That's a very good camera at a great price. I like its external microphone input.

 

I miss you guys.

 

Here's a how-to on building an S2000 race car based on my experience over the last few months:

http://robrobinette.com/S2000RaceCar.htm

 

Who is going to the April 9 NASA event at SP?

 

Hey guys, yep.. i was at VIR and had a great time, minus the frigid cold... there were some fears of snow for Sunday, but it turned out to be a great day - it was a little wet Sunday but dried up before the afternoon; my first time on track in wet conditions. Only a couple s2ks were there, one of which came down from Ontario. The spec3 race on Saturday was intense, as well as the GTS2 on Sunday

Robrob, btw I think i'm going to go with the AST 4100 700f/650r (as recommended by Aaron) - got any thoughts on these spring rates? i'm a complete noob to suspension setups, and I don't want to screw up the handling of this car - from the little information I've gathered, this setup will induce a little understeer to balance the car more. Background: All of my suspension components are AP1 OEM, including sway bars, control arms, etc... running 255 RA-1 all around, need to install the SPC ball joint and tune alignment... no aero at the moment, but I did buy an APR GTC200 which I'll throw on later after tuning the suspension, and will probably hit you up for advice on DIY front splitter to match

 

With a non staggered setup, OEM sway bars and nearly equal spring rates, you will probably have more oversteer than understeer (unless you set the front adjustments very stiff and leave the rear very soft). The GTC 200 will greatly help rear traction at speeds greater than 60 mph but not do much at lower speeds. I think those rates will be alright once you get a wing on the back.


I run 255 all around, have KW CS (571F/571R) and GTC200 and the balance is very nice but I am also running a Comptech adj swaybar in front set full stiff.

 

Sheel,

Those spring rates look good and that's about what I'd put on the car with AST coilovers. The extra rate up front will help compensate for the stock sway bar but you may have to upgrade the FSB anyway to get the handling balance you want.

You definitely need to add more camber up front. Take a look at J's racing lower ball joints. They will add negative camber but won't cost you any points with NASA like the adjustable SPCs. I've never actually heard of anyone actually "adjusting" the ball joints back and forth, we just set the SPCs to full in (max neg camber) and use the stock adjusters to set what we want. Do not judge the handling of your car with the AST coilovers until you set the front camber to -2 to -3.5 (depending how much you drive the car on the street).

 

Not going to make it at this point.

 

I'll refrain from sharing my thoughts on suspension and what you might expect from different combos, but I will offer that if you "tune" your suspension and then add the wing, you will be retuning the suspension immediately following the install.

And btw, the wing serves more than to assist in cornering. Its most noticeable, albeit not its most contributing, contribution will be felt under threshold braking. The added stability of helping plant the rear as all weight is transferred to the front is very welcomed entering the Rollercoaster at VIR or T5 at SP.

 

I think his setup is begging for a wing. He probably will not like it until he gets one.