Suspension upgrades.
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Nope. Not unless you want super benign camber, less than -1 or so. The camber eccentrics have plenty of adjustment unless you're low rider low. The toe eccentrics are the problem when lowered. You need rear adjustable toe arms to get your toe in spec when you lower the rear. That is why a lot of people that lower their cars complain of eating the inside of the tires and blame it on camber when it's actually too much toe eating the tires. If your trashing the inner 1" or so of the tire, toe is your issue.
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No stupid questions here... 
. As a point of reference, when I bought my car a few years back it had aftermarket dog bones. They were kind of noisy as they made a bit of a clicking noise. I swapped them to the OEM units and besides the lack of noise could tell absolutely zero difference, on of off track. So I don't know. This seems to back up what I've been told. Your mileage may vary obviously.
. As a point of reference, when I bought my car a few years back it had aftermarket dog bones. They were kind of noisy as they made a bit of a clicking noise. I swapped them to the OEM units and besides the lack of noise could tell absolutely zero difference, on of off track. So I don't know. This seems to back up what I've been told. Your mileage may vary obviously.
"normal" rate now with them.. it seems.( on another note. my car would like to be like yours.. i'm about 1/2 way there
that is..until i saw that sunroof delete! 
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Thanks. Like I said, your mileage may vary. Obviously when you had your dog bones installed you had to have your car realigned. Your better tire wear may also be the result of a better alignment on the car.
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yes..i'm a couple/few alignments in at least on this car and that'll make a world of difference. my ( still/always ) learning curve was mostly on my 1st dead, but not forgotten tt. as you know there's nothing like having a set of ps2s wear at 5-6k miles from just ( ahem ) *normal* street driving to compel one to figure this whole thing out! thx again.
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yes..i'm a couple/few alignments in at least on this car and that'll make a world of difference. my ( still/always ) learning curve was mostly on my 1st dead, but not forgotten tt. as you know there's nothing like having a set of ps2s wear at 5-6k miles from just ( ahem ) *normal* street driving to compel one to figure this whole thing out! thx again.
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Tracking is like a crack habit. Be careful or you'll get hooked. Lol! It's very easy to make a car fast in a straight line but a lot more difficult to make one quick around a circuit where all elements come into play, driver, suspension, brakes, power, etc..
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Mine too! I still have my 18" twists with tires waiting in my garage!!!
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all kidding aside. i do hear willow springs calling me. but then i'd wan't/need coilovers and.. and... i'm afraid there'd be no end lol
i did just amaze myself again in a very swift canyon this AM though...these things are deceptively nimble once dialed in
there's just a couple of things from your "build sheet" i am considering. eg that 60/40 lsd rwd conv and dumping the accumulator before it dumps again... etc. etc... ad infinitum it never really ends.. does it lol
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wish i'd never left mine at the shop! then a cpl weeks ago i found a nearly mint set of gt2 twists for like 1500!!, passed on em.. told a guy here and when i saw them on his car. i nearly cried for not grabbin 'em lol. yeah.. i imagine tracking invloves lotsa extra "parts" .. and then there's my unpinned coolant lines lol
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wish i'd never left mine at the shop! then a cpl weeks ago i found a nearly mint set of gt2 twists for like 1500!!, passed on em.. told a guy here and when i saw them on his car. i nearly cried for not grabbin 'em lol. yeah.. i imagine tracking invloves lotsa extra "parts" .. and then there's my unpinned coolant lines lol
lol
. A buddy actually took a video which I watched last week - on VHS,,,remember those things!!! I really, really, really want to do that again (someday)!
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the irony is my car has the peeled calipers from willow but theyre not baked by me so we try not to talk about her chequered past and i also remember well my 1st fwy onramp in a blk 89-90 5.0! lol.. what a great fun car that was..great exhaust note iirc..
... seconding the apology to the op!
so we try not to talk about her chequered past and i also remember well my 1st fwy onramp in a blk 89-90 5.0! lol.. what a great fun car that was..great exhaust note iirc..... seconding the apology to the op!
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the irony is my car has the peeled calipers from willow but theyre not baked by me so we try not to talk about her chequered past and i also remember well my 1st fwy onramp in a blk 89-90 5.0! lol.. what a great fun car that was..great exhaust note iirc..
... seconding the apology to the op!
so we try not to talk about her chequered past and i also remember well my 1st fwy onramp in a blk 89-90 5.0! lol.. what a great fun car that was..great exhaust note iirc..... seconding the apology to the op!