Originally posted by GreenEX
Good advice from the other members on this thread, but there are a few thigns that were left out. In addition to R-compound tires (w/o ABS, I'd stay away from Hooisers, unless you're really good with brake modulation,) a set of lightweight wheels, stock size of course, helps low powered cars out a bit. The front sway bar and method of attachment is open, so you might improve your times by playing with that a bit. With my car, I kept the stock bar, but installed Energy Suspension urethane mounts, the greasable ones (they fit even though the catalog says there isn't an application for it, order the smallest casing available in your sway bar size) are great as they reduce binding and improve performance. You can then tune the amount of sway bar you want to dial in by loosening the endlink(s,) urethane again is a good thing to use in this case. One thing to pay attention to is the alignment, and the amount of tire rollover. Get some white show polish for this and to measure how much air pressure you need.
Actually a better way to measure you are using your tires to the fullest is using a pyrometer. Measure the outside, middle and inside tread to figure out what's the best.
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