Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Thursday, December 11 2003 Volume
02 : Number 320
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:49:37 +0100
Subject: Re: Team3S: RE: Borla resonance (was: Hi-flow cats)
No, Borla did not changed anything. The cat flange is the same as it
was
years ago.
The three baffles from Borla customer service have to installed in
the
different pipings at their connections. I have only read one positive
psot
on the 3si board but that's it. IMHO, the mufflers are way too small for
a
3l turbocharged engine and therefore you'l lalways have a droning.
The droning is very annoying when driving under load, i.e. up a hill.
Especially if you have someone with you in the car you can't speak. It
semms
that the resonance is changed with the baffles but it is still there.
Roger G.
93 & 96 3000GT TT
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:47:25 -0500
Subject: Re: Team3S: Autobahn Brake Upgrade Continued
At 11:01 AM 12/10/2003, Engelmann Peter A Maj AFELM PEP wrote:
>... the front brakes are completely shot, pads, rotors, and even the
>calipers. (The front right caliper had 7 of 8 pistons
stuck!
Your partial differential equation contains an error! It is both
calipers that have 8 pistons, not each.
>2. Chuck Willis says 2nd gen calipers/rotors are a "close fit" on
1st gen
>rims. Does that mean it's a risky combination?
I think they either fit or they don't. If they do, then everything is great
and there is nothing in between that could be risky. The only thing that I
keep hearing is that they do not fit without problems. Did those who fit
them use spacers? FYI, I have sell spacers if those are needed.
and I have a set of 15 mm H&R ones in the "One-off" section.
>3. Fitting problems aside, any problems with 2nd gen brakes on
1st gen rims
>on the front, but keeping 1st gen brakes on 1st gen rims on the
rear?
A little worse performance than what it could have been but there is no
serious problem here.
>4. Any problems with 2nd gen brakes on 2nd gen rims on the front,
but
>keeping 1st gen brakes on 1st gen rims on the rear?
Just differently looking rims.
>5. I have to replace the front calipers. Used or new?
Does anyone know
>where I can get used 1st gen calipers? (My mechanic laughed when
I asked
>about the availability of used parts here in Germany!)
Tell your mechanic it is Mitsubishi, not Dodge, and the parts will be
immediately available from a Mitsu dealer.
> If I have to go with new, can I still get new 1st gen?
Someone
> mentioned that for the price of new, I should check out other upgrade
> kits. Geoff Mohler, Philip Glazatov, suggestions?
I am in the progress of making several custom brake upgrade kits with AP
Racing, Big Reds and StopTech rotors and calipers. They should all be done
shortly after the New Year. Some of them I can make rather quickly in just
a few weeks. The rear kits are in the works but a little farther down the
road. My pricing is fair too in case you are interested.
Philip
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