Well another small up date, went to EC on the 16/04 for the second round of the SSCC series and it was a day for the ducks. The rain just kept coming down all day there was rivers on the exit of turn 4, 7, 9 and puddles down the straight it was very exciting. Everyone behaved them selves and we kept racing all day with minimal stopages considering the weather. I managed a 2:17.7290 which was good enough for 7th fastest RWD on the day and 25th outright, this was my first attempt at EC so i was very happy with it. I love the lay out of the track and i am looking forward to giving it a go in the dry.
Well the car went well with no real dramas, i noticed a bit of a nervous feeling in the front end through turn 2 and the diff was very clunky through there also. So i am going to have a look at some rose joints in the front end some more bracing, and as for the diff i have the whole rear end out of it at the moment so i am going to throw a Nismo Pro 2 way in that i have lying around and see if that is a smother centre than the current one. I also noticed that my LHR shock is leaking and the chrome is peppered so i have removed both the rears and sent them off to Bilstein for some repairs and a check up.
I also noticed that i had broken the rear diff mounts, so i have removed the rear cradle and am going to replace the cradle bushes with some solid alloy ones and some urethane bushes front and back on the diff all the parts should be here this week . I took some photos of the std cradle bushes and you can see how much movement these would have in them on the track so i am replacing them.
I also picked up some second hand rear upper control arms a while ago but they are too long, as you can see by the photo at minimum length they are the same a the factory ones? does anyone know what model they are for?
If all goes well the rear end will be back in the car in a few weeks once all the parts are back then it will be time to have a look at the front. The next SSCC round is not till 3rd July so i have heaps of time