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I am very impressed with the quality and fitment of this bar. When installing, it was apparent that the stock chassis has already gotten tweaked a bit b/c some force was needed to get 2 of the 10 bolts in place; overall not bad though so I'm really happy I did this now instead of waiting. You can see in the pic below how weak and puny the stock tie-bars are in comparison. Since I no longer need to run spacers for the bars to clear my downpipe I don't think I'm losing a whole lot of ground clearance, I'd say a 1/2" at the absolute max, but I doubt its even that much. I haven't done much hard driving yet so I can't really give a review on it yet, but going into clover-leafs the car did feel more compliant and planted which is good. One thing though, the front stock tie-bar is 3-point but for some reason Carbing opted against using the center mounting point (on the brace that holds the front motor mount).

Clears the Buschur 3" downpipe with no spacers!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1411.jpg

About to sword fight with Zac!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1412.jpg

Carbing 6-point vs. stock:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1405.jpg

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Kracka thats a pimpin ass suit.

Where did you get it, i need one.

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Looks good.

Is that Buschur downpipe SS?

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Zac (hellomynameis) got it for me as a Christmas gift so you'd have to ask him. On the front it has a name patch that says "Kracka" :D

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Yup, thats a Buschur "stainless steel" downpipe... A lot of my stuff from him that is supposedly stainless steel is rusting: downpipe, catback, bolts, spacers, etc. At least its all lightweight, fits, and works well b/c the quality is definitely not a strong point. Even the Buschur SS LICP I used to have was rusting! At least my intake pipe and o2 housing are still fine. Eventually I plan to redo my entire exhaust with a MAP o2/cat elim downpipe and Perrin catback.

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Do you know what grade Stainless Steel it is? Maybe he just used cheap 409 stainless which is typically what OEM exhausts are made of.

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Cheap 409 is probably right...even eBay exhausts use polished 304.

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I just got back from my first hard drive since installing it last night and all I can saw is, "Wow!" Whipping around clover-leafs the car just plants itself in the corner and holds the line the whole way through! No more need to make steering adjustments as the chassis flexes changing the alignment. Even at low speeds making hard cuts and quick transitions the car feels a lot more solid and eager. I'm definitely glad I got this and can't wait to feel it on the autocross course this summer!

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Wow what a comparison stock looks usless next to the new one

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I just got another alignment from Jeff the Alignment Guy and the car is feeling great! He used Andres' specs which are from Robispec so it should be a great setup for autocross.

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Humm... Maybe I should have John make something like that for my car. Sounds like it made a good difference in the feel of the car.

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This thing ain't had a mod for over two weeks WTF!?!?! lol

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HAHA no changes prior to the cruise to make sure everything is 100%! I do have a new brake setup sitting in my closet though and I would like to get that installed and broken-in before the first auto-x event (May 2nd).

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I think if you do it right, you don't need brakes. ;)

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Installed RacingBrake ET500 pads, Technafit SS lines, and ATE Super Blue Racing brake fluid today :D Tomorrow is tranny, transfer case, and rear differential fluids day :)

I'm doing everything this weekend so I'm ready for the first auto-x even next weekend!

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Nice, I think I'm gonna need a ride in this thing on the dyno day if it's there. :D

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It'll be there...probably not dynoing though.

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Redline MT-90/MTL in the transmission and Mitsu Diaqueen 90W in the xfer case and rear diff!

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Mitsu Dynoqueen 90W huh? Sounds awesome.

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After auto-x last weekend I was fairly disappointed in the pads, they felt very soft, mushy, and just didn't bite that well. Fast forward to last night, I removed the stock pad shims that I reused at the recommendation of Smikevo and wow what a difference! The pads bite nice and hard right at the top of the pedal! They were squealing while I was rebedding them to the rotors, but once I did a few hard stops they've been whisper quiet. Also, I'll add, that after almost two weeks of use and an auto-x event my wheels have very little dust on them. As of right now I'm very impressed and can't wait to autocross again this weekend; I'll report back afterwards!

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Its interesting that shims could make such a difference... isn't it just a really thin piece of metal?

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Yup, its a thin piece of stainless steel. The stock shims only cover about half the pad though and I think it was affecting how the piston was contacting the pad. Everything I'm reading and everyone I'm talking to (track guys) agrees that stock shims should not be used on aftermarket pads, and even aftermarket shims will lead to a softer/less-direct pedal feel so they should only be use if you can't get the pads to stop squealing and/or you're boiling brake fluid.

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Ah, interesting. I can't imagine they'd even help that much to keep the brake fluid from boiling... how much insulating can a thin piece of steel really do?

Makes sense though, the pistons were probably hitting the pad at the edge of the shim and making weird things happen.

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I won a Primo Performance CAS heatsheild today at the dyno-day...thanks guys!

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Very nice!

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I like the black, Im gonna have to get a black one to replace the polished one.

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DUDE! I forgot to give you the heat gun! Ill have to give it to you soon!

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I love buying new toys :D

Seat lowering brackets! These will lower both front seats about 1.5".

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Low ridah!

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Haha does your helmet hit the ceiling? Or does this improve foot to gas pedal angle? lol

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I'd put $ on helmet+roof. I know I hit the roof of about any car I get in with a helmet on.

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I think it lowers the center of gravity for his fat ass.

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Bingo. Even with a helmet on I have plenty of head room with the stock setup. I'm hoping to improve the driving feel (I want to feel like I'm IN the car, not ON it) along with lowering the center of gravity.

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I suppose these work best for tall fuckers like yourself huh? lol

I don't think I'd want to sit any lower in that car if it was mine, but I can see where you would want these.

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I replaced the tube that goes from the UICP to the BOV with a nice black silicone 90* bend coupler yesterday and I got the Binary seat lowering brackets installed today! They really drop the seats and its a pretty dramatic change! I like it though since I now really feel like I am riding in and apart of the car. Zac (hellomynameis) helped me install them and he also really likes the feel. I'll have to do the fiancee test later...


*edit*
Passed the fiancee test! Janelle likes them.

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Does she mind that you spell fiance wrong?

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Maybe you need to learn how to spell. Fiance is the future groom, fiancee is the future bride ;)

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Semantics.

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Just ordered another set of Sumitomos :D

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I hope I get to see you autocrossing this weekend.