I was able to take it out for its first spin. It handles very well. It is not the most powerful thing I have driven, however it has got to be one of the best handling. While there are going to be a few alignment tweaks to get optimum handling. All I can say is wow. Oh yeah, and its pretty loud in there.
The alignment process was pretty straight forward. When you weigh as much as me you must make sure you dummy up the driver weight. It was impressive to see the camber and ride height differences with and without driver weight.
I am using zero toe front and rear at the moment.
On the list for tomorrow is the following.
- Finish mounting the hard top.
- Order a few items including the fire bottle, transponder, SCCA stickers
- The fuel filler bolts need to be put in.
- Inner shift boot replacement.
- Put together a pre-alignment check list. I ran into a few false starts today. No dummy weight, sway bars, connected, etc.
Will try to get some video tomorrow.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Even closer
The brakes have been bled. I used Castrol GT LMA brake fluid and my new bleeder bottles. I used a technique I just read about of gravity bleeding. The pedal is nice and firm. So it seems to have done the job. I also adjusted the rear brakes. There is a small plug on the back of the rear calipers. Once this is removed, you use an allen wrench to adjust the rear brakes. A very simple task.
The battery is mounted and on the float charger. I had to fabricate the j-bolt from a thin piece of threaded rod. This was a super simple job. I simply cut it to length, heated with a torch and bent on of the ends.
The slave cylinder was replaced. The replacement of the actual part was simple bleeding presented some challenges. Since the line was essentially drained. It would not bleed. I tried gravity and traditional ways of bleeding. Nothing worked. Not being in possession of a vacuum or pressure bleeder, I had to improvise. The stock filler cap has a vent hole. I opened the bleeder, and blew a small amount of air into the resevoir. This caused a make shift pressure bleed to occur, at least to the point where there was fluid at the bleeder. Well actually, it shot out of the bleeder. Regardless of its velocity and volume, it worked!
The seat is mounted. I used 3"x3"x1/8" backing plates underneath the car. Overall it worked very well and resulted in very solid mounting. The sub straps were pretty challenging to mount within the manufacturers spec as the "frame rail" is directly in the way. So, I was able to mount close to the spec, but not the exact spec.
As far as pressure washing the engine bay, well I maybe a giant leap in the way of that. We purchased a pressure washer. I tried it out on the mower. Very nice. It should work very well.
I also purchased a new floor jack. My old 3 ton unit finally gave up its ghost. I let the car down on Wednesday. The jack was already too tall for the car so its not that big of a loss. But I could not remove the jack from the car on Friday. Nor could I lift the car. So, I purchased a 2 ton low profile service jack.
I started pre-alignment today.
I am running through my checklist and well its getting pretty short.
The battery is mounted and on the float charger. I had to fabricate the j-bolt from a thin piece of threaded rod. This was a super simple job. I simply cut it to length, heated with a torch and bent on of the ends.
The slave cylinder was replaced. The replacement of the actual part was simple bleeding presented some challenges. Since the line was essentially drained. It would not bleed. I tried gravity and traditional ways of bleeding. Nothing worked. Not being in possession of a vacuum or pressure bleeder, I had to improvise. The stock filler cap has a vent hole. I opened the bleeder, and blew a small amount of air into the resevoir. This caused a make shift pressure bleed to occur, at least to the point where there was fluid at the bleeder. Well actually, it shot out of the bleeder. Regardless of its velocity and volume, it worked!
The seat is mounted. I used 3"x3"x1/8" backing plates underneath the car. Overall it worked very well and resulted in very solid mounting. The sub straps were pretty challenging to mount within the manufacturers spec as the "frame rail" is directly in the way. So, I was able to mount close to the spec, but not the exact spec.
As far as pressure washing the engine bay, well I maybe a giant leap in the way of that. We purchased a pressure washer. I tried it out on the mower. Very nice. It should work very well.
I also purchased a new floor jack. My old 3 ton unit finally gave up its ghost. I let the car down on Wednesday. The jack was already too tall for the car so its not that big of a loss. But I could not remove the jack from the car on Friday. Nor could I lift the car. So, I purchased a 2 ton low profile service jack.
I started pre-alignment today.
I am running through my checklist and well its getting pretty short.
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