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Old 06-25-2009, 08:07 AM   #21 (permalink)
turbophil
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Don't get me wrong, I was able to control the understeer and also hung the tail out many times... The car is fine... It's just not "all that"... Put a set of real break pads on it and find some way to firm the brake pedal up would help a LOT.... The owner is going to put some R888s on it in the near future based on recommendations from GTR forums, I guess. Those two items will fix a lot of the problems... The car has an uncomfortable yaw that needs to be tuned out. Seems like a sway bar adjustment/addition/replacement is in order to fix it... Again, pretty limited drive time, but the problem areas really standout since the car has so much power and weight...

Of course, none of that will fix the heat issue... There's got to be a fix out there for that. I haven't searched at all about this, but I'm sure there ares some cool (pun?) updgrades out there to address the issue...

So, Brakes, tires, a fix for the yaw, and increased cooling capacity and then all of a sudden I bet that car could actually be very quick on the track and waaaaaay more fun to drive...

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