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Black magic Mk5 GTI track car
the bruce:
Looks like tons of grip !!
:happy2:
fuscobal:
Thanks guys. Had to raise the front by about 5mm because It was touching the ramp of my garage very slowly. As you can see, even with the wide fenders, the tires are very close. Hopefully I will have no rubbing issues at both front or rear ! What I also don't like, is the fact that the look around the new fenders seems somehow artificial with the sudden widening of the fenders, while the 2 extremes draw back to meet the bumper and front door (unlike an RS4 for ex wich has wide fenders but also wider front bumper or skirts wich completely cover the wheels for better aesthetics and lower drag. I'm afraid I'll have a lot of drag and lift from the front wheels wich will negate the benefit of the air-dam !
the bruce:
Is there any way to widen the bumper?
fuscobal:
Yes, with custom work, the bumper and VwR air-dam can be widened by 5-7cm while still matching the line of the fenders !
fuscobal:
Back from the Hungaroring track-day wich unfortunately didn't go too well for me. On the way to Budapest, the o-ring of my freshly installed USP motorsports clutch line (octomber last year) gave up so I lost the pressure and my clutch pedal remained down. For the moment I installed another o-ring (similar but not identical) that I found in the closest town to where my car remained on the side of the road. At the track, a friend of mine had a brand new USP clutch line with him so I replaced mine with his in order not to take any chance with the improvised o-ring. Happy that I solved the problem, I went to the track and in the 1st session the OEM plastic T piece on the coolant path broke so I lost all the cooland and until I got out of the track the water pump also ceased and the main engine gasket went so I lost the engine compression. I was really pissed of as a stupid 10Euro plastic piece made me take the car on a platform from Budapest to Bucharest and replace other more expensive parts. I don't know why that piece broke (the plastic got too old since the car has 6 years or it was due to the high temperatures and the boiling water from the last Hungaroring). I wonder if the Forge water kit > http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=0017&product=FMKC010 would also replace the plastic part or use it. This is the piece that broke > the big circle is the entire piece and the small circle is where it broke !
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