Looking for the next track mod
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what are the issues you are having with the car? That should be your answer. Throwing parts at the car hoping it makes you faster isn't really the best way to go about things.
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a bit flighty rear end at higher speeds and around long corners.....w.r.t. the long turns, quite easy to throttle steer - great exercise in learning to control oversteer, but speed can be a snoozer.
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how serious are you about tracking and how much do you want to spend?
going non-staggered isn't cheap. generally, you need to get new wheels and tires. then fender mods. then the big front sway bar. then the big rear wing. then a new alignment.
and if you go with the seat+harness route, you need seat, harness, and roll bar.
going non-staggered isn't cheap. generally, you need to get new wheels and tires. then fender mods. then the big front sway bar. then the big rear wing. then a new alignment.
and if you go with the seat+harness route, you need seat, harness, and roll bar.
I'll hi-jack my own thread, and ask about sway bars. Seems there's basically one name here............ but several different models (wall thickness / solid). Is there a particular model which is being used as the 'standard'? Is there some consensus on what setting to start at?
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'get the camber joint?'
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This is my web page on progressing a bone stock S2000 slowly to a race car, including my suggested order of mods:
http://robrobinette.com/S2000TrackEvolv.htm
http://robrobinette.com/S2000TrackEvolv.htm
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This is my web page on progressing a bone stock S2000 slowly to a race car, including my suggested order of mods:
http://robrobinette....0TrackEvolv.htm
http://robrobinette....0TrackEvolv.htm
nothing in there about staggered vs. non-staggered???
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what are the issues you are having with the car? That should be your answer. Throwing parts at the car hoping it makes you faster isn't really the best way to go about things.
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This is my web page on progressing a bone stock S2000 slowly to a race car, including my suggested order of mods:
http://robrobinette....0TrackEvolv.htm
http://robrobinette....0TrackEvolv.htm
The only popular R Comp tires I could find which fit the OEM wheels are the NT01's. However, if non staggered, you have access to pretty much all the popular R Comp makes/models. So, to run R Comps, you really need to be running non-staggered.
Has anyone run r-comps with the stagerred setup? If so, what make/model tire???
Another area of conflict is the use of R Comps to drive to/from the track (60-120 miles). Many on this forum say it's a no-no due to heat cycling; what type of heat do the tires see when just highway cruising at 70mph??? I have seen and talked with guys who drove their R Comps over 50 miles to the track. Not saying they're right, but this first-hand observation flies in the face of what this forum consensus is.
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It's not like the R-comps will have no grip from getting heat cycled like that but given their cost most people want to maximize the usable life they get from them. I'm sure heat cycled R-comps still grip better than any street tire would.