Present and past:
Well... sofar I didn't modify much...
The only modifications I have is a PRD Short throw shifter and a K&N Airfilter in a stock airbox.
Beginning of August i changed the tranny fluid and put some Royal Purple synthetic tranny oil in. I bought it very cheap from Racesearch.com. Shifting became a lot easier, especially with the shortened throw from the PRD shifter.
On August 12th i finally finished the install of my Eibach lowering springs...
what a PITA that was... 2 of the 4 screws for the ABS Sensors broke off :(
Cheap Autozone spark plug cables went bad after only 3 month, so i decided to go with the REAL stuff. NGK wires are responsible for spark delivering now.
I also made a Dynorun of my stock engine at July 29 2000
Future:
Because of scary moments at the Auto-X I decided to do a big brake conversion on the front wheels in the very near future.
For middle of year 2001 there is a complete engine rebuild with a stroker kit scheduled.
After the rebuild is done, a turbocharger for providing about 20psi boost is planned
Auto-X
Here are the results from my races I participated:
Utica Raceway results My first auto-x ever. I'm hooked on that racing stuff.
Here are some pics from the auto-x at Utica Raceway.
Blackhawk farms raceway results from September 30th 2000. Lots of fun.
Here are some infos about upcoming races:
Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs holds information about upcoming events in the Chicago area.
Sports Car Clubs around Chicago
Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs
Full Throttle Rafing Club
Lakeshore Sports Car Club
Madison Sports Car Club
North Suburban Sports Car Club
Salt Creek Sports Car Club
Rockford Sports Car Club
Information about SOLO II racing
Solo II Novice Handbook has information about basic rulesets of SOLO II events
Solo II class specifications shows the major differences between the classes.
Technical Info:
I measured the resistance of the fuel level indicator and this are my results:
Gas tank empty: 103 Ohm
Gas tank full: 2 Ohm
So in case you want do redo your instrument panel, this are the values you wanna keep in mind. Autometer gauges only go from 73 Ohm empty to 8 Ohm full.
Oh well....
Some important links for Probe enthusiasts
Probetalk UBB is the coolest Bulletin Board for Probes! nuff said.
CHIPOC is the Chicago Probe Owner Club. Coolest Probes in the Chicago and surrounding area!
Probesport Racing Development produces some nice performance products for the probe.
Ross' PGT Performance is another good site on how to modify your probe.
SubZero's Probe GT Turbo is a side about turbocharging a 2nd gen Probe GT.
Probe/Mazda626 Information site has LOTS of information about how to maintain and fix your most common car problems.
Hye-Dra-Cyl LLC sells a front brake upgrade with 4 piston racing calipers, rotors, brake lines and mounting hardware. Check it out!
Brian's PGT Performance shows you how to build up a high 13's probe.
ProbeNet has some good technical information on how your engine works.
Performance Probe has good information about performance issues with probes.
International Fordsite network has a large collection of Ford sites around the world in all kind of languages.
Ford Probe Seite für Liebhaber is a nice german site about Ford Probes.
Links for general performance parts for every kind of car
Stores on the Internet
SP Motorsports has some goodies for the Probe.
Racesearch.com has a huge amount of performance parts for all kind of cars.
Carparts.com carries replacement parts and performance parts for the probe and other cars. Coupon #1963005 is a 1/3 off coupon, valid till 03/31/2001
OG Racing carries also a good selection of racing equipment.
Summit Racing carries a huge amount of aftermarket parts for all kind of cars
Jeg's has a wide variety of performance parts.
Manufacturers for special applications
Pro Tape Signs carries magnetic numbers and letters for identification in SOLO racing.
SPA Technique is THE brand for digital gauges. I don't know anything better.
Stack Instruments manufactures instruments for the serious racer.
Autometer is a manufacturer of quality gauges for every kind of car
Lotus Esprit Performance page with lots of goodies for the Do-It-Yourselfer
Autospeed carries some articles about performance improvement and do-it-yourself projects.
A'PEXi carries ECU piggyback devices for fuel management, boost control and many other applications.
Turbonetics engineers, builds and sells turbos.
SDS DFI manufactures a cheap, good digital fuel injection. It does what its supposed to do and thats it.
tec II is a professional digital fuel injection that is programmable through a laptop and has additional input and output channels.
Haltech also manufactures a digital fuel injection close to the one from SDS but also includes logging of data and some other fun stuff.
MoTeC manufactures engine management systems and other electronics for engine control.
Speedbleeder[TM] helps you bleeding your brakes in less than 20 minutes.
NGK manufactures high performance spark plugs and wires.
Hose Techniques manufactures vacuum hoses in different colors for many different car types.
I/O Port Racing is a distributor for Autopower rollbars and rollcages.
Snap On manufactures premier, high quality tools.
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