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Old 08-21-2005, 07:09 AM
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Old 08-21-2005, 08:50 AM
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I'm not a huge fan of swapping out the rotary, but your V8 seems to make good power and low down torque. That engine seems to upset your handling though- Your car has understeer from the weight of that engine and then torque understeer from the low down power. Some coilovers and larger brakes would make your car feared by all- great pics and video-
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BTW- did I mention that I dislike yanking out a rotary and putting in a V8? I do have to admit though, you did a phenomenal job and your car seems nicely put together.
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Old 08-21-2005, 10:35 AM
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passing all those cars with stock suspension either means you're crazy or you're a hell of a driver in the rain



nice vid... almost looks like my car hehe
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nice pix! how long have you been road racing?
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:23 AM
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haha thanks guys. i contribute the low speed understeer to the KAAZ diff. i bought the car from previous owner who set it up for drag racing. the diff was set to 100% and feels like a spool. it is adjustable so over the winter, i'll remove some clutch paks and make it more RR/AX friendly since that is my only concern.
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:30 AM
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[quote name='2MCHPWR' date='Aug 21 2005, 12:23 PM']haha thanks guys. i contribute the low speed understeer to the KAAZ diff. i bought the car from previous owner who set it up for drag racing. the diff was set to 100% and feels like a spool. it is adjustable so over the winter, i'll remove some clutch paks and make it more RR/AX friendly since that is my only concern.

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i can't tell what tires you are running but @ lime rock with my s14 with kaaz 2way, i used some pretty good falken rt 615 tires and it worked out really well
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just watched the video get coilovers now then bring that car to a drift event so i can try it ha ha
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[quote name='vosko' date='Aug 21 2005, 12:23 PM']nice pix! how long have you been road racing?

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AX for 7 yrs.

HPDE/RR for 4 years.
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[quote name='vosko' date='Aug 21 2005, 12:30 PM']i can't tell what tires you are running but @ lime rock with my s14 with kaaz 2way...

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i have yok A032R's 245-45-16 on stock rims. i haven't been in any other car with a kaaz besides mine. curious how others behave.
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