Dont have the yellowspeeds anymore as I have Spoon twinblocks now, but from memory the yellowspeeds are bigger. doubt you'd have any trouble fitting under 16s though!
no progress as such on the car, hammered track days these last few weeks and it's still going!
went to a local show, awesome day out and I actually made an effort to clean it ha
Got spoon brakes, with nearly new RC6 pads and stoptech discs..
They were red but as people have probably realised now, I like dark things so I painted them black quickly to tidy them up, seems the paints actually holding up better than i thought so i've just left them satin black now! Fit under my 9 wheels but not my te37s unless I run a 5mm spacer!
Then with new brakes decided to head to Cadwell! Ridiculously hot day but never really it took it above 105 as my gauge starts flashing at me then ha.
Couldnt get on with the car all day, wasn't expecting to be quite such hard work as its always been my favourite track.
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I also booked Croft for the day after, picked probably the two damn hottest days of the year for trackdays! but the car still survived
temps stayed under 110. Absolutely loved it, the car felt so much more enjoyable on a more sweeping, faster circuit.
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Then dropped the oil and did filter. Started hearing a knocking/rumbling noise after Croft, lack of time and me having no effort with the car, dropped it off with a local garage I trust and asked them to check everything over. gearbox was about to come off on the mount that bolts to the engine mount bracket (oops) and driveshaft was about to snap! So everything tightened up and two new driveshafts, gearbox oil and oil seals and she was all ready for another track day! So I booked Cadwell for a second try haha
So Cadwell again last thursday, absolutely LOVED it this time, had such a good day! I felt so much more confident with the car, felt like my lines were better for getting power down sooner out the corners too. Oil pressure seemed quite low through various points in the day, but it seems okay now, and I dont know wether to put it down to the heat and a temperamental gauge.
footage following Josh in his K20 coupe at the end of the day, lots of fun
next steps are more grip. wider wheels and tyres, aswell as changing the spring rates on the car. And a full cage next too.
I've got myself a daily ek9 project coming which has made me happier committing to ripping this apart now, as I love how it looks standard but I want to start taking the car further too. but now I can have a standard one and this one, best of both worlds!