I'm Back! '90 GTUs

[FC Zach]

Originally Posted by RETed

Let's see how long before the corrections come flying in...


-Ted

LOL, I got nothing

[JL1RX7]

89 91 S5 GTU, single piston vented front, non vented rear brakes. Rest should be all the "heavy duty" style brake/suspension package.

[TitaniumTT]

Werd. And AFAIK there was never a 2-pot rear, nor front.. They were single piston sliding.

All the mounting points are the same though.

Even the swaybars were the same MOUNTING point, although the diameters are different between SE and basically all others, including 'vert.

[JL1RX7]

Rear brake calipers are the same too, only the bracket being different. Front brake mounts are the same from single to four pot. Only difference being the brake lines. Four pots have hard lines vs soft on the single's.

[RETed]

Originally Posted by JL1RX7

89 91 S5 GTU, single piston vented front, non vented rear brakes. Rest should be all the "heavy duty" style brake/suspension package.

That's true of all the Zenki / S4 FC's...

I believe the Kouki / S5 did have a vented rear disc brake rotor?
Most catalogs does list them as 5-lug, rear vented for those base models...?
These damn things are rare enough...
i don't get too see too many of them down here nowadays in person!


-Ted

[project86]

Originally Posted by RETed

Yep, as TTT said, it's the same...
In fact, the base models had the "special" suspension and brakes.

GXL is the "loaded" model, and the turbo (i.e. Turbo II) is a GXL + turbo engine.

The 1998 "GTU" + 1989 / 1990 "GTUs" are just GXL models minus all the heavy (i.e. powered) shit and some special features (i.e. no sunroof, but amazingly there are some that did come with sunroof).
The 1986(?) and 1987 has a "Sport" model available, and this was a precursor to the 1988 "GTU."

The brakes are standard across the board with the exception of the base models; this is for the 4-pot fronts with vented disc and 2-pot rears with vented disc.
This big brake or heavy-duty brake package were on all GXL, turbo, and convertible models + the abovementioned 1988 "GTU" and 1989 / 1990 "GTUs" models.

Brakes on base models - 1986 / 1987 "base" + 1988 "SE" - had the 2-pot(?) front with vented disc and single-pot rear with NON-vented disc; these were obvious due to the 4-lug wheel lug pattern.
In 1989 - 1991 base models, all FC's were 5-lug wheel lug pattern, but the base models had different brake calipers and discs.
(Forgot some of the specifics here...)

Let's see how long before the corrections come flying in...


-Ted

This all sounds correct to what i've read about the GTUs.

[project86]

Well today started off well...

Plans were to wet sand and polish my tails. Driver side went off without a hitch. Pulled the passenger side and mid polish i knocked it off the table and broke the corner...


So... I finished it all and put them back in. Ill just need to find another passenger light in the near future. They look great. It will probably be hard to tell in the photos but they polished up amazingly.

I'll be ordering new seals for them soon though. They are all sorts of nasty.

I found it odd that there were twisty wire caps in the harness though. It was like that on both sides.. I don't remember ever seeing that before.

By the way .. the photo that has both lights shown is an attempt to show the polished driver side and the unpolished passenger side.

[chibikougan]

D'oH!


Looks good! Glue that chunk back on and sand it.


http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/dev/dev...FQmVfgodLnUFyQ


I made a trade for that nose candy on your bumper...Bag it up!

[project86]

Originally Posted by chibikougan

D'oH!


Looks good! Glue that chunk back on and sand it.


I made a trade for that nose candy on your bumper...Bag it up!

It broke off in multiple pieces and i think i know where i can get another set of lights so I'm not gonna bother with it.

whats this nose candy you speak of?

[project86]

Unrelated to the tail lights....


I have plans at this point to send my steering rack to ChipsMotorsports to have it rebuilt and depowered.

But i just had a thought... couldn't i just get a manual rack from another car and use that instead of going through the depowering process?

[chibikougan]

Oh that is faded white...

[TitaniumTT]

There is a very large difference in the ratios between the manual and the power racks. As a comparison on the Dragon with a de-powered power rack your arms will never cross. With a manual rack there are some turns that will have you almost going hand over hand

[project86]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

There is a very large difference in the ratios between the manual and the power racks. As a comparison on the Dragon with a de-powered power rack your arms will never cross. With a manual rack there are some turns that will have you almost going hand over hand

So it will work, there just might be some instances where i have to turn the wheel more?

[TitaniumTT]

Of course it will work. The only difference between the steering knuckles is whether or not there's ABS, and the subframes are all the same, I believe even for the 'vert

[project86]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Of course it will work. The only difference between the steering knuckles is whether or not there's ABS, and the subframes are all the same, I believe even for the 'vert

Cool beans.. I was just doing some research in the mean time. I found out that Chip does do it the same as you (depowering the rack). Found an old post from someone who had pictures of it. I'll probably just hold out and have that done.