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Thats something Im gonna need to do......did an unplanned body mod sunday morning when my chainsaw on a pole decided to fall over onto my car......most of it buffed out but I have a good dent on the c pillar
I finished the AUX in mod that I started yesterday, the blank CD .wav file method.
Special thanks to Bohnman's Customs for the idea of front panel jack location, and TheLug.com for showing the left and right signal points on the pcb.
Nice, I was tempted to do that when my wife got pregnant....I only got the GTO a year before.got to keep it but if I had to go four door im pretty sure that's where I'd go
im working on selling some stuff so I can get a set of BC coilovers. Then im gonna have a overhall weekend. coilovers, ploy bushings, 1 piece DS.....again. Hopefully end up feeling more comfortable with the car and eliminating the rear squat.
Rear squat is tough to eliminate due to geometry and design. Only real way is to bump up spring rate significantly, unless you wanna go to air bags. Of course the coilover kit will help as well.
yeah I have been fighting it since I bought it, different springs, perch spacers shocks. I have struggle between throwing that much aftermarket stuff on my daily when I have my other project car for that and treating it the same way I would a project car.
Theres that blurry line to me where I feel its too much for daily, im really having a hard time identifying where that line is haha. Stock replacement parts isnt it though.
I like everything that you mentioned except the 1 piece driveshaft... I have had 2 different 1 piece driveshafts (still have in it now) and they both were/are clunky and noisy. First one was DSS (Drive Shaft Shop) with the adapter and the one in it now is a local performance shop made unit with U Joints. Both were/are more responsive but vibration and noise isn't worth it to me, just my .02.
this will be my second bought with it the first one I had actually came apart at the ujoint and I got a replacement I just havnt pulled the trigger on the install. My first go around wasnt great it vibrated pretty bad and had to be indexed to alleviate the vibration but it would still do it in neautral utnil I got it under 45MPH. Gonna give it another shot, not a fan of the two piece but im glad I kept it or I would have been taking a taxi to work for 2 weeks....... man arent these cars fun!
Yessir, FUN! There is a 2 piece performance driveshaft available but I don't remember the brand... A little searching over at L S ONE GTO dot com will be helpful if you are interested.
Carbon fiber ds helps keep the noise down. I use to make a custom kit with an aerospace tube. The specs on it were much above anything on the market today but it wasn't in the budget of too many. A properly engineered DS in c.f. can approach the quietness of the stock 2 piece That would cost over $2000 today to duplicate.
Driveline angles are another thing to look at. Cradle alignment and shims are sometimes needed to blueprint the angles.
As far as squat, if the simpler things don't fix it, you'll have to go in and change the bushings and improve the poor geometry of the rear control arm. Most alignment shops and owners don't understand how to use the eccentric Bush kit to their advantage.
07-20-2017, 09:53 AM
