Project "Daily Driver"

[Mezzanine]

Drew, I think he is looking for the fittings that hold the door seal to the door. It is "T" shaped, with the top of the tee fitting inside the rubber seal, and the leg popping into the door itself.


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[Jordan]

edit: yeah, what he said.

[SwedeSport]

About how many did you need?

[Jordan]

Not sure exactly. I don't have any left over so however many don't survive coming out of the door need to be replaced.

[Jordan]

Finally got the stock ignition wired in with APC. Runs sooo much smoother in the upper RPMs... I think the N/A ignition curve was too aggressive. There definitely is a noticeable loss in power below 2k rpms...the lag is back, but of course the turbo makes up for that. :)

Right now the timing is set to stock @16BTDC.. so I might bump that a bit when I refill the tank with better gas.

[Jordan]

Been neglecting this car a little bit. Simultaneously 3 of my 4 brake calipers started making noise or running out of pad. Swapped out the rear pads and bled lots of junk out of the rear brake lines.

For the fronts, I decided to try out a wilwood conversion on a primarily "stock" setup. I have early vented rotors/hub setup, but am using the ABS master. Only the NDP calipers had the size closest to what I was looking for, so I went with those. Piston area is 17% larger than the stock caliper and 5% larger than the 9000 calipers. I also wanted to try out Wilwoods street pad as it is pretty reasonable.

First impressions are really good. Although there is a little more pedal travel up top, they still feel very progressive and you can really feel the extra power. I can give some more feedback on the pads as they break-in.

[SwedeSport]

Let us know how this progresses.

I am planning a similar setup in the Notch project. I plan to use a stock master from 87 ish, and the try to fit Superlites on the front. I may end up going with the dynalites in the rear, eventually but will probably just use stock rears at first.

The Wilwood stuff is intended for manual brakes???? Or doesn't it matter?

[Cark]

only reason a part of me wishes I sought out an 87 setup instead of going with the 88+ stuff... wilwoods

your face must get pulled off when you mash the stop pedal with those things

[Jordan]

The Wilwood stuff is intended for manual brakes???? Or doesn't it matter?

No difference, just size what you buy appropriately.

Yes, they feel great!

[RadioFlyer]

Sweet ride. Were the Wilwoods worth it? DId you do only the fronts? What was the model number on them and were they on the '87 - or + hubs?

[DeLorean]

It should be noted, that the wilwood calipers are "for racing use only, not intended for street use", and have no dust boot for the piston. That said, I have them on my 99 turbo, and use them on the road- no problems so far, however I do wonder if they would hold up to wintertime use. They may not be the best option if the car is used in all weather conditions...

I do have the opinion that damn near anything is better than those POS stock calipers in the pre 87's... Even if you have to replace calipers every few years, at least the car stops well! the early brakes just don't, and NEVER wear pads evenly.

[Jordan]

So I decided to try out the RedStuff pads from EBC. The willwood street pads were cheap, but were pretty dusty and stopped OK, but wanted to try out a 'sportier' pad. My initial impressions of the RedStuffs are very good. They have a nice feel to them and definitely have a more aggressive friction surface. I'm hoping the ceramic compound will keep the dust down because cleaning Incas suck. We are going to be trying out the Blue NDX (street and track) and Orange (track only) compounds on the new Norman race car , coming soon.

[SwedeSport]

I run Red Stuff pads on the back axle of my tan 86.

I really like that they are a bit more progressive, and need to get a little heat before they grip. That solved the problem I was having with them locking up instantly when using the brakes with any sort of vigor.


I like the Hawk HP+ pads up front, but I think I may try EBC pads up front the next time I do brakes. I am still running solid rotors on that car, but expect to change over to 87 vented at the next overhaul. Still on the fence about the Wilwood conversion. Might just stick with the stock calipers for this car, and spend the dough on the notchback.

[Jordan]

Yeah they make the reds for the solid/vented rotors and the later vented ones. For what you do, I don't think the wilwoods would provide much benefit.

[SwedeSport]

There are only a few places on the hill that I use much brake.

On a road course it might be a different story.