Is the Gendron arm to steering boot clearance affected much, if at all, with lowering?

 

Don't look into it too far, that isn't even my car.

 

It is a tight fit with the oem under tray. Huge difference in the way the car feels though. It feels more precise and it is easier to control the settling of the car into a turn.

The install is a bit of a pain as it requires lots of sanding to get the bar to fit the bearings.

 

yeah, i second this. thank god for air powered whiz wheels...

 

mine were the exact opposite I greased them after a year and all the suddent the poly mounts shredded those retaining edges and are now pulling out of the retaining clips.

 

they're cheap to replace- bill sells the poly replacements for $25 + shipping

 

i was doing 2 sets per year, and this year a bad set creeped up on me at the dc pro. sucked. so, i went the maintainence free froute now.

 

I use teflon tape with urathane bushings on a Comptech bar. The bar gets pulled off once per year to replace the teflon. It's been run this way since Dec 2004 without issue. You just wrap about three layers of teflon on the bar before putting on the urathane bushings. The bushings still look like new and have the little ridges inside.

My car gets daily driven to work (~55 mile round trip) and autocrossed at least twice per month.

Highly recommended. Those ball bearings sure look nice though!

 

I can't remember if this was discussed yet in this thread or not. I could have sworn there was an answer for my question in a Fasttrack at some point but here it goes:

So since the Hytech header is a touch longer than the stock headers, I am wondering if they could be made STR class legal. Here are the catalytic converter rules for the class:
E. Catalytic Converters
ST, STS, STR – Catalytic converters may be replaced by aftermarket
units. Replacements must:
1) Be certified for use in that vehicle application by the manufacturer
or reconditioner,
2) Bear correct EPA-mandated labeling,
3) Be of the OE quantity and type (i.e. oxidation, three-way, etc.)
and
4) Be used in the same location(s), relative to the chassis, as the
OE converter(s).
This does allow for high performance replacements, provided they
meet all restrictions herein.

So my question is if the high flow cat is smaller than the stock unit does the inlet of the cat have to be at the same point relative to the chassis or does the center of the cat have to be in the same point? I think if it was the middle you could make this header work in STR. Not sure if I would spend the money for this header but I am just wondering.

 

My reading of the rule is as long as the cat is in the same location as stock (i.e after the header) then this header would be legal. This header fits that wording...

I know of a driver who has this header and cat on thier car and they are on the list of 15 up above that could win.