Author Topic: Black magic Mk5 GTI track car (Read 98710 times)

danishmkvgti · « **Reply #240 on:** November 08, 2014, 07:04:30 am »

Quote from: fuscobal on November 07, 2014, 09:23:34 pm

Thanks guys. Rex, WOT box is much faster but must be very careful cause if your timing is not perfect you could get to 10.000rpms or slip the clutch at 180kmh as I did once. Those noises you hear at 3:46 are actually flames on my exhaust as spectators reported :) The car understeers pretty bad but pretty much all FWDs do that on this track because the corners are very tight on exit...you will see when you get here next year. On the other hand, I kept the ESP on which also brought more understeer !

I get 2 times flames and bangs when i WOT at the tracks, also i have a big issue with the ESP, eventhough i turn it off it enganges and brake the outer front whell in the turns which slows me down quite a bit. I'm considering getting a switch fitted that turns off the steering angle sensor,which will totally disable the ESP

fuscobal · « **Reply #241 on:** November 11, 2014, 09:48:37 pm »

From what I know, ESP can't be turned off completely on our cars but I suppose you could do what you said. Please keep me posted, I'm curious on what improvements will you get !

fuscobal · « **Reply #242 on:** March 09, 2015, 07:36:46 pm »

Latest Update :

- Ohlins R&T coilover that will replace my old and faithful Bilstein B16
- AST camberplates custom made for Ohlins (there are some compatibility issues so I'll have to make a piece for them to fit)
- VWRacing adjustable end-links

Ohlins RT_17 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins RT_15 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins RT_13 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins RT_06 by fuscobal, on Flickr

VWR endlinks_1 by fuscobal, on Flickr

gazcos · « **Reply #243 on:** March 10, 2015, 10:39:27 pm »

Such a good looking car !!

danishmkvgti · « **Reply #244 on:** March 11, 2015, 04:50:57 am »

Quote from: fuscobal on March 09, 2015, 07:36:46 pm

Latest Update :

- Ohlins R&T coilover that will replace my old and faithful Bilstein B16
- AST camberplates custom made for Ohlins (there are some compatibility issues so I'll have to make a piece for them to fit)
- VWRacing adjustable end-links

Ohlins RT_17 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins RT_15 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins RT_13 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins RT_06 by fuscobal, on Flickr

VWR endlinks_1 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Getting the öhlins is really opping the game Fuscobal, i really look forward to hear your impressions of them :)
Keep up the good work :)

fuscobal · « **Reply #245 on:** March 14, 2015, 09:43:30 am »

The custom piece that will replace AST's perch will probably be made out of Aluminum 7075 and will look like this

Spring perch by fuscobal, on Flickr

I've put my hands on a used OEM top mount and tried to make the piece tall enough to bring the whole assembly to the same height as Ohlins + OEM mount in order not to mess with Ohlin's calculations of damper movement. The perch that came with AST's top mount could be used as it was (with just an inside diam enlargement from 14 to 15mm) but would have been about 20mm shorter than Ohlins + OEM top mount so the damper would have had less travel !

Bigjim160 · « **Reply #246 on:** March 14, 2015, 03:40:21 pm »

An impressive list of mods there buddy!

rex · « **Reply #247 on:** March 14, 2015, 07:49:44 pm »

Very nice, my friend!

Can't wait to read/hear your review after the first track day.

fuscobal · « **Reply #248 on:** March 15, 2015, 07:53:23 am »

rex, in the meanwhile, our friend Cristi installed his R&T on his BMW 3 series (very similar to mine and about the same spring rates). He was on tall winter tires but the ride was butter smooth (he said better than oem). We literally couldn't feel anything over bumps on the street ! Unfortunately it was raining quite heavy so couldn't drive too fast !

fuscobal · « **Reply #249 on:** March 19, 2015, 06:07:23 pm »

Raw chunk of 7075 aluminium is here. Strength smilar to steel but 2.8g/cm3 density vs 7.2g/cm3 for steel

rex · « **Reply #250 on:** March 19, 2015, 07:58:02 pm »

What for?

fuscobal · « **Reply #251 on:** March 23, 2015, 07:28:42 pm »

Rex, please see post #245. The custom piece is done but unfortunately it will raise height by 18-20mm which may cancel all the lowering available as compared to the stock suspension. If the car will sit to high, I will be forced to let go the camberplates and use the original top mounts !

rex · « **Reply #252 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:34:59 am »

Sorry, I missed that

Your car is quite high and I doubt you won't be able to keep the current height.

Haroldeverspier · « **Reply #253 on:** March 26, 2015, 04:59:05 pm »

Im not a fan of the scoop... it just screams fake. Other than that, great looking Aveo. Looks very mean from head on and Im liking the black out. Looks like you have hubcaps with black covers on them. Do you have plans to get rims in the future?

fuscobal · « **Reply #254 on:** March 31, 2015, 10:30:32 pm »

Ohlins is finally on the car. After all, the difference in height between B16 and RT (about 20mm on the table) wasn't that big once installed on the car. With the adjusters in the lowest position, the car sits 8mm higher than what it was with the B16 with the adjusters set halfway. Let's say I can deal with the added height but the camberplates are extremely noisy and this is not because of the aluminium parts made by me. As it can be seen on the pics, on my perch, I've replicated the lower side of the camberplate's piece (actualy my piece replaces aboyut 3 pieces from the camberplate) that has a collar to hold the rubber part in place. The problem with that collar is the camberplate and my aluminium part contact only on that small collar which leaves a play of about 2mm between the 2 of them that can also be felt in the steering wheel! Unfortunately I will most certainly go back to the OEM mounts as Ohlins intended. I've also installed the VWR end links and had to cut about 5mm from one damper's ear because the were in contact with each other at full turn (nothing to impact the resistance of the ear though) !

Ohlins R&T_54 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_56 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_58 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_60 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_61 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_62 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_63 by fuscobal, on Flickr

Ohlins R&T_64 by fuscobal, on Flickr