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scott worthington, aye hes got a r26, highly recommended for dents, fills, sprays and other work tbh!
Day/night before FCS
Got the car stickered up and cleaned @ autopride up in preston on the friday, and worked on her till the evening all alone up the drive. sat morning met the NW lot at Lymm and set off down the M6 traffic jam. champion banter on the way down and I pwnt a carrera which is always nice.
At kettering Rich decided we should fit my disks and pads ready for track on sunday, an hour later and 6 pints we gave up. the caliper pin is seized/bent so it wont release. I would have to do track on fried brakes. to celebrate I got drunk and put stickers on everyones cars
Got the car stickered up and cleaned @ autopride up in preston on the friday, and worked on her till the evening all alone up the drive. sat morning met the NW lot at Lymm and set off down the M6 traffic jam. champion banter on the way down and I pwnt a carrera which is always nice.
At kettering Rich decided we should fit my disks and pads ready for track on sunday, an hour later and 6 pints we gave up. the caliper pin is seized/bent so it wont release. I would have to do track on fried brakes. to celebrate I got drunk and put stickers on everyones cars
FCS 09
Morning, got hangover?!
got to circuit, late, murmered hello to a few and signed up for Iridiums Parade Lap.
then went straight to the garage to strip the car and sort tyres and pressures. fred came n nosy'd, kevo66 parked the catcam up next to me and I spent all of 5 mins putting the most bright wheels ever known onto his car (they looked epic btw kev)
first session I went out with kev to get a feel for the circuit, surviving a huge slide when a saxo dumped its guts at the hairpin and then went out behind him for TDKs first session. (after taking passenger seat out)
pic by rob(197.net)
Straight away the brakes werent as strong as I hoped, initial bite was good and grip too, the cup dampers keeping the car tighter than before too helped
http://www.vimeo.com/5204070
Played with a black saxo that was supercharged or on ITBS (which im not sure, although it was fast) and got a feel for the car.
Second session the car seemed its happiest, passing all and sundry it flew, was poised and with added gear braking I was living with the brakes issue, few spins in front of me but its to be expected.
[youtube]QZYyalc7eGo[/youtube]
I noticed the dust from the rally stage was coming onto the track and found it a little bit of a distraction, although the sweat dripping into my eyes wasnt the best experience ever too! I dont have any footage of the second and third session unfortunately so take my word when I enjoyed them, the car ran well and brakes were fine
Fourth session was the Meganesport session...
pic by rob (197.net)
some terrible driving on this to be honest, as you will see in the video. the brakes were shot by now and I picked up some oil off a Pug205 which made the front twitchy for a lap or so.
not far into the session I let Denty past to see if i could do anything against a 26R. I had passed two earlier in the day but i think a culmination of me gunning it and them not helped. Straight away you could see how the car is so poised through cornering, the diff and suspension are 'scary'. I didnt have an answer and although slightly quicker and better under braking, the vastly improving Denty was pulling away form me. Due to trafic the best he pulled was half a straight so theres hope, but the R26R is an absolute animal focused on the sole aim of being quicker than other cars round a circuit.
I was proud though, that a 225FF could even run near the pace of the aforementioned car (the youtube video that someone quoted saying i was mullered or something... ermm yeh thanks haha, listen to the volume and me lifting for 4/5 seconds, bell)
so overall, for what she is, I couldnt be happier. I had no idea the exhaust was so loud and I live the 50/50 appeal it generates too. People talk but dont mention me driving my guts out, haha. its all good though.
Apoligies for not speaking or seeing anyone but my track bug kicked in and I needed to race. Also hope that people enjoyed seeing it on track, remembering im skint, independant and do the best with what I got
anyhoo, the cars up the drive, she wont move till I get the brakes sorted now.
**two track videos are uploading now, a mod will place them in this post and edit accordingly**
Morning, got hangover?!
got to circuit, late, murmered hello to a few and signed up for Iridiums Parade Lap.
then went straight to the garage to strip the car and sort tyres and pressures. fred came n nosy'd, kevo66 parked the catcam up next to me and I spent all of 5 mins putting the most bright wheels ever known onto his car (they looked epic btw kev)
first session I went out with kev to get a feel for the circuit, surviving a huge slide when a saxo dumped its guts at the hairpin and then went out behind him for TDKs first session. (after taking passenger seat out)
pic by rob(197.net)
Straight away the brakes werent as strong as I hoped, initial bite was good and grip too, the cup dampers keeping the car tighter than before too helped
http://www.vimeo.com/5204070
Played with a black saxo that was supercharged or on ITBS (which im not sure, although it was fast) and got a feel for the car.
Second session the car seemed its happiest, passing all and sundry it flew, was poised and with added gear braking I was living with the brakes issue, few spins in front of me but its to be expected.
[youtube]QZYyalc7eGo[/youtube]
I noticed the dust from the rally stage was coming onto the track and found it a little bit of a distraction, although the sweat dripping into my eyes wasnt the best experience ever too! I dont have any footage of the second and third session unfortunately so take my word when I enjoyed them, the car ran well and brakes were fine
Fourth session was the Meganesport session...
pic by rob (197.net)
some terrible driving on this to be honest, as you will see in the video. the brakes were shot by now and I picked up some oil off a Pug205 which made the front twitchy for a lap or so.
not far into the session I let Denty past to see if i could do anything against a 26R. I had passed two earlier in the day but i think a culmination of me gunning it and them not helped. Straight away you could see how the car is so poised through cornering, the diff and suspension are 'scary'. I didnt have an answer and although slightly quicker and better under braking, the vastly improving Denty was pulling away form me. Due to trafic the best he pulled was half a straight so theres hope, but the R26R is an absolute animal focused on the sole aim of being quicker than other cars round a circuit.
I was proud though, that a 225FF could even run near the pace of the aforementioned car (the youtube video that someone quoted saying i was mullered or something... ermm yeh thanks haha, listen to the volume and me lifting for 4/5 seconds, bell)
so overall, for what she is, I couldnt be happier. I had no idea the exhaust was so loud and I live the 50/50 appeal it generates too. People talk but dont mention me driving my guts out, haha. its all good though.
Apoligies for not speaking or seeing anyone but my track bug kicked in and I needed to race. Also hope that people enjoyed seeing it on track, remembering im skint, independant and do the best with what I got
anyhoo, the cars up the drive, she wont move till I get the brakes sorted now.
**two track videos are uploading now, a mod will place them in this post and edit accordingly**
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the only upside to the fried brakes and not rushing to put them on for FCS is that I can have the disks grooved and to a design I find suitable. Recently alot of the R26Rs have been cracking their disks, most think its to do with the abuse they recieve, coupled with the design of the grooves on the disk.
rich CADed me over a design which I think will suit the disk, keeping a good surface area and not weakening it too much. these should be on next week, front and rear, with DS2500/DS300 for the summer months and next track outing
rich CADed me over a design which I think will suit the disk, keeping a good surface area and not weakening it too much. these should be on next week, front and rear, with DS2500/DS300 for the summer months and next track outing
to a degree yes, as always its money tho, i'll run a standardish setup as much as i can til its totally neccesary to switch. always been a fan of RS brakes tbh but yeh we'll see
afterall there is an attempt to get them made by members on ms
172 5HED
on the vimeo link above kev
first session anyway (cheers ben)
Ahhh sweet!! Will have a watch!!
Pleasure mate. Cracking progress. Loved the sound at FCS.
Kev, your wheels, in that colour = MINT!!
Kev, your wheels, in that colour = MINT!!
The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Very good Naith. Looks Fantastic!
Yep
172 5HED
mine is a bit more stupid : - so are these any better then the stock megane/clio sport discs ?
mine is a bit more stupid : - so are these any better then the stock megane/clio sport discs ?
i'll let you know when they are on, hope so
not updated in a while, truth be known the cars not moved, ive been driving around in my mums ignis and the megs just been sat there. the grooved disks are on now though and shall be bedded in on the way to trax
i thought it was time to shed some more weight and replace the now 'dud' OEM heavy battery...
odyssey extreme 25, part of the POT groupbuy from rally direct, arrived next day going to fit it this weekend
another benefit is that i can cut the battery tray right down and run the air feed direct to the airbox, rather than its current crushed state.
also been having the dash slowly covered in alacantera, but due to finances its taking a while, will look awesome when fully fitted tho, heres a taster.
also had some CF mirror covers and side badges made up by streamline carbon, getting them fitted just before trax.
pics when they are on
i thought it was time to shed some more weight and replace the now 'dud' OEM heavy battery...
odyssey extreme 25, part of the POT groupbuy from rally direct, arrived next day going to fit it this weekend
another benefit is that i can cut the battery tray right down and run the air feed direct to the airbox, rather than its current crushed state.
also been having the dash slowly covered in alacantera, but due to finances its taking a while, will look awesome when fully fitted tho, heres a taster.
also had some CF mirror covers and side badges made up by streamline carbon, getting them fitted just before trax.
pics when they are on
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