HippY Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Im an official car owner now I trash my car hard in a straight line sometimes. Changing gears at 4.5-5 k, rev limiter at 6, makes the car more responsive surprisingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Im an official car owner now I trash my car hard in a straight line sometimes. Changing gears at 4.5-5 k, rev limiter at 6, makes the car more responsive surprisingly I'm not sure changing gear at 5k when the limiter is at 6 counts as thrashing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 It's more the chassis I think. The camber correction of the wishbones is amazing. Soft suspension works well in some cases The MX5 is 960kg with driver, and we're on 195 section tyres. Makes sense and I would agree. Prime example right here at the front of our grid. Check out how the red and white car gets a crap start then somehow is in front into turn 1! That's just a plain power difference... What camber are you running front and rear? 960kg with driver is amazingly light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm not sure changing gear at 5k when the limiter is at 6 counts as thrashing it the car shakes as hell, the enginemounts are crap, and there is no extra power around there just noise it does feel like it is going to get trashed, kinda scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Alex - Front is 2.6 (maxed out) and rear 3.1 (best handling balance is about 0.5 more at the rear than the front). I would have a little more if the car allowed me. The camber gain is what makes everything so good though: http://www.virkki.com/jyri/miata/camber/camber_NA_R.png Yeah, guess it is pretty light considering the cage is 46kg and I have to add 4kg of ballast to make minimum weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Planning on adding that ballast purely in pizza and cheesecake form? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 new headlights! really need to sort out some decent bulbs. my old led sidelights dont fit, the indicator bulbs are flaking to shit, and have the cheapest h7's going for dip/main old lights: Major wang eye! New lights: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 VAG-COM/VCDS folks: Running 409.1 and trying to track down the cause of my problems. When logging block 115, the 4 outputs are rpm, load, absolute pressure and absolute pressure (ie last two labelled the same). Am I right in thinking the former of these is specified boost whilst the latter is actual? If so then I'm definitely not making as much boost as I should be which (if I'm not mistaken, though I may well be!) points to one of the following: Boost leak (fairly confident there isn't one) Sketchy N75 valve (I have a replacement en route) Buggered actuator Turbo go bye bye Here's a quick extract from a 2nd gear pull earlier (I didn't have the time nor the road for anything else). Will head out tomorrow and get some more comprehensive logs but initial thoughts from this are that something is screwed. Blue/red are requested/actual boost respectively if my thinking above is correct. Am I on the right lines with my thinking so far? Hopefully some better data will help to reveal the issue a little more, but I'm keen to track down the root of this as it's getting very annoying now. Would have been on it sooner but have been away for a fortnight with work. Edit; Martin - Now that I'm back let's get this rARB sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 VAG-COM/VCDS folks: Running 409.1 and trying to track down the cause of my problems. Edit; Martin - Now that I'm back let's get this rARB sorted YES! and slightly off track, where did you get your VAG-COM module? could do with one for mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 t'interwebs, plenty about. I should only ever encourage you to go through official channels, of course. Do as I say, not as I do (or maybe don't...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Those headlights look great with HIDS, my ex had some (I've now raped the headlights for the projector units ) I can't really afford to paint my cars front yet so figured I may as well put it together and use it I'm wondering about attempting a vinyl wrap on the car, has anybody done anything that big on here? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Given how simple the shape of the Porsche is, it's probably not as difficult as many new cars to do. I shouldn't imagine it'd give you any major issues, particularly if you've any experience wrapping smaller pieces of trim etc. If you can pick some up cheap, have a crack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 t'interwebs, plenty about. I should only ever encourage you to go through official channels, of course. Do as I say, not as I do (or maybe don't...) i wasnt asking for your credit card details i know the software can be picky, i was more refering to the hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yeah that was my thinking, I have done loads of smaller stuff I'll see how cheap I can get it, I fancy an Urban camo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 i know the software can be picky, i was more refering to the hardware t'interwebs, plenty about. I should only ever encourage you to go through official channels, of course. As was I. http://www.ross-tech.com/ are the legit folks. If you would rather avoid them for whatever personal reason then it wouldn't be difficult to work out an alternate source, there are literally thousands of people selling cables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 If anyone fancies out-shedding Jardo... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321710156931?clk_rvr_id=806638658172&rmvSB=true 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Stock brakes Nevertheless, if I was there I'd be all over that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 If you have a bit of time to kill, flick the kettle on and have a little read:http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/03/ny-la-26-hours-28-minutes-gt-r-powered-dual-control-infiniti-q50/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Random picture - took the car to work today. Makes me happy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 This contest worthy? What are the rules against stuff like this. But then again there must be some clause against parking against the kerb or some shit. Willing to stick my hand up and admit when i'm in the wrong but to me it doesn't seem like a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Not sure on the rules, but from an 'It'd be a twat to get a vehicle out from those gates' point of view, that's not a great place to park.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Fair cop really, you are parked across a dropped kerb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Got bored. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Putting the carpet back in, or going bare metal permanently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Clean the carpets up, wet vac them and then refit with buckets. I've taken everything out to remove the sound deadening, dry the floor, refit all the plastics so they don't rattle and things. And because it's free and takes up my time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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