dann2707 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I can't get mine to understeer! All I get is oversteer. Must not be trying hard enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 You're not driving fast enough then. Mine used to understeer left right and centre, and that was on half decent tires with a RARB (I know I know...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Mad! No idea then, i've had the back end out more than i've had it understeering. Must, try, harder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Try not lifting off, you should get some understeer then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrayvon Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Why would you actually want understeer? I can understand the fun in oversteer but understeer?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Safety. A little bit of understeer gives you a nice nudge before things get beyond your skill limit. Maybe I shouldn't fit these bushes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 That's about the first sensible thing you've said in years. Boring, but sensible. I've just been offered an LCR at a really good price. Gah, a month or so down the line would have been perfect - Soph wants my Golf to replace hers but kinda need to shift hers first to make room/free up funds. Bah! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 What have you done with Jardo, Jardo? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm always like this when I talk about cars. We buy any car it Luke, make it happen. I am currently being pressured into doing Oulton Park on the 21st of November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 You won't regret it, best track in the country IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 You fancy booking it as well by any chance? A friend of mine (with an MX5 actually!) does probably every single track day in the world and she keeps telling me to stop being a fag and book it. The 4 hours each way drive scares me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 We buy any car it Luke, make it happen. If they'd offer £500 rather than £200 I'd consider it. Oh, and the fact that the LCR is purple is a minor issue too...! RE: Oulton. Do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 What's wrong with purple Luke? You say purple, but how purple? Step up from red, I hate red cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Fastest colour though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 You fancy booking it as well by any chance? A friend of mine (with an MX5 actually!) does probably every single track day in the world and she keeps telling me to stop being a fag and book it. The 4 hours each way drive scares me though. Hrrmm... Possibly. Who's it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I may be able to get a small discount if booked through here - http://circuit-days.co.uk/event_info.asp?id=525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 What's wrong with purple Luke? You say purple, but how purple? Step up from red, I hate red cars! "Porsche purple, viola effect". Apparently. Seems to be very dependent on the light conditions from what I can make out online. Going to try and head over to see it at some point (maybe tomorrow afternoon if I get the chance) to see how in your face it is though. If it's subtle then I could likely live with it long enough to get it sprayed/wrapped a proper colour down the line. The seller works as a painter so perhaps I'll buy it on the condition that he sprays it black/platinum grey for me cheap! See also: Need a weekend at your 'rents place or something to swap over brakes, subby etc for you before I get rid of the Golf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I may be able to get a small discount if booked through here -http://circuit-days.co.uk/event_info.asp?id=525 Nice one. Very tempting! I was gonna say no chance if it was Javelin or something, but Circuit Days are run well... I'll have a think / penny count. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Good shout about Curborough actually - cheap, midlands, think it's about £600 a day to hire so could possibly hire the whole thing out for 10 of us... Not a proper track but the costs are much better and it's easier on the car. I'd come. Is there a limit on numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 "Porsche purple, viola effect". Apparently. Seems to be very dependent on the light conditions from what I can make out online. Going to try and head over to see it at some point (maybe tomorrow afternoon if I get the chance) to see how in your face it is though. If it's subtle then I could likely live with it long enough to get it sprayed/wrapped a proper colour down the line. The seller works as a painter so perhaps I'll buy it on the condition that he sprays it black/platinum grey for me cheap! See also: Need a weekend at your 'rents place or something to swap over brakes, subby etc for you before I get rid of the Golf Looks quite nice to me Could be quite different in the flesh, shame we don't really have any sunshine to view it in! This sounds very much like a plan! Finally got the DP fitted along with the cat back exhaust last weekend. Acquired myself an Eibach front ARB, just need something for the rear now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) Splashed out money on a new N75 valve and uprated DV in order to solve my "surging" issue. Turns out it was simply a split PCV breather pipe. Moral of the story, don't jump to conclusions without checking everything first! Now the car seems to of developed a new fault... Drivers side front door does not always open using the fob (all other doors do). If I lock the car again with the fob then I can open it straight after (with the fob). Thinking something may be sticking? Will get VAG COM on it and see if i've got any codes. The door can be locked/unlocked with the key in the door. Edited October 23, 2014 by David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 It's funny how we often pass judgement on people and it turns out to be completely false. There's a chap who sometimes co-drives with my friend and generally he just looks like a counter weight for right handers. He doesn't speak, doesn't join our discussions about the stage / driving, he just sits and listens without making a sound. So we all assumed he's just a chap who enjoys quick driving and has found his way onto the passenger seat as a means of having fun during the weekend. Well, we've just discovered this is him behind the wheel. Wait for it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnlMy8eotw 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Oh uprated DV's...why do you exist when the factory 1.8t one does the job perfectly well for 600bhp RUF's... Your central locking pump pipe is split somewhere between the pipe and the drivers door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I posted this on Audi Sport, so it's just a copy and paste. But there's loads of people on here with 8L chassis cars who can benefit. I know I always say my car is the best car in the world ever and Rich hates it, but remember 99% of my posts are copied from Audi-Sport where my car really actually is the best car in the world that isn't Prawns. And genuinely. This modification is outstanding in the way it has transformed the car. - Serious post guys. I buy things for the car, I fit them, I say they're great and that's that. They are usually small things which add the the package and almost seamlessly just make the car nicer in a few situations. Recently I have done some modifications to the car which have altered the way it feels entirely, biggest of which is the seats and harnesses. Obviously that isn't for everyone, so I haven't made a huge deal about how much I love the way they have transformed the car, because that's totally my own opinion and can't be shared across the board. Today's modification however, oh my. So the other day that Cookbots bloke posted up a thread about his parts, said they were great and blah blah blah. I warned him that he wasn't a sponsor, the thread would be removed and that was about it. Thread got removed, nobody other than me commented. No harm done. I thought to myself, "sod it. I'm ordering a set, and I'll have the caster corrective bushes to go with them." I can't stress enough here, no deal was done, no promise to write up reviews or discounts for saying anything about my thoughts. I bought them straight off the blokes website and paid in full. What they are is a sleeve which reduces the 45mm rubber lower arm bushing to a 30mm polyurethane bushing or the factory bushing, through means of a CNC'd metal sleeve - Like so Originally TT's and the like came with a 30mm bushing. But after numerous motoring journalists crashed their TT's and complained that the steering was too direct and responsive VAG changed the design to allow a softer and more forgiving steering wheel which leaned much more towards inducing understeer at a lower speed before grip levels were exceeded with the 30mm bushings. The standard geometry is apparently very good in terms of where things are, it's just the bushings and play VAG introduced to give the luxury feel which seem to let it down. Post came today... I was so excited to open them! I'm not going to bang on about the quality of them or the aesthetics, because nobody gives a f**k and they're going to end up pressed into a cavity nobody is ever going to look at. What a pig to fit though. Removing the lower arms, 20 minutes. Notice the new DS3000's in the callipers from Bill. Fantastic price, quick delivery and awesome pads. Pressing out the old bushes....Got the oxy out in the end. Refinishing the arms and deburring them, pressing the new bushes in and fitting up the new ball joints took about two hours in all fairness. Removing the old 45mm bush these "cookbot" sleeves replace was a f**king nightmare. These ones - Notice the splits, cracks and rubbisness of the old bushes. When I ordered these I also ordered a Superpro caster adjustment bush. At this point, before I tell everybody how fantastic these are I would just like to pass a comment. Mainly because this guy has already been shut down once, and had his thread deleted. He was also previously banned from Audi-Sport for reasons I don't know... We're allowed to was lyrical about Defcons, and we're allowed to suggest people go and buy 034 subframe bushes from Hektor. And they're not sponsors. Before I wrote this I checked every single forum sponsors online shop and not one of them sell a bush like this for the lower arms. So I don't think this is treading on anyone's toes. Seriously amazing bit of kit! The turn in and increased camber during cornering is truly transformational, the car now feels as I would expect Audi to have made an S car to handle. The front now turns quicker than the back, and the feedback through the wheel is great. You can feel the road changes, and you can feel the limits between grip and understeer much clearer. It's rare that a modification changes the way a car feels, and it's rare that something like is simply a £150 and a couple of hours labour. I haven't dropped any links or anything stupid like that, you're still going to have to search for them. But compared to the price of Defcons these things are REALLY good. I also know lots of other people run these sorts of bushes and increased caster setups, but I've not seen a proper review and post like this saying how good they really are. I cannot wait to really get to grips with the new limits of the car on track on Monday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 How that co-driver sits in a bucket seat with balls like that is incredible, some serious commitment there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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