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I'm satisfied with them. I've done about 900 km since mounting them, where about 100 occured yesterday at the track. In general, I'm impressed with the way they behave on bad roads, the noise level and the track performance. As you know, I have mostly used my GTV for spirited driving on twisty country roads so far. When I bought it, it had 7x17 wheels with Nankang NS2 tires in good shape and I considered them a positive surprise as well, both in terms of noise and comfort, but not grip... They were predictable but slippery. Once I fitted the Federal RSRs, I believe the noise actually decreased a bit, or at least changed to a slightly more enjoyable frequency, at highway speed (100-130 km/h) and they are definitely not worse in terms of bumpiness. As of today, I've run them at 2.7/2.5 bar front/rear on the road. There is one difference, though. The Federals tramline in a way that the Nankangs did not. On a normal Swedish highway, which maintains decent quality, the two tires behave in a similar way, but when you're on metropolitan commuting roads and country roads that are not as well maintained, the Federals are more nervous and require some attention. However, I don't usually drive cars with wide/nervous tires, so I'm not exactly used to it, but I still don't find the Federals unbearable in any way. It is to be taken into account that the Federals are 225 wide and the Nankangs are 215 wide, but the difference in stability is most likely caused by the more aggressive tire pattern of the Federals. It reminds you of Toyo R888s. What about yesterday's track event, then? Before I began my first laps, I lowered the pressure to 2.2/2.0 (= cold temp). I used intuition to find this number, then googled quickly to see what others have tried on the same type of car. Seemed OK, so I stayed there. Keep in mind that this was my first time on the track with this car. I started out carefully, getting to know the car and the track (haven't visited it in almost 2 years), gradually increasing the pace. Here is where I was impressed with the Federals, not only for one but two reasons. First, they were predictable in their behaviour, signalling clearly when they were about to let go. Second, they were very consistent as I kept counting laps. With rising heat, their grip level stayed virtually equal. They did not get slippery and edgy as the heat rose but stayed grippy. It remains to be seen how they last over time. Note that my car is standard chassis-wise. I still haven't fitted my Eibach camber bolts and I still haven't made my mind up and ordered an FK Silverline X coilover kit It's important to point out that the car rolled a lot in the corners, as it's soft both laterally and longitudinally. Of course, the camber in the front is far from ideal, but the Federals were still strong enough to cope reasonably. As you can see in the photo I posted before, most of the top layer of "hairs" on the shoulder of the front tires are gone, so the camber should be increased. It's possible that they would have benefitted from a few extra hectograms of air in the tires as well, though I never measure the tire pressure when they were warm. I'd definitely recommend the Federal RSRs if you use your GTV for enthusiastic driving on winding roads and on the track. For twisty roads only, there are probably better alternatives from "the big dragons" of tire manufacturers. Similarly, for pure track use, a full-spec R-compound tire like the R888, Yoko A048, Kuhmo V70A, MPSC, or why not try Federals FZ, copes better and most likely lasts longer. If you're just in it for the smile and don't mind every last tenth on your lap times, the RSRs are a genuinely good choice. How was that review, Mr Svendsen (and all the rest of you )?

Track premiere yesterday! Went to an open pitlane event at a nearby racetrack, Sviestad. Great weather, sunny with 22 C, but still not too crowded! The 997 GT3 RS wasn't a rare sight. There were 2 more just like it, along with lots of other expensive cars. BMW 1 M's, Audi TTRS and Corvette ZR1 among others, but also some E36 BMWs, a CRX and a couple of other fairly cheap cars. All in all, the GTV behaved and I had a lot of fun. Soft is a good way to summarize its behavior Missing quite a few of the "hairs" on the shoulder...

That Compact looks sweet. I have to admit that an M3 E36 Coupé is tempting... Good to hear about the FKs.

I saw a video of that E30 2JZ on YouTube, probably linked to yours. Got bored when the chassis seemed too adapted to drag race and it had a sequential gearbox... Enjoyed watching your vids more! At some point, I want to own an E36 M3 Coupé 3.2. I simply like it.

Were there other "cheap" cars attending?

Cool! It suits your Spider. The metallic blue color that some 916s have shifts a lot too. Dark blue, blue, purple.. Btw, your translation of "me gusta" is awesome

I wanna go do the same thing

Leave it. Your car looks clean as it is

The color of your Spider seems to shift a lot depending on the ambient light?

Looks like a great event I like that the Ph1s still had their black spoilers and sills, no resprays! And the Ph3 looks great in silver. One of those with the 3.2L Busso, please!

What is the diameter of the pipes used from the cat? I'd really wanna know since my exhaust is 2.5" all the way and slightly uncivilized...

Good! Some hands-on experience Yours dont fit my car...

Went for a Friday evening drive today.I accidentally ended up doing 20 km of gravel roads, so much fun! The TS oversteers on gravel and felt really easy to control The RSR tires were very slippery, obviously, and let go fairly abruptly. They also blasted the body panels with gravel... Lucky I don't care about that sort of thing with this car I also pushed the car hard on a lot of twisty and worn asphalt roads. The springs and dampers are... worn. There were a lot of squirming and bouncing going on. I saw that several sites have FK coilover kits on offer right now...

Awesome! Tell us more! As objectively as possible...

Thanks, will keep that in mind! It's great that advice keeps coming in while I'm downtown having a beer or three.

Naah, you'd all think I'm high On April 27, I put the following on the to-do list: I ordered Sparco 12mm hubcentric spacers incl bolts. The 20mm I used on dad's TB were good so I'm going Sparco again. The intake mount version 2.0 was painted black and fitted before the trip to the Italian Car Meeting at Skokloster 2 weeks ago. The brakes won't get any more responsive/better from bleeding, but I spotted a moist master clutch cylinder = potential source of the problem. Gonna look for new master + slave clutch cylinders. In the week to come, I plan on changing the valve cover gasket. Never done that before, so I'm excited

I'm sorry, but that seat belt installation is bad and will likely cause more injuries in the event of a crash, as opposed to reducing injuries like the standard 3 point seat belt does. Firstly, the shoulder straps should have no contact at all with the seat when you are strapped in. A race seat that's got shoulder strap holes should fit you so well in terms of backrest length that the shoulder straps go through the holes without touching the edges when you are buckled up. Consequently, as the straps are free to move around horizontally and rest on the seat's backrest, your current installation is dangerous. Secondly, the waist straps are, given the lack of guiding holes in the seats, free to move around too much. Unlike racing seats, these seats, and practically all street car seats with them, don't offer much support in any direction. In combination with the floppy waist straps, it is likely that your hipbones will slide beneath the waist straps in the event of a crash. In other words, the waist straps will do their best to crush a fair amount of internal organs in your torso. The waist straps should run over your hipbones at all times. Finally, seat belts with more mounting points than the standard 3-point version should, if you want to do it as close to perfect as possible, be fitted together with a roll cage (preferably with an integrated harness bar) and, needless to say, proper racing seats. I'm considering going halfway at some point in the future by installing a harness bar between the B-pillars, racing seats with sub-holes (5th and 6th strap) and 6-point harnesses, but a full rollcage is really the best option. I just want to offer friendly advise

The concept where something revolves around its own axis is mesmerizing... Maybe it's just me

Aah, that's what they are called!

Does the "pad" on this one have a floating midpoint, moving slitghtly at random while spinning as opposed to having a fixed midpoint like singel head cheapo machines?

So rather than getting a dual head machine, my alternatives are doing it by hand or buying a more expensive machine?

You crazy?

Thanks for that! I'll try a Swedish brand called Autorange/Lahega (www.lahega.se) but I haven't gotten around to buying a cheap dual head polishing machine yet...

Those tailpipes look great! Are the mufflers lined up after one another in the "tunnel" with a straight section between them?

The car has been waxed by the previous owner...?! Didn't expect that...