What should I do next?
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Re: What should I do next? (MongooseLT4)
Is this high speed autox or real road racing?
Id think about a poly bushing kit if you dont have it already, but if you dont have headers get them. Thats what i voted for anyway.
Id think about a poly bushing kit if you dont have it already, but if you dont have headers get them. Thats what i voted for anyway.
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Re: What should I do next? (MongooseLT4)
If it's on a road course you'll find that the car that handles best is typically the one that wins. It takes an obscene power advantage to overcome the 2-3 car lengths you'll be giving up in every turn.
Having said that...the stock brakes are marginal for any more than 10 minutes or so of track time. Once you get familiar with the track, you'll find yourself going deeper and deeper into the turns until you feel a mushy pedal. A turn or two after that and the pedal WILL go to the floor.
I'd focus on brakes followed by suspension. All the power in the world won't matter if you can't stop.
:cheers:
[Modified by 96GS#007, 8:35 PM 5/25/2003]
Having said that...the stock brakes are marginal for any more than 10 minutes or so of track time. Once you get familiar with the track, you'll find yourself going deeper and deeper into the turns until you feel a mushy pedal. A turn or two after that and the pedal WILL go to the floor.
I'd focus on brakes followed by suspension. All the power in the world won't matter if you can't stop.
:cheers:
[Modified by 96GS#007, 8:35 PM 5/25/2003]
