WhyW

I'd like to know your first impressions of going square, and how you feel now that you're "flush".

andrewhake

Feels good man. Feels good. The rear looks perfect to my eyes. The fronts with a little more camber with the Weds will be very good, with the fender plans I have in mind the front will look perfect I think.

As far as actual driving I haven't had the chance yet to give it the business. Should be able to go out tomorrow for some testing. Hopefully I don't drift into dinosaur times by mistake with all this extra front grip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2IWxqvsSY8

manystyles

Ahhhh yes, very nicely done Andrew! Can't wait to see a HT on the car

andrewhake

Me too. So close to the S2000 singularity.

andrewhake

I should have mentioned I am trying out the Winmax W5 pads up front with the Project µ Club Racers in the rear at the moment. Club Racers seem to be a nice rear pad that works well with whatever is up front. It still is hard for me to decide if I prefer the W5 or the Club Racer. Practically the Club Racer's lack of dust and noise is nice, and it has a great friction curve, but for certain things I like the W5 friction curve a little better. W5 doesn't like cold temps very much but it does seem to last longer than the Club Racer and they don't seem to suffer from any edge collapse issues like I have seen on some of my Club Racers.

As much as I swap brake pads I am damn happy to no longer have to deal with caliper pin grease and all that stuff. So far the Spoon calipers are feeling great. I will probably bleed them again soon to make sure everything is good to go.

boosted180sx

Looks Awesome!

I just bought and installed some Spoon calipers yesterday also. Glad you noticed the mounting bolt. Its mentioned in the instructions to make sure not to use the stock bolts since the one included with the spoon was longer.

andrewhake

Thanks. Yeah stuff like that really bothers me when it is so very easy to take care of.

andrewhake

Weighing the CE28Ns (with tires) after I removed them (and weighing the AP2v2 wheels again) I realized I was overestimating their weight quite a lot. The total amount of unsprung weight saved by those wheels was actually ~27.2lbs. The total saved by the Weds compared to AP2v2 wheels is 21.6lbs +4lbs for the 2 larger front tires so total savings of 17.6.

With all this reconsidered, as well as adding the weight of the ASM GT tower bar into the equation my estimated curb weight sits at 2688.3lbs with a total of 166.7lbs saved and unsprung weight savings of 42.4lbs. I am missing a few things like the Amuse front weight but I would imagine it weighs less than the OEM front.

It looks like hitting 2655lbs is a real possibility. Really not quite sure what sort of weight I will be able to drop with a hardtop yet, but there is definitely some weight to be saved with a header. Getting very close to the 200lbs goal. If I can't quite hit it maybe I will be motivated to lose the 10lbs I could afford to lose myself.

WhyW

It's hard to believe how light ce28's are- I think even my 17x10's are only 15.5 lbs.

toddxxx

This thread just keeps getting better and better!!!!