12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
Obligatory post autocross update...
While the rest of the country is shutting down autocross season, we are entering prime season for it. I didn't pay to have my new tire heat cycled so I knew the first few runs would be throw-aways. The car feels much different with this wheel and tire combo and its hard to describe. With the other tires, I was waiting for either over steer or understeer- that never happened. This course was a weird short one for us, and I didn't particularly care for it. It had a complete circle, into a long and fast slalom, then into a long sweeper. That was it. My fastest run was 31.2. We usually have 40-45 second courses. This also wasn't a good course for me to get a handle on my tire pressures. The hottest the tire got was 109 degrees. The interesting thing is I was just over 1.5 seconds to the FTD. Historically, I'm usually 3.5-4 seconds from FTD. Perhaps because it was a short course and less turns for me to screw up. Oh well, I'll take it. I'll need more time to learn the new tire setup. Next up, sway bar. Stay tuned.
Oh, right rear was scrubbing some undercoat off the inner wheel well. I've since knocked all of it off and added a 3mm spacer. All is good. Also, the front tire fits perfectly. At full lock it doesn't even touch the frame rail. As a refresher, the wheel openings are untouched, the support rod on the front is not extended, and the factory hex head bolt is still on the rear splash shield. This is with 8* plus of caster. Say what you want about the coil over kits, you won't get near the amount of adjustment in every direction with the factory setup. I honestly think I could get a 9.5" wheel on the front with stock sheet metal. And a 10" if you want to notch the frame rail slightly.
This sweet Nova showed up. It was a young guy. He and his dad restored it, but his dad lost interest, so he took over and added all Ride Tech suspension. This was his first autocross. He was all smiles and said he would be back. I told him people mistake my car for a nova all the time, so I told him he had a nice Duster. Pumped to see a young man interested in old iron and out having fun with it.
Obligatory post autocross update...
While the rest of the country is shutting down autocross season, we are entering prime season for it. I didn't pay to have my new tire heat cycled so I knew the first few runs would be throw-aways. The car feels much different with this wheel and tire combo and its hard to describe. With the other tires, I was waiting for either over steer or understeer- that never happened. This course was a weird short one for us, and I didn't particularly care for it. It had a complete circle, into a long and fast slalom, then into a long sweeper. That was it. My fastest run was 31.2. We usually have 40-45 second courses. This also wasn't a good course for me to get a handle on my tire pressures. The hottest the tire got was 109 degrees. The interesting thing is I was just over 1.5 seconds to the FTD. Historically, I'm usually 3.5-4 seconds from FTD. Perhaps because it was a short course and less turns for me to screw up. Oh well, I'll take it. I'll need more time to learn the new tire setup. Next up, sway bar. Stay tuned.
Oh, right rear was scrubbing some undercoat off the inner wheel well. I've since knocked all of it off and added a 3mm spacer. All is good. Also, the front tire fits perfectly. At full lock it doesn't even touch the frame rail. As a refresher, the wheel openings are untouched, the support rod on the front is not extended, and the factory hex head bolt is still on the rear splash shield. This is with 8* plus of caster. Say what you want about the coil over kits, you won't get near the amount of adjustment in every direction with the factory setup. I honestly think I could get a 9.5" wheel on the front with stock sheet metal. And a 10" if you want to notch the frame rail slightly.
This sweet Nova showed up. It was a young guy. He and his dad restored it, but his dad lost interest, so he took over and added all Ride Tech suspension. This was his first autocross. He was all smiles and said he would be back. I told him people mistake my car for a nova all the time, so I told him he had a nice Duster. Pumped to see a young man interested in old iron and out having fun with it.