evo626 wrote:
Back to the subject of rear brakes and parking brake calipers. When I pt the prop valve on the fronts it fixed the front brake locking issue and made the car drive able. I had a Belief that larger rear brakes would also help so I went back to the oem i30 front calipers in the rear.
I watched on of wjp004's YouTube videos on his 3.5 Aussie magna buggy and he did what I orginaly did with the 240sx rear calipers. Seeing as I haven't tested the brakes with the front prop and s14 calipers I'm swapping them back in. I believe they should offer more than enough rear brake and not cause a dangerous panick brake situation.
Evo
Well I was totally wrong about this and I was right the first time. I need the larger brakes in the rear because the front end is so light. With the smaller brakes on the rear I kept locking the fronts like no other even after full locking out the prop valve. So I am swaping the i30 front brakes back on the rear and will use Wilwood MC4 Calipers for parking brakes.
I was doing some math and found that I'm about $3000 away from having a road worthy car. The last of the major mechanical stuff is the parking brake and fitting some walbro snowmobile pickups in the tank to prevent fuel starvation. Other wise the car runs and drives like... well a car. It starts every time, although it does through a few emissions related cel codes. The steering and brakes work (with the right calipers on) and the transmission shifts like it should.
The rest of the money is for body work, lighting and interior items.
I got around to fitting larger side mirrors. The scooter mirrors were way too small, so for $20 I picked up a pair of EMGO long steam mirrors and welded some brackets onto the cage. They look pretty slick.
I'm still up in the air about finishing the nose cone I made. I love the look but know I will spend way more on finishing it than on the Kinetic nose. However I like mine that much more than the Kinetic one. With shipping I might break even.
evo