What does everyone think of a 94 seville? (Page 2 of 3)

I'm pretty sure a Northstar Cadillac at Lemons would be pretty similar to a Taurus SHO at Lemons: pretty quick... until it blew up. In other words, a great idea! We'd like to see every E30 team switch to a SHO and every RX-7 team switch to a Northstar Caddy, ASAP.

Yes, 190 according to the Standard Catalog. If they've got it down to 2,800 pounds or so they'll have about the same power-to-weight as a typical LeMons-prepped Fox Mustang... with a suspension that's about 4,900 times more sophisticated and brakes that make the Mustang's seem like that little lever that scraped on your Big Wheel's rear wheel when you were 7. The front-wheel-drive setup won't be a real-world handicap as long as they keep tires on it. This car could very well run away with the race, so the Lemons Supreme Court will need to be extra vigilant when it rolls into the BS Inspection.

Still, it's a Japanese luxury car, and we like Japanese luxury cars in Lemons. A great theme (i.e., Eyesore Racing or Cajun Jihad quality) would go a long, long way toward making the judges smile on this entry. 10 days to go!

I'm totally looking forward to inspecting this car. Like I said, do a good theme and everything will be easier for you!

Um, I'm thinking that Dan Mairani is one of your drivers... at least he told me he driving on a Maxima team and you're the only Maxima on the dance-card.

   Now, he may be fat, old, hard of hearing and seeing (but don't tell him I said that, he'll kick my ass)  but he can DRIVE!     He finishes on or near the podium in nearly every SM race.....       Not that there's anything wrong with hot-shoes... The Scuderia Flat-Pack V8olvo drivers line up is strong on SM goodness.......

Man, I love me some judicial button-pushing!

Pass the popcorn, please.

KT -- you're MMHTTOG*

*(Much More Hosed Than The Other Guys)

You really should listen to Dan.  You'll be more likely to achieve your goal of finishing the race with good brakes, good tires, and an alignment that allows your tires to last more than a couple hours.

The men in black robes won't even blink at your brakes or tires.  They'll glance at your cut towers and applaud your creativity.  Now, if you show up with a really stiff suspension and no clear and believable documentation as to how it came to be that way... then you might have a problem.

But, if your goal is just to finish, they'll still LET you finish!  Maybe with a few penalty laps.  If you're not chasing the nickels, what does it matter?

They are NOT coilovers, they are Tein springs on the stock perches and you can tell they have been in there a LONG time. I called Tein and they said those springs are only about 250 LB springs,  I wanted to cut them but the team mates didn't want to.

The shocks, well they are mis-matched adjustable.  The fronts have 4 settings on the very top of the shock, the rears are AGX with a knob on the bottom with 8 settings.  All this stuff you can tell has been in the car a long time, no BS. It isn't that stiff with 250 lbs springs that's why I wanted to cut them but since the car is lower by 2" the team concensus was to leave them as is.  The exhaust is  just an after market free flowing canister looking muffler.  It is quieter than I thought, we cut out the cat and added a connector pipe.  My buddy that is doing the work had a spare piece lying around so we cut it and put it in.  The intake FILTER has been changed from the one in the box to a cone style, again you can tell that all this stuff has been on the car for awhile. It isn't a "trick intake" the previous owner changed the filter style thats all.

We definately listen to Dan, but we dont want to spend gobs of money on brand new shaved tires on a friggen Maxima that leaks oil with 230K miles!!  He said Thunderhill shouldn't be too hard on brakes so if we have top notch pads, good rotors and brake cooling we should be fine.

I did find some good used ones with decent tread life still left, in fact it looks like we will be starting the race with 4 different tires from 4 different manufactures!!  We sprung for a brand new tire for the right front since it gets the most abuse at Thunderhill on a front wheel drive car.  we should have 2 full sets of mounted tires, sure they are used, but in perfect shape for a Lemons race anyway.

I suppose if I KNEW the car could make it mechanically, springing for  bigger and better brakes and more brand new tires would be in the plan, but since we dont know it can even make it, we want to get the best value for the dollar spent.  Who wants to spend several hundres of dollars on new tires and better brakes when the car pukes its guts out before you can even use them??  I dont

Good pads and fluid with some cooling ducts should do you for brakes on a lightened Maxima, no doubt.  Don't screw around with tires, though.  You don't need the best tires on the planet, and you don't need to shave them, but DO invest in new tires.  Just do it.

I know you don't want to spend a couple hundred bucks on tires for a car that might crap out in 10 laps... likewise, you don't want to NOT have the good tires when you find that the car IS capable of running for hours on end and your mismatched used tires aren't up to the task!  The result could be anything from blown out sidewalls to terminal tread separation to just plain recklessness on the track due to lack of grip.  Get new tires.  This has all been said before.

oh, if you're concerned about Tire Costs, get some Fuzion ZRis and/or some Sumitomo HTR Z IIIs. they're cheap, and likable performance. at least with a matched set you shouldn't have issues going the distance. I tell you what, email me your shipping info, I'll ship you the springs and you decide if you wanna use'em. IF you don't just pay for my shipping costs and send'em back. If you do we'll work something out from the sale of those Tiens

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Depends if you like that sort of thing...