The Cryptolambo had gone to the moon... Time for Cryptolambo 2!!!

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
@kindai did you manage to sort your insurance?

Did you advise of this? I wonder if maybe that mod (like for many cars) pushed it outside the comfort zone of some insurers

Luckily for me when I was into modding cars I worked for an insurer who had a modified and high performance car specialist division :)
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Yup, all sorted, in the end I went with admiral, the "cheaper" "specialist" insurance companies were all using zennith as the underwriter and after digging around there was nothing to justify the extra premium over admiral.

Even went back to them and they knocked it down to 900 quid, confirmed I can use my choice of repairer (within reason, I would have to provide 2 or 3 quotes) in case something happened and comes with all the bells and whistles, breakdown cover, windscreen, legal etc.

Thats with everything declared as well to admiral standards to cover the factory upgrades and also informed of new exhaust.

The negatives are that non-factory upgrades are not covered in case of an accident, so if someone went into the back end of me they would pay out for a replacement stock exhaust but not the one I am fitting, and they would only cover PPF up to where it would be supplied from factory (so front end only rather than the full bodywork I have had done).


After weighing it up, I cant justify another 900 quid to go to a "true specialist" who then also bang on all sorts of requirements of needing it garaged, needing locked gates, limited mileage etc. Sure it might go a bit smoother if the worst happened, but thats a risk I am willing to take.
 
Finally on the ramps today. Progress going well.

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So litchos sent some pictures through of the progress :)

Heres the old fat box. Really heavy.

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With that out the way, the old midpipes need to come out:

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This is not an easy or fun job, once out you can see how limited the access is to the back clamps:

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With those out, a comparison of the old and new bits

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You'll notice its all been heatwrapped, probably went through a couple hundred quids worth of wrap on this.

So all back together it goes.


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Nearly there now!
 
Popped into litchos today to pick up the old exhaust, while there they asked did I want to hear it start up :D

Obviously, yes.

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To give an idea of how loud this is, it set the alarms off :cry::cry::cry::cry:

 
All going well will be picking up Friday, a few bits of the paint protection film needed re-doing to be flawless so just waiting on it to cure.

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Just got back.

Oh my god. Its SO ANGRY.

Like ANGRY ANGRY. If its not screaming at F1 pitches, its shooting flames and shotgun blasts out the back.

What a difference, I cant tell you how big and stupid the grin on my face is right now, this is how the car should sound, its completely changed the car and as a driver its just... oh my god I want to go drive it more.
 
Well today was epic.

Full writeup to come but right now im going for a very hot bath as I feel like ive been run over by my own car several times :)

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So this write up as been a few days in the mulling.

I didnt want to give away all of Colins "secrets" but at the same time wanted to give an good rundown of the day. As such its ended up quite abbreviated.

  • Arrived at security gate at 8:30. Met by Colin from CATDT. Paperwork sorted, cameras disabled/covered with provided stickers.
  • Taken to CATDT office (Red circle). Cuppa, hellos, introductions. Run down of what I wanted from the day.
  • Car checked over and off we went to the Mile Straight. (green marked)
  • Here we warmed the car up and got the brakes and tyres upto temp in a controlled way. A quick refresher on threshold breaking and steering wheel grip before doing multiple tests of the ABS system to find out how it intervenes in various configurations of the car settings.
  • Car upto temperature, we went to the high speed bowl (yellow). Here we discussed and tested the aero and compliance of the car at high speeds (150mph+) and low speeds. I wont go into more detail here but lets just say I was absolutely blown away with what was picked up.
  • We headed back to the mile straight after and did some damper, suspension and brake theory and tested methods of maintaining stability in the car and using the cars technical advantages.
  • Lunch
  • Onto the dynamics pad (purple). Tested the cars trail-braking capabilities, and optimizing how much can be slugged into a corner.
  • Still on dynamics pad. Grip limit work. Finding out the limits of the car, how much grip it has, how much it can be pushed, where the limits are, what happens when you go over those limits. How to deal with it over the limit etc. Where the systems will keep you in check and where they simply cant.
  • Concrete circuit (blue). Putting all the theory and testing to work. Progressively increasing the speed of going around the circuit. Pushing the limits more and more each time. I spent a lot of time here, more than normal.
  • Alpine loop (pink) or dealers choice. At this stage I could have gone to the alpine loop but Colin mentioned at some of the high speed sections some low cars can bottom out. Instead I opened to go back to the dynamics pad.
  • Dynamics pad. After the concrete circuit I felt the car had more trail-breaking and grip to give. So went back to find those limits even more. Spun the car out quite a few times.
  • Still on dynamics pad. Abusing AWD/Front diff. While testing we were really blown away by how badly things had to go to get the car out of shape. So looked at how the AWD system could be abused to gain more track speed.
  • End of day discussion. Some more theory.
  • Home time.

Throughout all of it Colin was piling theory and technical information into my head. Taking my feedback and explaining any questions I had. I set the pace of the day and got to spend time working on the parts that would give me the most benefit.

Came away with so much more confidence in the cars capabilities and understanding what it takes to get out of shape. Where the sweet spots on the settings are, and just a much deeper technical knowledge of the car, how its systems work, and how to abuse them to gain speed around tracks.

Well worth the money, which, for rental of the circuit + a dedicated trainer for the entire day, was very reasonable.

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