I finally made it through a drift event unscathed, mechanically, in any way. Don't get me wrong, I spent the day puting out "fires" as I usually have to do. The hand brake wouldn't cooperate at all. And new clutches aren't real partial to working when abused before they've been broken in. To combat these issues, I had to let the car sit periodically to keep the clutch cool and I had to use "shift-lock" to initiate a few of the turns(Thanks go to Chris for that one). In practice for the comp, the tires on the front were junk. I'd enter the turn, initiate, start my slide and the tires would stop gripping and suddenly it's pushing up the track. Bolting on spares for the rear helped immensly, because they're a lot bigger(wider). I didn't make the comp. My runs weren't good enough. While they were my best of the day(it took me all day to get my act together...), they did suck. However they were so much fun that all the aggrivation from earlier in the day was worth it.
I'll be honest, I'm REALLY glad the season is over. It's been a long and expensive season. The car is good, now it's time to make a list of what I'd like to change over the winter, prioritize it and get started. Right now here's what I'm looking at:
1. Change the brake system so the foot pedal controls just the front and install a dedicated master cylinder as the hand brake for the rears.
2. Fab lower arms and modify the tie-rod mounting on the spindles for more angle.
3. Install a power Mustang rack to get some weight off the nose
4. Change the rear suspension to a 3-link with a panhard bar.
A few of these projects are rather ambitious, but well with in my abilities.
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