Jay's Golf Coupe "racek0r" project

[Scottymon]

...causes the power steering to default to "heavy as f*ck" ...

 

And also no self centering!!! Very VERY odd to drive.

Think I experienced similar when a Rear Sensor died and I tried to re-calibrate before replacing (which sent the system into f*ck you mode); they're definitely a heavy old girl to lug about.

[xjay1337]

Weird!

Luckily I have big arms from other activities. 

In other news..

13509134_10157166046720624_2959568176854306964_n by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

[dansmith180]

Hello sexy, here are some photos of your car. Also sorry I bailed but literally another 10-15 mins and I would have got stuck in a sh*t storm on the M40, I was watching the orange spot grow on Google maps as I approached but luckily I only lost maybe 10 minutes or so as I hammered the first hour off the journey

[xjay1337]

Cheers for the pictures Dan.
no worries, f*cking ditcher.


Had a good time on track, as mentioned in Mikes' thread a few over zealous drivers meant I sat out for the first 40 minutes or so.
After that it had calmed down nicely and enjoyed the circuit. What a track, lovely, fast, flowing and the curbs aren't too brutal lol

Car performed brilliantly other than again EGT and Inlet air limiters causing a slight cutting of boost when it was real hot... over 50 degree charge temps even with the cooler! But with the amount of boost we are running, what can you do.

Only thing that is needed is an oil cooler as I'm hitting 120 degrees in 3 or 4 laps so I'm going to speak with Alex and we are going to come up with a solution.

Pics were pretty good so I got a couple from Motorsport in Focus and edited them to make them nicer.. no idea why they use 1000 iso in bright sunlight. 

CARS8154-3 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr


CARS7935-2 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

had a good day with alex and mike and the rest of the lads, met a few new faces and hopefully prooved i'm as much of a **** in RL as i am on here :-)

[mdmay]

Looks lovely mate. I wish I could have made it but was away for the wife's birthday and been eyeing up a b8 s4

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[toosmiles]

awesome pics jay 

[Tfsi_Mike]

had a good day with alex and mike and the rest of the lads, met a few new faces and hopefully prooved i'm as much of a **** in RL as i am on here :-)

An unpunctual Mutha? 

[xjay1337]

awesome pics jay 

Cheers pal :-)

Looks lovely mate. I wish I could have made it but was away for the wife's birthday and been eyeing up a b8 s4

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the 3.0 supercharged ones? great for tuning. one was on the track yesterday, with big brakes and roll bars they are pretty good to be fair!

would have been nice to have seen you but life gets in the way hah, hopefully weekend away was better than our weekend :-) hope all is well mate will need to catch up soon been too long!!!

had a good day with alex and mike and the rest of the lads, met a few new faces and hopefully prooved i'm as much of a **** in RL as i am on here :-)

An unpunctual Mutha? 

Pffffft, car was slow mate that's why i was late... plus safety briefings are for pussies.

[xjay1337]

Wanted to update RE the engine tuning

CP3 on. Also able to retain engine cover.

20160703_134258 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

Bobby spent a great deal of time on the car and we have an excellent tune for the time being.

I've done about 2500 miles on the CP3 since installation, on road, strip and track - and not had a single issue with rail pressure (or anything else actual. no CEL, no limp, no stuttering) 
The car is very much stronger now, we have such an improvement in the mid to top end, it feels like when you go from stock car to remapped all over again!

We have got a good improvement in 1/4 mile terminal speed.

Original Darkside tune was 96-97
Bobby's Tune was 98-99
CP3 pump on we are doing consistent 102-103mph terminal speed - A great real world improvement.

We have further developments in the work but we need extra bits of engine for that... soon :)

[Tfsi_Mike]

Sounds like it will be strong at Donny on the 8th! ;)

[xjay1337]

I wish mate

getting quite a few bits done in August so not wasting money on other track days
still need a new ECU as fed up with my rev counter not working.


booked in on the 10th for a thermostatic oil cooler with alex so that will resolve the oil temp issues on track days.
today i gave it a service on my lunch break.

[20160718_142136 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

20160718_145336 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

Now running 10w50 millers nanodrive which is more suited to consistent high temps and abuse..
got quite a few bits planned in August..which involves drills, gaffa tape and swearing (most likely).

next i need to service the bike lol  :-)
also my 3rd brake light has decided to pack up.. joys of having a 170k motor, all the little bits start breaking.

[xjay1337]

 


racekor by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

[Gti_Mad]

Uve gone sticker mad 

Wots it all in ads off

[Paradox1]

Uve gone sticker mad 

Wots it all in ads off

racekor by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

because Racecar!!

[Shoduchi]

It looks the part now!