Europe Trip and Nurburgring?

[Alan_M]

Well. My mates have asked if I want to go on a road trip over to Germany to go on the Nurburgring.
I know that would basically be torture for the car being thrown around a track that big so I would like to do my best to get it set up and ready for the abuse. 

Things I have done so far.

- Stage 1 map
- Straight through exhaust (pointless but sounds mean and I quite like it)
- Cyclones with decent tyres would be put on.
- Bilstein B4's all round with Eibach springs on the front.

Other than that, Nothing really.

I am thinking the following for on the track

- Definitely need a new rear axle. Would get this lowered 30mm to match the front.
- Some decent brakes? Gti-6 ones? and a set of good pads and disks.
- Take as much weight out as I could?
- Would the clutch take the stage 1 okay with track abuse?

Thanks everyone know there are a lot of guys on here that do track stuff so i'm sure there is plenty of experience

To be honest, I'd be concentrating on making the car good for 1000s of miles for a roadtrip round Europe. A standard 306 HDi will be fine for a lap of the Ring as long as you don't go hoofing it and chasing times. Christ, there are coaches/campers/hirevans going round! Admittedly, there are a few bits that where a set of standard HDi brakes will die but that's approaching them at 3 figure speeds.

For your first and only lap on this occasion, just treat it like a B road but keep to the right and let faster stuff through. It's quite annoying get stuck behind slower cars/bikes who clearly have not paid attention to their mirrors. Overtake on the left as per German road rules. Oh, and keep an empty credit card handy. 

AS for your trip, thoroughly recommend the Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Amazing roads and scenery!