Whats new with Teh Gheyrod...

[Kracka]

I am very impressed with the quality and fitment of this bar. When installing, it was apparent that the stock chassis has already gotten tweaked a bit b/c some force was needed to get 2 of the 10 bolts in place; overall not bad though so I'm really happy I did this now instead of waiting. You can see in the pic below how weak and puny the stock tie-bars are in comparison. Since I no longer need to run spacers for the bars to clear my downpipe I don't think I'm losing a whole lot of ground clearance, I'd say a 1/2" at the absolute max, but I doubt its even that much. I haven't done much hard driving yet so I can't really give a review on it yet, but going into clover-leafs the car did feel more compliant and planted which is good. One thing though, the front stock tie-bar is 3-point but for some reason Carbing opted against using the center mounting point (on the brace that holds the front motor mount).

Clears the Buschur 3" downpipe with no spacers!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1411.jpg

About to sword fight with Zac!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1412.jpg

Carbing 6-point vs. stock:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1405.jpg

[turbotalon1g]

Kracka thats a pimpin ass suit.

Where did you get it, i need one.

[Halon]

Looks good.

Is that Buschur downpipe SS?

[Kracka]

Kracka thats a pimpin ass suit.

Where did you get it, i need one.
Zac (hellomynameis) got it for me as a Christmas gift so you'd have to ask him. On the front it has a name patch that says "Kracka" :D

[Kracka]

Looks good.

Is that Buschur downpipe SS?
Yup, thats a Buschur "stainless steel" downpipe... A lot of my stuff from him that is supposedly stainless steel is rusting: downpipe, catback, bolts, spacers, etc. At least its all lightweight, fits, and works well b/c the quality is definitely not a strong point. Even the Buschur SS LICP I used to have was rusting! At least my intake pipe and o2 housing are still fine. Eventually I plan to redo my entire exhaust with a MAP o2/cat elim downpipe and Perrin catback.

[Halon]

Do you know what grade Stainless Steel it is? Maybe he just used cheap 409 stainless which is typically what OEM exhausts are made of.

[Kracka]

Cheap 409 is probably right...even eBay exhausts use polished 304.

[Kracka]

I just got back from my first hard drive since installing it last night and all I can saw is, "Wow!" Whipping around clover-leafs the car just plants itself in the corner and holds the line the whole way through! No more need to make steering adjustments as the chassis flexes changing the alignment. Even at low speeds making hard cuts and quick transitions the car feels a lot more solid and eager. I'm definitely glad I got this and can't wait to feel it on the autocross course this summer!

[twack]

Wow what a comparison stock looks usless next to the new one

[Kracka]

I just got another alignment from Jeff the Alignment Guy and the car is feeling great! He used Andres' specs which are from Robispec so it should be a great setup for autocross.