2009 STU Discussion
Jan 2, 2009, 06:29 PM
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Coming to farmington just for the tour? We're having a regional at that site a couple of weeks prior.
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Jan 2, 2009, 06:32 PM
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Yeah, it's a whole lot easier to turn that rod with the wheel off the ground. Actually I take the wheels _off_ to do it, because I change tires for events anyway. Remember, I live in New Mexico. It's pretty common for me to drive 200+ miles each way for a local event so use scrubs for the highway.
Or to put it another way. I have a dedicate autocross car that has racked up 60k miles driving to events.
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Or to put it another way. I have a dedicate autocross car that has racked up 60k miles driving to events.
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Jan 3, 2009, 01:34 AM
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I was just on the phone, working out some co-drives this season with wiggy greacen, and the mentioned a white RS down in arizona. I thought that might be you. Do you have brian peters' old car?
Coming to farmington just for the tour? We're having a regional at that site a couple of weeks prior.
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Coming to farmington just for the tour? We're having a regional at that site a couple of weeks prior.
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Jan 3, 2009, 07:53 AM
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They will not be out until sometime later this year, hopefully before the April 1 cut-off date for STU. Some of the Bridgestone drivers have claimed that the RE-11 will be out in time for the '09 season, and I would hope that Yokohama decides to follow suit.
Jan 3, 2009, 08:26 AM
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As far as alignment specs, -3 degrees up front if not too excessive nor is -1.5 in the rear, as donour has already pointed out. The real tire killing is in the toe, but I daily drive my Evo with a decent amount of toe out in the front and rear with no real tire issues. My daily tire are Hankook RS2s.
I'm really looking forward to the tire war this year, although the top tires look again to be the Yoks, Z1s and the 'Stones in no particular order.
As far as power mods, a good exhaust manifold (JM Fabrications), O2 housing and exhaust plus HFC will go a long way in power and boost levels. The intake is argueable but, in a class as restrictive as ours every little bit counts. Plus get a STU specific tune (I've done a bunch already for customers
). I plan on hitting the DC Pro and the Divisional at Devens. I'd love to make it out to Toledo or Finger Lakes but, with 3 kids its tough to travel all that far (Devens is even a stretch). As far as Nationals goes thats a pipe dream for me because of the family. Maybe though one year I'll make it out unless there is a co-drive opportunity since Lincoln is an airport I could fly in rock star style
Jan 4, 2009, 08:23 AM
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That's awesome nonetheless.And hey, at least your off season consists of you on the track. Ours is spent indoors on EvoM and buying parts online while playing in a snowy parking lot every now and then.
Jan 4, 2009, 01:40 PM
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Assuming my job situation is okay come next season, I'm in. Although, I guess that goes for most of us. 
I won't have a fully-prepped car for the '09 season, but I'll be focusing on the basic suspension parts and running a few Tour/Pro events. Toledo Pro for sure (basically down the street for me), maybe Peru depending how busy my 4th of July is. Maybe DC Pro or Finger Lakes tour (if it goes through).
What should be done by season start:
Suspension: KW Clubsport coilovers, 8k/11k springs; Whiteline rear bar; Whiteline trailing arm bushings.
Alignment: -3 to -3.5 camber F / -1 to -1.5 camber R / 0 toe all around.
Wheels: 17x9 FN01RCs w/ AD08s probably, unless AD07s go on clearance at Tire Rack for a good price.
Engine: Stock.
I've been tossing around the idea of Ohlins DFVs instead of the KWs, but I'm not convinced I need to spend $3k for single-adjustables, even though the dyno graphs of the Ohlins look better than what I've seen for KW. But since I was somewhat spoiled by the Koni 8611s I had on my old 240, I'm thinking that the double-adjustable KWs would still be better simply due to their double-adjustable-ness.
Probably by mid-season I'll throw on a TBE and a tune, too, if budget allows.
I won't have a fully-prepped car for the '09 season, but I'll be focusing on the basic suspension parts and running a few Tour/Pro events. Toledo Pro for sure (basically down the street for me), maybe Peru depending how busy my 4th of July is. Maybe DC Pro or Finger Lakes tour (if it goes through).
What should be done by season start:
Suspension: KW Clubsport coilovers, 8k/11k springs; Whiteline rear bar; Whiteline trailing arm bushings.
Alignment: -3 to -3.5 camber F / -1 to -1.5 camber R / 0 toe all around.
Wheels: 17x9 FN01RCs w/ AD08s probably, unless AD07s go on clearance at Tire Rack for a good price.
Engine: Stock.
I've been tossing around the idea of Ohlins DFVs instead of the KWs, but I'm not convinced I need to spend $3k for single-adjustables, even though the dyno graphs of the Ohlins look better than what I've seen for KW. But since I was somewhat spoiled by the Koni 8611s I had on my old 240, I'm thinking that the double-adjustable KWs would still be better simply due to their double-adjustable-ness.
Probably by mid-season I'll throw on a TBE and a tune, too, if budget allows.
Jan 4, 2009, 02:53 PM
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Well after looking up the PAX info for 2009, looks like I'll be going STU instead of AS this year. I guess I need to start saving, though, because now there's all kinds of new toys I have to buy for the car that I couldn't have in AS. My first purchase will probably be some gram lights and star specs. At least I don't have to buy R-comps!
Here's a good link for the PAX changes from 2008 - 2009:
http://www.mrheavyfoot.com/forum/vie...hp?f=1&p=12204
Here's a good link for the PAX changes from 2008 - 2009:
http://www.mrheavyfoot.com/forum/vie...hp?f=1&p=12204
Jan 4, 2009, 07:50 PM
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I don't think you could go wrong with ohlins either. The old vishnu setup (R/T) worked great and all the showcase case cars run 'em.
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