[trackday_prep] My 205 GTI-6 Supercharged Track Car

[Spiky 37]

my new bits turned up today

 

from the group buy

 

 

cheers Tony

 

 

[roland rat 11]

spoke to your bother adam earlier about how the build was gonig and ive just read all 26 pages!!

 

looking good mate,shame adam doesn't share the same mechanical knowledge you do

[Spiky 37]

he'll get there eventually

 

nice quick read for you then...lol

 

 

i bought some new springs at combe too, 7" 300lbs should stiffen the front end up a bit

 

only tonight did i rip the front suspension off to fit the adh track contrl arms...

[Spiky 37]

took the front suspension off this week, to fit my new springs

 

removed my 9" 185lbs springs and fitted my new 300lb 7" springs

 

lube'd up my tubes with vaseline too and all the rose joints

 

fitted my new adjustable track control arms too, so just needs setting up now,

 

 

next track day is croft RS day so got a while to sort the suspension settings out

 

probably going to set it up for around 1.5 - 1.8 negative camber

 

 

 

also purchased some Dunlop wet slicks too

 

 

 

think it needs a wash after my last track day at combe :oops:

 

[Spiky 37]

well as you can see from the earlies pics, it was a bit dirty, so i gave it a clean

 

[VisaGTi16v 1]

Did you find the cause of a clunk you mentioned somewhere in the front end?

[welshpug 1,661]

I hope you put the bolt back in -

 

 

[Batfink 201]

you've chosen wet slicks over something like the Yoko Ao48's???

if you intend to run these in the dry make sure you speak to Dunlop about opporating temps as they will be at risk of overheating and deteriorating at a fast rate

[swordfish210 20]

We used to run these tyres on the Radicals in the Dunlop Great and British champoinship. They'd do a 25 min race in the dry without too much of a problem, but they're heavy and nowhere near as grippy as the equivalant Avon wets.

[pugbender 0]

hi is it possible to know the diameter of the rose joint of the hub side and internal side?thank you and the car looks amazing!

[Spiky 37]

bought a few things for the pug this week

 

 

 

a proper 1.6 box, (had 3 all had various issues)

 

but will fit this after the ring trip

 

 

 

strut brace

 

 

 

polycarbonte windows

 

 

 

passenger foot rest

 

 

some driving gloves

 

[projectpug 0]

We now have identicle windows and driving gloves hehe

[Spiky 37]

Just been out and done some cosmetic changes

 

really happy with the results

 

 

[rossi 0]

Looks awesome that Spike! Shame i didnt see it in the flesh!

[Spiky 37]

yeah, was a shame dude,

 

how is yours now? all sorted???

[rossi 0]

Pretty much yeah! Just got it back today from MOT, it now brakes! Runs well, just to fit the BBM kit and it should be ready for the roads. Just need clean out the stepper motor tomorrow, was stalling tonight on the way back at low revs.

Due to the lack of work in the building trade at the mo, it'll be sometime before I insure it :-/ Gives me more time to work on her though, which is good while i'm off work.

[Spiky 37]

well the car is too heavy, so i've put it on a DIET

 

 

 

stage one of it's diet

 

 

 

 

[jackherer 543]

Is the door holding together where you've cut below the glass? Most stripped out doors I've seen still have the ~10mm strip with the spot welds left on and it looks like you've cut them off.

[tom_m 0]

have you driven it in anger at that ride height? how does it feel? you can't have an awful lot of travel left with the bilstein coilovers that low.

 

mine would be on the stops at that ride height.

[Spiky 37]

yeah i may have trimmed it a bit to much, but should be ok, i'm only going to add a few tack welds near the hinge area

 

they car did 2 full days at croft like that, seems fine

[VisaGTi16v 1]

My doors are like that to and the boot lid although I have the offensivly heavy mirror adjusters to cut off as can be seen in this photo

[Spiky 37]

cool

 

 

less is more

[Spiky 37]

More new bits

 

magnex

 

 

[VisaGTi16v 1]

Whats with the 2 boxes? I have a straight through pipe to a single Grp N OMP back box and its about 97db, 2 boxes=more weight!

[Spiky 37]

thats good news then

 

it will be quiet

 

magnex are usuall quiet , as they copy the OE systems