Thanks guys!
Well today's event went well. Got to shake the winter rust off and get back into the grove. Had to learn how to drive the car all over again pretty much.
The good: the alignment/corner balance has made the car feel EXTREMELY stable and controllable. Matched with the fresh shaved Toyo R1r's, the car had TONS of grip. Felt amazing.
The bad: The new Hawk HP+ pads that I just put on have proven to be too strong of a pad for this little car. My first 3 runs I was having a tough time threshold braking and trail braking. Every time I hit the brakes, the slightest pressure on the pedal would result in an instant lock up of the brakes which was not good. By my 4th run I was able to predict and figure out the limit of the brakes and had a good clean run but this was still not the best. So it looks like I'll be putting back on the HPS pads. Ideally, something right inbetween the HPS and Hawk HP+ pads I think would be perfect, but I have not tested and don't really plan to spend the money on testing a bunch of pads... So HPS it'll be.
I also have been keeping an eye on my Skunk2 front upper control arms. I've put about 250 street miles and today 4 autox runs. I noticed today when I switched from my street tires to my autox tires that the arm that extends from the hub up to the upper ball joint is just slightly rubbing against the camber kit. Marked the camber arm just a tiny bit. This is interesting considering I'm only at -2.8* of camber in the front and technically could get even more negative camber out of this kit. However, it appears that if I go any more, the rubbing will continue to worsen. How it is right now is fine, not concerning. But it shows a fault in the design of the arms.... I knew the Skunk2 arms weren't amazing, but like I mentioned before, I basically had no other choice... Oh well.
Here's a picture of what I'm talking about. You can see some of the bare metal marked on the control arm.
And here's the video from my best run today
http://youtu.be/rLboxna6dC8
Moogen is a play off of the Honda specific company Mugen. Notice the cartoonish cow decals that are on the car, that's kind of where it stemmed off of. Not my idea, my friend/previous owners idea. But the car is infamously known as the Moogen now lol.ok im confused is mugen and moogen the same just spelled diferent or is moogen a brand that i dont know about....either way i feel dumb that i dont know the answer....thanks
Well today's event went well. Got to shake the winter rust off and get back into the grove. Had to learn how to drive the car all over again pretty much.
The good: the alignment/corner balance has made the car feel EXTREMELY stable and controllable. Matched with the fresh shaved Toyo R1r's, the car had TONS of grip. Felt amazing.
The bad: The new Hawk HP+ pads that I just put on have proven to be too strong of a pad for this little car. My first 3 runs I was having a tough time threshold braking and trail braking. Every time I hit the brakes, the slightest pressure on the pedal would result in an instant lock up of the brakes which was not good. By my 4th run I was able to predict and figure out the limit of the brakes and had a good clean run but this was still not the best. So it looks like I'll be putting back on the HPS pads. Ideally, something right inbetween the HPS and Hawk HP+ pads I think would be perfect, but I have not tested and don't really plan to spend the money on testing a bunch of pads... So HPS it'll be.
I also have been keeping an eye on my Skunk2 front upper control arms. I've put about 250 street miles and today 4 autox runs. I noticed today when I switched from my street tires to my autox tires that the arm that extends from the hub up to the upper ball joint is just slightly rubbing against the camber kit. Marked the camber arm just a tiny bit. This is interesting considering I'm only at -2.8* of camber in the front and technically could get even more negative camber out of this kit. However, it appears that if I go any more, the rubbing will continue to worsen. How it is right now is fine, not concerning. But it shows a fault in the design of the arms.... I knew the Skunk2 arms weren't amazing, but like I mentioned before, I basically had no other choice... Oh well.
Here's a picture of what I'm talking about. You can see some of the bare metal marked on the control arm.
And here's the video from my best run today
http://youtu.be/rLboxna6dC8