180 Track Car Build

[Mark S]

the pbs pads are well worth a look (and the guy is up your way) when the blue stuff stop working with 50% pad left.

[ZS Phil]

I must admit, I was a bit suspect as to what they actually do so I called them up and spoke to the guy doing the work. He assured me that the valving has been changed, on the minimum setting they certainly put up more of a fight to move the rods by hand than the other set do.
No dyno report or anything like that tough.

That said, he also said that they were out of stock of helper springs so would send tender springs instead. Either he doesn't know the difference or was just trying to fob me off. Made sure they sent helpers once they arrived in stock.

The more I read and learn about these things, the more I realise that GAZ are not the weapon of choice if I was going to take this to the next level.

I'll have to experiment to find this window but as a start point they will all be set to the middle number of clicks and adjusted from there. I know the knob alters both bump and rebound together but how exactly it is altered and by how much is all a bit vague.

Yeh, Shaun mentioned PBS pads or even carbone lorraine, is that what you ran?

[Mark S]

the silver car ran blue then pbs, after 3 hours of racing and a few track days the pbs are still there and working!

you get one or the other (bump or rebound) with gaz, it is a comprimise and they are called dampers in the loosest possible sense.
But they can still be made to work and the car can still be fast, the silver 1800 is evidence of that.

[JOHNDQ]

How did you get on with the EBC's? I tried yellows on track RS2000 and the ZR before I put the brake kit on and in both cars I thought they were worse than standard tbh so I never tried the blues just run DS3000's now but they are due a change for 2016

[ZS Phil]

Originally Posted by Mark S

the silver car ran blue then pbs, after 3 hours of racing and a few track days the pbs are still there and working!

you get one or the other (bump or rebound) with gaz, it is a comprimise and they are called dampers in the loosest possible sense.
But they can still be made to work and the car can still be fast, the silver 1800 is evidence of that.

Lots of trial and error to be done then with the dampers. Can't wait to get out in it again. It's been too long.

Originally Posted by JOHNDQ

How did you get on with the EBC's? I tried yellows on track RS2000 and the ZR before I put the brake kit on and in both cars I thought they were worse than standard tbh so I never tried the blues just run DS3000's now but they are due a change for 2016

I thought the yellows were ok. Didn't last very long but other than that they were fine. I was doing no more than about 20 mins at a time on them though. I'll see how I get on with the blues and depending on how long they last might try the PBS ones.

[talkingcars]

I liked the yellowstuff for road use, defiantly sharper than O/E spec.

[Mark S]

blue are good but need changing at 50% wear

[pervavore]

Damn I shall be doomed once again your build thread with the Track ZS is awesome Phil So much love put into details I like it and may come handy maybe with my ZR VVC track car

For the old bushing is really a hydraulic press in handy Burning them out is also an option

Few questions where did you get the braided hoses ?
Is on the V6 a crankcase valve or something similar ? May you got some pics of it need this detail for my derv project

The backbox is a straight through box from Janspeed? Never looked inside to be honest when got one in my hands :/

[ZS Phil]

Originally Posted by pervavore

Damn I shall be doomed once again your build thread with the Track ZS is awesome Phil So much love put into details I like it and may come handy maybe with my ZR VVC track car

For the old bushing is really a hydraulic press in handy Burning them out is also an option

Few questions where did you get the braided hoses ?
Is on the V6 a crankcase valve or something similar ? May you got some pics of it need this detail for my derv project

The backbox is a straight through box from Janspeed? Never looked inside to be honest when got one in my hands :/

Thanks a long way to go with it yet but it's all good fun.

Yes, a press would have been better for the bushes and certainly less smelly! Some nasty fumes came off them.

To answer the questions:
-The braided hoses are from eBay but you can deal with Wezmoto direct I imagine.
-Not really sure what you mean with the crankcase valve? do you mean the breather system?
-I don't know if the back box is straight through. It's quite light and quite "raspy" in sound after the decat and straight through center section so I wouldn't be surprised. No good for the derv though, only 2 1/4" diameter.

[pervavore]

Ahh ok I will try to find maybe over here a supplier for braided hose.

Sure I mean how does the breather system work on the KV6 there should be a PCV somewhere.