here are some pics:

 

there are a few more at:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/554831572bWkzVA

 

BTW, nice sig pic!

 

nice....

what wheels are those? size? offset? tire size?

I'm gonna guess 245/45/17?

 

wheels are 15x8 real racing imca mod lite, 5 inch back space, offset like .5 inch or 13mm
tires are 225/50/15, dont you wish you had stock size brakes still
the wheel it is sitting next to is a 225/50/15 kumho 711 on 6.5 inch wheels, the tread on the v710 is about 1 inch wider than the 711

 

after a rough visual inspection i think i could fit a 15x10 inch wheel on there with a set of 23x10x15 slicks... maybe next season if the car lasts till then

 

Gabe I am loving the bullet holes

 

Hey, didn't I see those wheels on a 1970s muscle car?

nevermind, can't talk now. Praying for rain. Praying for rain. Praying for rain....

 

haha yeah they are made for circle track racing

 

Very nice. And the 23.9" diam will help acceleration and gearing a bit too. Just watch the rear's sliding. Maybe play with the pressures to help generate some heat on the backs to prevent that?

 

Gabe, you should back out of the AI event on Saturday. I don't want you to get "used to" the 710s before our matchup on Sunday

 

no way, i need to scrub them in more, they are scary right now, i almost spun a couple of times driving around my neighborhood with them.

also these are the last two autocrosses for a while... i need to get my final races in before i hibernate for the winter

and i need to figure out pressures

 

oh yeah my goal for saturday is to beat that pesky green civic in DSP

 

lofty goal indeed...weren't both of us about 3+ seconds behind him last time?

 

yeah at least 3 seconds. now we have some competition on sunday too, that scirocco signed up

 

I may have to bail. I have one more day to figure this crap out. Just replaced front right caliper where the noise was coming from...no dice. still there. Both front wheel bearings are replaced. Both driveaxles are new. I'm completely stumped now.

Noise is directly related to brakes....unrelated to how hard of a curve I'm on, and goes away immediately if brakes are applied even lightly.

Tomorrow I'm going to re-rebuild the front left. If that doesn't fix it I'm putting stock brakes back on (will have to buy some pads). If that doesn't fix it I'm setting the motherf-cking car on fire and filing an insurance claim..

 

well you should at least get an autocross in on it before lighting it on fire, what is the sound it is making

 

Im now 99% sure its one of the pistons of the front left caliper seizing up and not retracting, thus making a loud moaning noise when making any kind of right turn (slight or hard)...it only goes away if I touch the brakes (even lightly).

How have I brilliantly narrowed it down to this?
- both front wheel bearings - new
- reman'd RF caliper on today (waste of money since the old one was apparently fine)
- new R/L driveaxles
- the rest of suspension has been checked and is good to go.

Wife drove in circles in a parking lot with me for a while tonight and her expert ears pinpointed the sound as "front left, definitely."

I don't even want to deal with rebuilding the LF caliper again - I just ordered a reman'd one overnighted to me by Friday...so should be good to go.

 

1. caliper fixed.

2. Gabe whooped my A S S with the 710s by almost 5 seconds. End of story.

 

holy crap......

 

see the thread below this one, John.

 

its for auto x or drag or to bouth ?

 

autoX only no drag

 

how substantial of a difference did you notice from just changing to those tires?

 

i gained nearly 5 seconds on a 50 second course, basically i hardly spin the tires at the start, i can brake much later, turn faster, and accelerate out of the turns earlier with almost no wheel spin. i was really driving close the limit of the tires to gain 5 seconds though.

 

 

you may have beaten me, but I looked sexier losing than you did winning

 

yeah...I love my V710's! too bad on our heavy cars, they won't last long at all like they do on those miatas and civics! what size are you guys running? I am running the 245/45/17's...

 

mine are 225/50/15 but they are way oversize, i mean, the tread width is 9.25" and the overall width on 8" wheels is 9.6". when the tire is off the rim the overall width is 10.25". they really belong on a 9" wheel but im thinking about stretching them to a 10" wheel on my next set.