RE: Playing in Pueblo

["Bruce Bell" <bbell04@ibm.net>]

Gary,

Turning 1:56 at pueblo is pretty impressive! And 1:53 is incredible for a
4kq with an MC! I remember visiting you there last August when you were
turning 2:20+ and complaining about the brakes. To put all this in
perspective, a year ago last July some of us watched an M3 with Racing
yoko's and modded suspension turn 1:58's while its nemesis, a lowly A4 with
K04, updated IC, exhaust, Alcon brakes and R1's turn a very respectable
1:55! Two weeks before that I saw a formula Vee turn in the 1:58 range so
you are in very good company! My stock (almost) 4kq turned 2:24 until the
coil overs were installed then I got it down to a 2:12.

Did you replace the K24?  I know you were thinking about a hybrid.

Regarding your current brake complaints, the shudder in the front and the
locking of the rears, I wonder 1) if the shudder might be due to flex in the
brackets (you point out that no one else complains of this,  Pat Martin and
Dave Lawson both have struts for which the G60 is a direct bolt-on) and 2)
if the rears are locking merely because the back end is so much lighter than
the front under heavy braking. That is, perhaps you need more rebound
dampening in the rear.

Just a thought or two and let me know (you too Dave) next time you go to
pueblo to play!!!

Bruce
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