*The FL5 Track Junkie Thread*

[BigBird]

This is the rear suspension on the TCX DE5; they also say Rear lower arms for toe adjustment

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[svvitch]

Everything I know is a lie ?

 

[Kirbizle]

Another California guy showing off the year-round track days ? Welcome!

? Winter is our busiest time for this track, that's our real track day season when it's nice and cold haha - almost pointless to go in the summer when it gets 100°F here. So you gotta go up to Laguna Seca or Sonoma in the summer to have decent weather and go to Buttonwillow in the winter Lol

 

[svvitch]

? Winter is our busiest time for this track, that's our real track day season when it's nice and cold haha - almost pointless to go in the summer when it gets 100°F here. So you gotta go up to Laguna Seca or Sonoma in the summer to have decent weather and go to Buttonwillow in the winter Lol

Yes, 90-100+ from June to mid-September sucks. Although I don't get winter track time in exchange ? Maybe one day I'll explore the California price premium and joke about moving there.

 

[svvitch]

Also, a K20 EF hatch. Very nice. That's on my list to build one day if I ever get more space and less kids ? Kidding, I love my kids.

 

[PointByPatrol]

That's wild on the middle setting. I'm apparently at 3.55* on the most aggressive setting, but with the struts pulled out, rather than pushed in. Honestly, it could still use more, but not trying to have it follow every crack in the street. I really need to get it back on a rack and see what max we can get is.

Update on this. I put the ball joints in the middle setting, and I had to nudge the subframe in order to get the camber measurements even on both sides, but I managed to get -3.0 exactly on both sides.

 

[MooMoo]

was off that much that the top adjustment was not enough to get it dead even then? How much adjustability do the tops have? ,.2?

 

[PointByPatrol]

was off that much that the top adjustment was not enough to get it dead even then? How much adjustability do the tops have? ,.2?

Not sure what the full range is. I'd imagine it's a total of .5. before bumping the frame it was -3.2 and -2.8, and those were maximums. I didn't want the -3.2 to have to drop to -2.8, so frame bump was necessary.

 

[MooMoo]

Not sure what the full range is. I'd imagine it's a total of .5. before bumping the frame it was -3.2 and -2.8, and those were maximums. I didn't want the -3.2 to have to drop to -2.8, so frame bump was necessary.

Oh I see, there is enough but you wanted to maximize the middle setting and still be dead even. Makes sense.

Nice to know that 2.8ish is about what the middle setting is because that is about what I want to start with

 

[BigBird]

i'll probably finally do the collar kit if I change the setting to the middle one. on my VW, it made the camber dead even between the sides

 

[MooMoo]

its upside of camber plates, very easy to dial this whitout having to flip plates. More NVH though (even though on my M2 I had no NHV with the camber plates but depended on the design, some definitely had more)

 

[PointByPatrol]

Cold day! I still hate Pilot Sports! The real tires go back on the car tomorrow!

Oh, and I met Ben Thorn!

 

[BigBird]

Cold day! I still hate Pilot Sports! The real tires go back on the car tomorrow!

Oh, and I met Ben Thorn!

Was he running his FL5?

 

[PointByPatrol]

Was he running his FL5?

No. He was running the EK. He is driving the FL5 for the first time on track tomorrow!

 

[svvitch]

Looks cold but who cares you're at the track ?

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