This is supposed to be my favorite time of year. It’s frosty morning drives, vertically challenged hill climbs, beyond.ca drift nights and quiet nights in the barn. It’s not quite working out that way… and maybe as a result of that I’m already thinking about 2011. I have moments of big dreams and fantastic accomplishments, but am typically brought back to reality by the difficulties and troubles of those around me.
My car is going to stay plain and simple.
There will be no mumford link, there will be no crazy engine build. With a family and multiple crappy jobs, I’ve realized limits of time and finance. Not that this is a sad story, because the car will still under go change. Eventually a final goal will be realized… just not all at once.
Some ideas for the winter are…
- modify/improve front suspension geometry and increase spring rate
- reduce front scrub radius
- clean up rear quarters and modify to accommodate bigger rubber
- eliminate 4 link binding
- modify panhard for reinforcement and lower roll center
- modify rear axle for 1 degree negative camber
- remove brake booster
- reinforce and refinish engine bay
- build 2″ exhaust and do minor engine port work
- misc lightening (-100lbs possible??)
- re-upholster rear seatbacks
- re-paint?? LOTS of dents and dings getting me down
- Find more A3E’s, and a full set of 15″ ナンデモ. Sell everything else.
- Find a destroy whatever is causing that damn vibration in my center console.