GTi-6 - ITBs & CAMMED Track Car.. LATEST VIDEO

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1. Obviously we struggle to set up the rear beam as per, as they run more toe, but the front end can be set up as such. They run toe out and different caster / camber than a lowered road car.

2. Yep, TD 1.2 in 16", powder coated. They are about 8kg each as opposed to the 12kg each of a challenger.

3. No, I took the wishbones out, bushes out, front struts out, laid everything on the drive and cleaned EVERYTHING, including the subframe. I had already changed the balljoints, top mounts etc but that didn't fix it. I did also nip up all the bolts for the roll cage, but doubtful that would clunk under your feet...

4. Yep, I use Tarox G88 Xantia V6 discs, no squeal whatsoever to be honest. Stopping power, awesome. Pedal travel, unacceptable. 4 pistons per brake caliper mean so much more fluid to more, the pedal moves so much before you start to slow down. I've got an even bigger master cyl in the shed I plan on fitting when I've got time.

I'll keep the bits numbered as it makes it easier to follow!!
I'm a bit confused!

1. I thought you didn't have adjustable top-mounts, as there was just no point running more caster/camber on a road car..? Or are you using different wishbone/406 hubs/shafts to give you the camber? Also, as you say you can't adjust the toe of the rear beam; if you then go and adjust the front toe to toe out as per the btcc spec cars it would make the car very unsettled at speed, and this would surely be compounded by the rear, which if it has less toe would also be quite unstable...? Just interested as there's obviously a lot to play with and little things make a big difference in how these cars handle...
Also, have you looked at the Bridgecraft Engineer Roll-centre kits over on the '6 forum? I believe they're only currently for the smaller ball-joints, but they in effect reset the wishbone angle to the hub, meaning as the suspension loads up, you're getting a small increase in camber as mcpherson struts do, rather than when they've gone past the parallel, and you end up marginally reducing the camber as the suspension loads up.... Let me know if that doesn't make sense???

3. Hmm, well I've just got those new design adjustable top-mounts through in the post today, so need to get the struts out anyway; might as well strip the wishbones etc out when i'm under there. it'll give me a chance to get the adjustable droplinks set up correctly too

4. Interesting that, I thought the pedal travel would be increased but not that much! I'd have expected it to be better to modulate the braking force having a bit more travel too...