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Haha ITB's FTW!!
Lol I disagree but can see the advantages if you like faffing
I personally would just go out and buy a turbo/supercharged car but then I guess that means I should of just gone out and bought a race car lol!Yes it was bad but got some positives. Hopefully will get time tonight to sort it
See you on Sunday! sorry mate! He was frankly awesome and offered to squeeze me in on Wednesday and then if we had time to spare then we would go and get the alignment done before the trackday and he would also do the corner weighting. It was great to meet Fred, Sam and Zoltan and they really did save the day. By the time I had finished chatting away it was too late to safely get to Warwick and get the alignment done so Fred offered to do what he could just by sight and to say I was not optimistic was an understatement. I said I wanted the front to be fairly parallel and sure enough following a short test drive it was remarkable how good it felt! We quickly put the car on the scales to check cornerweights and it was well within what it needed to be but the total weight including me was 1130kg which is scarily heavy and going to have to work on the car’s and my weight over winter. I only realised the laptime the day after the trackday as I was having dash issues on the day. Unfortunately me getting the car screaming along caused me to be black flagged at the end of my first flying lap for noise and I wasn’t allowed back on. The car went straight on the trailer and was loaded up less than 20 mins after the circuit had gone open pit! Fred and Sam began to try and modify the exhaust to make it quieter and I was going to try and electronically drop the rev limit but after speaking to the TDO’s they were not going to let me back out no matter what we did so 1 flying lap later and it was day over! I was livid and really gutted after all the hard work I had put in to get the car there. I’m sure I’ve still forgotten some stuff lol I'm not 100% to be fair i'm sure Tony said they were in the 23's but for now i'm trying to focus on improving it against what I had rather than trying to compare against others! I have got something that is really workable so am over the moon and now need to hope the car can be reliable to get some testing under my belt Cheeky git... I only got home on Thursday night lol :rasp: Haha thanks! Will remember that for next time tho lol will blame you if I get grass in my gear selector Yes exactly mate
Thank you yes it feels remarkably different and feels like it has got a lot more time to come
Hope yours is coming along well
Oh thats a shame! Yes that would be a good milestone to haveMy progress is non existent I'm afraid but in my month at home I hope to have it starting and driving atleast.
Yeah for sure about the times, you still have to fine tune front end. Seemed really quick in the vid compared to other clio vids round there but Im sure the camera angle wil have a lot to do with it. Hasting exiges is never a bad thing tho
Haha yes but they were just been driven by pansies I think lol!
he'd be quicker on my Bilsteins
Yes I did think the same this morning when thinking about it. Guess its because its a shorter duration so they want to make the most of it!
Thanks Pete, Yes they feel really good to be fair I was massively surprised with how much better they are! Yes definitely worth the money
My only real reservations were for the customer service but that was sorted by Josh been very good but still let down by AST cocking parts up but it got sorted quickly so doesn't really matter. Haha sorry that was an expensive video for you then
You will like them!Dohhhhe'd be quicker on my Bilsteins
I'm not sure as I haven't looked at it yet but I think it's leaking from a connector near the alternator. Which pipe have you got mate?
Haha yes it was a tad annoying! In all fairness I can't say that I purposefully look at the shift lights and just do it on noise, the dash lights were going nuts anyway with low fuel warning when I went round corners lol!
he'd be quicker on my Bilsteins
Thanks Mark, yes seem to be working really well thank you! Suffering a bit of understeer but will work on that on a setup day
Yes it was pretty crazy and didn't believe it when Fred said the time but then it came up on the data logger when I got home! Think its exaggerated by how slow it was before as my standard 197 on 888's was quicker than this was before lol!That is a huge ammount of time to chop of your lap James! You must be really happy with that!
How much SLOW traffic was out on the session of your video!
Will stick to test days from now on if its for important running!! Can't wait to get back out there but got plenty to do before then along with a test! Can't wait even if it is the last race of the season for me! Will then have plenty of tyres to burn thru for spa and the ring!!
