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You will get real gains but you will be leaving tons on the table. Think of it this way.... There is about 80 square inches of contact where the...

I guess that when you were driving it, the tension from the belt was enough to press it onto what was left of the elastomer and the friction spun...

There is another tid-bit of truth in what you've done as well.... by improving the way the front contact patch is maintained, you increase your...

Depends on how you drive.... so you'll know soon enough! I never did the test myself. Those that did reported 1-2 MPG, but you never know, most...

Way back when... early on in US New Mini times, a lot of the ECU versions from MINI had an instabillity called yo-yo. This is what got all the...

FWIW A well set up valve has very little leakage, but there will be a smoother flow with a closed-up and smooth SC horn. So you might see...

Now then... Tuls, now that you can recognize these thread-warps-to-the-past, next thing you know you'll have some grey hair! Ack! ;) Matt

Laguan is expensive... no matter the day. But it costs to run on the corkscrew! Matt

I didn't know about the Renault set up... they are all variations on the very same theme. Basically doing something to change the pivot axis to...

If you really get stuck you can get anything from BMW TIS EPA, but it costs. Have you looked at the REALOEM.com diagrams? Or what about just some...

For this... bent hangar wire to the rescue! It's cheap, and it's as long as you want it. Matt

Really... after driving a car with the suspension set up, it makes one wonder why we all start with power parts! Just a few fixes (the minimum...

A couple of things... Good roll center managment will help in that the contact patch won't change as much under cornering cause the car will lean...

Ryan may chime in here... but I think the control arm geometry couples into torque steer more indirectly via roll center and camber gain as the...

If you want to know more about torque steer The comments over on Motoringfile illustrate that most don't know what really causes torque steer. I...

This is going back a bit... but Ryan did this with a wire tie called the Ryephix-I in chasing down early engine yo-yo. What you will find is no...

In general when you paint something, look at the mating surfaces and mask them with some blue tape. It's more of a pain, but it's a good...

You'll have no worries there... both my kids have been saying "Drive Faster Daddy!" basically since they were verbal. They like the forces they...

You're not alone... I've talked to other track rats who've had problems with brake cooling with the eDLC system. I think that's one of the...