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wstar

^ What he said.

Random progress updates:

The APRacing/Stillen BBK + CL RC6E pads are physically on the car, but the old calipers are still sitting in the backs of the wheel wells and hooked up to the brake lines. Tomorrow's the planned day to swap to the fresh braided lines and bleed the system and bed the rotors, etc.

I've got (in the garage or in-shipment) a CSF radiator, a bunch of silicone coolant hoses, an upgraded 25-row series-9 oil cooler, a new thermostat (Mishimoto's, to replace the one cut out at the track), etc. I'm giving up on sorting out a Laminova-like cooling setup for now, because I need the car to get colder and work right for a pair of upcoming track weekends like now, and there's no time to experiment. This is just a rehab of all my cooling system, with the water, oil, and trans coolers all getting larger/better (my old 19-row oil cooler will replace the even smaller existing trans cooler).

Also have Z1's engine/trans mounts on the way, will replace those while the radiator's out. Also planning to gut the engine-bay side of the HVAC stuff while the radiator's out, but will probably just plug/cap the lines going to the interior of the car at the firewall for now, no time to dig apart all the under-dash stuff.

Next event: May 18-19 @ Texas World Speedway.

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ChrisSlicks

You'll want some of these unless you like your dust boots extra crispy

DH586 Titanium Brake Shims for AP Racing CP7040 Caliper

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sig11

Do they really work? I just had my brakes rebuilt and roasted them again the day after.

ChrisSlicks

I got them at the end last year but since my seals were already in a toasted state (refreshed in the spring) so I can't say yet. I will be replacing the seals and dust boots soon with high-temp parts and we'll see what happens.

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It's too bad they didn't design the kit with the CP5555 caliper, it has a recessed dust boot and a better bridge support. It matches up almost identically in specs, would need a just slightly different bracket since the caliper sits a couple of mm higher.
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Hotchkis ARB | Stillen CAI | Art Pipes | Berk CBE | Stillen AP Racing Brakes | AE Performance Oil Cooler | BC Racing ER Coilovers | Doran Control Arms