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08-23-2019, 03:49 PM | #2151 | |
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09-09-2019, 07:58 PM | #2152 |
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I have an opportunity to get a used RCE Tarmac 2 for my GD for cheap and would like to know feedback if someone tried it on a SM car. If you have tried one, what was the spring rate with it?
Currently have a set of fortune auto 510, 13kg/mm + 3k helper spring (with lot of preload) in front and 10kg/mm + 4k helper spring (almost no preload) in the rear. Last edited by smoky; 09-10-2019 at 02:01 AM. |
09-10-2019, 12:57 AM | #2153 | |
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However, the RCE is limited by the rear valving and the inability to control a spring rate that is needed in even STU let alone SM. The rear shocks begin losing control around the 550lb mark, 650 is really pushing it. I ran around 800-900 out back in STU and threw in some 1000lb springs the night before Nationals this year in SM. Either way, the KW/RCE shock package is excellent, especially if you stay within the rates they were designed to handle, and is still a large step up over the Fortune setup and other shocks that use a generic shock and adjustable lower mount to fit the same shock on multiple platforms. |
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09-10-2019, 04:24 PM | #2154 |
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Is that with or without a rear bar for reference? I'm lifting inside rears on 255 re71s with T2s with their standard rates, but I'm using 25f 22r adjustable bars. But I'm using a Kaaz rear lsd and haven't noticed any ill effects from it yet.
Switching to RCEs over the generic asian coilovers I had before (stance supersport) has been a big improvement for me, but I was only running 8k/6k on street tires. You may have to raise the car a dab because of the fixed mounting bracket with the RCE depending how low you have it now I got mine 2nd hand for cheap too, and couldn't be happier with them |
09-10-2019, 05:33 PM | #2155 |
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I was only referring to the shocks as being the only variable. Obviously there are other parts that contribute such as the bar, endlink, bushings, total roll, aero ect. But the travel, as you mentioned too, of the KW is far superior to that of the generic asian offerings.
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10-14-2019, 03:29 PM | #2156 |
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I've recently got my fresh G25-660 build to the track and the dyno and I'm very pleased with the results. 400 whp/350 ftlbs on pump gas with >300 ft/lbs of torque from 4200-7000 rpm. Throttle response is fantastic, from datalogs I can see that I go from full engine vacuum (30kpa absolute) to full boost (20psi gauge or 240kpa absolute) in about 0.8 seconds. If anyone is thinking about it I do recommend it.
build details. https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2910464 |
12-08-2019, 09:30 PM | #2157 |
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I'm thinking about tires for next season and looking at the Yokes A052. The reviews I can scrounge say that it performs but will die extremely quickly with camber challenged vehicles. Has anyone heard anything or used this tire on a Subaru with 2.5-3.5 degrees negative camber?
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12-09-2019, 09:50 AM | #2158 |
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You'd get more results in the STU thread most likely. The majority of SM people run Hoosiers.
That being said, what I've seen on other cars is low initial camber plus a bad camber curve does end them in 50-60 runs tops. I saw a DS Focus RS cord in 38 runs at Nationals and they'd already been flipped once. Higher initial camber should help, but without roll correction to keep the camber happy I'd guess (and it's just a guess) but you'd likely get 70-80 runs if you flipped and monitored. On something not heavy with good camber AND a good camber curve like a Miata I'd bet 120-140. |
12-09-2019, 05:06 PM | #2159 | |
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01-27-2020, 10:26 AM | #2160 |
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Headlights
Random question. Is it legal to remove headlights in SM?
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01-27-2020, 11:06 AM | #2161 |
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No, they are part of the DOT safety equipment, so headlights, taillights, and turn signals all have to be present and generally working.
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01-27-2020, 04:47 PM | #2162 |
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I just noticed in the 2020 draft rule book that is says:
"Diffusers that come as a standard OE part are allowed but may not be modified. They may be removed in their entirety to facilitate other allowed modifications. Aftermarket diffusers or other items acting as diffusers are not allowed." Not that they probably do too much, but I guess that means 06-07 USDM STi diffusers are open to other years now? |
01-27-2020, 07:30 PM | #2163 | |
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I helped write that rule and the intent was to curb diffusers in general. Also, those do almost nothing, so unless you want it for the looks I'd save the weight/money. |
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01-27-2020, 08:56 PM | #2164 |
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Yeah, it's a pretty wimpy example of a diffuser. I'm not a fan of the wings on wagons look but wishing that I had more rear end grip at speed, so can't help but be a little tempted by "almost nothing".
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01-30-2020, 05:58 PM | #2165 |
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Question: Why try to curb them? If they really do almost nothing except add weight, why bother making more rules for no real reason? Legitimate question, I'm not trying to understand the diffusers but rather how and why rules need to get so complicated for such a seemingly small thing? EDIT: And I'm referring to OEM pieces, not crazy ricer stance silliness.
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01-30-2020, 08:43 PM | #2166 | |
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I saw several examples of people attaching it and building cantilever systems off the rear bumper for diffusers that extended pretty far forward with good curves and strakes. We didn't want another area in SM for aero arms race, so we limited it to stock only stuff and then added you couldn't modify after some of the lotus examples were presented. The general idea behind it was to not raise the barrier to entry further, and so we wrote the rule to make it off limits for anything beyond a stock diffuser, and then it also couldn't be modified. As a good example of creativity, I actually had an idea to cut and flare out my exhaust (since exhaust is open) to act like a blown diffuser (ala F1). You could cut it mid car and weld flat sheet metal to it so it would effectively flat bottom the car and act as a giant setup. I even considered doing something similar to F1 with keeping the throttle plate open on decel so I wouldn't loose the front downforce it created on corner entry when I wasn't on throttle. That's what we didn't want to see or allow. Often times the rules in SM seem odd, but that's because the people in SM are usually pretty creative at finding ways to use the existing rules to gain an advantage. We all generally are the tinkering type, and once one of us finds a loophole, all of us tend to use it. As a member of the SMAC my job was to make sure people could build and be creative, but also not butcher things to the point that the perceived barrier to entry is so high no one wants to join. |
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01-31-2020, 11:11 AM | #2167 |
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How are "families" of car brands treated in SM? Is a lexus engine in a toyota permitted? Getting farther afield, a porsche engine in a VW?
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01-31-2020, 11:24 AM | #2168 | ||
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02-03-2020, 04:15 PM | #2169 |
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I didn't realize that anyone other than wisefab was doing geometry correcting rear knuckles for GDs until a couple days ago, has anyone tried the TSS ones?
I like the wisefab design, but living in the land of rust and war zone potholes, having a bolt on bearing like the TSS ones is a solid selling point. |
02-03-2020, 04:29 PM | #2170 | |
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02-05-2020, 12:52 PM | #2171 |
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So, how about that XS-A class... Our club already had a street tire PAX modifier that allowed SP and SM cars to run Street tires, so it doesn't affect our club much. But how about the guys who were already running hoosiers, are you tempted to move to a street tire?
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02-05-2020, 01:06 PM | #2172 |
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Short answer: No.
Long answer: Not until it has contingency, and then I'd only double dip into XSA if I had enough drivers. It's great for local level stuff, but I think it needs to stay there and never get contingency or a jacket on the national level. The tires are a non-event in the grand scheme though, and really only matter to people who see hoosiers as a barrier to entry. For people with prepped cars, hoosiers are considerably more fun than street tires, most people are still going to tow or at the bare minimum have a second set of wheels for the competition tires, so there's really almost no difference to people actually in SM. Who it will attract are people that are just at the beginning of the dev curve in SM or SP where they still street drive more often and haven't fit big wheels/tires yet. Or people just showing up to events with mods that would normally put them in SM or above. I think SM will double dip from time to time for fun, but not seriously until there's money/product/a jacket on the line. And that's good cause the people who would lose in SM to an actually prepped car will lose the same in XSA on street tires. Mostly because XSA is XP on street tires, not SM. Add some lycra to the interior of an XP car to make it "finished" and you're legal. So, all the aero, as much power as you want, motorsports traction control, way more weight loss, real geometry correction, actual conversion to SLA from McPherson struts, on and on and on is all legal. I think it'll be fun, but I honestly hope it never goes legit cause it'll be a monster to control with all the possible things you can do. |
02-11-2020, 02:39 PM | #2173 | |
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02-11-2020, 03:06 PM | #2174 |
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Yep, a lot of local regions have a number of people like that. It's pretty standard and what this class is meant to capture. Not every region has a pro class or street mod street tire class to help, so this is to give the local setup a unified rule set to work with.
Hence why it's not a jacket or contingency class. |
03-17-2020, 08:29 PM | #2175 | |
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