Called the shop yesterday with no return call as to 'where they're at.' Yes, I did get the rotors to match. I'll be curious to see how much weight was added. Neighbor has a CAT scale and I have abaseline.
Called the shop yesterday with no return call as to 'where they're at.' Yes, I did get the rotors to match. I'll be curious to see how much weight was added. Neighbor has a CAT scale and I have abaseline.
It's done, sort of. Parts won't allow for camber adjustment so it's a halt. Al was going to call ER today as the parts came from them.
The nitty gritty; The master cylinder (22.5mm) required plumbing for a split F/R system as is standard nowadays. I've seen pictures where one half was plugged but oh well. Rear calipers mounted stock, rear, left the bleed valve at about 10:30 which required the tilt to bleed. Fronts are mounted to the front not Boxster rear. Pretty obvious when you look at the bleed valves. Prior to this you couldn't lock brakes on dry pavement. Now you can. Real world when I get it back will be interesting. Pics too then...
Turns out the slotted ball joints won't allow a true alignment. -2.0 degree camber is the best you can get. Out they come and into a machine shop for milling. Would have been nice if ER marketed them only for track usage which is what they are. More labor, more time. Makes me wonder what their GT-3 front setup is designed for.
Best I could do today without taking it apart. Photo is of the left rear and the vented & drilled rotor is visible. Wet day here and didn't push it on the way home. It does stop much better than stock. Steering is a bit more twitchy with the ER parts. I'm pretty sure shot sway bar bushings were the worst front end problem. Less than 1/2 fuel and I could have broken the rear loose on a wet 90. It will be a fun summer.
Shout out, with permission, to AnP in Portland, OR.
Hard to believe but I drove it over a scale yesterday, 2200 lbs. Was 1980 before the swap. Part of that was probably the Boge struts I had to use for the caliper spacing. My guess is was mostly the vented rotors versus the old solid ones. Scale is certified and they can write load tickets and do for their Semi's.
Same scale?
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Same scale. I can ask the owner when it was certified last but my bet is it's fine. He adjusts fuel load so he can max out on produce.
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