fjpikul
GT Owner
Can't you get some silver on the rims? What about RED, to match the car. Just looks so barren. Wait a minute, where's your Ford GT lugs?
Replacement Wheels - Need Some Help, I'm All Jammed Up!
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GTNJ
GT Owner
SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
No, this is my red bumperless GT. The Car in the avatar is my dads and his B-partners original GT40.
GTNJ
GT Owner
In that case it's not a "clean" look! The contrast appears too stark.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
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SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
Thanks for the feed back. As for the lugs, I have been waiting to decide on a wheel first.
Anybody else want to hammer my taste or should I say lack thereof? LOL!
Anybody else want to hammer my taste or should I say lack thereof? LOL!
B O N Y
MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
Chris A.
GT #32
Man....I did everything I could on my GT to dial out the OVERSTEER to no avail. That is why so many GT's have been wrecked because the back end gets away from inexperienced drivers. Are we driving the same car?
BlackICE
GT Owner
You are experiencing power on oversteer. The GT understeers in a turn when you are keeping a constant speed at just over the limit of traction. You can always get oversteer by squeezing the throttle. For example if you go around a skippad trying to keep a highest constant speed at the limit you will find the GT pushes.
B O N Y
MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
Contact Alex - TA shocks for alignment specs to meet your demands and driving conditions.
He is the GT suspension genius!
He is the GT suspension genius!
Sinovac
GT Owner
SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
S592R
GT Owner
- Dec 3, 2006
- 2,800
Agreed... under constant power I have yet to get my Gt to do anything but understeer. At the rally .. I felt like I was driving a snow plow, every trick I used (trail braking etc) did not get the car to turn ... it took a sudden off/on power to get the car to go to mild over steer ... its a good thing that I like to drift.
For that reason ... my next mod will be penske shocks, wheels and tires. Before the increase in power.
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BlackICE
GT Owner
Yep, at the rally autocross I was squeezing on more and more throttle and I could easily feel the rear kicking out. Drifted a lot and scrub off a lot of rubber, fun but not the fastest way around the track. See my post under the "El toro" thread showing driftbox data.
cobrar1339
GT Owner
Changing the front tires is not a bad thing IMO, but :
I would not use El Toro as any kind of bench mark for the GT and it's capabilities. It was not designed for that kind of duty, plain and simple. This was a course for S2000's and Miata's. Few factory cars can cut through that kind of layout without major understeer. That course was designed to keep us out of trouble, and the understeer at those angles gets amplified. Look back at the Eddie Griffen EZNO wreck, yep that was understeer. But only because he was driving too fast for the track. Just watch the vid in slow motion, you will see what I mean. We ran a similar track design at El Toro.
I would get it on a Real Road course before you decide it is some kind of understeering pig and feel the need to tweek a bunch of stuff. Those cones were tight, and folks were also trying to drive too fast for the course IMO. Heck, we did not even have air to set the tire pressures halfway decent for this duty.
Someone mentioned speaking with Alex @ T/A shocks. This is excellent advise, no one knows the GT suspension better then he does. He did the track testing. A wealth of knowledge, he won't steer you wrong.
Track Examples:
We have two tracks to choose from at Willow Springs California
The Streets of Willow -
A tight low speed track ,works great for cars under 2,800lb , front wheel drives, short wheelbase RWD. I hate driving that track with larger cars. For the Z06 I have to toe it out quite a bit to get rid of the understeer in the tight turns as there is no room to rotate the car with the gas in some sections, others it's fine, but the slow way. Tires help but it is still not enough to keep up with my buddies S2000 here. Avg speed in the mid 60mph's. The S2000 is 3-4 seconds faster. He loves going here because he wins.
To run this track vs. Laguna Seca, Big Willow, Sears Point, Mid-Ohio, PIR, Road Atlana. The alignment settings, tire pressures, ride height, front tire size are all different.
Willow Springs Intl Raceway - "The Fastest Track in the West" -
Same car, different track and she is pleasure to drive, no understeer. Avg Speed over 90mph. The S2000 is 4-5 seconds slower. he hates going here because he loses.
FYI - in the GTX top gear video with the Tungsten GT they mixed the footage on both of the above tracks. When he stops to tell you bitchen the Brits are, he is on the Big Willow springs track. He used the small track to get it sideways for some entertaining moments.
I would not use El Toro as any kind of bench mark for the GT and it's capabilities. It was not designed for that kind of duty, plain and simple. This was a course for S2000's and Miata's. Few factory cars can cut through that kind of layout without major understeer. That course was designed to keep us out of trouble, and the understeer at those angles gets amplified. Look back at the Eddie Griffen EZNO wreck, yep that was understeer. But only because he was driving too fast for the track. Just watch the vid in slow motion, you will see what I mean. We ran a similar track design at El Toro.
I would get it on a Real Road course before you decide it is some kind of understeering pig and feel the need to tweek a bunch of stuff. Those cones were tight, and folks were also trying to drive too fast for the course IMO. Heck, we did not even have air to set the tire pressures halfway decent for this duty.
Someone mentioned speaking with Alex @ T/A shocks. This is excellent advise, no one knows the GT suspension better then he does. He did the track testing. A wealth of knowledge, he won't steer you wrong.
Track Examples:
We have two tracks to choose from at Willow Springs California
The Streets of Willow -
A tight low speed track ,works great for cars under 2,800lb , front wheel drives, short wheelbase RWD. I hate driving that track with larger cars. For the Z06 I have to toe it out quite a bit to get rid of the understeer in the tight turns as there is no room to rotate the car with the gas in some sections, others it's fine, but the slow way. Tires help but it is still not enough to keep up with my buddies S2000 here. Avg speed in the mid 60mph's. The S2000 is 3-4 seconds faster. He loves going here because he wins.
To run this track vs. Laguna Seca, Big Willow, Sears Point, Mid-Ohio, PIR, Road Atlana. The alignment settings, tire pressures, ride height, front tire size are all different.
Willow Springs Intl Raceway - "The Fastest Track in the West" -
Same car, different track and she is pleasure to drive, no understeer. Avg Speed over 90mph. The S2000 is 4-5 seconds slower. he hates going here because he loses.
FYI - in the GTX top gear video with the Tungsten GT they mixed the footage on both of the above tracks. When he stops to tell you bitchen the Brits are, he is on the Big Willow springs track. He used the small track to get it sideways for some entertaining moments.