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Very budget track build
Clarkj93:
Now the Mk5's are getting older I really appreciate a perfectly restored mk5 though I must say.
So 2 months later and the golf is back... I almost forgot I had a golf to be honest :grin:
I love the back of it now...
The doors have been lightened quite drastically and so has the bootlid but I forgot take a pic of that along with majority of brackets ditched.
So within an hour I decided to start taking it all apart again :grin: time to prep for paint! Also you can see the cage a bit better here
I am not sure what colour yet still... I'd love to leave it as bare steel but that is not practical. Currently I'm thinking red to match-ish or go for a grey/silver.
I do have a couple jobs to do before taking it out again. Most Importantly the top mounts... Retro Resus told me they really do not like the Compbrake top mounts on there because they do not engage the strut with enough threads and said they did not think they were a quality product at all. They've advised ground control (obviously, everyone raves about these but £££) or Silver Projects which I was surprised at as they're quite inexpensive I assumed maybe not the best quality but they said they reliable and well made and consistent so I'll be ordering these in soon.
We got to talking about dampers too, I was considering getting GAZ later down the line but they advised against these and said the quality is poor and its not something they would ever advise to fit. They mentioned their favourites for the mk5 were KW Clubsports, Ohlins, AST etc. which you could have probably guessed as these are some of the widely known top performers, otherwise they said they also rate the ST XTA dampers, aside from those they said there are not many others they would recommend and said you won't be gaining much by ditching the bilsteins for other similarly priced dampers typically and the b14/b16 are dampers they like recommended sticking with them.
So that means ditching the front linear springs :( the rears can stay though which I am currently debating whether to go back to bilstein springs or keep the rear 450 pound springs which are as stiff as the fronts or thereabouts but are linear. I guess I'll need to do some testing if I want to keep them in the rear.
Clarkj93:
Had the car at Combe recently:
The inside wheel in this one is just about off the ground if you look closely enough :laugh:
Golf was super reliable and rapid all day. The pace is really coming along now.
Running around -2.8 degrees front camber/rear camber -2 degrees and 1mm toe out on front and 3mm toe out on rear. It had great corner entry but it still washes out on the fronts when the temps start to rise, despite less grip it has a nicer balance when the tyres are cold. That is the max front camber it can run currently, still deciding whether to change coilover or just fit new top mounts. Tom at Retro Resus told me about using "droop straps" on the rear of the car to reduce droop and lift the inside rear wheel to help rotation, its a cheap mod so something I will be picking up soon.
The brakes 100% need attention though, it is so twitchy on the rear currently when applying brakes. I am sure it is because the mk7 golf R brakes use a larger master cylinder so the rear brakes get applied a fraction before the fronts. I'm currently investigating the idea of fitting a mk7 golf r master cylinder instead and seeing if this fixes the issue.
Clarkj93:
So as advised by Tom at Retro Resus... Droop Straps!
Its not as easy to adjust as I hoped as its such a tight fit it takes a few attempts to limit the droop to the exact figure you have in mind, you kind of need to just adjust the strap, let the damper release and hope it reaches the correct travel range. If not, jack the damper up again, take out a bit more slack from the strap and hope for the best.
My only concern currently is having to move away from the VAG stretch bolts, as I will need to undo and re-use these bolts multiple times so don't fancy the price tag of multiple VAG bolts or letting them snap after too many uses. I've paint marked them so I will have to monitor how they cope with road and track environments.
As you can see I've also marked the damper just so I can document what settings work well etc and make sure that both dampers are set equally by just eye-balling it.
Marticus:
Great work, looks awesome glad to see it out on the track. I'm watching with great interest as I have my first track day coming up at the end of the month.
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: Marticus on August 05, 2024, 10:23:33 am ---Great work, looks awesome glad to see it out on the track. I'm watching with great interest as I have my first track day coming up at the end of the month.
--- End quote ---
Nice! Good quality tyre pressure guage, lots of water, lots of sweets and a camping chair are definitely the top things to bring! A notepad and pen is a bonus too, just to make notes from each session of things that went well, things that didn't and things you want to explore next time.
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