Share the alignment shop that helped you out? I'm looking for a place where they know what they are doing.

 

Network Alignment in Gilbert... AZSOLO sponsor/discount

 

i went to the Tire Pros on Baseline/McQueen. When I lived farther out in Chandler, I went to the Tire Pros on McQueen/Chandler.. both places are cool, will let you align to your specs and do a good job. They let me sit in the car during the alignment as well. most places won't align to anything other than factory specs.. Tire Pros was cool about it.

 

I wanted to run as much front camber as possible.. well, between 2-3deg at least. I've always run less rear camber on my other RWD cars to aid in power delivery, as that's far more important IMO than cornering speeds. I don't think power delivery will be much of a problem with the S2000, but I figured I'll just start with a familiar setting and go from there. I usually don't spend a ton of time worrying about alignments.. which could be good or bad. Ultimately I set camber so the temps are OK and the tires wear evenly... neither of which I can do evaluate till I'm at the track.

I left caster as-is for now. If it's really twitchy at high speeds, then I might add more.

 

that guy had a spare set of those wheels for sale.. i emailed him about ten times so I could buy them, but he never replied. oh well..

 

Tires and brake pads arrived today!

Hoosier A6 - P225/45ZR17 front, P245/40ZR17 rear


Hawk Blue pads, front and rear

 

SWEET TIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

How many sessions do you expect the tires to run??

 

They should last 4-5 days I'm guessing, if you ran all four sessions. I'm only going to run them until I break that record.. after that I'll probably sell them and switch to something that lasts longer, like a Nitto or Toyo R888.

 

Well today was a busy day. I've basically come to a fork in the road with my TTC buildup.. it's either A. run the Bilstein PSS9s, take the 7 points and don't run any aero parts. or B. change to a shock without the reservoir, run whatever aero I want and have some points to burn. So I opted to ditch the PSS9s and go to something else, some KSport coilovers.

I've been using KSports for a couple years now. I had a set on my previous 240SXs, including trying all three versions for my Time Attack 240SX: The Kontrol Pro, which is the entry level coilover, the GT Pro, which is inverted and IMO much more suited for track use, and ultimately the Circuit Pro, a prototype remote reservoir double adjustable setup. We had those specially made for the 240SX to try out and they worked really well.

In addition I've been driving KSports DC5 Integra Type R time attack car for two years now, so naturally I'm a little loyal to KSport products. Bottom line, I race to win.. if their products didn't produce, I wouldn't use them. I've used Cusco (Zero2R), Tein (HE, RA), Buddy Club, Bilstein and even Moton.. Aside from Moton, which is in an entirely different league, the KSports hang right with everyone else. As a matter of fact, I've gone *faster* on KSports than anything else. Plus the ability to get service and spare parts since they're a local company is a big bonus.

Anyways, enough talk.. here are some pics.

At KSport getting ready to install the coilovers


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The Type R waiting for its new engine. For those of you not in the know, I blew it up at the Redline Time Attack @ Laguna Seca in November. The car is filthy from the Friday rain sessions and the oil smoke billowing out the exhaust. We were running the "middle" Limited FWD class and were four seconds up on second place througout practice.. then this happened.


Here are some videos from Laguna in the Type R:

First time I ever drove the Type R. It was all stock except for coilovers and an exhaust: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eh9oXONDeNw

Laguna Seca Practice (9min): http://youtube.com/watch?v=243PbhioX_8

The infamous "blow up" video. It's REALLY good: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JSNF-qYR3Zw


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Back to S2000 stuff...

I got the Bilsteins off in about an hour.. here they are next to the KSports


KSports up close. Out of the box they are 10kg front, 7kg rear. I changed the springs out to 12kg front, 10kg rear. Just by driving it on the street, I think I'm going to end up with something closer to 16kg front, 14kg rears. They're gonna have to be sent off and be revalved before doing that though.


After working on the car for 4-5 hours.. setting the ride height, corner balancing, fixing an ABS sensor, a stripped nut.. ugh, I almost forgot to take pics of them on the car. Here's a rear shock on the car..


Now I just have to finish setting the ride height, corner balancing and have it aligned again.. even though I just did all that last week. Welcome to motorsports..

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I decided to take some random pics of the undercarriage while the car was on the lift. S2000 suspension is really fun to look at from the bottom! Everything is packaged nicely.. really nice engineering work!

Rear


Middle


Front


When I was laying on the ground doing the front picture, I noticed oil all over the bottom of the pan.. I hate oil leaks. Turns out the previous owner installed one of those oil "spicket" things that make it easier to drain oil. Well yeah, because half of it leaks out naturally while driving! lol. This will be coming off at the next oil change.