godwhomismike Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Here are the other two pages. I am go to try to fix the size so your can read it from this site. Awesome - thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickvic Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Great article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o- c-uTe Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I like speed, wish they had subscription offered. Do they yet? *Edit - They do now. Woot. Another car mag. Yes they do. Every 2 months I think a new one comes out. Go HERE to sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmm def Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I signed up, awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driggity Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 .91 g on R-compounds isn't really that surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno1453 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Anyone going to post versions we can actually read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickvic Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 (Sarcasm hat on) Yeah I suppose your right Bruno, Private messaging is just too much work. (Sarcasm hat off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno1453 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 (Sarcasm hat on) Yeah I suppose your right Bruno, Private messaging is just too much work. I didn't mean to direct this comment toward anyone in particular. I just wanted some swinging d1ck in the field to...maybe I should respond via PM. (Sarcasm hat off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmiata Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I may have missed it in an early post, but what hasn't been mentioned is they also added lowering springs to the "Speed" car (in addition to the sway bars and wheel/tire upgrade). I'm sure that was a factor in the excellent skidpad numbers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sduford Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 OMG WTF!!!!!! You mean the tires we have are crap?!?! No, apparently they are just fine, as long as you drive within their limits Sylvain www.digitalfotographer.com - Audi Q5 Club - MB-GLK Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerdave Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Can anyone post up the *specific* parts installed on the car? (brand, model, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 No, apparently they are just fine, as long as you drive within their limits I think my Yokohamas on my Kia had a higher limit than these shitty excuses for tugboat padding. http://www.maritimeusa.com/photos/tugboat.gif I'm pricing out to see what's a good M+S tire with good life and also excellent grip in both the dry and the wet. - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmm def Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I think my Yokohamas on my Kia had a higher limit than these shitty excuses for dock padding. I'm pricing out to see what's a good M+S tire with good life and also excellent grip in both the dry and the wet. - Mike Be sure to look at the Pirelli PZero-Nero M+S. Excellent for the $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver72 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I may have missed it in an early post, but what hasn't been mentioned is they also added lowering springs to the "Speed" car (in addition to the sway bars and wheel/tire upgrade). I'm sure that was a factor in the excellent skidpad numbers... And sway bars. So, stickier tires, lowered/stiffer suspension, and sway bars easily equals .91g on a skidpad with our car. BUT, unless this SPEED magazine did a stock tests (acceleration, braking, handling) THEN did the mods and retested, it's a bit unscientific as to how much the mods improved the car (specifically braking and handling). If they did do a stock run and mention it in the article...great. If not...WTF and why NOT? By the way, the BBS RE wheels they put on were 18x8 inch. They weigh 19.0 lbs (.8 lbs lighter than stock) negligible really. But that extra 1 inch wider wheel will give a big boost in grip. And depending on what size tire they put on (VERY good chance it was a 235/40/18 they put on a TALLER tire/wheel combo, and the tire is probably HEAVIER than the stock tire. So taking it all into account, the acceleration times would pretty much be what a stock LGT would do. And there times confirm that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobY Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Not too stiff. Those stock struts wont handle much over stock too well. Thats why I went with a coilover. 0.91 is still pretty impressive for so little modding. Of course most of it had to do with the stickier rubber I suspect. Not bad on a mostly stock plush stock suspension. And the way the G tests are done. By nature it must be a constant... 0.91 g's. Not for a brief moment, not on the verge of disaster or spinning out. What they do is take the car out on a 300 foot diameter skidpad. Then they drive it in a circle until they reach a speed where they begin to slide out a little bit to the outer circumfrence... Then they keep that speed constant. The speed that they drive around in circles in is mathmatically derived to produce a G-rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eamiller Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I'm curious as to the audio setup they have installed in it.. Of course, there's no pictures of that, nor an explanation.. It was interesting to read, and nice to see some numbers after mods. Although, those springs drop the car way to low for my daily driving.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o- c-uTe Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Here are the links to the 4 page article. With the help of scans007 (Steve) here we are able to show you the article now. Enjoy;) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Just right click and save, then view them and use a zoom to read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 60-0 112ft? holy#$@#$ Page 3 = tiny, can't read what they did to the brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver72 Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Guys, throughout this thread people have been stating a skidpad of .91 It's actually .93 the LGT got with those basic mods. What's a bummer is they didn't list the trap times on their 1/4 mile pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno1453 Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 o|-| c|-|uTe and scans007, thanks for the article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerdave Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 P3 is hard to read, but they adapted STi front brakes to fit the LGT... at least that's what I was able to read while squinting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driggity Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 P3 is hard to read, but they adapted STi front brakes to fit the LGT... at least that's what I was able to read while squinting. You can also see that on one of the big pictures on Page 2. I'd imagine that the biggest improvement in braking distance came from the tires though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobY Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 60-0 112ft? holy#$@#$ Page 3 = tiny, can't read what they did to the brakes. I think it has more to do with what they did with the tires... (those distances best an STi) Edit Apparently not in this test* But it did kick its bum in the slolom Dont underestimate the diffence a tire can make... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattg Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 cool article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I've made the files into a PDF, approx. 372k. Except for the 3rd page it's very readable. http://moojohn.com/subaru/lgtarticle.pdf o|-| c|-|uTe / scans007 - can you get us a full-size copy of page 3? I'll insert it into the PDF if you can. Great article! EDIT: Page 3 now updated - ready to go, 380k, same URL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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