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  1. Pablo Pistoffo

    Vibra-Technics Rear Motor Mount and why polyurethane bushings might be a bad decision

    I had Powerflex inserts for the two upper mounts and a series of different poly mounts, and was noticing a thunk starting to develop again under load. Replaced all three with a set of Vibra-Technics, and have been mostly ok with it so far. Certainly more NVH than stock, maybe slightly reduced...
  2. Pablo Pistoffo

    Paul's STH build

    It has been a couple years since I got the coilovers, so I'm going off memory, but there was just some very slight rubbing if I'd hit a bump mid corner (we have horrible parking lots here). The bigger issue for me was scraping my lower two point brace on speed bumps- somebody decided to put some...
  3. Pablo Pistoffo

    Paul's STH build

    oh, for the winter I have some studded Nokians on 15" steelies- tire shops get slammed during spring and fall, so I just swap on the appropriate wheel and tire- it just takes 10 minutes in the garage. I have Continetal DWSs on the stock wheels for shoulder seasons and for dailying in the...
  4. Pablo Pistoffo

    Paul's STH build

    It was pretty low- it was new in the first picture in this thread, here is a little later that summer. The 15" wheels and tires do leave a bigger gap in the arches than it does with the stock 17s, and I think it settled a smidge as well.
  5. Pablo Pistoffo

    RE-71RS rolling over. Soft suspension?

    That is pretty odd, I wouldn't expect much rollover at that kind of pressure (although i have no experience with the new Bridgestones. One thing you might want to check is if your tire gauge is still accurate, but that's about all I could think of.
  6. Pablo Pistoffo

    How many of you drive your fist in winter?

    I just used anti-seize as prescribed by Fortune Auto
  7. Pablo Pistoffo

    How many of you drive your fist in winter?

    Another vote here for studded Hakkas- I daily my FiST year round, and they are great tires. I used to swap out the coils, but that was a pain so I just leave them on all year now. It has been an interesting winter.
  8. Pablo Pistoffo

    Whining noise with acceleration. I’m thinking maybe gearbox but I’m not sure.

    Right after I installed my tune, I noticed a significant whine under heavy acceleration, but it was my spouse.
  9. Pablo Pistoffo

    This is what I fear the most in my FiST

    I agree autocross is probably the easiest, safest way to find the limits of the these cars and refine driving skills at the same time. EDIT: Unless you're in some sort of emergency situation, there really aren't any cases where the FiST's handling will bite you on the street. They're...
  10. Pablo Pistoffo

    Warm up Engine Before Driving?

    This is a constant matter of discussion up here in Alaska. When I was growing up, our cars were carbureted, so they would literally barely run when it was cold enough- you could put it into gear and it would likely stall. Since then, fuel injection happened, and cars are much better at running...


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