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Old 10-01-2007, 09:57 AM   #8 (permalink)
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John,
Knowing that your not new to the track, and certainly have a clue about teching the car, you should be fine. Its just a car like others, but is fragile, and IMO was poorly designed as far as the rear toe link goes.
After reading about the problems with the rear toe link, I never really had much confidence with the car, as opposed to other choices.
From what I have read, the sector 111 brace is the best out there. the Lotus factory one is supposedly not that great.
I had the sector 111 brace, but ended up not installing it, as I decided to sell the car for other track options. it did look like a nice piece though.
you should be ready to go, but just make sure you keep an eye on the torque on the rear toe end links before each track day.
I thought i read somewhere they changed the amount of torque reccomended on them to be increased by a few lbs., but i could be wrong. I dont even remember the amount of torque recommended anymore anyway.
can someone post this here, and confirm if the amount was/was not raised by a few lbs.?
have fun with the car john. you will like the way it handles on the track. just becareful of gatorbumps, and hitting berms hard in apexes.
A CG lock is also a nice thing thats cheap to keep you in the seat if your running the stock seatbelt set-up.
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