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Black magic Mk5 GTI track car

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danishmkvgti:
Fantastic looking damper setup, sooo sexy  :party:

fuscobal:
Thanks Danish. Went back to the OEm mount after all since the AST camberplate was too noisy and was clicking. All fine now. Car has 26 adjustement steps on front and 55 steps on rear but don't know if after 20 they mean anything (by the manual they should only be 20). The car is set to 7 on front and 10 on rear. It is very smooth and quiet compared to even an OEm suspension. Low speed bumps and potholes are absorbed much better than B16 while at high speed cornering I could definately feel the much stiffer front springs opposing to compression. High speed roll seems very well damped (haven't got to the track yet to see the times and didn't get to warmup the semislicks yet). Will try several setting on my next track day and report back !

rex:
That suspension is looking great  :drinking:
True car porn!  :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:

fuscobal:
Ok, it's time for a review after my first track day with this coilover

The road to the track and back > Set it at 7 clicks on front and 10 clicks on rear (0 is hardest) and the ride is just superb. Small bumps, tram rails or small potholes are just hardly noticeable where with my old B16 my breath was literally stopping from the vertical accelerations. Steering is a little bit less responsive than B16 at low speeds (under 60kmh) and similar after that. Roll control is amazing at high speeds (over 140kmh) where you can clearly see Ohlins is superior.

The track > Went 3 times on our recently opened track, 2 times with B16 and now with the Ohlins. Started with the setting mentioned above and the car was understeering pretty bad, knowing the turns are very tight on exit which punsishes FWD cars already. Left the front on 7 and moved the rear from 10 to 7 and felt the car imediately changed behaviour to neutral which led to better corner exit. Afterwards I've tried 5F and 5R and towards the end of the day had my best time with 3F and 3 rear. I must say the steps are very noticeable as compared to B16 where they were  quite vague. For this track, I will next time try 3F and 1 rear to see if I can make the car oversteer a little bit. I must mention that with F & R set equal, I couldn't make the rear loose traction no matter how hard I tried. The car was simply sliding totally neutral. At the end of the day, my time was only 0.5sec faster than with B16 (1min46.2sec) but can't really compare since on one hand I learned the track better at the last visit but on the other hand my R888s were over the thread markers and the track temps were higher on the last visit (40degC as opposed to an optimal of 20-30degC)

carsfeverguy:
I have some questions regarding how the wibg was attached to the rear hatch.
What did you have to cut to attach the wing? any pictures? how many mounting points.
I am in the process of installing a wing on my mk6.
Multam

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