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Have you had the map tweaked with the airbox yet? Interested to see if you got any gains with it as I don't know what route to take with mine now it needs a new filter.
This might make a good base to build something special like the Subaru/Clio hybrid.
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151467084376&alt=web
And so the turbo powered sequential gearbox race Clio build begins!
Kind of wishing I hadn't blown money on other things and it was the other side of Christmas so I could take the box off you. Ah well I'm sure it'll go to someone who will use it more than me anyway!
Gap looked fine to me too. They braked too late so I would assume they weren't concentrating. It could also be the case that Mark's brake lights weren't working but I doubt that.
I got the pulley from here : http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281470785919&alt=web
You need to get the alternator pulley spacers from the same shop, I used 8 of the 10 spacers to get it the same as standard : http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281476055349&alt=web
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No problem Oli, whenever you're ready :)
Yes James, nothing to stop me being there I hope. Just a matter of swapping the rack over and redoing the toe.
Cheers :)
It's not too bad parking, on the move you can feel what the car is doing a bit more. I had a mk2 Fiesta before the Clio though so no PAS is nothing new!
Picked up a refurbed EPAS rack. I thought it was a 3.25 turn rack but it turns out to be a 2.75!
I replaced my 330mm Sabelt wheel with a 350mm Motacorsa wheel to help with steering effort. It's leather rather than suede so doesn't need as much looking after.
You can get the dci rack refurbished.
3.25 is by no means slow though. It's the same as a E36 M3 ( it's 3.25 with lock stops to get 3.0). 306 gti is the same, civic EG and so on.
It's just slower than what we started with which is a fairly quick rack, quicker than an EP3 2.83 or DC2 2.9.
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Didn't know about the perma-ban...
Got him through Facebook. Turns out the 3.25 is a slower rack than the 2.75, no lock stops involved so I will assume the 2.75 has the same 43mm pinion as the RS and the 3.25 has the 50mm pinion.
0-60... oh dear.
Unless you're thrashing the Clio the Fiesta is faster. On the track, well if you spend 15k on a newish standard Fiesta or 15k on a shonky Clio. The Clio will be the fastest around the circuit quite easily, but you'd have to be mad to spend that on an old Clio...woops! Yes you...
Don't always believe manufacturer's figures for wheels either, it is often for a bare wheel with the maximum number of studs, largest centre bore and minimum offset. So what you actually receive is a heavier wheel.
My TD Pro Race are 0.5kg heavier per wheel than the advertised weight.
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I'm just using Brembo HC discs at the moment. My new aluminium bells have turned up, I just need to get the rotors for them now so it won't be long before they're on.
It'll reckon they'll go on ok :) Make sure you get the bolt to hub type rather than the longer bolt ones.
Great stuff Oli :D
I much prefer my RC5+ pads to the DS2500 and believe it or not the dust is better too! I'd say they are similar in braking to DS3000 but the dust of the DS3000 is nasty whereas the RC5+ dust comes off easily. No matter how hard I tried they wouldn't fade either.
I've found a place that can refurb racks for £60-70 with a 24hr turnaround so its possible to buy a 2.75 turn one used and get it fixed up. Now I need to decide what to do.
If they are different ratios the 3.25 will be easier to turn with no PAS but slower, still, as far as a non PAS racks go...