Re: Build thread
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:14
On the way to Denver on Saturday I monitored air temps between the turbo inlet and at the UIM. Well, I tried to anyway. One of them was reading around 70-75F, the other was reading 11,792F lol. Initially I thought my calculations in the app were off, and I also had the sensors swapped. I thought it was the sensor at the UIM that wasn't reading correctly, but it was the turbo inlet sensor. And after some more digging I figured out what was wrong. Kinda needs an element in order to read. I just hope it didn't damage the turbo or engine.
2018-08-01_10-57-56 by Eric Jausel, on Flickr
The rear sway bars on the FDs came in three different sizes depending on the year, and I picked up a 93 sway bar (17.3mm) from Andy to try in place of my Racing Beat rear (19mm) to see if I can loosen the rear up a bit for more traction and so I don't slide into the turns so much. He told me to swap the bushings though because they were binding up. It looks like the ones that were on there are Energy Suspension 16mm bushings, so I've been looking for 17mm and I'm having a hard time finding some that will fit right. I've found some but they need to stand off from the body a bit to clear another part. Maybe I can shim them. I'm also going to pick up some bushings for the front and get the front bar powdercoated black. It's in pretty rough shape from all the rock chips and I was never a fan of the red anyway.
Andy also suggested getting some Duralast brake pads so it's harder to lock up the brakes on the track. I'm just afraid they won't grab enough on the street in a dire situation. But I'm either going to try that or drive the car a lot more and try to get used to the modulation on the Endless pads.
I've been using 20W50 oil and Lucas oil additive, on Jesse's suggestion, but I've always been concerned that it's too thick, especially considering my oil rarely gets hot enough to thin it out. Andy suggested using 0W30, he loves it. So I'm going to try that.
2018-08-01_10-57-56 by Eric Jausel, on Flickr
The rear sway bars on the FDs came in three different sizes depending on the year, and I picked up a 93 sway bar (17.3mm) from Andy to try in place of my Racing Beat rear (19mm) to see if I can loosen the rear up a bit for more traction and so I don't slide into the turns so much. He told me to swap the bushings though because they were binding up. It looks like the ones that were on there are Energy Suspension 16mm bushings, so I've been looking for 17mm and I'm having a hard time finding some that will fit right. I've found some but they need to stand off from the body a bit to clear another part. Maybe I can shim them. I'm also going to pick up some bushings for the front and get the front bar powdercoated black. It's in pretty rough shape from all the rock chips and I was never a fan of the red anyway.
Andy also suggested getting some Duralast brake pads so it's harder to lock up the brakes on the track. I'm just afraid they won't grab enough on the street in a dire situation. But I'm either going to try that or drive the car a lot more and try to get used to the modulation on the Endless pads.
I've been using 20W50 oil and Lucas oil additive, on Jesse's suggestion, but I've always been concerned that it's too thick, especially considering my oil rarely gets hot enough to thin it out. Andy suggested using 0W30, he loves it. So I'm going to try that.