CurtisRider Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I made a 20mm fork adaptor for my bike rack that I modified for direct fork mount, I 3D printed the bushes so that I can make it universal between 20 and 15mm forks. I might stiffen up the back area of the rack as although it doesn't flex, there isn't what I would consider enough support there. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 That's really cool. 3D printer eh, I'm sure you'll find loads of superfluous uses for that now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 It's the schools one, I haven't finished mine yet :$ used the school printer to print mine I have made a few bits for the car but the printers fairly limited as to what it can make due to its small size, it is good for RC cars though! Visor clips Intake tube rings (to reform them as they deform when overtightened) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1040 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Got speaking to the supervisor welder at work and hes done a few roll cages in cars and said he will weld 1 in my teg for free so custom cages weld in cage is getting ordered friday and means more pennies can be spent elsewhere. Still awaiting harness and go pro to arrive. Have no idea whats happening with the go pro seems to keep getting delayed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Some more pictures for your amusement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Ordered a 5m strip of 5050 LEDS and wired some into the boot to replace the useless 7w bulb. I also plan to have some in the footwells/ under the seats and wire them up to the door switches because I think it'll look cool. Sorry for the amount of shit in my boot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Cracking day. Went to Donington, fell in love with the circuit, did some times I was really happy with and learned a lot about the S3. Nothing went wrong other than a small mystery oil leak which is a full catch can and regular boiling of my brake fluid after 5/6 laps. But being an open pit I just came in, parked it up, blagged a passenger lap and came back half an hour later. Improved hugely which is what I am most happy about. My first laps were very restricted in terms of my track usage, not really getting the car up to speeds where you could make the tires work, not really braking in the right manner to set you up for the next corner, and I needed to really get to grips with the new suspension geometry and the way the S was going to respond. It was all a bit amateur. It needs more negative camber, but otherwise I am really happy with the car now. Until they boiled the brakes were phenomenal, and every passenger said the car felt amazing. Which was real praise, but the one that stood out most was Prawns dad. Because he is a loveable grumpy old man, and he has known me for a very long time and knew me when I drove like a hooligan with absolutely no idea what I was doing. Today was the first time I've taken him out as a passenger and he to be honest I was really nervous, because he always gives me such a hard time (usually deservedly) for being a gobby little shit. To my great surprise he was really impressed and felt very comfortable and when we got back he had a quiet word with Nick about the way my driving has improved. So for me that was absolute highlight if the day. The underlying theme of today is improvement. I would never have had the confidence to get to the point that I was boiling brake fluid, using the weight of the rear to turn in quicker etc etc etc. So basically I'm saying that as the car is improving and becoming more communicative it is nice to feel that I can improve with it and understand the changes. So I am happy with that I'm changing my brake fluid for ATE Blue on Thursday, have Prawns Eezeeeeebleed for that. I'm polyurethane filling my engine mounts over the next day or so, I'll fit those Thursday too. The day had only one hiccup for me, which I will only post about on here because it isn't courteous to mention it anywhere else...but I want to rant about it somewhere so I might as well do it here where nobody will read it and take offence/judge me. In no way did this even out a slight dampener on my day at all, I just want a rant. I was plagued by two dickhead novices in Mk2 Golf race cars who drove like total puddings. Constantly in my way, constantly brake checking me, constantly disobeying the standard practice of releasing faster cars, and driving two abreast through the curves and old hairpin, it seemed like every time I was on track these two thundercunts were there getting in my way. It transpires that multiple people had issue with these guys not pulling in and keeping them up. Thankfully they weren't part of the forum I like to be part of, they were from another group that tagged along. Apparently according to their posts on another forum they "weren't the fastest but put in 200 miles of solid track work and made it home in one piece." Which is more than can be said for one of my headlights and my windscreen which both require replacement because of being peppered by stones after being held up by them for almost an entire lap, then both of them entering old hairpin two abreast and exceeding track limits causing multiple stones, pieces of clay and debris to shoot at my car, despite my best efforts not to be forceful I had been flashing them for two corners and the entire pit straight to quite frankly...get the f**k out of my way. Unfortunately for me, Prawns dad was in the car during the episode which resulted in my windscreen (which now has a foot and a half crack and a half inch chip in it) being smashed, so it wasn't filmed. Their hugely unsafe track entry/pit lane exit was picked up on camera multiple times though. So here's a funny video to show my displeasure. http://youtu.be/np-gJfyZ-iU Lots of videos and pictures to follow, from what was a hugely enjoyable day! - I was using Harry's Lap Timer with a RAM windscreen mount up until about 2:30 when my friend who had lent me the mount needed it back, so I didn't really get much opportunity to film past then. Which annoyingly is when it all started to really come together for me. That said, here is my fastest lap of the morning session - http://youtu.be/1YuChDOENdk Here's me bleeding my brakes as quickly and as poorly as possible. Drippy. The motley crew the night before. Team Prawn Racing HQ for the day. French's car, previously AndyP's. The Red Baron. Which spent 95% of the day broken! but still getting more attention than Porsches and M3's in the pits, everyone loves it. Great car. Edited October 27, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Saw a picture on faceache of that Volvo, what's under the bonnet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Some hoses with holes in them and a bit of red paint. It's not a T4 or anything, just a 2.0 turbo S40 that's running stage 2 hardware, +/-240bhp I'd say. Maybe a little more now the meth works. Apparently it handles quite well. - Not Volvo pictures. Prawn and I, and our friend Rich's mapped up 135i rocket ship. Only lapped .7 seconds faster than my fastest recorded time, and he recorded all day until he also blew a boost hose and only had 320bhp. Hilariously fast car in a straight line. Edited October 27, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 All that "man boost" and still a few seconds slower than a hairdresser Wish I could've come along today, looked like you had a good un! Stupid work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I know! Bloody MX5's must be so quick in the corners given the two long straights, you must be next level fast through Redgate, Craner and the old hairpin. (can we even class Hollywood as a corner? It's just the exit of Redgate, it confused me all day?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 How much did that day cost you Jardoooooooooooooo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Haha. Yeah I can't think of a car that wouldn't be flat through Hollywood, so we'll call it a straight! Craner should be flat too in most cars. Old Hairpin is an important one for MX5s yeah, really gotta carry speed cos of the hill. You can turn in much earlier and carry more speed than you think. If you aren't on the kerb and fighting to keep off the grass on the exit, you're too slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) How much did that day cost you Jardoooooooooooooo? £209 for the day, open pit lane. So you have a briefing, go to the pits and stay on track until you want to get off, then when you want to get back in again you just drive down the pits, wait until a break in traffic and the Marshall will wave you on. I never waited more than 20 seconds to get on track, and did 7 or 8 10-15 minute stints. Technically speaking you could drive solid from 9:30 to 12:30 and 1:30 to 4 without stopping. If you were retarded. I did just south of 100 miles on track, Prawn did almost 240. There were two 182 cup's there today, identical. I didn't take too much notice but they got out the way when prompted, didn't crash and seemed to be going very well indeed. There was an odd mix today, almost standard MX5's with slicks, cages and buckets. Then two 8V Mk2 Golf GTI track cars and two Clio RS's seemed to group together as similar cars. Then a load of 1.8t/16vt Mk2 Golf race cars. Them there was Pierre and I in our track day ready road cars. Then everything else was mental spec, Prawns car, K20 Elise's and Exiges, 996 Turbo's running stage 2, GT2 Clubsports and new GT3's, loads of E46 CSL's running slicks, a billion E36 M3's built to sill spec. It was a very eclectic mix, but not much "every day" stuff. The two Clio 182's were the only cars that that didn't have track modifications to them. Haha. Yeah I can't think of a car that wouldn't be flat through Hollywood, so we'll call it a straight! Craner should be flat too in most cars. Old Hairpin is an important one for MX5s yeah, really gotta carry speed cos of the hill. You can turn in much earlier and carry more speed than you think. If you aren't on the kerb and fighting to keep off the grass on the exit, you're too slow.Hollywood for me was just an exercise of unwinding the steering input I had from Redgate as slowly as possible whilst still feeding myself to the outside of the entrance to Craners. Nige (famous Mk2 Golf driver) enjoys putting his wheels over the curbs there and hooking up on the clay on the inside of old hairpin, and as it has been a two event weekend it was really soiled in the run out of the old hairpin and the inside. So to be honest I didn't fancy risking it too much, it took my all day to take Craners flat at 100 and the same amount of time to stay on the throttle until the apex at the end of Schwantz/entrance to McLeans. I learned so much today, f**k me. What a day. I think I will be working at Oulton Park for the event next month if you are going, I may well have found myself helping with sign on and organisation so I should well be there. Edited October 27, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) That's really good actually! I'd love to get into them now I've got some cash flowing. Just wouldn't know where to start and that's why I think the TF trackday would be a great introduction to it not just for me but for a few others as we could discuss them more on the day etc Edited October 27, 2014 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Come to one with Prawn and I some time, even if you don't drive we've got lots of friends who would passenger you and take you out on track all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 I would be well up for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 As a note, Donington is a 'premium' track, you can do a track day at somewhere like Blyton Park, near Gainsborough (which arguably is a better venue for a first timer) for ~£119. I learned so much today, f**k me. What a day. I think I will be working at Oulton Park for the event next month if you are going, I may well have found myself helping with sign on and organisation so I should well be there. Good stuff, that's what it's all about! Sweet, still very tempted, got an endurance race in a couple of weeks though so will see how that goes first... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1040 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Looked pretty solid driving jardo. How are you finding your new seats and where did u get them from if u dont mind me asking. I put the order in for my cage today should be here im 2 weeks. But im looking at getting a new seat to mount my harness correctly. Remember seeing you got yours for £300 was it which would do me nicly for the time being. Anyways home from work today today with a letter through the door saying package was sitting at a neighbours and tadaa harness had arrived courtesy of demon tweeks. The last lot of things i will be buying hopefully before this curborough tf track day to finish the car off will be 15 inch team dynamics with toyo r888s or something similar. Quick release steering boss and new wheel Buddyclub seat rails with new seat and side mounts Also splitter as it stands just now still not got round to spraying it with the weather been crappy round my neck of the woods. But its all sanded and filled ready to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Seats are Corbeau Club Sport's. Can get them on ebay with sliders and sidemounts for £300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm still running through footage from yesterday. I cobbled this together for a laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Would there be any negative aspect of me running lowering springs just on the front? A guy on the forum is offering me some eibach sportlines for free but only has the front, it's just to tide me over for a few months until I get the coilovers. The car is naturally lower at the rear so it would even it out as it only lowers it by 25mm or so. Just wondering if it's going to make it handle like shit with the springs being different rates etc. tarrrreo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 In short: Renault know what they're doing. Boy racers who put cars on the floor don't. I can do the long version later if you want, that's if Robin doesn't see this and post before me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Temp seems to be working fine now. Weird. Revs still drop when accelerating but only under boost and around 3k in higher gears. Clutch slip makes the revs go up, not down I think the first build of revs might be it slipping? The acceleration isn't that obvious between 2-3k though in 4th. Then when it goes down it's finally stopped slipping and accelerates as normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) In short: Renault know what they're doing. Boy racers who put cars on the floor don't. I can do the long version later if you want, that's if Robin doesn't see this and post before me Haha, I'd pretty much agree, I might do the long version later too. But yeah, as Adam's said, chances are it'll mess with the handling in a way you don't want. I had an interesting drive last night. I went to collect the first parts for my next plan with the Scirocco that I'd bought on eBay, which were in Cheltenham, (about a 160 mile round trip for me). Popped to shell to check my tyre pressures and stick some fuel in and the Scirocco decided not to start when I went to pull away from the pump. After buying a small tool-kit (unusually I had nothing with me) and borrowing some allen-keys from the friendly guy behind the counter I traced it down to a loose crimp connector on the high pressure fuel pumps earth. Got going, got up to Cheltenham and pulled onto what I thought was his road, only the house numbers didn't go high enough. Parked up and jumped out then noticed the road name was 'something something drive' instead of 'something something road' that I was aiming for. Jump back in the car and the sodding thing wont start. I walked to his place and picked the parts up so as not to mess him around (I was only one road over). Got back to the car, played with a few fuel lines to see if fuel was finding it's way right through at pressure (the wiring's not easy to get at, and I didn't have any testing kit). I chucked it back together and gave it one last try and it just about fired up then seemed to run fine, so I cautiously trundled home not daring turn it off again and sitting behind a truck all the way being gentle with it. The plus side is I managed 46.5mpg on the way back as a result Started up fine this morning when I had to un-block-in my housemate, weird. I'll need to investigate this evening as it's still my only car, and although I don't need it to get to work anymore, I could do with it working reliably! (PS, Jardo, nice write up, it looks like it was a lot of fun. I'm really hoping I can join you guys at one of these sooner rather than later.) Edited October 29, 2014 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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