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Something else to watch out for when having just too much fun in your Bullitt...
The other night I was approaching a red light. Car in the left lane, nobody in the right. Switch lanes to the right. The signal changes. Oh YEAH BABY! Drop a gear, down to 4th, step on it.
Now this particular intersection has a hump to it so if you hit it fast enough...
As I go over the top I back off a bit since there is no sense putting too big a shock into the drivetrain (pretty much always see that little green slug in these instances).
I land and hear this odd noise. Two days later I figure out what that noise was when I noticed that the left mud flap is <font color=red>GROUND OFF</font>! It has the tell-tale curly plastic hanging off of it. And this is with tire pressure of 32 front and 28 rear, so it is not a squished tire thing.
I guess we sit lower than I thought. BTW while all of the advertising, I mean press, I have read states Bullitts are 0.75 inches lower, BS. I rough measured at least 1.5 inches from a stock GT side-by-side one day.
The other night I was approaching a red light. Car in the left lane, nobody in the right. Switch lanes to the right. The signal changes. Oh YEAH BABY! Drop a gear, down to 4th, step on it.
Now this particular intersection has a hump to it so if you hit it fast enough...
As I go over the top I back off a bit since there is no sense putting too big a shock into the drivetrain (pretty much always see that little green slug in these instances).
I land and hear this odd noise. Two days later I figure out what that noise was when I noticed that the left mud flap is <font color=red>GROUND OFF</font>! It has the tell-tale curly plastic hanging off of it. And this is with tire pressure of 32 front and 28 rear, so it is not a squished tire thing.
I guess we sit lower than I thought. BTW while all of the advertising, I mean press, I have read states Bullitts are 0.75 inches lower, BS. I rough measured at least 1.5 inches from a stock GT side-by-side one day.