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Very budget track build
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: Pudding on January 29, 2022, 10:29:37 am ---Good result :happy2:
I like the ride height of your car, nice and even gaps all round :smiley:
Glad R-Tech mentioned the rocker cover as it's often overlooked during diagnosis. They can indeed split apart internally, causing all manner of hard to trace PCV related issues. It was around £125 when I replaced mine a few years ago, so expect a hefty bill for one of those now, if it does need one.
Another problem area is the primary oil separator, which is part of the oil filter housing. The front and rear PCV outlets pass gases through that first and the pipes can get clogged up. As it's buried under the intake, it's another PCV part that gets overlooked.
Anyway, good numbers either way. Not a lot wrong with that engine :happy2:
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Never thought about it but I guess you're right, rear has one crusty oem and one aftermarket spring and dampers are knocking a fair whack at the back now so maybe it's not meant to sit like that :grin: they're coming off as soon as I get some time and it's decent weather anyway.
Yeah frankly I never would have come that conclusion of the rocker cover, I have heard of them going but didn't know it could be so easy to mistake it for a different issue.
Yeah its nice to hear only a couple things to take care of and seems a healthy engine and turbo.
Clarkj93:
Been real busy lately so only managed one corner and as I forgot to tighten up the top mounts effectively did the same corner twice :doh: Fronts been a pain and required a bit of angle grinding, another reason such slow progress.
NS2R's turned up this week also, aks tuning seem to be selling them at 95 quid each when everyone else is doing 115 each so thought I'd take advantage of what I guess is older cheaper stock before the price goes up like everyone else.
Had 1 or 2 conversations with the guys at retroresus lately, seem very knowledgeable lot on anything VAG specifically mk5 golf and tfsi and at only an hour away I'm thinking of getting them to do some jobs I don't fancy doing e.g cambelt, front anti roll bar, oil sump and pickup pipe cleanup etc. They've built a few Production Gti championships cars so keen to try and pick their brain on a few ideas in regards to suspension geo/setup, brake ducting and anything else that a pleb like me could make use of.
JoshB:
Looking good, I had those tyres on an MX-5 and they’re really good for the money.
I need some new ones on mine, it’s got Continentals all round with about 6mm+ tread on but they’re utter sh*te. Like driving on glass…
Clarkj93:
So coilovers now on. Not driven yet as brakes need a fluid flush, waiting on delivery of a few items (including a new 1 man brake bleeder).
Not sorted ride height out properly, it's super low right now but will just let the shop work it out when it goes in for corner weighting.
Here is the old rear dampers, fully compressed (without struggle by hand) and the 2nd picture is several hours later... it rebounded an inch. Shows how dead they really were! Fronts actually did rebound but still not much resistance at all.
Not get any good pics yet as she has not really moved:
So not much left to do until she is back on circuit, brake fluid flush, new rear and front pads (ebc blue on rear and ebc rp-1 on front) and then taking it down to RetroResus in Taunton in April/May for a couple weeks where they're going to do a number of jobs that are beyond my skill and ones that I just want done (front anti roll bar fitting, cambelt, rocker cover gasket, clean out sump of left over dispstick bits and clean up pickup pipe) followed by corner weighting, not sure on alignmet settings yet I've told them what I think would work best but ultimately after their advice from their experience racing and building multiple mk5's.
I've recently removed my brake ducts... I realised what I had done really does not do anything :grin:. My plan is to see if there is any difference in brake temps by taking a measurement between the solid fog grilles and the open fog grilles. There are things like the ttrs brake dust shields that may add to this that are on my radar also.
Booked onto Llandow circuit on 11th June now, its a very reasonably priced circuit and only 30 mins from me now so it will make a good shakedown since all the work has been done since its last outing at Thruxton last year.
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: JoshB on March 06, 2022, 08:15:18 pm ---Looking good, I had those tyres on an MX-5 and they’re really good for the money.
I need some new ones on mine, it’s got Continentals all round with about 6mm+ tread on but they’re utter sh*te. Like driving on glass…
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Yeah very reasonable and great if you only have 1 set of wheels. I hear mixed on Conti's, I saw the review from TyreReviews recently on the new sport contacts 7 and they're raving about them as being as close to a race wet tyres as a road tyre could possibly get, but I do hear people who say some (maybe older variants) are a bit skatey much like you describe.
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