[s-cars] Born Slippy

[Robert Myers]

At 04:12 PM 2/12/2004 -0600, Chris Holinger wrote:
>Yeah, so I'm on my way to the slope and oh my how quickly the '93 S4 gets me
>there!
>
>I am in on the group buy for the RS2 turbo and recall an incredulous
>response when I mentioned that my car was chipped but I had not upgraded the
>brakes... In what order would y'all recommend I do the following upgrades?:
>
>- RS2 turbo and all that goes with it (EM, recalibration of chips, etc.)
>- Brakes
>- Suspension
>
>I intend to do this piecemeal because, as you all continue to stress, this
>shi at t can get expensive.
>
>Pointing downhill with my $$ strapped to my feet,


What are your priorities?  Do you intend to put the car on the track?  Or 
is it your daily driver?  Or your weekend fun car?  Or?

What are the roads you drive on all the time like?  Lots of potholes?  Lots 
of sharp angle of attack grade changes?  Lots of humongous speed bumps?  Or?

I live with sharp angle grade changes and potholes.  I have no plans to put 
the car on the track.  I drive it daily in a rather, ahem, "spirited" 
manner in the mountains of southern WV.   I have a neighbor whose St. 
Bernard likes to sleep in the road.  I call the dog, "Speed Bump".

My suspension mods are simply a set of Bilstein strut cartridges at all 
four corners.  No lowering or stiffer springs.  This was done 
early.  Lowering the car makes no sense on these roads.  It would become a 
battered hulk from dragging at front and rear and getting high centered on 
some of these roads.

The RS2 mods are in (WOW!) already.  Can you say, "YEEEEEEHAAAAAAWWWWW!!!"?

I have not touched the brakes (other than maintenance and replacement of 
worn parts with minor upgrades).  They seem quite adequate for the type of 
driving I do.  That $aid, I'm con$idering a BIRA $ystem 3 upgrade one of 
these day$.  However, with my setup and my driving style/location/technique 
I have never experienced brake fade with this car.

These are/were my priorities for my usage patterns.  Yours may be, and 
likely are, different.  Watch your step on that oh so slippery slope.

_____

Not only does the Emperor have no clothes, he's buck-naked and butt-ugly on 
most issues.

Bob
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