The Green Hell

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Updates
strano it is. orderd brakes form him Hawks HPS all around for now.
Going with the C5 upgrade for now. more affordable. my car is near stock for power so brakes should be good for now.
Got C5 front brakes coming and new rear D/S rear rotors. got brackets that dont requir me to cut my spindal. Possibly Vogtland springs (crossing fingers), new lower control relo. brackets, Hawk HPS's, and as soon as all that makes its way to me ill order a new adj panhard from umi. slowy coming together. pics will follow and eventully a vid of the beasts new brakes and suspention

[JoshuaGrooms83]

proud owner of $100 Vogtland springs lol already mounted to shocks woohoo thank you ebay

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Add one UMI Adj panhard with poli ends to the list of aquisitions Now for Shocks. probably wait unti lafter the holidays for those

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Rear D/S Slotted rotors just got in. Just need the front rotors and Pads now.

[Packy]

I drove it once with my Cobra. I made a lap and a half on a day it was open to the public before I had motorcylcles all around me and I couldn't do shit except slow and wait for them to pass. Let me know when you are going to go and I will try to make it out there with my Cobra as well. I can't promise anything as work gets busy for me sometimes here but if I am free it is only like a 3-4 hour drive for me.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

I drove it once with my Cobra. I made a lap and a half on a day it was open to the public before I had motorcylcles all around me and I couldn't do shit except slow and wait for them to pass. Let me know when you are going to go and I will try to make it out there with my Cobra as well. I can't promise anything as work gets busy for me sometimes here but if I am free it is only like a 3-4 hour drive for me.

Absolutly! You gonna take the bird next time? THat be pretty awsome to see a bunch of F-bodys at the ring.

[Packy]

Absolutly! You gonna take the bird next time? THat be pretty awsome to see a bunch of F-bodys at the ring.

The bird is in the states and is not set-up for that kind of course.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

aw come on! lol Mines not completly set up for it but im getting it there.

[Packy]

aw come on! lol Mines not completly set up for it but im getting it there.

I would not change anything on it because it drives perfect for my liking right now. It cuts consistent 1.5 sixty foot times and runs mid to high tens on not a lot of boost and timing. PLUS it is in the US and will never get shipped to Europe unless I get stationed here again! Which most likely won't be happening... Don't tell me you are scared of to try and follow a stock suspended IRS Cobra through there... J/K!

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Ill be in Germany for the next 2 1/2 years. Id be comfortable running with a mustang

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Pads and springs are in. Im gonna put em in. My relocation brakets and adj pan hard should be in soon so ill only have to deal with the mis alignment for a brief amount of time.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

All done. Pics are uploading as im typing. The brakes look good and feel good so far. Still gotta do the fronts but one less thing to do. The springs where pretty easy since the fronts were already on struts. Im sticking with the oem ones for now until i get bilsteins. But so far they feel and look great. The only hiccup was the swaybar linkage. I broke one

[JoshuaGrooms83]

New rear rotors and pads and new springs





before

after

now as soon as my panhard and relocation brakets get in, the lowering will be complete.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

UPDATE TIME
ON CAR NOW
UMI STB, LCA, Adj. PHB, LCA relo brackets, and 2 point SFC. Vogtland springs, 17" AT Italia Rims with Kumho 245/45zr17 Hawks HPS pads, D/S F&R rotors, (C5 braket and F rotor. *very soon)
SLP Lid, MAF sensor, and bellows. K&N filter. MSD wires. NGK TR6ix gaped at .040 . OBX LT Headers, LLP 3" Ypipe with HF cats and a flowmaster Muffler, (Oil catch can soon)


ITEMS LOOKING TO GET
Stainless Steel lines
Bilstein Struts. (i know, i know.. Konis... later)
UMI or stranos front and Rear Swaybars with (still debating cost over weight)
UMI billet swaybar mounts
Some poly bump stops for 17"ers (old ones look like ass, plus i heard you need em)
UMI TA (off the tailshaft deal and a DS loop)
UMI upper and Lower A arms (maybe, might be over kill, but if i find some, ill get em)
6LE Rear bumper Diffuser (might help for high speed straights and it looks sexy)
6LE Front splitter (r these worth it?)
DOT4 Brake Fluid
Mobil 10w30 (maybe and only for race day and then change it back out later.
New powersteering fluid (maybe a cooler to huh?)
Oil cooler (a sandwich style should be cool right? or at least a cooling tank? ya / na?)
Tranny fluid is new (royal purple), Coolant is new (green lol), Rear end is new (Castrol w/additive)
AND A TUNE! still havnt done this yet since the header install yet (slaps wrist)

Ok this is the updated list. dropped some of the over kill stuff for now or what i have already added. also added a few things people recommended

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Relocation brakets and Adj panhard are here

[LSCyaL8R]

hmmmm.... what does it cost to ship a car to germany? I would LOVE to drive my hawk on the ring once in my life. If I can make a Euro holiday out of it, so much the better.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Well if you get stationed here its free lol but Ive had guys here ship their "toys" over and it cost them anywhere from $900ish to $1500ish depending on which company you go with. You are athorized one vehicle to ship oversea and/or back, after that it will cost you.

[LSCyaL8R]

considering i'm not military.... it'll cost me lol. but perhaps one day. when my car is all sorted and i hopefully have that kind of cash. I'd love to drive my own car on that monster. Hell, I've done thousands of simulated laps in GT4, GT5, NFS Shift and Forza 3.

I even did a lap in a go kart!!!

OH! i also ran an 8:02 in a 2000 Camaro SS. stock except for sport tires. the type with shallow tread.... kinda DOT competition tires.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

lol well ill have to look up my times in Need for Speed Shift. I havnt raced it in a while. I havnt used an Fbody but ive used a Vette and an RX8 lol

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Just purchased a Oil Catch can. Looks like this.