My Fg's Front End. Camber. Custom Koni's.

[nelsonian101]

Thought I would post some pics of my FG's front end.

Pretty much perfect now for street and track in my opinion.

Brakes:

4pot Brembos.

Switch pads for circuit days.(Have used circuit Endless PC35, SBS Dual Carbon Race and next set will be Project Mu H16-03. Street prefer Brembo stock pads. Didn't like Hawk ceramic at all.)

DBA5000 T3 rotors. Much lighter, cooler and alloy hat is easier on front bearings.

Lines are braided stainless. Fluid AP Racing 5.1.

Suspension.

You can just see the light blue MASSIVE front sway bar. Custom Selby, which is solid too.

I now also have heavy duty sway bar links. Control arm bushes were upgraded by Wholesale Suspension in Sydney.

Rest of the work below was done at East Coast Suspensions.

Shocks are custom, gutted re-valved Koni reds to allow much more flow.

Primary spring is a 650lb Motorsport coil.

These were perfect for circuit but lack of travel meant they were very poor on small and large bumps on the road. This was solved by adding the secondary purple springs. They are usually set at the top but I need the space to adjust the camber bolts.

At the top of the shock you can see 1 camber bolt each side. I can go from stock to 3.5deg negative without affecting wheel alignment.

Results are, I reckon, one of the best handling FG's out there.

[Bomber]

^^^ Nice write up mate. I'm chasing a set of 4 piston brembos myself. Are you still running the stock caliper with unvented rears?

[nelsonian101]

^^^ Nice write up mate. I'm chasing a set of 4 piston brembos myself. Are you still running the stock caliper with unvented rears?

Have the Territory upgrade for rear with slotted 328mm Ventilated Rotors.

[Bomber]

Ah, nice. Is that the same as FG F6 spec then?

[nelsonian101]

Ah, nice. Is that the same as FG F6 spec then?

Yep, but it's fronts that do 90% of the work.

Edited 26/06/12 12:55 AM by nelsonian101

[ScatterBrain]

what have you done to prevent the toe from changing when you move the top bolt from one setting to another?

[nelsonian101]

what have you done to prevent the toe from changing when you move the top bolt from one setting to another?

Dave from East Coast Suspensions in Sydney did the set up and we measured toe difference which was minimal.

Some shim adjustments were made too.

You raise a valid point that has got me thinking.

I've always had problems with front inner tyre wear on theis FG, even with stock suspension. Had different wheel alignment places have a crack at it too. Have given up and use directional tyres now which can be flipped.

[poida97]

Brakes:

4pot Brembos.

Switch pads for circuit days.(Have used circuit Endless PC35, SBS Dual Carbon Race and next set will be Project Mu H16-03. Street prefer Brembo stock pads. Didn't like Hawk ceramic at all.)

DBA5000 T3 rotors. Much lighter, cooler and alloy hat is easier on front bearings.

Lines are braided stainless. Fluid AP Racing 5.1.

Sounds good. How do the 4-pots cope with track days? Ie how many laps before fade creeps in?

I'm trying to decide between a set of 4-pots that I can get for half the price of 6-pots (about $1200 from my brother - they are leftovers from another project) - or if I should just go the whole hog and save the $2100 for a 6-pot setup. Hate the fact that I can barely get 2 laps out of the stock brakes, even with QFM A1RM pads and 600 degree fluid!

Edited 24/07/12 10:48 PM by poida97

[nelsonian101]

4 pots are fine for track days if the 5.1 or higher fluid is fresh.

Usually only do 5 laps at a time depending on track length.

The rubber dust seals burnt off long ago though

I only track the car during the winter months and am careful with warm down laps.

Even use an industrial fan on the brake/engine when I pull into pits.

I swap the pads for the track days and most recent ones are carbon Project Mu H16-03.

Don't fade until 900deg.

Recently cut some slots in the front guard with foglights removed to improve airflow and brake cooling.

What fluid are you using?

Most 600 Race Fluids have a dry boiling point of around 320deg C and wet 200deg C.

Are you confusing this with brake pad temps?

[thatguy]

Nice brakes and nice sway bar !

But what is between the upper spring seat and the chassis? Is it the factory rubber bush or some kind of solid adapter?

If it is the rubber bush then it is likely totally farked and I think you would do well to source a proper 2.5" upper spring mount/hat.

P.S. the 600° refers to Fahrenheit not Celsius - so you're both correct.

Edited 04/09/12 05:44 AM by thatguy