Project: 'Merica, Fiberglass and V8s

[D_Eclipse9916]

Small Update:

Got a set of SSR Legal C6 knockoff wheels and slapped a set of 255 R7s up front and 315 A6s rear just for the autox, not ideal but was what I had in the basement. The real setup will be 295 A7s Front, 315 A7s rear.



Mounted up the Strano Front Sway bar, small increase of front rate, but I figured it was worth it for $150 used

I also splurged and bought the super rare Corsa Race Titanium cat-back exhaust. Its uh, loud. Sounds fantastic and love it. I am sure there will be video shortly of it.

Car made it through the autocross and cruise down and back up on 211. It was heavily down on grip with the small 255s up front and being R7s they never came up to temp. Would have been better on some street tires, but these were throwaways so I might as well burn them up. It was also pretty impressive that the car fit 3x 18s and all our gear for the weekend (left 1 wheel and tire in my buddies car to bring down)



The clutch is finally giving up the ghost. For the past year I couldnt go over 35% in 4th/5th/6th. Not ever a problem with the gobs of torque this thing has so I didn't bother replacing. I bought a new flywheel/clutch/pressure plate in case it got worse. Well, this weekend finished it off. Couldnt go over 20% in 5th or 6th (making uphills at 1500rpm impossible on the backroads), and then within about 15 miles of home, 3rd/4th gear over 40% gave up the ghost. It needs it before the next event.



As for selling it, everytime I do these cruises and then autox, it makes me not want to sell it. It is stupid fast with proper tires (even got FTD this weekend with shitty tires). Cheap to maintain, cheap on gas (28-29mpg on highway), and definitely makes the right noises. Not nearly as fun driving in to rosslyn everyday since this winter has made the roads horrendous and already bent an outer barrel on one of my CCWs. What a fantastic car for the $ though!