Members Track car discussion thread.

pcoltrane · 9 Dec 2012 at 13:28

Vix said:
An FF would be slightly more expensive than our MR2 though!!

True, you're looking at £4k+ for a FF1600. They do hold their value at least so there is no depreciation if you buy well.

alexisonfire · 6 Aug 2013 at 20:24

Forgot about this thread! Big bump...

Some footage from my last day at snetterton.

Skeeter · 6 Aug 2013 at 23:39

I'm itching to get back out on track. Gotta buy a second car first.

MeEsH BaKkA · 7 Aug 2013 at 08:38

Myself and a friend are nearly finished prepping a 106 GTI as a track car, the current spec is:

Non sunroof shell
Completely stripped (inc dash bar anything for mot)
Polly carb windows all round
Buckets and harnesses
Pro race 1.2 wheels with r888 tyres
Brembo 4 pots
Bilstien group N Tarmac with custom springs
Upper and lower front braces
Red top gel battery
1.4 Xsi gearbox
Cat cam 708s
Supersprint manifold
Pugsport exhaust

To do:
Fit fiberglass tailgate and bonnet
Finish off brake lines on rear beam after jack incident
Fit cage

The car has been dyno'd at 150ish bhp and we are aiming for the car to weigh around 725kg so around 200ish bhp/ton which should be quick enough in a French tin can!

TaKeN · 7 Aug 2013 at 09:17

Need to decide whether to Shelf these 'EBC Yellow Stuff' pads and get some Carbone Lorraine RC5+ ones :\

alexisonfire · 7 Aug 2013 at 09:28

Carbone lorraine are head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to pads for track. The only thing that beats them is the high end pagid stuff, but thats almost twice the price. The RC5+ are bloomin fantastic, or go one step up like myself and get the RC6 which are just bonkers.

Muffin` · 7 Aug 2013 at 10:16

TaKeN said:
Need to decide whether to Shelf these 'EBC Yellow Stuff' pads and get some Carbone Lorraine RC5+ ones :\

Do you value your FACE?

Skeeter · 7 Aug 2013 at 11:24

The RC5+s are epic. But on the road they are doing my head in. They rattle and squeel like mad. It may be Clio specific though.

Martynt74 · 7 Aug 2013 at 11:43

Skeeter said:
I have no skill, no money, no garage and no drive . Everything people do to a car to track it is optional. There's nothing to stop you just buying any old banger and throwing it around a race track.

If not just pop along to a track day with a mate and blag passenger rides.

Out of interest where do you find space to do the work on your car? We just have a terraced house with no garage/car and the lack of space to work on it is starting to bother me.

TehBluebear · 7 Aug 2013 at 11:45

Really want to start tracking my Starlet but too many things need sorting out on it first

Skeeter · 7 Aug 2013 at 11:48

Marvt74 said:
Out of interest where do you find space to do the work on your car? We just have a terraced house with no garage/car and the lack of space to work on it is starting to bother me.

Where I used to live (a flat) I used my designated parking space. In my new place (a house) there is an area for parking near some garages. I also steal a mates drive occasionally.

Depends how much work you are actually planning on doing? The basics like changing wheels and brake pads is just a case of finding a flat piece of land to jack a wheel up.

Muffin` · 7 Aug 2013 at 12:21

Marvt74 said:
Out of interest where do you find space to do the work on your car? We just have a terraced house with no garage/car and the lack of space to work on it is starting to bother me.

I couldn't do it without a mates driveway, working on the street round here is impossible

kaiowas · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:30

alexisonfire said:
Forgot about this thread! Big bump...

Some footage from my last day at snetterton.

Have you driven Snetterton much? Couple of points on some of your lines:

Riches - you're getting sucked in by the first apex and driving all the way around it on the inside. Ignore the first apex, stay about a cars width away from the kerbs and gradually come in to clip the later apex

Esses - You're going in on a very defensive line. Under normal circumstances you want to be much wider on the way in, turn in later and apex pretty much where the last set of floppies are on the left, this opens up the second part as much as possible setting you up for the run through the bombhole to coram

sovietspybob · 7 Aug 2013 at 18:44

alexisonfire said:
Carbone lorraine are head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to pads for track. The only thing that beats them is the high end pagid stuff, but thats almost twice the price. The RC5+ are bloomin fantastic, or go one step up like myself and get the RC6 which are just bonkers.

I've just fitted a set of CL5+ to my scooby for my last track day, it was really night and day difference compared to the EBC orangestuff's i had on before which are their most 'hardcore' pad. They just stop you with no fuss again and again.

alexisonfire · 7 Aug 2013 at 19:44

kaiowas said:
Have you driven Snetterton much? Couple of points on some of your lines:

Riches - you're getting sucked in by the first apex and driving all the way around it on the inside. Ignore the first apex, stay about a cars width away from the kerbs and gradually come in to clip the later apex

Esses - You're going in on a very defensive line. Under normal circumstances you want to be much wider on the way in, turn in later and apex pretty much where the last set of floppies are on the left, this opens up the second part as much as possible setting you up for the run through the bombhole to coram

Only twice, 2ish years apart. You're right about riches, i just didn't have the balls to carry much more speed through the corner and hang out wider

I started doing that in the morning, and ran off a couple times. I was having tyre troubles that day compared to most days, i think i got some dodgy yingyang 595RSR's this time around.

Although running into brundle defensively set me up pretty bad for nelson, i had to rub off silly amounts of speed to take the esses wider. My car is setup very tail happy!