am i ready for the ring

[paulk]

ring trip next week with some old mates from the vxr site...Am i ring ready...
removed a few parts i wont need lol

got to say im thinking about a rear brace bar and harnesses now

got hold of some second hand vw racing brakes from a mate, pads was a nightmare but with mat and simons help there on and i just got to bed them in.Bloody standard bbs wheels dont help ill be sellin them soon i think


open fog covers

itg intake thanks to subaru26675

[Aparoon]

I took my rear seats out ready for the ring too 

[tony_danza]

I'm doing it over there, I can't be arsed with hundreds of miles of bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[JPC]

I know what your saying mike, aftermarket exhausts can bea tad loud with half the interior missing

[cmdrfire]

Mk5 don't need a brace bar. Chassis is plenty stiff already.

[Aparoon]

I've had mine out for a few days, I don't mind the noise at all its awesome 

[paulk]

the miltek is only in your face when you plant the pedal...Ill have a rear bar to run harneses from as i think they look gash from the seat bolting points.

[gillm]

im ready i think .

adjusted my rear arb
bled my brakes (which was black after 1 year)
checked pads and tyres
fitted new fuel filter
got a spare coil pack .

[paulk]

adjusted my rear arb
bled my brakes (which was black after 1 year)
checked pads and tyres
fitted new fuel filter
got a spare coil pack

my roll bars are now on hard...still beding in the pads but should be sweet for next week...when you goin gillm

[RedRobin]

I know what your saying mike, aftermarket exhausts can bea tad loud with half the interior missing

....Get some removable mild-soundproofing carpet (and a half-cage).

[gillm]

im there next weekend

[ashley]

looks good paul, Its amazing the weight of the rear seats. Even my old tdi flew without, although it did introduce rake.

[RedRobin]

looks good paul, Its amazing the weight of the rear seats. Even my old tdi flew without, although it did introduce rake.

....When you say "rake" do you mean the rear of your car lifted noticeably higher without the weight of the seats?

[Truckie]

                

[tony_danza]

the miltek is only in your face when you plant the pedal...Ill have a rear bar to run harneses from as i think they look gash from the seat bolting points.

I'm not sure there's many safe places to mount a harness bar on a Mk5, you'd need to be looking at welding one in or doing some very serious calcs. As a rough guide, think hitting a stationary object (car, barrier etc) at 30mph would mean a 75KG person is putting about 2100KG of force on that bar.... you'd going to need it to be good!