[trackday_prep] My 205 GTI-6 Supercharged Track Car

[Batfink 201]

rear camera looks a bit poo position but front looks excellent.

On the civic touring car they cut a round hole in the middle of the window and silicon seal the camera there...

I'd make a small bracket and cut a hole in the boot for it to peep out of.

[Spiky 37]

yeah the rear isnt as good as i want, but i dont really want to cut a hole in the rear screen or FB hatch,

 

the other option is to mount the camera on suckers (i have these) on the roof rear facing

 

maybe i'll try that next

[Spiky 37]

well, we had a great day, loads of nice fast cars, and our pugs

 

126miles on track too

 

did all morning on r888's which seem to hold on very well, few oversteer instances, but

nothing to worry about

 

then lunch it hammered down, and i decided to put on my competition wets,

this transfromed the car and it had LOADS of grip and i loved it, passed everything

 

here are my video's from the weekend (last 3 sessions is where i was flying)

 

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Was actually meant to be coming to the MLR day but friend told me he couldn't make it anymore so I slept in instead oops! Looks great although personally think the rear camera needs to be moved up to the top of the video and the sound is very quiet!

 

Edit - just seen some of the other videos and see you were messing around with the settings, guess its trial and error to get the thing right!

Edited August 2, 2009 by EdCherry

[Spiky 37]

this was always going to be a trial and error day with the camera kit,

 

the later vids only run the front and the mic is turned up a little

[oli-pug 6 2 Cars]

Looks like it's got great midrange now and the noise is brill!

[Sandy 191]

Awesome!

[Spiky 37]

yeah car is going great

 

i've cracked the ex manifold again , so that will have to be replaced.

 

that was my last track day

 

 

for 2009

 

so i've now got to decide if i take the engine from the 306 and replace it with a std, or

 

get an engine for it, fit cams (making sure the head thickness is ok) and run like that

 

ideally i need rods and pocketed pistons, but thats another 1k

[Sandy 191]

Indeed! Do you think it's engine movement buggering the manifolds?

[Spiky 37]

the first time round it was yeah, i dropped it into 3rd at combe last year and it was very high up the revs and i heard it go, we welded it, but it's gone again.

 

that was pre bulkhead mod,

 

but, as you say, it could have gone again due to engine movement

[Spiky 37]

Well my 2009 season looks to be over now, so time to shread some more weught off the fat little monkey

 

removed a few wires that weren't doing any thing

 

[Jon_Bmw 13]

Do you have a LSD spikey? I presume not???

 

I am wondering what ours is going to be like if Abingdon is going to be wet at the end of the month. It is currently set onto it's most harsh setting...

[Spiky 37]

i run a quaife ATB

 

as i've now realised, it's all to do with what tyres you run

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Your mad ripping out all them wires!

 

How big roughly is the diode in the rev loom, struggling to find it

 

Cheers

[Spiky 37]

just unused wires

 

the diode is about 1mmx1mmx2mm its in the section just before the coil pack cover

[Spiky 37]

well yet again, more weight loss,

 

had the whole dash out for the first time, oops, some sound deadening still in there, no gone, except behind the heater as i could obviously see how to take it out, so left the bit behind there

 

tidy all the wires up behind the clocks

 

which then left me with some long wires by the fuse box

 

so next job is to shorten each indiviual wire, and as you can see, thats not a 5 minute job,

 

ah well

 

[tom_m 0]

the heater's only held in with three bolts, it's the easiest bit of the dash to take out!

 

you ditching the rear view? i'd have thought that would be essential on a track day tool

[Spiky 37]

ah seen the 3 nuts, did take them off, so i assume the matrix pipes were holding it in place, only wanted to move it a little to get the sound deadening out

 

ditch the rear mirror? god no..lol

 

good spotting though

 

i took it off as i didnt want to damage it or the screen as i banged it once and didnt want to take an chances

[tom_m 0]

yeah it takes a bit of wrestling to get it out if the pipes are still there, but you can get it out with them in place (and not connected obv!)

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

What have you done for sun visors Spiky?

[rubyna 4 1 Cars]

What have you done for sun visors Spiky?

 

Paul im sure thats what Spiky has the sunstrip for, less weight than a sunvisor.lol

[Spiky 37]

Paul, can you not scroll up on this very page..lol

 

there is a clear shot on inside my car

[Spiky 37]

well did a little more tonight,

 

it's starting to look better

 

[large 33]

Have you thought about fitting an auto box so you can cut your left leg off.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Sorry lol blonde moment didn't see the sunstrip ...

Just got rid of them I see