Not updated this thread for a while but the project hasnt died out yet.
Over winter i made some adjustable tubular wishbones, they saved some weight and gave me most caster - win win!
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I also got a steering rack off an xsara. The seller sold it as a ph1 model but the old ram had the same fittings as the std gti6 ram which lead me to believe it may be from a ph2. Either way with the old gti6 ram attached to limit the lock its around 1 full turn either direction to get to full lock.
I ditched the power steering too, but i'm beginning to think this was a bit of a bad idea so it may return over winter, the quick rack, extra caster, removal of PAS and semi slicks doesnt half make driving at slow speed a nuisence!
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As well as the above, i've given the car a good service, fuel & oil filter, fresh oil and cambelt kit. I also bought a new gearbox but mullered that as the old clutch had seen better days so had to buy a third gearbox and fitted that with a new clutch. Drives nicely again now.
I got back from this years Nurburgring trip a couple of weeks ago, the weather was very hit and miss and getting a clear lap was almost impossible due to weather and others crashing. My last lap of the weekend on the sunday evening wasnt too bad though and managed to get an 8:31 BTG.
http://youtu.be/1xuh_pUMInc
That's all for now, i'm hoping to get a trackday in at Cadwell and Oulton park in the next few months before christmas, hopefully more updates then.
Over winter i made some adjustable tubular wishbones, they saved some weight and gave me most caster - win win!
I also got a steering rack off an xsara. The seller sold it as a ph1 model but the old ram had the same fittings as the std gti6 ram which lead me to believe it may be from a ph2. Either way with the old gti6 ram attached to limit the lock its around 1 full turn either direction to get to full lock.
I ditched the power steering too, but i'm beginning to think this was a bit of a bad idea so it may return over winter, the quick rack, extra caster, removal of PAS and semi slicks doesnt half make driving at slow speed a nuisence!
As well as the above, i've given the car a good service, fuel & oil filter, fresh oil and cambelt kit. I also bought a new gearbox but mullered that as the old clutch had seen better days so had to buy a third gearbox and fitted that with a new clutch. Drives nicely again now.
I got back from this years Nurburgring trip a couple of weeks ago, the weather was very hit and miss and getting a clear lap was almost impossible due to weather and others crashing. My last lap of the weekend on the sunday evening wasnt too bad though and managed to get an 8:31 BTG.
http://youtu.be/1xuh_pUMInc
That's all for now, i'm hoping to get a trackday in at Cadwell and Oulton park in the next few months before christmas, hopefully more updates then.