Ways to rotate the car?

[Sho Amo]

Yeah, they came stock in the IPT kit. Terribly stiff and not to mention they are 6in long. Ill be changing all 4 springs soon.

 

[SHOspazz92]

I bet. Just for reference, the Stock Koni's are supposed to be able to handle a 500 LB front spring, so that's what I run.

-Sam

 

[Sho Amo]

Are you running a front sway bar?

 

[SHOspazz92]

19.6 F / 26 R.

There is no under-steer of any kind with my car.

-Sam

 

[Shoaz]

Alex, I suppose you figured out the gen3 subframe deal? How do you like it?

P.S. I just put in a quaife'd trans and removed my front sway bar. My new favorite obstacle is small traffic circles. SO FUN. You really dont notice the quaife until you really get into it. Last night I was ready to post how much of a waste the quaife was, but now that I got a chance to really push it today, I already have a small trip setup for tomorrow through some twisty roads.

Be careful until you really get used to it. Depending on the surface conditions even with a stock SHO motor when the Quaife does its thing it can move the car laterally quite a bit, like a car width or more. If you don't give yourself room on a corner exit and the Quaife kicks in hard you can get yourself into trouble.

I used to have to leave about a car-width worth of room on the exit of T9 at PIR for that reason; you just never knew where the car was going to "jump" to if the quaife really started working hard. A later setup change tamed it down, but until you know how your car will behave when the Quaife is working hard I'd suggest giving yourself plenty of room.

 

[Sho Amo]

I really dont push it hard lol. Ask Alex














No ****

 

[SHOspazz92]

X'2 What Eric said.

Even in a straight line, if the road surface is uneven the car will Jump pretty hard in one direction if you got WOT at speed. It's caught me off guard a few times.

-Sam

 

[somedude_001]

Alex, I suppose you figured out the gen3 subframe deal? How do you like it?

P.S. I just put in a quaife'd trans and removed my front sway bar. My new favorite obstacle is small traffic circles. SO FUN. You really dont notice the quaife until you really get into it. Last night I was ready to post how much of a waste the quaife was, but now that I got a chance to really push it today, I already have a small trip setup for tomorrow through some twisty roads.

honestly I don't notice much of a difference with the gen 3 frame at all in handling. I DO notice the outer edge wear on my front tires is greatly reduced even at -1.2deg camber. The whole reason I changed to this frame was so I didn't have to change wheel bearings every track event and ball joints 2X a year. So far I have 3 track days on it and it is tighter than a new car in the front end.

I really dont push it hard lol. Ask Alex

I wish my comments would have been on camera when you were test driving my turbo car. "yeah if you get it into boost a little here...ok give it some gas... yeah a wait for it to spool... FLOOR IT. I though you guys were going to crap yourselves when I let the rear end get loose in my 90 then again in the turbo car ripping into that turn on grand island... oh good times.

how to drive with a quafie: Enter turn way to fast and turn steering wheel abruptly in the direction you want to go. Allow rear end to slid waaaay out then point the steering wheel straight (not opposite lock just straight ahead) and apply max power. The quafie will sort it out for you.

Driving had in the rain is where the quafie really shows its strengths. Racing at road america was amazing. Taurus SHO doing things a front wheel drive shouldent since 1989

edit: Sho_Amo you drive like a girl...

 

[Sho Amo]

Haha Ill get it someday.