Opinions wanted
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Drifting
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From: Suwanee,Ga
Opinions wanted
I am selecting new brakes for an 84 model.
Going to be road racing on a more serious [frequent] basis because the State of Ga. has a New Super Speeder law and they come just short of Shooting On Site, if over 35MPH [ Ah??? Hmmmm? that is most Sunday mornings?] Serious dollars and legal headaches [ like jail].
So........... it's time to get more serious about the track, and my '89 automatic is not up to that.!!
Tell me: What route? Whose work. What's durable? What swaps?
16" rims vs 17" or bigger [ nothing to do with brakes, but while I am there I may as well get this right too???].
So fill my head with stuff and nonsense.
TJM
Going to be road racing on a more serious [frequent] basis because the State of Ga. has a New Super Speeder law and they come just short of Shooting On Site, if over 35MPH [ Ah??? Hmmmm? that is most Sunday mornings?] Serious dollars and legal headaches [ like jail].
So........... it's time to get more serious about the track, and my '89 automatic is not up to that.!!
Tell me: What route? Whose work. What's durable? What swaps?
16" rims vs 17" or bigger [ nothing to do with brakes, but while I am there I may as well get this right too???].
So fill my head with stuff and nonsense.
TJM
Thread Starter
Drifting
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From: Suwanee,Ga
Thread Starter
Drifting
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From: Suwanee,Ga
Drifting
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From: Texas
haha no problem man
lots of my threads get jack for posts too
dont feel to bad
But unless you want to spend 1800 or so on a brake kit go with teh C5 upgrade or the baer kit i got
Ill post pics of my install and a lil write up if you want and go with the same kit
lots of my threads get jack for posts too
dont feel to bad
But unless you want to spend 1800 or so on a brake kit go with teh C5 upgrade or the baer kit i got
Ill post pics of my install and a lil write up if you want and go with the same kit
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Drifting
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From: Suwanee,Ga
So: Does it make good racing sense to go '88+ style or to C5?
I will likely put in 17" spindles anyway, unless someone out there has a reason to stay with 16" rims?
I just don't know, from a racing standpoint, which is reasonable
If no feed back, I'll just snoop around the next NASA race at Road Atl and see?
TJM
Drifting
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From: Texas
88+ as in J55?
C5>J55
and BIG baer beats all
for the money the C5 conversion is the way to go and buy the stuff off a c5 owner who switches to c6 brakes
17inch rims are better than 16
ALOT more tire options as well and smaller sidewalls for the corners
C5>J55
and BIG baer beats all
for the money the C5 conversion is the way to go and buy the stuff off a c5 owner who switches to c6 brakes
17inch rims are better than 16
ALOT more tire options as well and smaller sidewalls for the corners
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