Knightrider666

Recently bought a set of Subaru Legacy ~1” King Lowering Springs from Primitive Racing. Other than having to wait for newer generation spring seats to arrive from a Subaru Dealer, they installed flawlessly on my Legacy Shocks. After confirming my order, a Primitive Racing Rep sent me an email advising these springs would be “a lot of DROP for a Baja” and clearly that person knew what they were talking about. From Baja Springs to these Lowering Springs was a drop of almost 3” in the front.

As an added bonus, the replacement is Clean The internet said it could be done, so I did it. Although the internet wasn’t entirely correct, I did pull out the grody old Suzuki shock, and plonked in my New (to me) ZX10R shock and spring. Supposedly, I’ll get the following added bonuses: -Increased spring rate for the rider who doesn’t frequent a gym as often as one should -Full adjustability for Preload, Rebound, and Compression for the riders who knows what they’re doing

Keep Improving The Steering So I finally found a nice junkyard around which had a nice Cherokee with steering box already detached. It was a relatively simple procedure to remove the steering shaft with only 2-bolts holding it on. It would have been simpler if the steering wheel wasn’t locked in place, but junkers can’t be choosers.

Owning an older car for more than a decade gives you a window into the minds of the people who designed and built the thing. Parts break, and when you fix them, you see the handy work that went into the original part. You see the purpose and execution of the design. Some of these things make you think “Oh, I see what Mr. Engineer did there! Clever girl.” Others make you think, “Meh, must of done it to save costs.” But every so often, you come across something that just makes you think: “WTF were they thinking!”

Owning an older car for more than a decade gives you a window into the minds of the people who designed and built the thing. Parts break, and when you fix them, you see the handy work that went into the original part. You see the purpose and execution of the design. Some of these things make you think “Oh, I see what Mr. Engineer did there! Clever girl.” Others make you think, “Meh, must of done it to save costs.” But every so often, you come across something that just makes you think: “WTF were they thinking!”

The Contestants If you look into my CT garage, you will see my pride and joy: a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am . It is a car I’ve been working on for almost a decade, and have enjoyed every minute of it. I’ve gotten my hands on just about every part of it, and very few parts don’t have a replacement or modification lined up once the money comes in. However, what you won’t see in my garage is the competition.

The Purpose This post will detail my design process for the creation of a splitter for my 1982 Trans Am. I’m building a splitter for two reasons; the first being that I want to. I have spare sheet metal and spare time, so why not make something productive.

To think this was rated 5-Stars back in the day. No airbags and a destroyed front have of the car. Terrifying to think what would happen in a front end collision at highway speeds. The test of the ‘82 Camaro didn’t look any happier.