Video from an auto-x I ran yesterday with the Florida Corvette Club. My best run of the day, I managed to pull off a 43.5 and took top spot out of the Hondas. There were 8 or 9 Honda/ Acuras out there with various setups. All B series though! Not sure where I stand overall with the Corvettes, but should be somewhere close to the top as well.

 

Nice thanks for sharing.
keep them coming

 

and, my buddies fake recaros have perfect looking fake FIA stickers. Sad

 

I love that set up!! I think thats what i like so much about roadcourse - very easily defined track. autox sometime hit or miss depending on the layout.

 

BOOM! And that my friends is how you do a EF meet!

 

I dunno, a meet at the Ring is pretty epic


too bad can't get that type of participation around here anymore. last big EF meet was like in 2010 or 2009

 

Germany doesnt have lazy Americans

 

yalls standards are too high...

anytime you can get more than 3 ef's together in mn..... it's considered a meet.

 

TRUTH. Ive only managed to get two together at a time.

 

i admit, that ring meet looks pretty sweet. I think out here people tend to be reluctant to meet up with people they dont know - no one wants their car to be part of a thieves shopping list.

 

Was a great meet!!! You guys on the east coast should consider making it to the next one in September.

 

I dunno man every day I walk into the garage its like my own EF meet. 2 89 civic Si in there.

In other news I picked up the seat for the red h2b project. Getting real close to being done. Its a passenger but in great condition. May have to contact PCI about there mounts, otherwise I'll get one custom made locally. Its a super clean seat too. I checked for the triangle ****, recaro letters touching, serial number and sticker on bottom and last was the recaro stamped in the plastic.

Anyone have a recommendation for this? It will be in driver location with the other stock seats in place.

 

Double boom! Sept 5th at Maple Grove!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1477266929153981/

 

Coop - you never mentioned how the control arms were once you got them.

Rob. - never mentioned your top choice for filter

I'd be up for meets if we all lived closer together, lol.

almost there with the bits for the rear brake swap - just waiting for those whiteline RTA bushings (4-8 weeks from when i ordered them, lol).

Question - currently running old Bilstein HD's and NS race springs (really high spring rate), I picked up the Koni sports on special from TireRack. So if I run the NS springs, with the Konis, its basically a NS Cup Kit.

I always thought Koni Sports were only good up to 500lbs, but the NS springs are over 500lbs and normally sold with the konis as a cup kit. i called NS to check, and they said they should be fine, but I havent checked with Koni.

Is there any real concern on blowing out the konis? Should I eventually go with the GC CO's? Would using the lower perchs on the koni's help prolong strut/shock life?

 

I really dont have one.. but I do like the Mahle filters, Great price, and awesome build quality ! A close second would be the Baldwins, third would be the MANN - BOSCH which are all made by Purolator in the U.S., so I read.

 

Thank you kindly sir! so are you adding a wagon to the collective yet?

 

OTS(off the shelf) Konis are rated for around 500lbs at their top end, they can handle a little more though. How high of spring rate are you talking? I would say anything over 600lbs and you should look into having the konis "race" valved.

 

When I buy a farmhouse with lotsa land to store cars !

 

from the neuspeed site -

Notes:
FRONT SPRING - LOWERING 2.2" / RATE 575 lbs/in
REAR SPRING - LOWERING 2.0" / RATE 540 lbs/in

NEUSPEED Race Springs utilizes agressive spring rates and as such, high-performance dampers are highly recommended. We recommend using Koni Sport Shocks.

 

from what I read, Koni recommends their race shocks but some Miata owners have been using 600lb springs for a few years with no problems.

 

Okay looks like i'll eventually move to the GC Co's with proper rates. I may call Koni tomorrow too just to be safe.

 

I think you will be fine running the regular konis for a while, but if you want the most optimal setup, the "race" valved konis will be the way to go. You can send in your regular shocks to be rebuilt with the race valving down the road as well. The only thing GC will allow you to do is raise/lower your car, you still pick your own spring rates, and the rates you have sound pretty decent. However Im not sure you can run the GC setup with that particular set of springs anyways since they probably are not the short type the coilovers use.

 

Woot woot.

finally got a chance to take the EF out of the garage yesterday.... put about 80 miles on her.

 

Hell yeah! My daily has been down the past couple weeks, so Ive been getting to drive mine a bit more than Id like..haha!

 

if flickr wasn't down i'd be posting up some pic... lol