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Aurora40 · 03-07-2006

I got my rear GS-D3's mounted today, and put the wheels on tonight. The fronts are on backorder, so I'll have those in a few weeks. I couldn't resist the urge, so I went for a spin.

I drive around for about 10-15 minutes first, letting the car warm up, gradually getting on it a little more. Anyway, when it was all warmed up, I found my usual spot, a right turn from an intersection onto a nice 55mph, lightly travelled, 1/2+ mile stretch of road before the next anything. No cars around, none coming, so I punch it. Well, put the GS-C's back on because those things spun like mad in 1st gear! I suspect they still need to be worn in a little bit, though, to have good traction. Anyway, hooked up for 2nd gear and WOW! The car pulled really hard!

I wonder if it's that my intake duct no longer collapses? Or the fresh helping of 35F air that the motor gets after pulling out that water shield off the airbox? Whatever it was, it was great!

As an aside, are the GS-D3's lighter than the GS-C's? The wheels/tires weighed a ton when I took them in, they didn't seem quite so bad when I got them back with new tires. The GS-C by itself is fairly hefty, I'd guess 20lbs easy. I wonder if real A-molds are much lighter than my AFS's? Maybe I need to step up to Dymags to shave some pounds...

03-07-2006	#1
Aurora40 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,713	Holy Cow!! I got my rear GS-D3's mounted today, and put the wheels on tonight. The fronts are on backorder, so I'll have those in a few weeks. I couldn't resist the urge, so I went for a spin. I drive around for about 10-15 minutes first, letting the car warm up, gradually getting on it a little more. Anyway, when it was all warmed up, I found my usual spot, a right turn from an intersection onto a nice 55mph, lightly travelled, 1/2+ mile stretch of road before the next anything. No cars around, none coming, so I punch it. Well, put the GS-C's back on because those things spun like mad in 1st gear! I suspect they still need to be worn in a little bit, though, to have good traction. Anyway, hooked up for 2nd gear and WOW! The car pulled really hard! I wonder if it's that my intake duct no longer collapses? Or the fresh helping of 35F air that the motor gets after pulling out that water shield off the airbox? Whatever it was, it was great! As an aside, are the GS-D3's lighter than the GS-C's? The wheels/tires weighed a ton when I took them in, they didn't seem quite so bad when I got them back with new tires. The GS-C by itself is fairly hefty, I'd guess 20lbs easy. I wonder if real A-molds are much lighter than my AFS's? Maybe I need to step up to Dymags to shave some pounds... __________________ Bob Saveland Former owner of #2517 [IMG]http://a.random-image.net/aurora40/vette.jpg[/img]