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    Got an iPhone and want 0-60, 1/4 mile, skidpad, braking Gs?

    ok, some guys actually tested its' accuracy here. I think they are trashing the G-Tech a little too eagerly, which makes me question whether the video is some kind of ad, but see for yourself. Sobering realization: a Mini Cooper S with a cold air kit is 2.5 seconds faster in the 1/4 than my...
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    Ride problem

    Did you recently go to wider tires, or larger wheels with low profile tires? The grooves in the road might be pulling your wheels around and the steering, designed for the compliant old skinny, tall-sidewall tires, is being overwhelmed. Especially if it's original and bushings are worn out...
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    Got an iPhone and want 0-60, 1/4 mile, skidpad, braking Gs?

    Heh, I tested it out today finally - found a nice spot of flat, open road and let 'er rip. The results were pretty underwhelming, but accurate and seemed accurate for my car. I put in the following: -3300 lb. vehicle weight, 3100 + me + soundproofing material which I figure is about 30 lbs...
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    '70 drum spindles FS, freshly painted, $175+ship, $150 local cash

    Hey all, Sold my Baers (switched to Wilwood all around because of clearance issues out back with parking brake bracket) to my mustang shop's detail guy, and he didn't need the spindles, so he cleaned them up for sale. These are what you need if you are doing a Baer/Cobra disc brake swap...
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    Convertible top: acceptable variance?

    How do your latches line up? My passenger side is always harder to get latched than the driver's side. The routine is - power the top up, latch driver's side, blip the power once again, latch passenger's side. Not sure if this is by design, or if it's a misalignment. Sorry I can't provide...
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    Got an iPhone and want 0-60, 1/4 mile, skidpad, braking Gs?

    This is too cool for words if it works, and apparently from all the initial posts I have seen on it, it does: iPhone Apps We Like: Dynolicious Car Performance Meter I'm away from home and don't have access to the mustang, but I'm going to try this out immediately. Bummer that it's $12.99...
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    Shock Tower Braces

    66runt, thanks. I can see what you're talking about on the outside tire that's getting most of the cornering forces in a turn. Tension would be lost slightly on the inside wheel side, bringing it (maybe imperceptibly) down and in, if it's even moving at all - there's less force on that side...
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    T&L Engines F-up...

    uh oh. Confidence in my planned T&L purchase waning . . .
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    Fuel economy

    Engine on, not off, and manual trans I normally coast with engine on when I am hypermiling the Scion and occasionally in the Mustang. I never coast with engine off (EOC for Engine Off Coasting) in the Mustang and rarely in the Scion just because I don't want to wear out starter and ignition...
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    Fuel economy

    yeah, the pulse and glide techniques and coasting with engine on are techniques anyone could use with a manual trans, and if I had manual steering as well as the manual brakes I already have, I would seriously consider turning the engine off on long downhills. Wears on ignition and starter...
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    Shock Tower Braces

    But what about a heim joint brace pointed downward under tension? By saying "not controlled witha Heim joint style brace" I assume you also mean a heim joint style brace that is under tension? (extension preload, rather than compression) If the TCP heim joint style export brace is set up...
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    Shock Tower Braces

    So I tried putting the TCP export brace kit's members under a little more preload/ pushing tension. They had very little to begin with, if any. I lengthened each support member to roughly the same hand-cranked tension and snugged them back down again. The rod ends are now noticeably harder to...
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    Shock Tower Braces

    Jerry S. gets the concept here. It's not the resistance to bending of a solid member that keeps everything in place, it's the tension or preload put on the rods that go to the firewall and the MC on either side. Kind of like a bicycle spoke in reverse. If you are saying that TCP's engine...
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    Fuel economy

    you know what, in my other life I'm on a hypermiling forum Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com - their tips WORK. The main technique is pulse and glide and slowing down, and I've used that to get an all-time high of 49mpg on a Scion xB on a long trip, with an...
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    Shock Tower Braces

    you know what? I don't remember if they mentioned this in the instructions, but if you do the TCP export brace and MC bar, you can set those rod end members under tension, pushing against the top of the shock tower tabs and the firewall brace and the MC bar about 1/3 of the way in on either...
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    The Wilwood Superlite Brake Kit Thread

    yeah, whatever you do, stop everything now and BACK UP! Working in a Best Buy for Apple as I do, I see all types of computer users lose data because they didn't back up or due to theft. The safest backup really is online - consider doing an online backup as well as a local backup for certain...
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    The Wilwood Superlite Brake Kit Thread

    no prob . . . here are the best ones, let me know if you need more:
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    The Wilwood Superlite Brake Kit Thread

    fvike, I'm uploading photos right now and I'll get some photos from behind the wheel as well as in front. The fronts are on and feel just fine. The pedal is not as firm as with the Baer fronts, but I am currently running Wilwood front, Baer rear with the Baer MC. The MC won't be switched over...
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    70 spindle will it fit?

    yeah, tell me about it on the Wilwoods. The only reason I am going with them is that I need a new internal drum rear disc so I have a parking brake that clears my suspension. I could have gone exploder/crown vic as they use the same setup, but I wanted something with truly serious stopping...
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    70 spindle will it fit?

    '70 is a beefier spindle, but it won't be easy finding one I don't think. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to sell mine with my Baer kit when I go to Wilwoods (only reason is for the rear internal drum, as I now have no e-brake) but I probably will just sell it as a whole package.
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