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With the wheels on the ground, I wanted to see how much camber I actually got, so I figured out a way to measure. At first I thought of a piece of wood the size of the wheel diameter to which I could clamp the water level, and then calculate the angle out of measurements. But while standing...

I don't think I will need them for that, as the seat mount will probably be custom, but I will keep them anyway. In one of the above posts, I measured the belt length needed to be somewhere between 841 and 857. So I ordered a 5pk848. I got it in place pretty easy, and found out why...

Tonight I fitted the camber bolts. I tried to fit them with the washers, but somehow I couldn't adjust them anymore that way, so I did it without the washers. Torqued it up to 120 Nm's. I figured out a way to take some measurements, although they may not be that accurate, at least it gives me...

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. :up::wink: And @Djw John, thanks for the tip, I will just leave it then. I did lube the sliders though with some industrial bearing grease. This morning I made the link pipe. I started with a standard 172 catalyst. 10 mins later it looked like this...

Those seats are awesome. :fearscream:

I was able to do quite a bit today. I started with mounting the alternator belt tensioning bracket. Once fitted, I found out that it doesn't line up. I was able to sort this pretty easy with a thinner bolt in the top hole, so that it tilts a bit, and I needed to file the top hole a bit...

Looks like Santa didn't miss my house this year. :smile: Bunch of expensive Renault parts, these include the track rods mentioned in a previous post, so not entirely chronological, but who cares. :tongueclosed: And Brembo HC discs, Carbone Lorraine brake pads, Powerflex Black inner and outer...

Don't strip a streep car, you'll regret it. :wink:

In the above post I mean steering rack instead of subframe in the first line. Today I thought I would prep the engine bay for the PMS AC delete kit as much as I could. The AC delete kit is on backorder, and not earlier available than januari. As I have a test again early februari, it is best...

Managed to get the subframe into position. Still need to raise the subframe, but I will do that after I have received the stabilizer bushings. I was able to use the bolts and nuts that came of the hydraulic one. Had to modify one nut a bit to get it to fit. And I took out an hydraulic...

Got the 182 manifold where it's supposed to be. Lambda is connected up. Also received the 2,5" tube I've ordered to make up the link pipe. But this will have to wait untill I have the subframe back in it's place, and the dogbone (which isn't really a dogbone on a ph1) bolted back up, so...

I can't wait either.:tongueout: But at the moment I can't start a project this big due to my studies besides work having a priority obviously. At first I will try full non assisted. I can't imagine it being as bad as some people say. My old Polo G40 never had any assistance, and I never missed...

I will. :smile::up: I have a set of Sparco's waiting in my parents attic. But first I want to fabricate the cage which will have a harness bar, so that I can mount the harnesses in a proper way and not crush my spline in an accident.

With some persuasion, I got this one out. Now I can fonfirm that the exhaust tip of the 172 and 182 manifold are the same. Which means I can make my link pipe of a peace of tube, and the flanges from the cat, which saves me approximately 100 Pounds. :beers::smile: I also put the 172...

I don't know if heatsoak is a major problem on boosted cars, but getting the air from outside the engine bay is definately worth putting some thought into. Because of the turbo under the bonnet, the underbonnet temperature is much higher than with a normal aspirated car.

Because the season is over, I started with my winterproject, which consist of deleting the PAS steering, and mounting the 182 manifold with decat. Deleting PAS: Changing steering rack for DCI one Renewing internal and external track rod ends Replacing inner and outer stabilizer bushings by...

Did you also use 5 mm for the rear windscreen?

And the onboard video of the last two laps. I was able to improve my best time by three seconds, the lap after that was only half a second slower, so I am quite happy with that. In the end, I got black flagged for taking over under yellow, which was a bit stupid of me, guess it was al down...

Second session, filmed by my wife on the roof of the pits.

Yesterday I had another trackday at Assen. I was pretty excited, and the weather was really good, considering it had been draining the entire week before. I had the car on the trailer two nights before. My dad came over to help, and brought along his nose weight measuring device. The idea was...

The weather should be okay according to the forecast, but it can go either way. Hope to see you there. And no need for you to take it easy on the gearbox, because you have a spare in your garage. :smile: Regarding the tires, I understand it is normal, but I don't understand why there is more...

First I would like to show our newest acquisition. We gave the terrible terrible Fiat 500 a kick goodbye, and after having 'the Italian' experience, I despirately needed a german car again for my wife. It became this one. As you can see, my wife is very happy with it, and so am I. It is a...

200 kg looks reachable at this moment. :smile: I will in time, but I'm cheap so I first want to wear out what I've got at the moment. And for comparison, I'm 110 kg, and my passenger in that session is 100 kg. That's probably 60/70 kg's more than you and your passenger, so that will even out...

To expensive for me as well. :wink: What's the weight difference between the glass windows and the polycarbonate ones?

I present to you, one single skinned hood. As a result it is hanging a bit. :tonguewink: That's a 2,2 kg weight save right there. :cool: Now I had to install my catches as well. During fabrication, this happened. It's not supposed to be like that right? Anyway, got some scratches as a...

I'm going decat as well yes. If I get into trouble, I will add a midsilencer. But at the last trackday, there were cars that were a lot louder so I'm not to afraid. And the BMW does sound nice, you should hear it at full throttle at 5000 rpm though. :tongueout:

I would just proceed with the turbo build , and see how everything holds up. When something breaks down, you fix it/upgrade it/rebuild it.

While I nearly transferred money to buy a decat, I found a 182 4-2-1 manifold on the Dutch marketplace website, the seller turned out to be hostler. I had already looked into these, and read a lot of topics, mostly on this site. The way I see it, is that a 4-1 system is more for higher...

So I came across a set of these: OZ Superleggera 7x15 4x100 ET37 :tongueout: They've got scratches etc, but I don't care, because Superleggera means Superlight :tongueclosed: Saving 3,3 kg's per wheel. Since this is unsprung weight, it equals to 150 extra horsepowers. :stig: Just...

EFI deleted my immobilizer, and now I have removed mine completely. Check my thread for guidance.