Had a lot of people codriving the Evo for the GAX event. The powertrain was solid, but unfortunately the brakes were showing their weakness. They actually started smoking while AD and I were codriving in the 2nd heat, so I decided to switch things up for the afternoon – I had TS run it in…
Been battling a lot of things later in the season with this car, but none more so than the brakes. The latest string of upgrades haven’t nailed down the ‘air in lines’ vs ‘something wrong’ battle, but I have to say I’m very pleased with how the Evo brakes turned out. Ran into a bit…
Not the best event I’ve had by far – a very HP friendly course, with some frankly dangerous elements in a few spots. Didn’t get my best run down, nor did I get a good clean run in. I forgot to turn off traction control, and I couldn’t get it off during the run –…
Had an event today codriving the #1 driver in our region’s STS CRX at Family Arena. It was a great opportunity to test drive the car on a course that was fairly similar to the last event we had, where I had both the Evo & the Mini. While it was initially difficult to adjust…
Been looking for a solution for my soft brakes since the track day – flushes, new pads, new brake master cylinder, and finally new calipers. My suspicion is that the calipers’ pistons and/or seals started to go bad after the track day, prompting a replacement or a rebuild. Had a few different options for what I…
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