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All very valid points Ash, and having well trodden the big power road car route, its a slippery slope. NA, as you say provides all the theatre of that induction hammer and that zingy fizz to the redline. ITBs don't really interest me on a daily as i want to keep my AC, cruise etc, so if i were...

Pleased to say this morning starting and idle was perfect and back to the usual but still somewhat grumbly standard Clio sport idle. No misfire or hesitation at all and feel like it pulls much smoother and cleaner throughout. Not sure if maybe a plug was starting to go or what, but certainly...

So she’s started getting grumpy on cold start and developed a cold misfire that clears within a few hundred yds. Only on cold start, so wonder if this is an injector or temp sender going down. She’s knocking on 125k now so either way I thought she could use a fresh set. So fitted 4 new plugs...

Looks superb. Alex’s work is excellent and have nothing but praise for his work and business. Excited for you Ash, I’m struggling to think of a better modified Trophy. 🙂👌🏼

Well mine were for my 182 and bought a genuine one for the OS and the B&B for the NS. I think the B&B item was every bit as good quality as OEM and certainly much nicer than the crap Pagid branded ones that don’t fit. These are the Pagid items and you can see how much shorter they are than OEM...

Nearside you want the Borg and Beck BKB3049

Bloody cheek! 🤣

Just had my black set back from him. 👌🏼

Looking great mate. Only again today was I thinking about turbo conversions 😅

AC rad is attached to the main cooling radiator via 4 brackets. These brackets are riveted to the AC condenser and over time wear from vibration and can get loose. I imagine this is the movement you're seeing.

Obviously its not just a "drop in" unit and you have no doubt had to overcome a significant amount of roadblocks to get this far. However from those last images, the motor sits in there really well. Well done :)

Clio lol

Got a brand new boxed set of 97s in the for sale section if you’re interested.

Actually the OEM brakes on the Cayman are probabaly it’s weakest link. I run larger 345/335mm 2 piece discs from Girodisc, titanium shims, braided hoses, GT3 master cylinder and GT3 blade ducts. To go much more on brakes now it’s a step up to an AP kit. Both cars have been used on track.

PFZ I found were nothing like any of their other compounds and were kind of their way of offering a road useable compound. They’re okay for the money but not comparable to their other pads in terms of performance. I too have used them as a rear pad in the Impreza, fine on the road but was left...

I find 29s go off if they’re not being used hard enough often enough and take a bit of a pasting before they come back again. I know what you mean though, they don’t have that instant axle snapping of a Carbon Metallic pad. But I prefer the feel having slightly less grab. Probably because I...

I’ll see how I go, Pagid said they wouldn’t be horrific for what I wanted. But if I find they’re eating discs and wheels, perhaps I’ll swap to 29s on the rear too. The 29s are easily my favourite pad that I’ve ever used for performance, disc life and non corrosive dust.

Yeah, I might take them of and throw them away. Because weight saving bro!

Just to update this. Pads have been fitted and bedded in to the letter of Pagids bedding procedure. I haven’t run shims in the Calipers almost since new so they weren’t present to remove. As usual with Pagids, you have to dust off the paint from the ends of the pads to allow them to move freely...

I haven't looked, mostly blue i think lol

Yeah, had a company re-web them as i wanted them new.

The paint's sacrificial anyway, the coatings never survive too well after a proper heat cycle anyway. I followed Pagids bedding procedure to the letter and its pretty brutal in terms of thermal loading, however ive always doe it the way they say and never had an issue, its just not pretty lol.

Agree, if you don't have the budget for a good quality coilover then i would keep what you have and save your money.

Well that’s the pads properly bedded in and heat cycled. They’re no longer yellow anyway. Ha. Obviously not put them on track yet but the initial impressions were exactly as I was expecting. Good bite, solid pedal and loads of feel. Finally have brakes that inspire confidence when pressing on...

@Touring_Rob I'm not educated enough to go into finite details of how it all works with regards to friction coefficients, moments of torque, inertia blah blah. My main gripe is this (in my opinion) misconception that the rear brakes are doing nothing and therefore crap pads are more than...

I've a Fluke temp gun so can check them out with that. Fade and boiling fluid im sure you know are 2 different things. Fade the pedal stays hard and the increase in pedal pressure does not translate into increased vehicle retardation. Boiling fluid the pedal goes soft and spongy. As for upping...

Genuine question, If you have a high bite, high friction front pad that’s doing all the work, how would you know what the rears are doing anyway? How would you know the rears weren’t fading if all the retardation is being done on the front axle?

Bedded them in to the letter in the early hours after late shift last night and then drove home at a constant 50mph or so to allow them to cool slowly. I have RS29s all round on my Cayman and also ran them in the Impreza and Mini GP. So I’ve no doubt at all they will be as good as they always...

Any updates on this at all James? Surely you cant have been playing ALL bikes and M3s over lockdown? :D

No matter how cool this thing looks in photos... and it does look cool. It looks even better in the metal, It just sits so right. Ive always thought the Turinis look better on it than the TDs, but in the metal i think as it sits perfect as is. Looks mega in the rear view mirror too :)