New Balance and Jean shorts..non typical C5 build

[hinrichs]

Love the progression of this car.

Dropping 20lbs with coilovers... hell yeah!

The change all around was amazing for the price. I wish I could have gotten a true "track" coilover, but these will do fine for a while at my level.

i much prefer the new momo wheels, the other ones were too crazy imo. i think 5 spokes look good on everything

I plan to sell the street wheels and just run the momo wheels. I am undecided on keeping slicks and just having one set of sticky 315/30 since I hardly drive the car on the street.

[scweet14]

i much prefer the new momo wheels, the other ones were too crazy imo. i think 5 spokes look good on everything

[white out]

Love the progression of this car.

Dropping 20lbs with coilovers... hell yeah!

[Benjaholic]

This is sick mate! Love it.

[hinrichs]

Tow rig acquired.

IMG-5349 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Now to start working on the car again. I have a really annoying squeak that is first up on the list. Then some cage painting once the weather is a little warmer again.

[hinrichs]

So long time no updates on this thing. More or less got F*CKED over by work and found out that I can not use my truck to tow anymore. Insurance BS....I was dumb and asked to get a bigger truck. Lets just say I missed 2 events I really wanted to attend cuz I would not have been able to drive the car and get all my extra gear to the races. Needless to say I now need to find my own truck, not doing a company vehicle anymore, so I have a very big purchase to make soon. Not really looking forward to that at all.

Anyway I pulled the numbers and work logo for the winter and to be able to drive it here and there. I dont see the work one going back on again.

IMG-5157 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Plans for the immediate future is to get the cage repainted (missed a few big spots), and sort out the squeak from the cage touching something. Also was to get the back sealed off.

[mgpdoc]

Car looks and sounds awesome. Definitely room for improvement when u lifted, totally understandable the fact you are getting used to each new setup.

Gives very positive vibes, at least on camera, to give u confidence to push harder.

Keep it up mate

Cheers

[hinrichs]

One pic from one of our local photographers. Glad the black looks so good at speed on the wheels.

IMG_4358 by minthinrich, on Flickr

[hinrichs]

So I was able to pick up my tires Friday at 2:00 pm. Nothing like almost last minute parts installs before your race.

IMG-4304 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Also my front air inlet thing (doesnt do much) showed up as well. It replaces the front license plate cover and can be pulled with 2 screws just like oem which is nice. I plan to eventually put an oil cooler behind it.

IMG-4302 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Took the car up to registration on the slicks to clean them off a bit since my wife said she would pick me up. Typically I drive the car up on street tires, hang out a little, then go home and swap to slicks for the morning drive it. It was kind of nice leaving it this time. Saturday mornging I remembered to take a picture in the pits. I really love the way the 315s look and fit on the car.

IMG-4310 by minthinrich, on Flickr

1st run Saturday was slick as hell with the road being cold and the tires not warm. Next 2 runs were better once the tires had heat and it held hard in corners. I had a shift knob under my seat which kind of ruined one decent run since it went under my foot. I will now check the driver side better before an event. It ended up starting to rain on my last run so I only got 2 decent runs Saturday. Sunday was canceled due to Fog on the hill. It was also wet so no one ended up running which is a shame. Here is an un-edited video of one of the better runs. I lifted a lot since I was not used to the new setup.

[mgpdoc]

Mmmmmmmeaty

[SebastienPeek]

Ummm those Momo's, meaty tires, can I get a ohhh yeah!

[cblock406]

Those new wheels are going to look killer!

[hinrichs]

God this looks mean as hell!

Your going to like the next update.

So with continuing cleaning and generally checking over the car from the last race in prep for this weekend, I noticed a little grass on the ac core. Decided to throw the car up on the lift, and I was kind of amazed at what I found. Cleaned it out the best I could and got it back together. I will be swapping to a larger upgraded radiator over winter after seeing the size of the stock one. It works perfectly but seems small.

IMG-4282 (1) by minthinrich, on Flickr
IMG-4283 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Next up was to install the exhaust hanger 3d printed parts. Kind of cool someone makes these as you can see my stock rubber was gone. Cut it out and now the exhaust is sitting better and solid.

hangers by minthinrich, on Flickr

Now onto something actually fun and exciting. I was desperately searching for some used wheels as a spare setup for better tires. I test fit 315/30 at the last race so I knew I wanted to get tires for the big race of the year. I almost ordered another set of replica wheels in the standard z06 or another simple 5 spoke but I just could not commit to another set of heavy wheels. I also kind of **** the wheels on the car currently with cleaning and the color still bothers me. So I stumbled on MOMO website trying to find a different wheel, and ordered these.

IMG-4250 by minthinrich, on Flickr

18x10.5 et 55 which is almost perfect fitment all around. Of course 2 showed up as 17s but the correct 18s will be here sometime today. I think I read they weigh 22.5 lb each which really isnt bad. They sure feel light compared to my other wheel/tire combo. Threw one on for testing and decided to also paint the calipers which I regret brushing. I will redo them after race season or just get some wilwood calipers instead.

IMG-4271 by minthinrich, on Flickr
IMG-4271 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Last night I ran to Exton to grab some Hoosier A7 scrubs. 3 heat cycles will last a decently long time for what we do. I am not at the level of driving to need new ones yet. $600 is a lot better $1800 for a new set. I might try some NT01 or something similar next year but not sure. They are a little wider than the 285s haha.

IMG-4291 by minthinrich, on Flickr
IMG-4294 by minthinrich, on Flickr

[SebastienPeek]

God this looks mean as hell!

[hinrichs]

So I am not sure if I mentioned the dust at the race, but it was bad. I guess it was better than torrential downpours which usually always happen in years past. I wanted to take the E36 down in 2019 but it was canceled 2 times due to flooding and mud. Here is what the car looked like even after driving through some pouring down rain on the way home.

IMG-4188 by minthinrich, on Flickr
IMG-4189 by minthinrich, on Flickr

First thing to fix once I got home was the rear axle. It was throwing grease all weekend and creating a mess. The internet said pulling the axle was so hard. Yeah only took maybe 30 minutes. Yes the lift makes it very easy, but it would be just as easy down on stands. Maybe I am just getting fast at pulling the rear suspension now.

IMG-4237 by minthinrich, on Flickr

Old axle vs used. The one I got locally on ebay looked basically brand new. I didnt go aftermarket new simply to a few sizes listed and not knowing what was correct.

old axle by minthinrich, on Flickr new axle by minthinrich, on Flickr

I finally washed the car after doing the axle job. Inside still needs some work but thankfully was easy with just dusting it with a microfiber.

IMG-4241 (1) by minthinrich, on Flickr