Very special thanks to Jeff for joining the FCM Elite and giving me creative freedom to share his comments in a rather unusual way, and to Brendan Sobers for his great photography!
Tuning for SCCA Street class demands working with a limited number…
Very special thanks to Jeff for joining the FCM Elite and giving me creative freedom to share his comments in a rather unusual way, and to Brendan Sobers for his great photography!
Tuning for SCCA Street class demands working with a limited number of variables to get a well-handling car that can deal with the different demands of an autocross course. That usually means a setup that also has nice street compliance as Jeff discovered.
This video isn't a 'prank' as Jeff's testimonial is real, but the embellishment are my own. You can see the first part (what I read in the video) below and also the second email with his wonderful comment 'I should have done this years ago.' Better now than never!!!
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"The mechanical process of doing the install went fine. Unfortunately things kept coming up, so I didn't get it finished until Wednesday. I took a long look at the rear before taking it apart, and determined that accessing the shaft to install/remove packers is probably impossible with everything assembled on the car.
I started with no packers on the front, 3 per corner on the rear. I might be able to throw a 4th on the rear if needed and not exceed the stock length.
I drove the car on Saturday for a short trip to gas up before an event on Sunday. Just on the street, I was rather quite impressed with the mannerisms of the car. Most noticeable was how bumps were basically a non-issue. My neighborhood street is kind of terrible - there are frequent cracks where the road sinks like an inch or two. Before, these were quite jarring. Now you can tell you've hit something, but the car (and passengers..
