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Old 04-07-08, 09:08 AM
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MI Man in Black in action

Hey guys. I just uploaded a video of various clips of forum member Man in Black competing in some different autocrosses, and in one case spinning my car out into the grass. Ask me why we call him "Wildman"....

Just click on the video link in my sig and check him out...
Old 04-07-08, 07:37 PM
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Looking good.

Thats your car right ken?

What suspension are you running on it? I seem to recall you have coilovers from respeed? The race or street set up and what spring rates are you running.

Just wondering because the car is quite nice and level.
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The red fb was mine. This will be the first season with the coilovers on it. At the time of the video, it was all RB springs and Illuminas, RB front swaybar/stock rear.

This year I'll be using: Respeed coilovers, Respeed adjustable rear perches, Respeed front swaybar, Bilstein rear shocks, and an adjustable rear swaybar of unknown manufacture (ISC?). I can't wait!

I also have the trilink/panhard setup sitting on my shelf in the garage, but I don't think I'm going to install it this year. I'm going to sit on that until I have a bit more time. But for this year, I want to see how far I can get with what I've got, even hoping to beat the miatas and other fb's that are on racing tires. That's a pretty high goal, but if I can't make it I can always join the club and throw on the race rubber. We'll see. But with the new motor and the new suspension, I have high hopes for this season.
Old 04-07-08, 08:39 PM
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I liked the 35 second lap vid of figuring out the hairpin turn 1st gear .

your car really stays level in those turns . were the illuminas on the stiffest setting?
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Ken that is a most excellent video. I already stold it, posted it on the SE forum.

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Wow, thanks for all the kind words.

Can't remember how the illuminas were set, I used to play with them all the time. It was always a tossup, because a high setting also raised the car noticeably. So sometimes the softest (lowest) setting made for the fastest car. It would depend on the course somewhat, but mostly it just came down to how I felt like driving at the time.
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