it depends on the tire. Hoosiers seem to want higher presures than the Kumo v710. I suspect its the difference between the stiffness of the sidewalls, but who knows...

The surface plays a big part in the presures you run also.

 

with an a6 i run about 36 front 40 rear and it feels good to me

 

Teaser shot of the car in the paint booth. Gotta get her lookin' good for the big show!

Heck, if you can't go fast you may as well look fast!! That's my theory

 

oh god jarrod, lol cant wait to see the final product. what kind of hood did you get?

 

Just a used carbon one that had been laying around a friends shop for a couple years. Got it for $100. I spent about 10 hours sanding all the clear coat and extre resin off, cut off the underside bracing, and added some fiberglass around the outside perimeter to stiffen it up. Before paint it came in at about 6# less than the stock aluminum hood. . .

 

you guys at nationals yet?

 

You're about a week too late!! You been hiding under a rock??

EVOs took the top 4 spots in BSP, won BSPL, SML, XPL, took the top 2 spots in SM, as well as 8 of the top 10 spots in STU (unfortunately, though, not 1st place) . . .

All in all a pretty good showing for our little grocery getter family cars!!

 

howd you do? any pictures?? i wouldve thought you wouldve posted up news when you got it lol, good job everyone

 

He did - look 2 threads down. I think it's time you got a wing.

 

damn jarrod, your car looks nasty.
i was thinking of getting a wing and going more all out with my car but i think i might part with the evo soon in favor of a better daily driver. but ill be able to enjoy it for the next few months in the cali sun. ill see you at some events around socal.

 

hey everyone, my car is for sale along with all the parts off of it, hit me up if you want anything from it
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=375265

 

That sucks - you were on your way to a really nice setup! Good luck in whatever your next venture ends up being!

 

Gotta question for the boys - do any of ou guys run a hydraulic handbrake or is that not neccessary for the types of courses you run on?

 

Cross posting this into the SM thread....where it probably belongs!




Rubbing issues are totally solvable - at least with 18s and 285/30/18s.

I think my Corsas are as big and fat as the Hoosiers but even if they're not you can get everythign to fit with the right spacers.

I finally put on some 15MM H&R jobbies, did a little extra fender modding and now - BINGO!

Here's what I did - same as EVOlutionary's pic but I also did some work on the rocker panels too since the inner edges tend to rub at full lock.

Everything's covered here:


End result is that the front wheels do stick out a little but I've acid tested this setup and I get NO rubbing on the fenders bumps or in corners, NO rubbining on the fenders or the inner fender bodywork (as a result of all the hammering and cutting, particularly the rocker panel mods) and NO problems rubbing the frame in front of the shocks thanks to the spacers - I now get full, clean, lock to lock steering.



Better front traction too - in short - sweeeeeeet!

I think that biger/taller tires (such as 275/40/17s) could also be accommodated by using the same hammering/cutting methods and adding spacers to fit your setup - you may just need a little more or a little less.

I also did a little research on the best spacers to use - apparently the bolt on spacers are better since they don't but any extra stress on your studs like running a slip on spacer + extended lugs would do. The bolt-ons are also supposed to vibrate less than slip ons which I think is important (I added 72.6MM hub centric spacers to fit my particular rims and the car rolls perectly smooth at all speeds now).

Now hopefully this setup will do the trick until I can afford to get some ultralightweight wheels (thinking of Enkei RCT4s since there's a decent local supply).

You guys with the lightweight rims = lucky!!!!!! I tried lifting up an 18.10 inch Enkei RCT4 with a racing slick on it and it seems to weight HALF of what my Rotas do. I can only imagine how nice they'd feel...

Yes, I'm jealous!

 

No one I know runs a hydraulic handbrake outside of rally drivers. Although it is certainly a topic for debate, most on here will tell you that you'll be faster driving a 180 with grip rather than sliding, unless it is too tight to make without making a 3-point turn. . .

I, personally, have always wanted to try it!