thanks dude!

 

Car looked awesome at Seven Stock man! And it was nice to meet you in person!

 

MI ay? gonna be hitting up the USAIR events then? not too far out.

 

Where did you get another set of those mirrors??
Gimmie

 

thank you! nice meeting you too..

nah, car stays in CA, I just run MI plates..

actually Robbie Nashida picked them up for me... $50!!!

 

Haven't been on in a couple of weeks and I come back to this!!! Love the dished meshies. Can't wait to see more videos of this thing in action

 

this weekend at JustDrift!

 

Hi Justin, will the Parts shop Max flca's work with the jtp knuckles? if so can we get them from you?

 

not to clutter this thread but you have not read the PSM post about them. They WILL NOT SELL YOU the flca WITHOUT modding YOUR knuckles. They are selling it as a kit. Not to say it couldn't work with JTP's, but spending extra money twice for a similar result is stupid.

 

Oh that's a shame, already got the jtp knuckles :-(

 

they will work, but the steering stops won't be useful as the pbm knuckles have pads for the stops to hit..

they will not sell them at this time due to production being limited to what Martin can make in house.. when they go to full production I'm sure they will sell the arms separately...

to be honest there's a small increase in angle the biggest difference is in the roll center correction which is pretty awesome... although if i ran smaller wheels.. like 9" or even 8.5" fronts instead of 10" there would be a greater increase in angle..

What PBM is offering is a LEVEL UP solution.. (saying a basic rack spacer and tie rods ends would be level 1, my knuckles would be a level 2 and the PBM drop knuckle and FLCA would be level 3) it's pretty much the end all for front suspension upgrade for the FC... paired with their full rear suspension solution it's a total package for a Max'd out FC drift suspension

 

thank you for clarifying, I was going off what I read this morning on the page. Cheers!

 

Damn I already thought this car rocked at ASB, but it looks so much better!

Oh also this is the dude that was talking to Chris and Radio, nice meeting you!

 

loved seeing this car get down in the ASB video and love the seeing it in it's current state.

i have pics of this car on my phone as motivation to finish my FC. I currently drift a LS1 s13.4 but wanted to try something different.

Keep up the good work and looking fwd to seeing u drift n 2014.

 

What were the specs of those 10" wheels you were running?

PBM is saying Martin's wheels (17x9+20 & 235/40/17) are the highest offset you can run and (I'm assuming) still have max angle. If your wheels, while wider, have the same (or less) back-spacing than a 9J+20 wheel wouldn't you still be getting the maximum angle available from the kit? Or, do the wider wheels hit/rub in some place other than the frame-rail / control-arm / sway-bar due to the increased width over Martin's setup?

 

my 10j's are around -6 offset effectively (with spacers) and still gets as much angle as my 9j's with 0 offset... I think the limiting factor is how far the wheel could stick out of the fender, but with my 50mm fenders that isn't a problem... I believe Martin is running the shine 30mm fenders with a bit less camber if I remember correctly.

 

I always admire your builds JTP your one of the ones that inspired me to build mine

 

damn i love this fc. ive been following it since it was here on east coast owned by tattooshoemaker. Its come along way since then.

 

When are those front fenders available? Buyer right here, no waiting!

 

Any updates?

 

going to willow springs for Just Drift this weekend... should have some footage up shortly after..

 

Hey J.T.P what type of engine mount and trans mounts are you using?

 

What a great build up yet again. After reading the whole thread and noticing all the PBM(PSM) goodies your running I just had a quick question. Currently I'm running the solid diff bushings and front mount, and the solid subframe bushings, I got on the PBM site and noticed a few more goodies for the rear but i really don't understand what each of them do and what they actually help with. Any chance you could explain the following?

Toe Eliminator Bushing
Trailing Arm Rear Upper Bushing
FC Trailing Arm Front Bushing spherical bearing conversion

Thanks in advance

 

The toe eliminator (usually referred to as DTSS eliminators) get rid of the passive rear wheel steering.

the other two (I think you're using two names for the same part actually) just limit the travel of the trailing arm to a vertical swinging motion instead of a rubber bushing that over time gets sloppy. Taking the slop out means a more tunable and predictable suspension.

 

custom engine mounts with poly bushings and stock t2 s5 trans mount for now.. considering changing to 1 poly and 1 solid engine bushings and solid mounting the new g-force trans I'm working on putting in

as riggs said toe elim bushings do just that..

trailing arm upper bushing basically eliminates the top spherical bearing since there's no longer any movement at that point with the toe eliminator bushings installed.

fc trailing arm front bushing conversion basically just eliminates the sloppy front bushing as riggs mentioned... you can also lock it out to the full rear position when using the toe links, which will increase the wheel base a bit which slightly helps stabilize rotation of the car in drift.