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Pfadt bars & pillow blocks installed

Old 09-08-2011, 01:28 PM
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Default Pfadt bars & pillow blocks installed

Just thought I would share some pics of these works of art. I'm trying the HR front and LR rear since this is primarily an autocross car. We're doing a TNT later this month, so I'll be able to make adjustments to the coilovers and bars, play, repeat

The front bar is about 2# heavier than stock. The rear felt about the same as stock if not lighter. Sorry I didn't weigh it.










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Old 09-08-2011, 07:11 PM
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Let's us know how it works out.

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Old 09-09-2011, 10:54 AM
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They look awesome, even on the car. FYI - you might want to add retorquing the arms to your maintenance list. They don't mention that in the instructions. Those arms have been known to walk off.
Old 09-09-2011, 11:42 AM
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Looking awfully good on the car there! Let us know how they're performing for you! Looks like you got the Popp bar package.
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Originally Posted by mountainbiker2
Let's us know how it works out.

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Will do.

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They look awesome, even on the car. FYI - you might want to add retorquing the arms to your maintenance list. They don't mention that in the instructions. Those arms have been known to walk off.
Thanks for the heads up!

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Looking awfully good on the car there! Let us know how they're performing for you! Looks like you got the Popp bar package.
Thanks! Nice job on the bars. Adjustments will be easy.
Old 10-14-2011, 01:29 PM
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Here's the follow up:

I got to make 29 runs total over two days. 10 TNT runs on my street set, 10 TNT and 9 points event runs on the 315/18x4 A6s. I was 3rd out of 32 raw and 7th pax. Only .1 behind 2nd. These are the same drivers I battled with in my S2000, so I know where I stand. They used to beat me by a bigger margin, so I'm pretty happy about that. As you can see in the videos, there's a lot left in the car. I babied the launches and never really had any drama.

Course: decent concrete, 1320'x150'
Front HR bar: 2/3
Rear LR bar: 1/3
Front Pfadt SA coilovers: 14/16
Rear " ": 6/16
Front 315/18 A6: 31 cold
Rear " ": 27 cold

Tire temps (w/ probe) were in the mid 120s and were even across the patch except for the right rear. All I can figure is the hard right carousel caused some spin and I may need to go to 3/3 on the front bar. The inside of that tire was 5-6 deg higher than the left rear.

TNT:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Z06phile.../0/hgrT6du5E0E
Points event:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Z06phile.../4/bM-ULUJ9ONs

Hope to play on asphalt this Sunday with the PCA.

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