So the SC400 did need a little more work then just a suspension rebuilding. We were looking for weight savings wherever we could. In doing some research via the Lextreme forums, I found some guys had success with EGR block off plates. If we were lucky we might even pick up some midrange power, but as tired as our engine is, I doubt we did. But it did remove a few pounds from the front of the car, which we desperately needed, and still to find more of.
Much cleaner. And now we could see how much of rat's nest there was down in the valley. Gross. Thanks shopvac, for taking care of that.
And in the sake of weight, Soren took to the wiring harness. Luxobarges have so many electronics, much of which we already removed. Unfortunately he also snipped the rear O2 sensors, and a couple wheel speed sensors too. Luckily they weren't too hard to splice back in.
And it was time for brake paint. We had decided on a new paint scheme this winter too, and we thought some nice 80's Porsche mint green painted calipers would look nice. Wow are they brighter then we thought.
Some new rotors courtesy of our friends at Frozen Rotors round out the look up front.
And out back.
And here we started work on removing the old stickers in preparation for the new design.
And we didn't get it done in time for Road America in April. So we rattle canned it with a rough estimation of what it might look like when we get to it.
And thanks to our friend Dan, we got to play around and weigh the car, in an attempt to see if we had roughly the right springs in the car. Under 3000lbs isn't bad if you consider where the car started!
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