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AJ Hartman · 05-18-2010, 09:54 PM

so finally some updates. a change of jobs and buying a house ate up pretty much my whole winter. any questions about anything just ask.

Finished the cage

painted my wheels

aluminum bumper reinforcement. not really meant for impact but to make the bumper easier to take on and off, drop front end weight,and mount the front tow hook. the reinforcement and cover come off together. I can take the bumper off and on in about a minute without any tools at all.

made windows to pop in and out with 2 pins for storage or towing. windows must be out when racing.

front suspension. H&R race springs with Koni single adjustables, maximum motorsports caster camber plates and bumpsteer adjusters, and steeda X2 balljoints. A good eye will notice the abnormally long stack height on the bumpteer adjusters due to the longer X2's and increase in caster. After alot of trial and error is was able to get bumpsteer well within the rule of thumb of less than .020" per inch of suspension travel. you can also see the brake ducts routing.

rear suspension is even more simple. H&R's with the koni sa's and maximum's heavy duty race lower controll arms with spherical bearing at both ends. unfortunetely the higher spring rate and loss of a couple hundred pounds makes the rear ride height too high. that will be fixed later.

cobra brakes front and rear with DTC-60 pads.

had to make it fit the 50/50 rule so had to paint the primer and white bumper and wing with spray paint for now.

thats it for now. Im going to get my competition license the 28th of this month and first races are the 29th and 30th. if anyone hasn't ever been to NJMP (in millville nj) this is a good time cause as always, NASA events are free for spectators and you can check out all the cars in the pits and watch the action on the track.

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05-18-2010, 09:54 PM	#11
AJ Hartman Tri-State Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: clementon, NJ Member #10560 My Ride: 98 Mustang/99 mustang iTrader: (0)	so finally some updates. a change of jobs and buying a house ate up pretty much my whole winter. any questions about anything just ask. Finished the cage painted my wheels aluminum bumper reinforcement. not really meant for impact but to make the bumper easier to take on and off, drop front end weight,and mount the front tow hook. the reinforcement and cover come off together. I can take the bumper off and on in about a minute without any tools at all. made windows to pop in and out with 2 pins for storage or towing. windows must be out when racing. front suspension. H&R race springs with Koni single adjustables, maximum motorsports caster camber plates and bumpsteer adjusters, and steeda X2 balljoints. A good eye will notice the abnormally long stack height on the bumpteer adjusters due to the longer X2's and increase in caster. After alot of trial and error is was able to get bumpsteer well within the rule of thumb of less than .020" per inch of suspension travel. you can also see the brake ducts routing. rear suspension is even more simple. H&R's with the koni sa's and maximum's heavy duty race lower controll arms with spherical bearing at both ends. unfortunetely the higher spring rate and loss of a couple hundred pounds makes the rear ride height too high. that will be fixed later. cobra brakes front and rear with DTC-60 pads. had to make it fit the 50/50 rule so had to paint the primer and white bumper and wing with spray paint for now. thats it for now. Im going to get my competition license the 28th of this month and first races are the 29th and 30th. if anyone hasn't ever been to NJMP (in millville nj) this is a good time cause as always, NASA events are free for spectators and you can check out all the cars in the pits and watch the action on the track.