I have bought a new toy!!! Guess!!!

Quadcam24 · 10-11-11, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Supercharged_Z

there would be no point in that lol, Il see what i can do, but I kept up just about with that m3 in my 1.8vvc tro and that felt nowhere near like this lol...

Getting the brakes fitted this weekend, finding a track day soon once i got a spare couple of coilpacks. then pod in january if the weathers ok.. then turbo rebuild, then more tracks. And in the mean time i am fitting oil dials etc etc etc. Taking it to matt for a suspension setup.

suspension set up......thats a great idea tbh.
i used to have notes on all diferent settings id tried and i had found a set up i liked but that doesnt mean it was the best it could be.....and besides i dare say the last owner fiddled anyway.
Keep your eye on the front top arm bolts, i had one side come loose and it caused mot fail,, flippin wheel was wobbling !!...no probs just nipped it back up, but summat to check when your fettling. ...was drivers side.
another thing on my to do list, was stiffen up the rarb to reduce roll a bit , car 13 told me how to do it, just by tack welding a rod down the bar....sounds a bit like guess work but he swore by it. Maybe summat to talk to Matt about.?
Reason i never fitted rear adjustable arms on is because generally a good guide to camber is to have double the negative camber on the front compared to the rear, and with the rear being lowerred thats about what it was without dialling in anymore. Iirc the fronts were 3.4 degrees and the rears 1.6 degrees.

edit , wonder how it will go on at pod what with 1st gear being somewhat sensitive for want of a better description, lol.

Supercharged_Z · 10-11-11, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sneekyparrot

Yep that's what I've got, went to fit them last nite but after an hr I could not figure it untill it was confirmed I had the r8 adaptors lol!

Gotta be better than the single bucket caliper and discs.

The updated smt7 piggy back unit arrived today from
Drew so that's going on to start with and a chat with dv power about the heads is going to take place.

Been sent the number of the engine guy from QED so will give him a shout about installing the pistons and liners. Prob get the whole bottom end balanced at the same time.

May hav to request an outing in the new toy when I get the charger, that is if it's up and running

Paul

Hi Paul, sounds like a good thing you have going on, i will be mega jelous of the supercharger whine!!!!! As for a outing in the new toy!!! then this is not a problem at all its a true beast!!! The brakes are worth sorting out they are a good setup .

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Originally Posted by Steves Cleenz

Ross would you be interested in some proper brakes? (Alcon) at the right price? i am friends with the director and clean all there test cars there so could ask for you

Hello mate, the brembos are a fair conversion, so its just a mix up of parts from other cars they work very well, if anything changes il be in touch as you never know....

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Originally Posted by Quadcam24

suspension set up......thats a great idea tbh.
i used to have notes on all diferent settings id tried and i had found a set up i liked but that doesnt mean it was the best it could be.....and besides i dare say the last owner fiddled anyway.
Keep your eye on the front top arm bolts, i had one side come loose and it caused mot fail,, flippin wheel was wobbling !!...no probs just nipped it back up, but summat to check when your fettling. ...was drivers side.
another thing on my to do list, was stiffen up the rarb to reduce roll a bit , car 13 told me how to do it, just by tack welding a rod down the bar....sounds a bit like guess work but he swore by it. Maybe summat to talk to Matt about.?
Reason i never fitted rear adjustable arms on is because generally a good guide to camber is to have double the negative camber on the front compared to the rear, and with the rear being lowerred thats about what it was without dialling in anymore. Iirc the fronts were 3.4 degrees and the rears 1.6 degrees.

edit , wonder how it will go on at pod what with 1st gear being somewhat sensitive for want of a better description, lol.

Hi Dave, I have so much to learn all things you already know, i really want to give it a spanner check and once the wheels are of and my workshop is finished I will get it on 4 jacks and go over it. I really have no idea what the other fella did as he claimed to have made it 370 bhp with new turbos etc, but as i said the turbos never been of I can tell.

Need to see what matt reckons as i havnt a driving style i suppose i would like it tight to turn in with little back end movement as possible. But am yet to test the car. I was thinking of getting some rear strut braces, but i assumed they would do a simular thing to the cage?

Pod- No idea. I havnt actually tried to pull away in first in anger lol, I might copy what Ed did and launch in second he had great results....

petet16 · 10-11-11, 07:43 PM

I'd agree with the Brembo comments, they are a proper brake set up, for the price they deliver excellent stopping power, an additional bonus is that being oe fitment you don't need to keep fettling them as you would a more competition set up.

Quadcam24 · 10-11-11, 08:13 PM

best just test it / drive it and then see what you think, my ideas might have been totally different to where you will go and its nigh on impossible to say one is right and one is wrong.
I would just say find something you are comfortable with and then just build some confidence from a known base line, and only change / tweek one handling part at a time, that way you can see the effects of what you have done and revert back if it doesnt work. If you do like i did more than once and change a few things at once, then i didnt know what was causing what, so it made it hard to understand what was happening and why.
It is an intimidating car to try and drive quickly around a race track , simply because you build up high speed so quickly, i found i was arriving at every corner much faster than i ever had before and regardless of what folk think its blumming difficult to learn....it was certainly capable of more than i ever got out of it !
Tell you what though, when you can be confident enough to drive it hard and yet still keep it all controlled, its such a rush.......damn im jealous ;-))

Aaaaaah, you will soon be hounding everything else on track and making my laptimes look tardy....ya bitch , rflmao.
Its a good job you live nowhere near me else id be round everyday interfering,lol.

Supercharged_Z · 10-11-11, 08:27 PM

Haha Dave. Im really pleased i got it, it lives in my works workshop so nice and clean, its got everything i want, finally we can get on lol.. As i have said in my Pm's your welcome of a drive once i have learnt the ropes.

Im trying to find a ZS120 badge atm lol only thing i will take of is the 300 badge.. got a lot of dash work to do as thats not that tidy anymore sadly. Plus trying to find the correct dials to fit to the stack Gauges. oil temp, coolant temp, fuel pres, oil pres, boost, and more. want quality but at a good price and to match ... some effort.

Was seeing bedford at the end of the month..... might have to book.

Also I am amazed at how well it starts and idles from cold. It dosnt idle perfect but imo it shouldnt, it just gives it that little "im a tuned mother******* engine" lol