Eddy goes on a diet (few updates)

[ShaneAmos]

Just wow, I thought at first mmm nice white edition but fair play for having the bottle to strip it out like that! How do you find racing with the hand controls? We have a car adapted for them at home and I find it seems to be no brakes or fully down even with the slightest of movements (although that may be just the setup we have)

[NeilM]

Just wow, I thought at first mmm nice white edition but fair play for having the bottle to strip it out like that! How do you find racing with the hand controls? We have a car adapted for them at home and I find it seems to be no brakes or fully down even with the slightest of movements (although that may be just the setup we have)

Yeh they take a bit of getting use to, mates say the first time you use them its like left foot braking, all or nothing.

I've used them for a few years now, on the road a gentle thumb push is enough and on track its more of a fist full and a propper shove. You do seem to be able to feel the brakes through your hand, probably more than through your feet.

The real problem is your right hand is taken up with brake or throttle so just your left hand to do everything else, (rude hand signals, pie eating etc etc) 

[edd666999]

Are you in redline??

[SteveP]

Yep that's Neil 

[NeilM]

Are you in redline??

It’s in this month, never read it before, Davy came up to me at the Inters, I think I'm a bit down on bhp really!



They did miss out the bit about my relentless charity work for the underprivileged.

It’s so sad to see girls on the streets in Essex who can’t afford a fake tan or Vajazzle let alone a few extra cup sizes, please give generously.  

[edd666999]

Are you in redline??

It’s in this month, never read it before, Davy came up to me at the Inters, I think I'm a bit down on bhp really!



They did miss out the bit about my relentless charity work for the underprivileged.

It’s so sad to see girls on the streets in Essex who can’t afford a fake tan or Vajazzle let alone a few extra cup sizes, please give generously.  

id like to point out that i was browsing through ebooks to download and saw your car..i don't buy this either lol

[baldwined30]

Neil im sure ive seen this not too long go on the M25, would that be right! I know you go the VW in Chelmsford and i always look out for this! The chaps at VW have told me about your car!!

[sweets2]

Gutsy work, looks great!

[NeilM]

Got her back from KPM last week after the Cam Follower failure, I was quite lucky the shrapnel didn’t do more damage.

However did need a strip engine clean to make sure no bits still flying around, couldn’t strip the oil pump so put a new one in to be on the safe side, went for an APR fuel pump this time and a noticeable improvement over  Autotech, also had an RS4 valve fitted.

While it was there I thought it would be rude not to have an Odyssey Racing 40 AGM battery fitted, put it under the passenger seat.





And picked up a Ctek MXS 3.6 to keep it topped up.



I also had a Lucas style cut-off switch fitted that enables me to disengage the electronic battery cut-off switch so I can turn it on when on track and it won’t drain the battery in normal use.



I’ve been trying to hold the spare set of wheels in place and have put a bar across the back with hooks attached that can be used to strap a single wheel or all four with a ratchet type strap or bungee. 





Still think I could have saved £25 by patching up the old Cam Follower though 

[danishmkvgti]

Considered the amount of failed Cam followers overseas they seem quite rare in UK and Europe, scary to look at though. The tyre rack looks ace Neil, now you just need some of these along with wider tyres up front   

http://www.kerscher-tuning.de/styling/index.php?marke=VW&typ=Golf+5+%281K%29&gruppe=Kotfl%FCgel+%2F+Seitenteile

[liver]

just got the number to order me a cam follower, picked the car up with 28k on and its now on 62k without a cam follower change

car is looking great as always

[NeilM]

Considered the amount of failed Cam followers overseas they seem quite rare in UK and Europe, scary to look at though. The tyre rack looks ace Neil, now you just need some of these along with wider tyres up front   

http://www.kerscher-tuning.de/styling/index.php?marke=VW&typ=Golf+5+%281K%29&gruppe=Kotfl%FCgel+%2F+Seitenteile

Hi danish, are those the carbon ones you have? guess you dont really need to fit the linners do you.

[NeilM]

just got the number to order me a cam follower, picked the car up with 28k on and its now on 62k without a cam follower change

car is looking great as always

Mine went pop at 59k, about 15-20k of that Revo2+, probably the best £25 you'll ever spend 

[NeilM]

Neil im sure ive seen this not too long go on the M25, would that be right! I know you go the VW in Chelmsford and i always look out for this! The chaps at VW have told me about your car!!

Hi baldwined, yeh bought it new from VW in Chelmsford, and take it there for a few bits, I'm just down the road so use M25, M11, A12 alot, with the Golf mainly to and from track days. Well spotted it usually just blends into the background  

[rex]

Considered the amount of failed Cam followers overseas they seem quite rare in UK and Europe, scary to look at though. The tyre rack looks ace Neil, now you just need some of these along with wider tyres up front   

http://www.kerscher-tuning.de/styling/index.php?marke=VW&typ=Golf+5+%281K%29&gruppe=Kotfl%FCgel+%2F+Seitenteile

Hi danish, are those the carbon ones you have? guess you dont really need to fit the linners do you.

Not carbon, but from what I saw at TEFF's R20, they should be lighter than stock. I think it only makes sense if you need some more room for the front tires.
Kerscher seem to be the best build aftermarket fenders I've seen. If you buy these fenders please post pictures because I will only buy these fenders in spring and I would like to see how they look before buying my own.