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Dear Banner Boy,

Glad to see that Laguna Seca " elevated " your little Red Rocker as the new "Poster Child!" She does look mean in those curves!

This made me laugh! So funny!

WillyDaP wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 4:18 am Dear Banner Boy,

Went for a leisurely drive with a stop at our favourite local farm market before it closes for the season.

Bruinfn4lf wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:49 pm Went for a leisurely drive with a stop at our favourite local farm market before it closes for the season.

Nice photo! Peaceful and classy.

Bruinfn4lf wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:49 pm Went for a leisurely drive with a stop at our favourite local farm market before it closes for the season.


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@Bruinfn4lf After seeing this photo, I am now headed out for a drive this morning. Thanks for posting!

A drive out to a plateau where the pavement ends and a great view of Pikes Peak.

Went to the Space Coast Region Oktoberfest. My car is somewhere on the left

Bought some used parts and started the install process.

Bilstein B16 struts with Tarett strut tops, swift linear spring upgrade and the front includes an extended arm and longer endlink for better front sway bar end link angle.

Stock struts with H&R VTF lowering springs vs B16, notice the location of the PASM cables.

GT3 rear control arms. These have a solid tension arm puck.

The part I did not love doing was the routing of the PASM cables. The B16 PASM cables are like a GT4, the cables route from the bottom instead of the top as they are an inverted damper design. This is a good thing for performance but it means I had to route PASM extension cables.

In the front it was quite straight forward, from the bottom of the struts under the fender liner and up to the top of the front struts. In the rear not so much fun for me as I had to route from the bottom of the struts along the wheel speed sensor cable under the forward fender liner, through the unused port in the grommet to get into the car then under the dense sound deadening foam under the storage cubby, up the inner fender well to the top of the rear struts along another wiring harness.

This required removing the trim at the top of the seat belts, the "harness bar", carpet above the engine, the storage panels and trim around the rear quarter windows, rear speaker panel and then the foam that is below the storage bins in order to clearly see where to route the PASM cables. I would rather remove a transaxle compared to removing trim.
Been having one cv axle boot leak again. Took the axle out and replaced the boots again on the driver side. New Boots, grease, clamps, rtv where the boots seal to the cup and axle. Ordered the alekshop rear hub cooling kit, hope that helps. Slang a bunch of grease at laguna. The next week new clamps, new grease and new clamps only to have a boot fail the following weekend at a local track. Had some trouble with some of the images, some are out of order, others are duplicates...oops

@J-Dub

That's an involved undertaking but I'm impressed with your ability and desire to tackle the undertakings. Hats off to you!

I am pretty sure the Porsche Motorsports rear hub cooling ducts that I had installed on the GT4 are the same as the ones from Alekshop. (I believe we discussed this at some point last off-season.) I have no doubt that they help a lot. More moving air is always good for high heat areas!

Yes we did discuss these previously. I started with the RS fins/guides that attach to the underside of the rear control arm as step 1. This will be step 2.

The FK COM12T bearings that Tarett uses in their GT3 control arms are Teflon/PTFE lined and keep loosening up after a handful of track days. I am considering trying a replacement set without the teflon liner.

I spend a couple hours at a time out there, having fun and not getting overwhelmed and taking it one section at a time.

blueline wrote: Mon Oct 27, 2025 6:16 pm @J-Dub

That's an involved undertaking but I'm impressed with your ability and desire to tackle the undertakings. Hats off to you!

I am pretty sure the Porsche Motorsports rear hub cooling ducts that I had installed on the GT4 are the same as the ones from Alekshop. (I believe we discussed this at some point last off-season.) I have no doubt that they help a lot. More moving air is always good for high heat areas!