Mazdaspeed 5 Way Adjustables and MSP Swaybar Install
May-24th-2005 | 04:06 PM
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That is going to be interesting to hear about. I would be curious to know:
1) What kind of challenges and pitfalls you run into with the install (difficult to access fasteners, special tools required, etc)
2) After the install, how drastically different the five settings are from one another, which works best on the street, and which works best on the track
...I assume with hardware like that, you are planning on taking it autocrossing?
1) What kind of challenges and pitfalls you run into with the install (difficult to access fasteners, special tools required, etc)
2) After the install, how drastically different the five settings are from one another, which works best on the street, and which works best on the track
...I assume with hardware like that, you are planning on taking it autocrossing?
May-24th-2005 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by juddz
That is going to be interesting to hear about. I would be curious to know:
1) What kind of challenges and pitfalls you run into with the install (difficult to access fasteners, special tools required, etc)
2) After the install, how drastically different the five settings are from one another, which works best on the street, and which works best on the track
...I assume with hardware like that, you are planning on taking it autocrossing?
1) What kind of challenges and pitfalls you run into with the install (difficult to access fasteners, special tools required, etc)
2) After the install, how drastically different the five settings are from one another, which works best on the street, and which works best on the track
...I assume with hardware like that, you are planning on taking it autocrossing?
May-31st-2005 | 11:38 AM
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Well guys...camera ran out of batteries, and due to Florida heat I ran out of gas !! I got the rear struts installed and rear sway bar. This took me about 5 hours to do with hand tools and jack stands and working alone. Had to cut the damn endlinks because of those cheap,soft endlink bolts. No worries though as the swaybar kit had new ones. Will get to the front end this weekend and maybe get some pics this time !! Driving the car pretty carefully since the rear end is stiffer than the front, and I have the struts on setting #1 so it's about the same as my front stockers. Whew, I am beat.
May-31st-2005 | 12:18 PM
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Cheap, soft endlink bolts. It's funny how it always seems to be the little things that hold up a project or make you scratch your head and wonder how you are going to get around it.
It's good that you are being careful with that stiff rear end... if I am not mistaken, that means the car would be more prone to oversteer?
It's good that you are being careful with that stiff rear end... if I am not mistaken, that means the car would be more prone to oversteer?
June-1st-2005 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by macdaddyslomo
Screwed around a little bit and whoa !! It is easy to make the rear end come out!!...I need to get the front suspension finished this weekend
You live in Florida, so you don't get to do the following:
When it snows here in Detroit, I "oversteer" the ol' P5 around corners by using the e-brake and making minor corrections with the steering wheel. It's amazing how sharp you can get a car around a corner, when you are steering it with the *** end. This takes skill and good sense of course.... it's the kind of thing best done at low speeds and away from anything you can possibly hit.
There. Now, I have provided you with possibly the only reason that somebody from Florida might consider moving to Detroit.