Agreed - but why not re-introduce a little compliance over the initial ranges of bump stop contact?This would be mostly for dual-purpose cars that could see combinations of bumps with the car loaded with more than just the driver and possibly a right-seat passenger.Grinding the hole into a...

PM coming.Norm

It's easy enough to see where a car on 3 wheels could outrun a car on 4 . . . which is really the only thing that matters in a race as long as it doesn't demand more of the driver than he can supply to the task for the duration of the event.Where are you guys finding those videos? Will they...

There's also Goodridge.If this car is going to see any street use you'll want to look into DOT approval - not all SS lines are.Norm

As for the rest of the project, I'm going to bail on the use of crush sleeves and go to a spacer arrangement that I'm at least physically capable of working with. And I've sprung for the official pinion flange installation tool, as it's either that or the project will remain stalled.Norm

The PHB is now ready even though the Torsen/3.73 install is not ready for it.Turns out that the Ford Performance adjustable PHB ends measure 1.50" wide. The flanges on the supplied bushings are 0.20" (each) for a total width of 1.90". The supplied inner sleeves measure 1.85". For reference I...

When you're racing for real for finishing position, all of the little things matter. Think W2W down to Time Trialing and probably top-level autocrossing.But pretty much irrelevant in street driving up to HPDE as long as you're willing to keep track of hot tire pressures and use those rather...

Couldn't help noticing that oval "MoEHPDE" sticker.Norm

That was a good call regardless of the track you were going to be running on. After that much time away from the track it's going to take a few events to knock all of the rust off the driver.Even street driving skill levels can soften over as little as two months of not driving in that...

Hawk pads carrying any 'HP*' designation are not really intended for track duty. HPS and HPS 5.0 are performance street (emphasis on street here, but either should be OK for autocross with the 5.0 having slightly stronger bite), and while the HP+ may be adequate for track duty for the rear...

Other than cooling mods, leave the engine alone for now. Driver mods over just about everything at this point other than ensuring that your car will pass tech and is at least OE-level safe to drive, but especially over chasing more power.Depending on how serious you intend to get, you will...

Looks like I'm in for an offset PHB due to my choice of one of the finned aluminum diff covers that are plumbed for cooling. I'm probably only going to use it for any increase in fluid capacity, the ability to drain without having to pull the cover off, and what should turn out to be easier...

Answer in other thread.Norm

For when you have to break away from a differential job involving pulling the pinion gear.Norm

Have some of those, but there's also a couple of nice Henrys and an Savage A17 that need the longer cases. Mostly for anything I'm interested in it's about NJ's 10-round maximum magazine capacity, and for shooting at the range most anything with more capacity just adds weight and gets in the...