I have 41k original miles so Id like to think that the suspension is hardly worn at all. The car was owned by an old lady and babied for the first 24k miles from new in 96-09. I am the second owner and I have brought it from 24k this time last year to 41k now. I have a truck now to so the car will hopefully only be seeing 5-7k miles a year from here on out. It has never been driven in the winter and I dont even let it see rain any more.
Yes the tires indeed suck. Sumitomos suck big time lol but no better tire to burn the shit out of at their price.
About the DR's... like I said I would guess that any good tire would make pretty quick work of the 10 bolt. I would like to get another year out of the 10 bolt before buying a 9" for a winter of 2011 install. Then after the 9" was in I would get another set of rims with drag slicks. I was thinking 15" bogarts because they look cool as hell, have reduced friction with front skinnys over my 275s, significant rotational mass reduction, and I would assume all sorts of traction with large sidewall slick rear tires. Which would all be great with the H/C swap. Then most importantly of all I can still roast my shitty cheap tires on my ZR1 rims as much as I would like.
The cage is kinda necessary because all verts under 13.49 (remember I am at best of 13.6 with about, oh idk, 250-300 extra pounds in the car and the worst tires I could buy) have to have a 5 point to run at NED. I wouldn't get it otherwise because I think a cage looks silly on a vert. So I plan on a bolt in version that I will put in when going to the track and take back out when I am not.
What is most important to keep in mind is that I am not very concerned with track times right now. Im not a track rat. I will be mainly going to car shows and cruises with a whole lot of burnouts and parking lot powerslides along the way. I guess what I am trying to say is that I dont really care if my car is as fast as it could be. Speed is fun but getting no grip at speed when I plant the pedal is much more fun to me. That being said on the very VERY rare occasion I do go to the track I would like to see grip. The hooligan aspect is whats most fun about these cars to me. I only drive the car when I want to go out and cause a ruckus lol.
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