Very nice setup. love the idea and the DIY Info. Learning lots of new info Thanks and good luck

 

^ thanks, i miss my s2k from time to time also. i wan to pick up another s2k for street car.

here's my AP1 before i got the Evo RS

 

Sorry if you answered this before. How do you like when compare your old s2k and current evo?

 

They are apples and oranges. the s2k is like a go-kart on track, very precise and agile. it's light weight but low on power, so it's a momentum car. also, the AP1 is one of the hardest car to drive in stock form because of snap oversteer, but with some modifications like larger front bar and rear wing will cure that. everything about the s2k is design for track except for brakes. it's reliable and consumables are very low compare to the Evo. The Evo is a brute car but relatively easy to drive. it's heavy and you have muscle it around. but awd and easy to make power makes it fun, although it goes through consumable two to three times as much as the s2k depending on your power level.

 

Awesome thread.

Hopefully I'll meet you Feb 23rd at NJMP!

 

thanks for the great write up, i want to try building a car up like this one day, im sure it looks and feels even better knowing you put in every bolt in the engine bay and what not

 

I enjoy working on the car and learning in the process. most of the things i've done to the car i did for the first time. the forum helped me a lot in finding info to do these things.

 

here's video and picture at Watkins Glen with NARRA

 

a lap at NJMP Thunderbolt with NASA in October

 

What did you torque the bolts on your brake calipers to?
What form of thread locker did you use?
Have you noticed any creaking from the calipers or a different feeling in the pedal?

 

i torqued bolt on the calipers to about 40 ft/lbs and used blue loctite. there's no creaking from the calipers.

pedal fell is the same, but i only did two time trials event after installing the stainless pistons. i usually only do 3-5 hot laps per sessions when i do TT, so i don't get brake fade when i TT, also ambient temp was in the 60's. i'll have to wait till next season when i do some HPDE events where i run full sessions to see if the pedal gets soft towards the end of the day like it used to with the aluminum pistons.

 

I thought the factory pistons were ceramic?

Anyway... That's promising that you disassembled the calipers without issue. The brembo engineers verbally prohibit it. Seems simple enough

 

This is a true evo owner !!!
One that can do his own work. Great write up.

 

nope, stock brembo pistons are aluminum. i have pics of my friend's pistons melted when he ran the pads down to the backing plates.

there are many calipers rebuilding service available online, and i'm pretty sure they take them apart to repaint or powder coat.

 

recap of NARRA at Watkins Glen. My finish position at the 14:00 mark.