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cjv 05-29-2004 08:27 AM


Originally posted by sharkster
I thought that was the "lighter" wood color;)
Sharkster,

It is scientifically proven that any wood interior is faster and better handling than carbon fiber. It has also been proven that Dark Burl is a tad faster than light burl. Furthermore, beautiful women love the look of wood.:p They say without the wood, all other turbo's look alike. You've seen one then you have seen them all.;)

cjv 05-29-2004 08:36 AM

Liquid CO2 controller. You'll have to pardon the dust.
http://www.986host.com/albums/DUANEB...troller_04.jpg

http://www.986host.com/albums/DUANEB...troller_01.jpg

http://www.986host.com/albums/DUANEB...troller_03.jpg

sharkster 05-29-2004 11:54 AM

Hehe me likey that sneaky place in the ash tray:) Mine is even more stealth.. I'll show you.

Sorry I haven't come over yet. Somepoint this weekend ok with you? I was swapping out my PSS9s for the JICs past couple of days...

nman413 05-29-2004 02:10 PM

sharky, you are going to JICs? What spring rate do you have on them, the originals or the new revised spring rates?

cjv 05-30-2004 09:16 AM

sharkster,

Now you have my curiosity up? ;)

PorschePhd 05-30-2004 09:31 AM

Chad, when you see Alex's switch keep in mind I use mine as a garage door opener.

sharkster 05-31-2004 01:02 AM


Originally posted by icerbofh
sharky, you are going to JICs? What spring rate do you have on them, the originals or the new revised spring rates?
I've got the originals;)

sharkster 05-31-2004 01:03 AM

It looks STOCK which is the cool thing. I'll show you next time. I was going to do some radio shak "nasty" switches but Stephen was having NONE of that and made it look really clean/stock so you can't even tell. There's a dummy switch on the bottom left, which he rigged up for activation and then we used the rear wiper button for "purge"....

cjv 05-31-2004 09:41 AM

sharkster,

Rob delivered my rear bumper yesterday. Sean brought over his 5 mph bumper today. I will be making the parts to lighten the 5 mph bumper along with the micro polished stainless steel vent covers which will take the place of the rear bumper warts. These vents will be flush with the body. :)

Should have some pics later this week.

sharkster 05-31-2004 10:56 AM

That sounds sweet!!! Sorry my wife's taken a new job last week so I've not been able to come over. Early this week tho;)

nman413 05-31-2004 03:06 PM

Sharky, let me know how you like it and what you end up getting it set to.

I can take a fair amount of pain but the car set to 10 and 12 was just too damn harsh. Now it is at 9 and 8 and works nice .

cjv 06-04-2004 10:13 AM

Well, we are going to push the envelope again. This time in the handling department. Originally KA had 8x18's and 11 x 18's. We then went to 8.5 x 18's and 11.5 x 18's. Then came 9.5 x 18's and 12.0 x 18's. At the beginning of the year we put 12.5 x 18's on the rear.

With each change the turn in became better. The car continued to handle better. Recently, S Car Go racing determined they could fit 10 x 18's up front. Funny thing is when the 9.5's were fitted up front I was told that was all the wheel the 996tt could handle. Oh well, we are going to give the 10.0 x 18's a try. Michelin Motorsports says the turn in will definitely improve even more. :)

sharkster 06-04-2004 12:16 PM

Good stuff Chad, I know some stuff needs to be changed. My 9.5 265s have rubbed some nice holes in there:)

cjv 06-05-2004 08:06 AM


Originally posted by sharkster
Good stuff Chad, I know some stuff needs to be changed. My 9.5 265s have rubbed some nice holes in there:)
sharkster,

I have had 9.5 x 18's on MPSC 265's for over six months now. I do not have any rubbing problems. Yes, we did change some things. I want to keep the MPSC 265's but I want to use 10 x 18 wheels up front for obvious reasons.:)

luting_chen 06-05-2004 01:17 PM

chad:
have you widebodied your car???
b/c I'm thinking about switching back to 18 as well... i don't have enough grip...
am also thinking about widebodying the car 1+ inch each side at front, and 2+ inch each side at rear...

what sorts of stuff needs to be done in able to fit wider wheels in there??????
^___^ perhaps i'll follow ur route to use 10x18 at front...and possibly 13+ at rear


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