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| ghoffman | Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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A friend found these pics of my old car. I could never win a COMSCC with it mainly due to a 150HP disadvantage to the damn ZR-1's. I had poly bushings, Koni 4PA's on custom mounts (made by me, pre Hardbar days. They had titanium cross pins in a CNC block), brake mods but stock LOOKING, Goodyear GS-CS track tires, measly 245 HP, but lots and lots of set-up and practice time. Since I live so close the NHMS, I had to substitute a good setup for -150 HP. I even had a pro Indy car driver drive it, and he ran the piss out of it and I was still about 4-5 tenths quicker than him so I felt good. I really liked that car but the L98 just would run out of breath at 4500-5000 RPM and I hated that. It made me really appreciate the LS7 I have now that I routinely take to 7K with more than 2x the power.
[IMG]http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/gshoffman/sc000391f0.jpg[/IMG] |
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| BrianCunningham | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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Posted on: 2008/12/19 18:52
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| BillH | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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Probably handles a tad better too. |
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Posted on: 2008/12/20 2:22
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| ghoffman | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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Yea, just a little  . I think all and I mean all slide rail brakes are atrocious and have no redeeming value on a high performance car. |
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| BillH | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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Absolutely. They're fine for a grocery getter. From a design standpoint, the only reason they are put on production vechiles thet I can think of is cost. One of the reasons I like open wheel so much is the brakes, power to weight don't you know? 4 piston calipers all around on a 1200 lb car are impressive. I wish I had a chance to try the brakes on a C5-6R. |
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Posted on: 2008/12/20 14:20
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| ghoffman | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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I have essentially unlimited brakes now:
[IMG]http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/gshoffman/DSC_0028-3.jpg[/IMG] |
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Posted on: 2008/12/20 14:54
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| BillH | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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Is that the new one you told me about?
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Posted on: 2008/12/21 15:13
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| ghoffman | Re: Pics of my '89 L98 | ||
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Nope, these are PFC ZR33 calipers on Hardbar rotors. I should have the new AP racing Radi-cal calipers on all 4 corners. They are the new DTM (German touring car series) calipers with an air bridge to cool the outside on the caliper and rotor.
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