New pair of Pilot Sport 4 tyres for the front. These only last 11.5k insides were gone then going from the inside to the outside there was a spread of 3mm,3.5mm to 4mm on the outside. Thankfully i get them for £77 a tyre 🥴

 

 

 

Curse of lowered Fabias! 

On 10/12/2019 at 20:44, Dark_Hero said:

Curse of lowered Fabias! 

Is it common? it never did this on the contis?

My last pair of tyres did the same thing. Just ate through the inner edge. I’ve raised the front now though which has helped 

Took a trip down to Kames for a test day before the year was out. Never did the full sprint track ago and fancy doing more sprints next year.

 

First Run getting a feel of it and see where the braking points and what gears i would use

 

Second Run

 

trackside view

 

 

Third run took my sister out on this one although she didn't do a good job trying to keep herself in the seat.

 

 

4th Run moved the camera facing forward outside to give an idea of how much the tyre moves and flexes.

 

5th Run and last one all was going well then on the last run down i dropped the drivers side rear on the grass and managed to catch it then lost it the other way.

 

trackside view

 

 

Checked the car couldn't see any damage and was driving all ok. Got home via car wash and then seen the wheels

 

 

 

 

 

That'll be a refurb then.

 

Dropped the wheels off with Simon at Ecosse Powder Coating yesterday at 5pm to get them repaired and redone and he managed to have them ready for 3pm today

 

Really happy with them and cant even tell they were damaged https://www.facebook.com/EcossePowderCoating/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had to run about with the standard wheels with the track tyres which in interesting when its 0 degrees out

Back on 🥰

Was the cost £150 per set without tyres being removed? Looks good anyway. 

 

53 minutes ago, john999boy said:

Was the cost £150 per set without tyres being removed? Looks good anyway. 

 

£250 for 5 so £50 each and they already had tyres on 

Got some new centre caps to go with the newly refurbed wheels

 

 

 

brakes look like the cars been sitting for 2 years rather than 2 days lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little design done by Fast Life Appareal on instagram 😀

 

 

 

Also this arrived from the Czech Republic 😎

 

Took a run up to Crail today as it was the first day of the year. My friend took his caddy van up and let me take it for a few runs down the strip for helping him find the right parts to take it to 180bhp. Clutch is super light compared to the fabia which i wasnt keen on and wind didnt help things.

 

 

 

 

Jumped into the fabia afterwards, battling a 35mph headwind meant the times were down and the lights and timing gear wasnt working due to the wind blowing the sensors over but had the vbox to get times.

 

 

 

 

 

missed 4th on this one

 

 

 

 

 

Few parts still in the bodyshop getting painted that will hopefully be on the car in a couple of weeks and also had a chat with Darkside about taking the car to the next level

 

 

 

 

23 hours ago, AMD87 said:

 

 

Is this from the phone being connected to the vbox or a separate app?

34 minutes ago, john999boy said:

 

Is this from the phone being connected to the vbox or a separate app?

Phone connected to the vbox it’s the vbox app 

Found an old Rode directional mic i had and did some sound clips

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhaust pops....

 

Little drive today

 

 

 

Also picked up a new turbo 🤣

 

Comparison with the 2 Litre CR177 Turbo

 

 

 

 

 

So little update so the world has ground to a halt.

 

The Skoda Motorsport package that came had a S2000 Evo 2/3 bonnet in it. Wanted one for a while and struggled to find one second hand so had to go new from skoda direct who were great to deal with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan was to get the bonnet pin holes filled in and use the normal catch

 

Got a text from my mate that works at the bodyshop to bring my car down as they wanted to check something out. Took the car down and we noticed that were the bonnet catch is on the normal bonnet it was spot welded so had been reinforced behind it where as the rally bonnet is all cut out to make it lighter and the secondary catch comes into one of the vents. So now we are having to cut pins holes back in and fit bonnet mines but cut a catch so we can still use the primary catch.

 

 

 

 

Also sent the Spiders off to get ceramic coated so had to put the standards back on

 

 

 

 

Also been in talks with Darkside Developments to take the car to the next stage and we've settled on the next load of upgrades that will get done.

 

Those will be

 

Custom made Tubular Manifold

GTD1752VRK Turbo from a BMW

+50 Custom Race Injectors

Snow Performance Stage 1 water/meth injection

Performance Camshafts

Upgraded Valve Springs

ARP Rod Bolts

Upgraded Headstuds

Powergate for switchable maps

 

Will also need to look at a new intake aswell to help it breath better but thats something darkside will make when they have the car.

curious to see the custom intake, maybe something I could do on my 1.2 tsi 👀

7 minutes ago, Filipelol said:

curious to see the custom intake, maybe something I could do on my 1.2 tsi 👀

Will be different as you have a front mounted turbo and mines is rear. 

looks good. How far you able to take the engine?

 

21 minutes ago, corndog said:

looks good. How far you able to take the engine?

 

I’ve seen some in turkey make over 300. I’m hoping for 230-240 on a super safe daily track map and 260 on a drag map. 

hi mate just curios as to how much that evo kit cost from skoda motorsport ? 

4 minutes ago, thomasaspin said:

hi mate just curios as to how much that evo kit cost from skoda motorsport ? 

1154€ then £221 to ship it over. 

2 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

1154€ then £221 to ship it over. 

is that just for the four parts of carbon fibre/ abs plastic or including the bonnet aswell