Well, with more than 38K miles on her clock, it’s time for brakes. And, instead of replacing the chalk pads with more chalk pads, I’m starting with EBC Greenstuff pads on the front only. I’ll be doing the rears mid February. After that will be upgraded rotors and stainless steel lines. hopefully by the end …
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Next Racer Factory Event
The next Racerfactory.com event is coming up in March at Pahrump. Who’s going? I know I’m going to do my best to make it out, hopefully with upgraded brakes and possibly some suspension mods as well.
How Roxy got her name
Robert asked an interesting quesiton in a previous comment, worthy of a complete explination… Shortly after placing my order for Roxy I (BRG/W MCS, package 1 & 2), Concrete Blonde release their 5th studio album, the first in about 10 years, Group Therapy. The very first track on this disc is called, remarkably enough, Roxy …
Tires
I forgot to mention… Before going out to the track this last weekend, I was FINALLY able to get rid of the Goodyear All-Season run-flat tires! I opted for a set of Yokohama AVS ES 1000 ($99 each, installed @ Discount Tire), 205/50 16. What a difference! Overall ride quality has GREATLY improved. By leaps …
Buttonwillow, part III
This time with pictures! The track was fast! The event was mostly MINI’s, some Radical cars, a few Ferrari’s and the standard compliment of VW’s and Audi’s. As usual, Rich over at racerfactory.com did a great job of keeping everything organized and everyone ready to go. Pahrump is coming up at the end of March…you …