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Re: Baron's '05 STi journal - **Lives again, waiting for new shoes**
Brought the car home on Sunday. Was nervous going over there to get it, as I was worried I'd see some spots on the cardboard I laid underneath. Happy to report it was completely clean! Primed it, and it started right up with good pressure. Warmed up, then went for a ~20 mile drive to get a feel for it again. Compared to the ST, it's crazy how short the throw is and how heavy the steering is. Also the positioning of the gear shift is so much lower in the STi than the Focus; feels like I'm reaching down to the floorpan to shift.
Had to get some planks for the end of the driveway though, since who knows when the street is getting repaired.
Was too exhausted Sunday night after having some people over for Westworld, so I didn't get down to change the oil while it was hot. I drained it last night though, and there were a lot less metal flecks in the oil sample and on the magplug, so hopefully that means things are wearing in nicely. Gonna send a sample out of course.
I also took a peek at the rear strut clearance aaaaaaannnd it looks like it's gonna be fucking close. There's just about 1/4" from the wheel lip to the locking collar, so at this point I'm not sure how well this is gonna go with the Volks. It'll be roughly a 3mm gap when mounted and with a wider shoulder on the RE-71R(I hear they are wide for a 255), I'm not entirely confident I'll have enough room to account for tire flex. Not gonna know until those damn wheels arrive though. Clearance isn't an issue up front though and the only thing I can think of right now is running spacers, which I very much want to avoid if at all possible. Looking at other coilovers, these 510s don't seem to be discernibly different from any other strut/locking collar. Raising the rear would move the collar out of the way but it would have to come up another 1/4" at the very least, and it's already high enough; the threaded strut bodies are already quite high in their total adjustment since the default settings from Fortune were way too low. I really hope I can run these wheels damnit.
Stay tuned.
Brought the car home on Sunday. Was nervous going over there to get it, as I was worried I'd see some spots on the cardboard I laid underneath. Happy to report it was completely clean! Primed it, and it started right up with good pressure. Warmed up, then went for a ~20 mile drive to get a feel for it again. Compared to the ST, it's crazy how short the throw is and how heavy the steering is. Also the positioning of the gear shift is so much lower in the STi than the Focus; feels like I'm reaching down to the floorpan to shift.
Had to get some planks for the end of the driveway though, since who knows when the street is getting repaired.Was too exhausted Sunday night after having some people over for Westworld, so I didn't get down to change the oil while it was hot
. I drained it last night though, and there were a lot less metal flecks in the oil sample and on the magplug, so hopefully that means things are wearing in nicely. Gonna send a sample out of course. I also took a peek at the rear strut clearance aaaaaaannnd it looks like it's gonna be fucking close. There's just about 1/4" from the wheel lip to the locking collar, so at this point I'm not sure how well this is gonna go with the Volks. It'll be roughly a 3mm gap when mounted and with a wider shoulder on the RE-71R(I hear they are wide for a 255), I'm not entirely confident I'll have enough room to account for tire flex. Not gonna know until those damn wheels arrive though. Clearance isn't an issue up front though and the only thing I can think of right now is running spacers, which I very much want to avoid if at all possible. Looking at other coilovers, these 510s don't seem to be discernibly different from any other strut/locking collar. Raising the rear would move the collar out of the way but it would have to come up another 1/4" at the very least, and it's already high enough; the threaded strut bodies are already quite high in their total adjustment since the default settings from Fortune were way too low. I really hope I can run these wheels damnit.
Stay tuned.
