demuire Posted July 1, 2004 Report Posted July 1, 2004 hey fookie, bring your car down here to ballina brake and exhaust, i'll bet a million dollars that ross can get your handbrake working properly Heh, that's actually tempting, if I had the time I might actually do that... But no, I don't think I have the time :) The last time the car was at the brake shop they scratched their heads and said "maybe it needs to be worn in", if it isn't worn in by now I'll be damned... Been driving around clicking on and off the handbrake for a fair bit now. I might take the drums off again and clean it all and roughen the shoes and and see if that does the same magic it did on Pinky... Quote
Redwarf Posted July 1, 2004 Report Posted July 1, 2004 Now I have weekends free, I'll hopefully be there too, rallys permitting. A539's are good tyres for road, but for bitumen motorkhanas I use 185/60 13's remoulds. Soft and disposable! :) Quote
mumblezzz Posted July 1, 2004 Report Posted July 1, 2004 While we're on the topic of tires. Can anyone reccomend a good falken dealer. I'm after some 175/60/14 RT-215 for my car and I'm chasing prices ATM. Quote
demuire Posted July 1, 2004 Report Posted July 1, 2004 After I burn through the 6 spare tyres I have I'll be up for some remoulds too :) Quote
Super Jamie Posted July 1, 2004 Report Posted July 1, 2004 The last time the car was at the brake shop they scratched their heads and said "maybe it needs to be worn in", if it isn't worn in by now I'll be damned... Been driving around clicking on and off the handbrake for a fair bit now. I might take the drums off again and clean it all and roughen the shoes and and see if that does the same magic it did on Pinky... yeah three brake shops in lismore said the same thing about nick's mini. half a day of work at ballina and his handbrake has never worked better, it flicks the car around on a dime. if you made time, it would be worth it, they work saturday mornings too. talk to ross and say you're one of jamie's friends Quote
demuire Posted July 1, 2004 Report Posted July 1, 2004 *gawd driving down to Ballina in Hal would drive me nuts... must bring discman...* Will see how I go. The fact that I'm hopefully going to be ripping the diff back out not too long from now (although realistically maybe towards the end of the year...) and chucking that disc brake rear end in makes me lazy to try too hard to get this one working :) Quote
Felix Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Posted July 2, 2004 got the 185/60x13 A539s on the car this morning. clearance wasn't an issue. :) mmm.....they look good. i've got a tyre fat. :) initial impressions are better than the old tyres even with stickers on, way less sidewall flex. can't wait until they are properly broken in. the ride actually feels softer. bob jane recommended 32 psi front and rear. pretty conservative i think. they have max 44psi marked on sidewalls. probably experiment a bit after they are broken in. any recommendations? might have to go for a long twisty drive this weekend. Quote
Redwarf Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Road pressure 36 psi, that's what I ran my Yoko's at. Any more and you wear the middles. Motorkhana pressure, 45 front, 36 rear. Always works well. Quote
Super Jamie Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 my car drives better at 38psi than at 42psi haven't done any further experimentation than that :) Quote
demuire Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Well done Doug, glad you like the tyres. I'd personally run about 36psi. On my Firestones I run 36psi on the front and 40psi on the back generally. For track days (like, sprint) I up them to 38psi and 42-44psi. Probably a tad high, but I prefer them a bit too hard then a bit too soft... That said, on my semi slicks I run 32psi front and 36psi back. Quote
Felix Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Posted July 2, 2004 thanks guys. Rob, will try that. probably just run the old tyres on the back at the motorkhanas then get something more disposable for the back. Quote
demuire Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Rob: Interesting that you run lower pressure on the back for motorkhana work, wouldn't that make the back stickier (apart from the sidewall flex, but 36psi isn't too low or anything)? Might have to try that next time maybe... Out of interest running 36 front and 40 rear, my rears wear out fairly evenly, my fronts chew the outside edges up, even with 2 degrees of neg camber and a heap of castor... Quote
Felix Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Posted July 2, 2004 my alignment specs: camber +0.6/+0.8 left/right caster -0.1/+1.3 :sad: i need some adjustable strut tops or something. a decent seat is next, then strut tops and urethane front bushes i guess. Quote
demuire Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Can't quite remember my alignment settings, am getting another wheel alignment done soon (camber and castor currently a little out of whack because of strut brace), can post up for future reference I guess? Doug: Why don't you get Pedders to bend your struts? Worked wonders in Pinky and didn't cost anywhere near as much as adjustable strut tops (that I've pretty much maxed out as far as adjustment goes anyway) Quote
Felix Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Posted July 2, 2004 do you lose much clearance between the sidewall and strut when you get them bent? do they do it on the car? the A539s put the sidewall about the same distance away from the strut. you can't fit your little finger between the two. i do have a set of thin spacers. mmm, liking the tyres muchly. there is a badly rutted twisty bumpy road near here. i can now take every corner 10 kays faster without working it hard. on one particular bumpy corner i could do about 80 before the backend stepped out (about a foot), i get a little progressive tail slide now going 10 kays faster (the new urethane shackle bushes help). :) kind of weird, your brain says slow down, but the cars saying more please. definitely recommended. Quote
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