Build Or DIE Trying! a 1993 FD story by Tem120

By diyauto
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4 minute(s) of a 64 minute read

4-7-2014


My best run from autocrossing this past weekend car was honestly behaving great




5-31-2014


After did went and did another event , which the car was tailhappy if driven hard . 


tried removing the rear swaybar . which helped but still not there . 



SO I went ahead and got a racing beat front sway . might of gone a bit overboard with the stiffness though 


This is a video of an event after the swaybar


After doing some adjustments inbetween runs I finally got the car pretty well setup




I had one event after that which I won my class for the first time But no video for that didnt have a camera 



after that had a small accident.. ended up with a dent on my door after losing control of the car so car is now in a bodyshop getting door fixed , and a few other things




7-11-2015


Its Been such a long time Since I Posted on this .. Many things have happened ... And I guess maybe its time to start up dating! . tons of pictures and updates may be on the way along with some videos haha




Fresh paint ... cant beat that shinyness Also Since It was getting some surgury done I decided to Replace the Roof Panel , Ordered a new one from RAY. 


AND YAY! No more sunroof!


Next step was fix the Wheels... Green wheels ... Just didn't go to well with the new Painted Look . 




After This it was Time For my FIRST TRACK DAY! 


Arrival @ sebring 




The FIrst Event , Honestly was NOT as fun as I had hoped .. Just about everything was wrong with the car . I WAS NOT PREPARED! 





The FIrst Event , Honestly was NOT as fun as I had hoped .. Just about everything was wrong with the car . I WAS NOT PREPARED! 


Car Overheated after 5 minutes Temps were way in the 100's brakes overheated just as fast was getting pedal to the Floor . in the very first sessions THis was despite Turning the Boost down to as low as it would go .




Video Of sebring It wasnt Exactly my or the car's best moment haha But still .


It had gotten nearly over heated saw 108C once or twice . But IT SURVIVED!! 


and I was determined to come back and with a vengence!




And SO it started .. 


New Brakes /, brake fluid , Replaced The Old HPS Pads for some Hawk Black's in the front , and Hawk HP+ in the rears Replaced the old Super BLue Fluid with RBF 600. 


Relocated My Front mount IC to a stock mount location 



Obviousloy the stock Duct wasnt exactly Going to do the trick..... So I upgraded to a Pettit Duct And added a Fan to help some Flow for the IC during traffic and slower speeds 








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