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Clarkj93:
So the hunt to solve the misfire means I've ended up doing the following:
New intake
New genuine pcv
New pcv hoses
Checked and re gapped spark plugs
Replaced some vacuum tubing
New genuine DV
New silicone coolant hoses
New carbon cannister silicone hoses and n80 valve
New silicone boost hoses
New fuel filter

None of this fixed the issue but it means she has had a bloody good service! It's got to be an injector playing up so booked in with r tech for 27th Jan for inlet valve blasting, injector cleaning (replace if necessary) and stage 1 tune. Would have liked to go stage 2 but after all the bits I've bought lately and a wedding to plan/pay for I don't know if I can justify getting a sports cat downpipe and intercooler as well... unless someone has some cheap spares knocking about :laugh:

Here's some shiny stuff:

Racing line stud and nut conversion kit
034 motorsport top mounts and bearings
Ecs tuning rear top mounts
Powerflex black dogbone mount insert
Braided lines
Silicone pcv hoses
Forge silicone TB hose
Cam follower kit
R8 coils


Whiteline adjustable roll bars and drop links. Rear was simple to get on really, I've not even attempted the front, looks like a disaster about to happen, will get it fitted at some point.


Big 1mm sheet of aluminum, the plan here is to make a sunroof delete panel when I find the balls to drill holes in my roof!


Last things on my shoping list before tracking again now are bucket seat, coilovers and tyres.

 Keep toying between keeping a full interior now with a bucket and then chuck it all out when I hopefully get a cage next winter or just take it all out now...

Coilovers will go on after r tech session in Jan so to make sure no issues getting on the dyno. Always changing my mind on these but narrowing it down to (for now at least):
B14 - some say too soft and b16 is quite a bit more but excellent quality
Bc racing - I hear some genuinely fast guys who are happy with the BR setup, I also hear some other fast guys who say the valving is generic and so they're poor, the DS setup is a bit more and a lot less info on them but this sounds like a possibly good track option for not much more money.
Gaz gold - hear very good things for performance and lots of race cars running these that do well in championships and it can be tailored for your needs also when built, I also hear they don't tend to last very long... my father in laws scooby had these, not sure how old they were but the rears were knocking like he'll and the damping adjustable knobs had siezed on some of them.

Tyres will be nankang ns2r as I only have 1 set of wheels and these supposedly will do OK in wet and decent in dry.

JoshB:
It’s coming on to be fair!
I want to strip my arches and skirts at some point to clean them up so enjoyed those pics, cheers.
I had Gaz Gold and Nankang NS2R’s on my old Mk1 MX5. Completely different style of car but on a dry day on smooth tarmac it was like being dragged round corners by Spider-Man. On wet days on bumpy B roads, it was like Bambi on ice... and yes I did soften up the damping before hand. They’re good quality though Gaz. Had some on a Saxo for 5 years and they looked as good as new when the car got stripped.

LC5F:
Used to run the basic Gaz's on my Mk3 valver.
Great shocks and (at the time) cheap to get serviced/rebuilt by Gaz themselves.

pudding:
Nice work!  I initially thought your car is way too clean to be used on track, and then I saw your rust pics  :grin:  All the same areas as mine.  Everyone needs to do it before they fall apart!

That strange brake stabbing feeling at the back most likely is the ESP kicking in.  Mine's done it loads of times.....and actually got me out of a few pickles over winter, so I leave it on.  Not that you can disable it anyway  :grin:

I wouldn't recommend Gaz unless they've improved their build quality.  Yeah they work well because the head honcho is ex-Leda and a damper guru, but the quality was awful on my 'Gold' coilovers.  Mine rusted out super fast (first winter!) and then the chrome plating started flaking off the damper rods shortly after  :doh:  They were genuinely shocked and apologetic by that, but the damage was done, I lost faith.  They did work extremely well though, thanks to getting assistance from Julian at Balance Motorsport to help me choose spring rates etc.

I wouldn't describe B14s as too soft, the exact opposite in fact, on the road at least.

The advantage of brands like BC Racing is you can specify spring rates, but if the valving is generic across 1.4 through R32, that isn't much use.

This is exactly the problem with suspension, no one kit ticks all the boxes unless you triple, or even quadruple the budget.....and then it's no longer a budget track car  :grin:

Anyway, keep up the good work and get those injectors replaced  :wink:

shannon-ob:
Coming along well man!

Glad you’ve sorted the rust before it gets too bad (like mine was)

Front ARB is a pain to fit subframe down job!

Keep up the good work man


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