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Thanks guys! 8)


During the event my front tires were screaming for traction. Im almost positive in my case that better tires will help with the understeer rather than make it worse. The parking lot the event was at isnt the best surface either, lots of tiny rocks, but the path gets cleaner as the day goes on haha. I will be getting better tires soon but not r888's b/c I cannot afford them at the moment. I will most likey end up buying hankook rs2's again as they are a decent sticky street tire but no where near the grip of the r888's. I think also that our cars respond different because our suspension is setup not exactly the same.

My mods:
whiteline front swaybar
whiteline rear adj swaybar (stiffest setting)
racingbeat endlinks
intrax springs (switching to TRD springs soon, then maybe megan coilovers over the winter)
kyb agx's (full stiff all around)
whiteline/superpro poly bushings in front (including anti-lift/caster bushings)
whiteline front strutbar (stock one also still inplace)
whiteline rear strutbar
battery in trunk on passenger side (helps with weight distribution I suppose)
3/16 total toe out in the front (bad for tires but good for turn in, good thing I dont rive this car daily haha)
forgot how much camber im running
(I have a complete rear setup waiting to be installed including poly suspension bushings, supra sphericals, mario nylon subframe bushings)






Enjoy my slow runs haha. first event of the year for my so Im super rusty. I think I forgot how to turn. I had 9 runs total but the videos are basically the same. There was a variety of cars at this event from an acura nsx, audi a8, full size 96 impala ss's, camaros, sti's, evos, vw r32, mr2s, miatas, etc. I was the only celica let alone an alltrac haha.

 

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After looking at the results I didnt do as bad as I thought. I was one place away from getting a trophy and everyone ahead of me had some nice sticky tires. I ended up 4th place in Street Tourning X (STX) class. Now if I just had some better tires I would have won something lol. Oh well theres always next time.

 

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Yea I wish we were closer b/c I would like for you to drive my car and see how the small differences in our setups feel on the track. I really want a LSD for the rear diff. I find it very difficult to keep the back end sliding out on power, though it does it just fine in the rain haha. Cant wait to hear how it works on your car.

It is very fun. Autox is a cheap form of racing and you dont have to have uber mods to be competitive. My 21y/o car is faster than these new evos and sti's and that makes my day!

Yea thost werent my fastest runs but you really couldnt tell a 1 sec faster from watching the vids so I just posted those. What is khana?

 

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Ah ok like gymkhana. I dont think I would very good in those tight technical courses. I prefer a faster course where I can really whip the car around. I tend to spin out in dramatic fashion at the ends of fast slaloms often lol.

 

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Yeah i really want an LSD but Im just waiting to come across one for the right price.

Hmm not sure on my powerband, I never had the car on a dyno. (4WD dyno time is really expensive and I dont want to risk blowing the trasnfer in 2wd mode) I think the biggest difference is that you are running standalone ecu and Im still on the stock one. I bet your throttle response is alot better.

I thought the 165 gear box was the shrotest ratio of the 3. I would love to get a 205 trans but mainly b/c mine is starting to grind 3rd gear pretty bad at high rpm.

 

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Good info on the gear boxes. Any issues with the speedo cable when going to a 205 trans?

You are running the Haltech right? You have to do the wiring yourself correct? I want to eventually go with a standalone in the future but right now Ill have to settle for stock

The ecu cost more than the car? Haha wow, not unless you are counting the hours of tuning also.

 

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Quick update:

Always, I was recently tempted into goint with a megasquirt/microsquirt ems for really cheap as my buddy does custom wiring at his shop. Too bad it was just the wrong time as I have no money to spare right now. Some day Ill get to that level.

Im still lovin the front whiteline swaybar. Just recently got and installed some Megan racing coilovers. They are great so far and a big improvement over the intrax/agx setup I had. Have not yet autoxed on them yet. I have also picked up some Toyo RA1's. Still need to get them mounted on my other set of team dynamics wheels before the next autox event. I did however find an interesting clearence issue with the whiteline rear swaybar. It contacts part of the chassis on the passenger side. I just had to bang in a half inch of clearence with a BFH and its good. This was an issue on both my 165s b/c they were lowered, suprised I never noticed before. That is all.

 

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The megans are pretty decent ride on the street with the damping close to full soft, it actually suprised me how good it was. Keep in mind that a "good" ride is always subjective and I was running the agx's on full stiff all the time and alot of people said that it was too harsh of a ride but I liked it. I want to go with a standalone really bad but I need to address other issues like intercooling first. I need to finally get rid of the stock top mount and actually use this front mount core I have had sitting around. Just need to buy the raw piping bends, tack it up at my house, and tig it all at school. That will be the next mod over the winter along with other things. I totally agree with you on the frequency of our updates. Lots of money involved plus lots of testing to be sure it was money well spent lol. By the time the post has been updated we've had the parts on our cars for several months now. I think thats why the updates are few and far between.

 

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Went to the drag strip this past weekend. Ran a 13.6 @ 105 which was a slower time than last but a faster mph. Last time it was around 80* and this time it was 50* and I guess it didnt help too much. Only gained 1mph at the trap but ran .2 slower. I left my shitty street tires at 35psi but it didnt feel like I had any traction issues though I could be wrong. Oh well Im happy with how the ct27 treated me over the years but it obviously doesnt have the topend Im looking for. Time to install the turbo kit me and my buddy built with the garret 57trim. Im hoping to run atleast a 13.0 with that setup in conjunction with the front mount. Now that I think of it, it might actually be the stock 165 intercooler that is holding me back alittle. Im cramming 18psi through it and I suspect that it might be way past its limit for effectivness.

Havent autox'ed with the new coilovers yet. Dont think I will be able to this year bc there is one event left and I wont be able to make it. I wish I could report back a review about the megans but that will have to wait till next year.