM MM2 coil-overs in all four corners. It was a bunch of fun but not a legal setup for auto-x events stateside.
The goal now is to run a square setup, identical front/rear track width built around Falken Azenis RT660 315/30R18s (200 UCQG) at all four corners... utilizing 18x10.5 wheels...
Unless I want 1.5" of tire sticking out on each side in the front then some front fender flaring is in order. In addition I wanted to do a couple things that would allow air to flow better out of the front fender area...
By now most of you are asking, great, show me some pictures... I will not disappoint, more to follow... for right now I'm going to stop here and I'll have a bigger post(s) this weekend with lots of new car part porn and information for consideration if you ever want to do something similar...
Thanks for tagging along on the journey...
Putting this marker on the forum for my build... there has been many builds over the years with this car since I'm the original owner...
When I was stationed in Guam, was introduced to and started doing a lot of auto-x... came back to the states about five years ago and life happened, so I'm starting to get back into auto-x, well actually, going full throttle on what will be a max effort car... i'm sure the driver will be what ultimately holds this car back from its potential... plus I like fabrication/fiddling, so there you go...
Right now I'm trying to see how far I can take the front MacPherson strut setup before eventually considering a SLA setup.
In Guam they did not care about UTQG or what class anyone's car fit in, it was just a bunch of enthusiasts showing up, doing a bunch of runs (until it got dark), and working the course between those runs... I was running a staggered NT01 setup on 17x9 and 17x10.5 FR-500 replica wheels with a 1/2" spacer in the rear with MM MM2 coil-overs in all four corners. It was a bunch of fun but not a legal setup for auto-x events stateside.
The goal now is to run a square setup, identical front/rear track width built around Falken Azenis RT660 315/30R18s (200 UCQG) at all four corners... utilizing 18x10.5 wheels...
Unless I want 1.5" of tire sticking out on each side in the front then some front fender flaring is in order. In addition I wanted to do a couple things that would allow air to flow better out of the front fender area...
By now most of you are asking, great, show me some pictures... I will not disappoint, more to follow... for right now I'm going to stop here and I'll have a bigger post(s) this weekend with lots of new car part porn and information for consideration if you ever want to do something similar...
Thanks for tagging along on the journey...
