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And that machining cleaned off the high spots caused by unequal pad deposits. Common misunderstanding.

Rotors crack, pit, and do other things but don't warp. The uneven pedal feel undulation of the pedal or "jutter" is from poor pad break-in - high spots on the face. The pads must transfer material evenly on the rotor faces. If that doesn't happen, you get the high spots and that undulating...

Interesting about the sag. When I talked to John about the GT2 center support, he said their testing indicated center support was needed. The GT2 is only 26" wide across the back.

Go custom. Pricy but will generally satisfy your needs.

Bars are for tuning. For the front, you want more bar and less spring with adequate dampers to control how fast the car goes into dive, and how fast the inside front unloads at corner entry, but not roll the outside front tire as you turn-in. Meanwhile, you want the rear to transfer weight to...

One of the reasons the GT350 handles so well is because of its monster wheels/tires. Take those off and put non-pp wheels/tires on and you'd be surprised at the handling degradation. You have to understand that the dampers control how fast the springs react to driver inputs and the road...

You need to measure the piston inside the sleeve. But "diameter" is not what I was talking about. The caliper itself needs to fit the rotor being used. When pistons are used on both sides the caliper dimension must increase. But the same caliper dimension can be used with a multitude of...

X2. Much of the so-called upgrades to the s550 suspension is based upon what needed to be done to the older chassis. Case in point - the belief the s550 needs a lot of static camber. It does not due primarily to the lower virtual ball-joint pivot design.

When walking the course, learn how the cones are arranged to help guide you through the course - pointers, gates, walls, boxes. If you don't get it, ask another walker. There are two elements arranged in different ways: sweepers and transitions. You're likely to overdrive the car. So try...

Assuming the ride isn't abruptly harsh (bump-stop), then the spring compression and rebound is not being controlled by the damper. These spring dynamics are moving up and down - or oscillating - as the car moves. This may also be caused by a mismatch between the front and rear rates causing...

Bought their universal GT2 for my 86 couple of years ago. Nice piece.

Why? These cars don't need the radical static camber the older cars needed. The design of the lower pivot creates a virtual point that moves with steering input. The design attempts to optimize camber and caster in real time as the car goes through a corner. Right now, static camber at -1.8...

This has been a problem for the Fox guys since they started upgrading their brakes to 4-wheel disc using all kinds of variations; from SVO/Lincoln, after market through the various sn95 solutions. Guys, it's a system. That design takes into consideration brake torque bias, which is defined by...

Shocks/struts control the springs in compression and rebound. If there is "bounciness", it's likely the springs are overpowering the strut/shock valving. If there was valve adjustment, you probably need more rebound to slow that piece down. Adding more spring rate will make the problem worse...

The dampers control how the spring reacts. In compression that is when you might hit the stops or some other suspension component if compression is too light for the spring rate. If you put lowering springs on the car (say a stiffer spring), now you have less compression range in the strut...

Typical alignment specs (Ford is no different) allows an acceptable range. In your case, both sides could be within that range. But consider this. One is cambered in and the other cambered out but within range per side. However, when compared to each other, the difference is out of range...

I've had the OP's issue on every ABS car I've owned. Without the "special" tool you have to engage the ABS a couple of times so the old fluid is replaced with the new. Then bleed, and go out again. I always remove as much old fluid from the reservoir as possible before adding new stuff so...

My 16 GT PP/Recaro had nearly 100 miles on it; lot car. It was hidden. Only found it in their on-line inventory. After testing several, my wife found it and asked them to bring it out. Car was so much quicker than the others I tested.

Not the RE-71Rs, but MPSS in your sizes running on the stock PP wheels with a .25" spacer up front which keeps me under the 7mm. Does it work? Yes. But I have to run no more than 29F; 27R hot. Do I have clearance issues? No. Could it be better? Yes. As far as weight, I'm not sure...

Waldorf as set up by CDC will be a fun course. Usually it's done with two separate main features that cross in the middle (not exactly like a figure eight). Two cars on course when the first car crosses over to the other side. Last I looked there were 160 "confirmed" drivers with three run...