Put on my new hubs/shocks!

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 09/08/2014 at 00:41 • Filed to: MURDERSOFA

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Aaand the car still vibrates. Pretty sure that is the result of the last of my old tires going bad, so I'll deal with it 'till this spring when I'll hopefully have enough for new wheels and tires.

Old gross low-pressure stock shocks

New awesome high-pressure "towing and hauling" shocks, and new hubs with a bolt patter A QUARTER INCH LARGER THAN STOCK WHAT THE FUCK.

Had to drill the holes in the brake disk out a little more, then 30 minutes later I discovered that the lock-tight or whatever that was put on the bolts that hold the caliper to the car had fused all the metal together and totally ruined half of the threads.

Mother.

Fucker.

Took the car out for a few pulls with HPTuners on a laptop in read mode (lol no $100 for actual tuning right now) and noticed that I'm running insanely rich and knocking like a banshee, so next fillup I might try out some premium fuel then do some more pulls and see what power I make (currently making around 200 at the crank).

Wheeeeeeee.

Also the new shocks ride great. Back feels much stiffer, though the car as a whole is still very much a land yacht.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/08/2014 at 01:15

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did the wheels still fit with the wonky bolt pattern?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 09/08/2014 at 01:17

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Yep. Which confirms that Mustang wheels will work because the bolt pattern difference beteween my new and old hubs is much larger than that between Buick and Mustang wheels. So yay :D

deekster_caddy > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/08/2014 at 06:05

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Where are you? I have my own tire machine and balancer and do a lot of work w HP Tuners. Just north of Boston MA though.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > deekster_caddy 09/08/2014 at 08:08

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Kansas, lol. A bit of a drive from there

deekster_caddy > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/08/2014 at 08:37

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damn. I bet a good balance would lick it. Or at least we would be able to see if the tire is badly out of round.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > deekster_caddy 09/08/2014 at 09:59

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I've had it balanced several times to no avail. One of my tires was seriously out of round so I had it replaced, but there's still a decent amount of vibration at about 65mph

deekster_caddy > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/08/2014 at 11:16

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There must be something else out of round or a belt shifted for that vibration to continue. If you spin the tires by hand while mounted on a balancer you can see visually if there are lumps or bumps in the tread (indicating a belt problem).

Or just get new tires ;)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > deekster_caddy 09/08/2014 at 11:56

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Yeah, I've had two of my Toyo Versado touring tires have snapped belts in the past couple months, and I think the two left on the car are on their way out as well.

My next big purchase on this car— assuming I can get a job— is to buy some 17inch steelies (to replace the 15 inch aluminium wheels) and low-ish profile tires because autocross, bro.

4 inches of sidewal is NOT fun during hard cornering

deekster_caddy > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/08/2014 at 12:08

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I'm studying your pictures again - I see a GM rear with auto leveling air shocks? One thing I've heard of people doing is replacing the air shocks with a Rancho shock (something for an F250 sounds familiar) that's very close in specs and unplugging the air compressor fuse. You lose auto leveling (which is a feature I really like) but gain a world in handling. If you are going to autox you might want to consider it. But get some baseline runs in first with the stock suspension!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > deekster_caddy 09/08/2014 at 12:19

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I replaced the 80psi stock rear shocks (one of which was blown) with 150psi "towing/hauling"-spec shocks. The rear is about as stiff now as I'd want to have it.