Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[TitaniumTT]

I got something better for you if I don't pass out before I get to it

[TitaniumTT]

Yeah, so I totally passed out last night before the vid even loaded to youtube

And now I'm off to work so I leave you with these 3 teasers and a short vid for all you STi lovers out there.







I was going to make a cutout for the fan and use some of that mesh material that I used on the hood underneath the vent, but after 90ish miles in the rain at high rates of speed.... as in 114mph down the front strait (see vid and listen for wheel spin in 4th @ ~105-110 ) and the engine bay being completely dry..... I don't think I'm going too.

[WE3RX7]

I'm ashamed you haven't powdercoated those parts yet!

Looks pretty damn good though man. Must have had a nice wet day out there. Ironic that a RWD rotary blew off an AWD I-4 on a straight like that. Your traction control working now?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

I'm ashamed you haven't powdercoated those parts yet!

I know, She'll be back up on jackstands on Monday/Tuesday to inspect the brakes. Dude.... GET CARBOTECHS!!!!! BED THEM IN AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. They are incredible in the modulation department which, as far as I'm concerned, is the most important thing for pads. Heat management is for rotors and ducting. I'm sold on Carbotechs. I was out for 30 minutes on the last session and smelled the brakes when I was getting comfy with them and braking hard and trail braking through turn 1. I FINALLY after 14 years of FC brakes have total confidence in my brakes and I'm still adding rear bias.

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Looks pretty damn good though man. Must have had a nice wet day out there. Ironic that a RWD rotary blew off an AWD I-4 on a straight like that. Your traction control working now?

pssssssssshhhhh... pure POWA baby Traction and Launch Control is working now, but I turned it off for the event. Was more comfortable with it off. Still haven't gotten used to just letting the MoTeC keep the ass in check and I was a little concerned that between the traction control and me lifting and controlling the slide with my foot (by sheer force of habit) it would whip the other way. So I turned it off. I'll be out with my old Azenis' or my RA1's in the wet around town to get used to the TC

[2gslse]

Lookin good about time we see some action shots. I am willing to bet you run with traction control OFF more than with it on since you learned how to drive before it was available. I turned the TC off on the 8 all winter if the weather was bad I would rather feel it slip a bit than have the powerloss every time I pull out into an intersection. Do you drive the Jeep in the snow mostly in 2WD or 4WD?

[JhnRX7]

Looks great. Sucks that it rained for the track day.

The ducting looks great, I like the integration into the undertray. Is that 2.5" ducting? Are you working on a shield to seal up the back sides of the rotors?

I wish I had a welder... sigh

[j9fd3s]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I know, She'll be back up on jackstands on Monday/Tuesday to inspect the brakes. Dude.... GET CARBOTECHS!!!!! BED THEM IN AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. They are incredible in the modulation department which, as far as I'm concerned,

you should try the performance friction stuff. our drivers liked the carbotechs, but they LOVE the PFC pads.

they had us guinea pig a couple of compounds, so they will do specials too. we have honda pads with the daytona prototype compound, for example.

modulation is better PFC vs carbotechs, wear is incredible we can run the same set of pads for 25 hours straight. wear on the rotors is basically zero.

its amazing really, remember when hawk blues were good?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Lookin good about time we see some action shots. I am willing to bet you run with traction control OFF more than with it on since you learned how to drive before it was available. I turned the TC off on the 8 all winter if the weather was bad I would rather feel it slip a bit than have the powerloss every time I pull out into an intersection. Do you drive the Jeep in the snow mostly in 2WD or 4WD?

The only time I put the truck into 4wd is when I get it stuck, or if I'm moving a trailer I use 4wd Low just to get that reduction and slow everything down when backing big trailers into small spaces, or pull the boat out of the water. Truck makes enough torque that the Idle Air control valve will just rip the boat right out of the water.

The nice thing about the MoTeC traction control is that it's "progressive," and I can set it up however I want. So I can allow a certain amount of wheel spin which I think will be beneficial. Eventually I'd like to get comfy enough and get it setup well enough that I can just flat-foot the throttle and let the TC keep the rear somewhat in line while accelerating as hard as possible.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by JhnRX7

Looks great. Sucks that it rained for the track day.

The ducting looks great, I like the integration into the undertray. Is that 2.5" ducting? Are you working on a shield to seal up the back sides of the rotors?

I wish I had a welder... sigh

It was a great experience nonetheless. Good place to learn the brakes. They did a lot better than I thought, and the tires held much better than I anticipated.

It is 2.5" ducting, and no I don't have plans to make a dust shield for the rear of the rotors mainly because of the TC wheel and sensor. I'll talk to a few people but my gut is that it won't make that much of a difference. If I was going to get any brake fade, I think I would've gotten it. I was hauling the car from 110-114 down to 48-52 every 80 seconds with a pair of other hard braking zones and this happened for about a 1/2 hr. I could smell the brakes in the car, but they were still the definition of consitant.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by j9fd3s

you should try the performance friction stuff. our drivers liked the carbotechs, but they LOVE the PFC pads.

they had us guinea pig a couple of compounds, so they will do specials too. we have honda pads with the daytona prototype compound, for example.

modulation is better PFC vs carbotechs, wear is incredible we can run the same set of pads for 25 hours straight. wear on the rotors is basically zero.

its amazing really, remember when hawk blues were good?

I'll give them a try when these things wear down. I haven't had them off the car yet to inspect them but there was definately a little wear on the rotors. I do remember back in the day when Hawk was the shit, not only because they were better than just about anything, but because they were really the only option. I'll be putting them on the 'vert, that much I do know.

I can't find any application specific notes though. I'm not running stock cali's and wondering cost/availabilty of them

[j9fd3s]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I'll give them a try when these things wear down. I haven't had them off the car yet to inspect them but there was definately a little wear on the rotors. I do remember back in the day when Hawk was the shit, not only because they were better than just about anything, but because they were really the only option. I'll be putting them on the 'vert, that much I do know.

I can't find any application specific notes though. I'm not running stock cali's and wondering cost/availabilty of them

hmm, worst case you can call them, but some where on their website there is a bunch of drawings for pads they make so you can see if they make something for your caliper.

[helghast7]

Brian!!! im alive!!!

[PhillipM]

Originally Posted by j9fd3s

you should try the performance friction stuff. our drivers liked the carbotechs, but they LOVE the PFC pads.

they had us guinea pig a couple of compounds, so they will do specials too. we have honda pads with the daytona prototype compound, for example.

modulation is better PFC vs carbotechs, wear is incredible we can run the same set of pads for 25 hours straight. wear on the rotors is basically zero.

its amazing really, remember when hawk blues were good?

Hmm, we went the other way, went away from PF as although the outright power was perhaps slightly higher with PF01's, found them inconsistant with temperature + wet weather, and a lot harder on the rotors than the Carbotechs, we used to suffer with the odd cracked rotor on the PF's that disappeared with the Carbotech pads.
If you're on XP8's TT then you should find after your day of track abuse they will have laid down a nice transfer layer on the disc, and pad + disc wear should drop dramatically.

[project86]

I really like that undertray

[helghast7]

what happened to this place? why is it so dead?