Yea...let's try the 275s on all four corners and just see what we end up with. Your suspension setup is well balanced for equal grip at both ends. Between the rear swaybar and a little air pressure we should be OK. I'm more worried about hitting cones with the inside rear tire than I am not getting the car dialed in.
New FSP build
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Vanimaniac
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First heat first day. Hopefully you don't have tire warming issues. Wonder if you can get temp in those rear 275's?
I'm mad because DSP also runs first heat first day (we're on the opposite side of you FSPer's). The one class I really wanted to watch was FSP. Oh well.
See yall at the TnT.
Van
I'm mad because DSP also runs first heat first day (we're on the opposite side of you FSPer's). The one class I really wanted to watch was FSP. Oh well.
See yall at the TnT.
Van
We'll see how the weather works out. Last year is was very windy which was the real problem. I was dragging the brakes from the grid all the way to the course and then back to grid last year to generate some heat.
Got the tires mounted up today. The rears are going to need the 6mm spacer. Sitting on the ground, its about 1.5mm clearance between the rear trailing arm and the tire, and about the same at the strut. The 6mm spacer will make me breathe a little easier and dgives us the option to use a camber bolt if needed (highly doubtful).
The tires look good on the 8.5" rims, a little bulge in the tire sidewall, but nothing crazy. Just eyeballing it- it looks like atleast 0.5" more contact patch over the 225's on the same rim. Should be good.
The tires look good on the 8.5" rims, a little bulge in the tire sidewall, but nothing crazy. Just eyeballing it- it looks like atleast 0.5" more contact patch over the 225's on the same rim. Should be good.
thanks!
We did run the 275's on all 4 corners and with no problems. The fronts were on the 10.5" wheels and the rears were on 8.5" wheels (with .25" spacer).
Next steps for development are mostly trying to get some more HP. Here are the initial thoughts:
Racing steering wheel
Racing seat
Light flywheel
ECU (standalone or piggyback- what ever will work!)
Ported (extrude hone) Intake Manifold
Port match head
Underdrive pully
Cam gears
2.0L motor swap
Drilled rotors
Hawk HP+ brake pads
We did run the 275's on all 4 corners and with no problems. The fronts were on the 10.5" wheels and the rears were on 8.5" wheels (with .25" spacer).
Next steps for development are mostly trying to get some more HP. Here are the initial thoughts:
Racing steering wheel
Racing seat
Light flywheel
ECU (standalone or piggyback- what ever will work!)
Ported (extrude hone) Intake Manifold
Port match head
Underdrive pully
Cam gears
2.0L motor swap
Drilled rotors
Hawk HP+ brake pads
Piece of cake (birthday)
susamafone
lil' red
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- Red '03.5 Protege5
ooooh, that sounds like fun. if you want a hand, let me know.
Just as a recap... a few people have asked about the current suspension/chassis setup I ran at nationals:
Stock front swaybar (i think its 19mm)
21.5mm AWR rearbar set to STIFF!!!
AWR Coilovers with Bilstein Shocks- shortened and revalved by AWR
450#Front springs, 600# rear springs
AWR camberplates
Mazdaspeed strut tower brace
AWR motormounts and inserts
OPM Limited Slip Differential
Kodiak Wheels- 10.5x15" front, 8.5x15" rear
Tires: Hoosier 275/35/15's
Weight in race trim with half a tank of gas: 2380#
Stock front swaybar (i think its 19mm)
21.5mm AWR rearbar set to STIFF!!!
AWR Coilovers with Bilstein Shocks- shortened and revalved by AWR
450#Front springs, 600# rear springs
AWR camberplates
Mazdaspeed strut tower brace
AWR motormounts and inserts
OPM Limited Slip Differential
Kodiak Wheels- 10.5x15" front, 8.5x15" rear
Tires: Hoosier 275/35/15's
Weight in race trim with half a tank of gas: 2380#
Nick Leone
Member
Jas00x did you use the stock front sway bar? and if you have any thing else on your build up I would love to see it as I am building a 94' Protege LX for FSP and some parts fit from the later model Protege's.
Thanks Nick
Thanks Nick
Jason, i'm not sure what you're looking for as far as seats, but I have a pair that I'll sell cheap. They're DAD, which i think is Sparco's knock off brand. They look just like Sparco Torinos, but have a red DAD logo. Looks like this:
The ones I have are covered with a pseudo suede kinda material. They are kinda faded, and one has what looks like a bleach stain. Like I said, I'll sell them cheap, but no brackets. Let me know if you're interested.
The ones I have are covered with a pseudo suede kinda material. They are kinda faded, and one has what looks like a bleach stain. Like I said, I'll sell them cheap, but no brackets. Let me know if you're interested.
I'm building one as well, but I haven't really gotten started on it yet. I'll be pulling the motor out in a few weeks and hopefully ordering most of the performance parts. I've had a few conversations with Will Kalman about his STS Escort GT over suspension setup. I'm itching to get started.
Nick Leone
Member
Well Liquid_Ag gave me this http://www.optionsauto.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ST-52240 and I found out that the 95' Protege S has the same rear sway bar so that means the AWR's 21.5 rear sway bar will fit.
Sorry thread jack
Sorry thread jack
Vanimaniac
Member
Indeed. Wil has proven that car's capabilities time and time again.
Will's car is is nice to say the least. Had I not just gotten this...
...which is the former Des Toups STS ZX2 S/R (still needs bushings, lower tie bars, seats/harnesses, AC removal...), I'd be very interestd in Will's car.
I'm going to finish as an STS car, but have already petitioned the SEB for moving the ZX2 to FSP from DSP...
...which is the former Des Toups STS ZX2 S/R (still needs bushings, lower tie bars, seats/harnesses, AC removal...), I'd be very interestd in Will's car.
I'm going to finish as an STS car, but have already petitioned the SEB for moving the ZX2 to FSP from DSP...
Dynos are in!
Just got the car on the dyno today for the first time. It was a Dyno Dynamics Dynometer. The guy said you can add 10% to get a similar number to a Dynojet, but I don't really know for sure.
110.5HP
106 ft/lb torque
With Air-Fuel
Just got the car on the dyno today for the first time. It was a Dyno Dynamics Dynometer. The guy said you can add 10% to get a similar number to a Dynojet, but I don't really know for sure.
110.5HP
106 ft/lb torque
With Air-Fuel
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what's w/ graph #2? Looks like torque dropped like a rock through there... what was the difference between the 2?
Item of note I suppose, at least in my car, the 2.0 puts out more torque than HP. Interesting
If it's really an added 10% to get dynojet numbers, that's fairly impressive for the 'lowly' 1.8!
On a dynojet my 5 put out 110 whp and 116 wtq.
Item of note I suppose, at least in my car, the 2.0 puts out more torque than HP. Interesting
If it's really an added 10% to get dynojet numbers, that's fairly impressive for the 'lowly' 1.8!
On a dynojet my 5 put out 110 whp and 116 wtq.
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