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Old May 22, 2003 | 05:17 AM
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I talked to my boy Joe from Pennsylvania (a SHO mechanic by trade) and told me that kuhmo's are shit on SHO's. (at least the 712's are). He did however tell me about ConitExtreme Contacts. He said they are very much the shit. His SHO makes around 220 at the wheels and he said he can launch his car in the rain with minimal wheelspin. He said they track well, have good lateral stability and excellent traction in the dry, and wet. He also said they're $82 a piece on www.tirerack.com . Tehy're also the highest rated tire in their catagory, and from tire rack that's good enough for me. I think i have made my decision.

As for the sub frame connectors...
On unibody cars the body flex is disgusting. It delivers a rediculously smooth ride but your chassis bends twists and flexes like someone doing a grind workout... NOT GOOD. Especially since i have a heavy ass 3500lb car. Preloading the frame won't cause any negative effects to the car because it affects the chassis only. The other place i need to reinforce are the engine mounts (which are practiacally toast). Once this is done it will cut down on almost all of the chassia ans engine travel in the car giving me much better responses, firmer shifts, and less Tq steer which right now is horrible...