Before I post another update, I should finish off the previous update for the previous lot of changes.
I finished changing the pads, lines and coilovers on the other side too and thought I'd try some brake fluid marketed as "racing quality". DOT 4 still but wet and dry boiling points are still higher than the minimum requirement for DOT 5.
Also, I wasn't happy with the doors which looked like this, note the rods as handles and tatty wiring:
So I set at it with my new light weight door handle kit which I've been co-developing with McLaren:
Note the tidied loom, central locking and electric mirrors still connected, just thinned out all the electric window and speaker wires.
Acquired some lightly used slicks and got them mounted on another set of straights:
Decided I'd do another day at Blyton so gave it a quick clean and wax... not sure waxing a track car is the "done thing" but its my pride and joy so who cares. Note trial fit of slicks too
Had another day at Blyton, took it on a trailer for the first time, much better for the back, the new spring rates are a bit extreme for road use really.
Early start
Don't think I've shared any pics of the rep mobile yet but here it is in all of its German blandness:
Put the slicks on at lunch time and managed to get about 6 laps before it started raining. Here I am waiting to get on track with slicks for the first time watching a grey cloud come over.
As soon as the rain started I was straight in. Managed to get them warm and really go for it the last couple of laps. Pleased is an understatement, they performed incredibly.
The brakes, suspension and tyres all performed really well. Difficult to compare progress I know but going by the types of machinery I'm playing with now, I think were going in the right direction.
*NEXT ROUND OF CHANGES- ENGINE/ EXHAUST*
The belts were just coming up to be changed and "top-man-eldo" was breaking his 180 which had piper 270 cams only a couple of thousand miles old. Timing was right so purchased the cams and the various other supplies to do the cams and belts together.
Props to the club for the loan of the timing tools:
Got as many new genuine parts as I could, all belts, tensioners, pulley bolts, cam seals, gaskets etc are genuine, the water pump is a continental one with metal impeller and pulley. Its amazing how the cost of all the little seals required adds up, something which I didn't really factor in.
An interesting comparison, piper 270 cams vs stock.
Inlet:
Exhaust:
Strip down...
