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Time to Up-Grade the Gear

Old Jan 6, 2010 | 03:25 AM
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Can do. Likewise too, Seattle M&G is next Friday...
Old Jan 7, 2010 | 11:25 AM
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one nut, what do you consider mild track use?
Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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"Mild track use" to me is a person who takes their car to an autocross event between 1-10 times per season. This may include a handful of trips to the drag strip as well, but will not likely include someone who is serious about autocrossing, drag racing, or road-course racing.

"Mild track use" is typically related to people who drive their cars more agressively than most (which is fine and I fully support that so long as you're safe about it), but usually is not the right term for the people who invest good chunks of their time and money to be at a racetrack.

If you're competing for points, if you're in a local bracket league, or if you're part of a race series (even if they're all amateur level) you're outside of the "mild track use" bubble in my opinion.

Make sense?
Old Jan 7, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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yea makes sense
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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indeed
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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I have the same dilema. kw or tein, i began looking at kws after project car installed them on a tc and all I hear is good things about them. I agree that the edfc does make things easier but, its not really necessary.

my question is how much more beneficial would having the camber plates be versus not having them? I thought all that you need is some camber bolts for the front adjustments.
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:04 PM
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edfc is necessarily if you dont want to cut an opening in the rear to easily hand adjust the dampers.
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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Dam your right, I never thought about that. I just dont know if i would fork over the extra three hundred or so bucks for two small holes.
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:28 AM
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^you gotta also ask yourself how often do you adjust the dampening on your coils to begin with too.
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