67 GTS 4-Speed: Daily Summer Driver
This past weekend I made it back home to do some driving! Well rain on saturday turned that day into a work day so to fill the time I installed the wheel lip moldings. It does really help balance the look of the car.
I did look a little bit at the alignment and noticed that my lower control arms were not parallel with the ground. I believe I have the torsion bars cranked up a little to high to help offset the 1" raise I did in the rear with the new leaf springs. So I will start there and make sure my adjustable strut rods are keeping the LCA perpendicular to the frame. As of now it is riding on the outer edge of the tire any turn in the road and the tires are squealing in protest. Not to mention any bump in the road and that front end gets a little squirrely.
BUT other than that it is a nice driving car. I found out the clutch grabs a lot further down in the clutch pedal travel than I am use to, so I have to press the accelerator a little sooner than other cars so that will have to be a driving adjustment on my part. I did find that I can blip the throttle after all, I cant stab it, but press and hold until the revs come up during a down shift. However my brake pedal is too high off of the gas in order to do the heal-toe downshift. Ill see if I can find an adjustable brake push rod that would bring the brake pedal a little closer to the floor.
This past weekend I made it back home to do some driving! Well rain on saturday turned that day into a work day so to fill the time I installed the wheel lip moldings. It does really help balance the look of the car.
I did look a little bit at the alignment and noticed that my lower control arms were not parallel with the ground. I believe I have the torsion bars cranked up a little to high to help offset the 1" raise I did in the rear with the new leaf springs. So I will start there and make sure my adjustable strut rods are keeping the LCA perpendicular to the frame. As of now it is riding on the outer edge of the tire any turn in the road and the tires are squealing in protest. Not to mention any bump in the road and that front end gets a little squirrely.
BUT other than that it is a nice driving car. I found out the clutch grabs a lot further down in the clutch pedal travel than I am use to, so I have to press the accelerator a little sooner than other cars so that will have to be a driving adjustment on my part. I did find that I can blip the throttle after all, I cant stab it, but press and hold until the revs come up during a down shift. However my brake pedal is too high off of the gas in order to do the heal-toe downshift. Ill see if I can find an adjustable brake push rod that would bring the brake pedal a little closer to the floor.