Can I hotwire the electronic shocks?

carl johansson · 06-26-2009, 02:11 PM

hey Paul,
How did the autoX go?,

Probably to late - but we just bought 25 buck shocks from the local autozone to replace the TEMS units - which were shot. No matter what you do - for 500 bucks - the bodys gunna roll quite a bit on you - heavy car - built as a highway cruiser. One thing that helped our lemon car - alot! is to remove the whole rear hatch - takes away about 75 or 80 lbs - and it's high weight - well above the center of gravity.

we typically go through a set of pads each day, change em over before the next day starts - unless it's a 1 day deal with no break - then we try to ride it out. We have found out that least is more on this car - the less you use the brakes - the faster your laptimes will be - letting off early - letting the car settle before tyou enter the corner - and accelerating through the corner is alot faster than grinding the brakes to slow the car - having it be squirrley through the corner - and getting a low exit speed.

we learned our lesson ther hard way - we had an adopted team member (as a favor to a friend) who thought he was going to prove to all of us and everybody else that he was NASCAR material - he completely destroyed the brakes in a 45 minute stint - and got out of the car bragging about how fast his lap times were. now we had a car that was vibrating and whining metal on metal - and had 3 hours to go. My brother and I both drove it using the brakes a grand total of 1X per lap (this is out at thunderhill - where brakes are King!) - anyway to make a long stiry short - we turned the fasted laps of the event (for our car) doing that - and made sure our ex co driver knew what a putz he was !

Hows the prep coming? we just started our second lemons supra - so we have one stationed in the midwest - and one here in california!
Carl Johansson
Johansson Brothers racing
87 supra - car 86!

06-26-2009, 02:11 PM	#8
carl johansson 3" Exhaust Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Auberry, California Posts: 141	hey Paul, How did the autoX go?, Probably to late - but we just bought 25 buck shocks from the local autozone to replace the TEMS units - which were shot. No matter what you do - for 500 bucks - the bodys gunna roll quite a bit on you - heavy car - built as a highway cruiser. One thing that helped our lemon car - alot! is to remove the whole rear hatch - takes away about 75 or 80 lbs - and it's high weight - well above the center of gravity. we typically go through a set of pads each day, change em over before the next day starts - unless it's a 1 day deal with no break - then we try to ride it out. We have found out that least is more on this car - the less you use the brakes - the faster your laptimes will be - letting off early - letting the car settle before tyou enter the corner - and accelerating through the corner is alot faster than grinding the brakes to slow the car - having it be squirrley through the corner - and getting a low exit speed. we learned our lesson ther hard way - we had an adopted team member (as a favor to a friend) who thought he was going to prove to all of us and everybody else that he was NASCAR material - he completely destroyed the brakes in a 45 minute stint - and got out of the car bragging about how fast his lap times were. now we had a car that was vibrating and whining metal on metal - and had 3 hours to go. My brother and I both drove it using the brakes a grand total of 1X per lap (this is out at thunderhill - where brakes are King!) - anyway to make a long stiry short - we turned the fasted laps of the event (for our car) doing that - and made sure our ex co driver knew what a putz he was ! Hows the prep coming? we just started our second lemons supra - so we have one stationed in the midwest - and one here in california! Carl Johansson Johansson Brothers racing 87 supra - car 86!