Dragged the blue Lancer out of the shed today, to prep it for next weekend’s round of the Deputy Four Hour.
First up was trying to fit the larger aftermarket rear swaybar that I bought a few months ago.
It would run directly through the exhaust, so scratch that idea.
Did fit some urethane bushes on the end of the links, just because I had them.
Then swapped the rear drums for rear discs.
Recipe is S40 brackets, calipers and handbrake cables, Mirage drum brake hubs, and new Mini rotors.
All bolts on, except for the need for the exact length (20mm) bolts to hold the caliper brackets into the blind holes in the trailing arm. The originals are way too short.
So time was spent cutting down some that I had.
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Then to fit the handbrake cables… I don’t know why, but this was an absolute nightmare of a job this time.
I particular, the cables were super tight - I eventually cut some off the handbrake lever to give some more slack.
Then I started to get nervous about the brake bias.
I began by gutting the original distribution block/pressure limiter, like we did on the old S40 race car. 
Then I decided that I wanted to turn the diagonal split into a conventional front/rear split.
This is when the problems started…
First of all, it lives on the middle of the firewall, down low, so it’s a pain to get to.
I replaced the block with two T-pieces because it was the easiest way to join everything up without re-plumbing the whole car.
Made some new pipes to join the master cylinder to the T-pieces.
So far so good, although I got pretty tired of being bent over the engine to get to everything.
Then I added a proportioning valve into the rear line.
Short version of several frustrating hours covered in brake fluid:
Brass adapter stripped and had to be replaced;
New proportioning valve is blocked solid, and won’t let fluid through;
Replaced it with another;
Front bleed nipples very sticky in the threads;
One of the fittings on the new prop valve is leaking and has to be replaced.
Pretty sure we got there in the end.
Slipped a new set of front brake pads in during the process.
The Winmax 6.5 pads have been in the car for a lot of events now, and still have about a third of the pad material remaining - very happy with the performance and lifespan, so the replacements are another set of W6.5s.
Also changed the rear springs from the 325lb/inch ones to some 380s.
I suspect that I will want to go stiffer again, but I have the 380s and it’s a quick and easy job.
This required fitting some helper springs, which needed about 2mm removed from the lower spring seats - quick and easy job in the lathe. 
Dunno… feels like not much achieved in a long day, but here we are.
Thinking the Racing Logic coilovers have been doing well for a set of shocks I paid a couple of hundred dollars for, a few years ago.
They aren’t great shocks, but they have done the job without complaint or drama, so I can’t complain!
