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Enroute to Nürburgring via the ferry. Meeting some friends over there who’ve decided to take the Chunnel...again! Sod that, been there, got the t-shirt.
Cracking little hotel right next to the track. Stayed at the hotel Ze Burg a few times now, nice and quiet.
Met up with the possee. Note...
One nagging issue which kept coming up was the ESP light and then occasionally the ABS warning light.
Pretty much everything on the car from suspension through to brakes had been changed for original parts, including ABS rings and all round wheel sensors. Tons of suggestions from forum...
Before I set off for the Nurburgring I needed to get an MOT on the track car. The plan is to take the car on the trailer via the ferry at Hull, but as I’m doing a tourist weekend, I’ll need to be road legal.
First thing I noticed was the car didn’t have a horn. I’d also removed the original...
Fantastic 2nd Trackday for the car at Cadwell. Mods worked a treat, no issues at all. Looking forward to a trip to the Nurburgring in the Summer.
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Managed to get a half day in at Teesside Autodrome to test the new shifter and roof scoop. Really warm day and the scoop worked a treat. Looking forward to the next Trackday at Cadwell now.
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Last mod before the cars 2nd Trackday at Cadwell was this scoop from Ally Hickling at CCF. Not keen on the design but hopefully it’ll keep the cabin a bit cooler.
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Next up was to deal with the gear change having struggled to reach 1st & 3rd whilst strapped in.
Picked up Pure Motorsport Shifter as I’d read pretty good reviews. Pretty straight forward to fit with an hour adjusting in small increments to get gear selection.
Looks the part too.
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With another Trackday booked in a few weeks I needed to sort the bonnet and windscreen.
After searching and ringing around scrapyards it made sense to get a new one fitted due to the risk of breaking the screen taking it out. Found a local company to fit one for £85.
Sourced a Black Pearl...
Good theory 😁 . I’m still not sure what happened. These were proper Aerocatches so shouldn’t really come undone, unless they were incorrectly fitted by previous owner or I didn’t close the latch properly 🤷🏻♂️
First Trackday at Cadwell and time to shake off a few nuts and bolts. I’d picked up a PH1 engine just prior to Cadwell as a spare in case this one gave out. The car had been sat for 6 months when I bought it, so decided to give it a good old Italian tune and if it goes, it goes.
Car looked...
With the first track day looming it was time to get the car down to Track Torque Racing for corner balancing and geo set up. The guys were great and also gave the car a once over to make sure I hadn’t overlooked anything.
Looking forward to Cadwell now.
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The bumpers that were on the track car had been attacked with a hole saw. Now weight saving is one thing but I’m damned if I’m embarrassing myself turning up to a Trackday with those on.
It took a few weeks but I eventually managed to source a couple of decent bumpers. One in Black Gold, the...
Out went the old discs and pads for a set of Brembo HC discs and Carbon Lorraine CL6 Pads.
Gave the callipers a good clean up, replaced a few parts and a lick of paint.
The rear brakes looked ok so just cleaned them up and stuck some DS2500’s in for now.
I even tackled the ARB and...
The weather took a turn for the worse and with no access to my garage I focussed my attention on brakes and suspension.
After chatting to a few friends who race in the Trackday trophy, I decided to ditch the K-Tec Coilovers already fitted to the car and go for the Spax 750 MC controlled kit...
Time to strip the engine back on the track car and replace some parts.
Gave the engine a good flush out and replaced old hoses with MTC silicone types.
13 row Mocal oil cooler.
Replaced the gearbox and upper engine mounts with Vibra-Technics, replaced gearbox and engine oils, plugs...