Just got my EK9 here she is...
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My Camber is -3.0 F and -2.5 R its a little more than most people run at the back but I still have a bit of toe dialled in on the back so its to cope with that tail happy nature. Id say -2.0 R with 0 toe would suit most people.
Thoughts are that bypassing the throttle body will help keep the intake air cooler while on track as the coolant is going to have more of a warming effect than anything under that situation.
Thoughts are that bypassing the throttle body will help keep the intake air cooler while on track as the coolant is going to have more of a warming effect than anything under that situation.
egshane
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cheers for the info man!! i was asking because im fitting mine next weekend and been looking at other peoples set ups! i was going to run -3.0F -1.5R
im just worried about the drive to germany :/ what kind of miles do you think you're going to get on the tyres with this setup ?
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Sounds fine to be I have done a fair few commuting miles on my tyres and havn't really noticed any uneven wear. I wouldnt worry.
Its the bend that are murder for the tyres very little occurs on straight motorway crusing.
The downside I find is that on heavy cornering when you get the inside wheel light it will start to scrub the inside edge off.
After one full trackday there was significant wear on the inside of the front right of my track tyres.
Its the bend that are murder for the tyres very little occurs on straight motorway crusing.
The downside I find is that on heavy cornering when you get the inside wheel light it will start to scrub the inside edge off.
After one full trackday there was significant wear on the inside of the front right of my track tyres.
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Well a fair bit has happened since my last post so I think its about time I caught up with things.
With a trip to the Nurburgring approaching (some of you may have seen the details in Jesse888's post) I set about doing some much needed maintenance.
My outer CV boot was almost in two pieces (no picture I'm afraid however one I took the wheel off I also found one drop link had failed
Once the shaft was out my inner CV boot wasn't looking too great either.
Sooo off to the local motor factors:
My auxiliary belts were also long overdue a change too so I got a new PS and Alternator belt.
Nice new drive shaft all built back up. (Yes in the picture the clips are not crimped yet).
At the same time as doing this I drained the oil from the engine and set about installing my oil cooler. This caused me many headaches as I removed my oil filter sandwich plate ready for my thermostatic Mocal item.
However it is actually physically impossible to install a thermostatic plate with out some sort of spacer on the block due to clearance issues.
The oil pressure sensor to the left needed to pass between the two outputs but then the thermostat (bottom right) would have hit the black bracket to the right.
So back on with the sandwich plate. In my rush to refit the sandwich plate (one week left till the trip) I didn't chance which hole I inserted the sensor into and whilst tightening it down while fitted to the car this happened:
So quickly online I went to source a replacement sensor.
Fortunately my new sensor turned up shortly after and I was able to fit my oil cooler here is it before I tucked the lines away into position:
Apologies for the quality it was dark and I was tired by this point hence no pictures of the mounting either.(It lines up perfectly with my old Aircon Radiator mounts, although the lines I had could probably have mounted it externally.)
While I was doing this egshane posted up about his brake failure upon cleaning some dirt off my lines I discovered mine looked like this:
I emailed HEL who got back to me very quickly they believe that the discoloration was only due to moisture ingress, but offered me a free replacement should I want them. I accepted and posted off my lines ready for the exchange.
Now My brother was having a little dig about being flung about in the passenger seat while on track so while I was awaiting my new lines I sold my old Takata to a friend and bought these:
For those of you that have read the thread before guess what I found again while routing around fitting the harnesses?
You guessed it ANOTHER COIN!
There was now only days left before the trip and my car was sitting on axle stand with no brakes
I also took the opportunity to upgrade the brakes a little while I was there and so order a set of Carbon Lorraine RC6 pads.
Finally on to some good news. My new lines arrived the next day and I was able to fit them flush all the fluid through and put the car back together. Ready to hit the Nurburgring. (Although now feeling slightly less excited and rather less confident.)
However I need not have worried and the trip went off with out a hitch and its safe to say the old girl was brilliant and managed to embarrass some more expensive pieces of kit:
After making it home safe and sound I set about cleaning the car and packing various tools away.
Here are how the wheels looked after 12 laps of the track:
Not too much worse than my old ebc yellow stuff pads which I still run on the rear but more than some people might like.
And this was the state of one of my discs
safe to say the car has remained parked up for a while now until I can purchase some new front discs a bit of a sad end to this thread but rest assured she will be back in action soon
More pictures and a video of my lap are available in Jesse's thread here:
http://www.ek9.org/forum/photos-videos/60103-our-ring-trip.html
Thanks for reading.
With a trip to the Nurburgring approaching (some of you may have seen the details in Jesse888's post) I set about doing some much needed maintenance.
My outer CV boot was almost in two pieces (no picture I'm afraid however one I took the wheel off I also found one drop link had failed
Once the shaft was out my inner CV boot wasn't looking too great either.
Sooo off to the local motor factors:
My auxiliary belts were also long overdue a change too so I got a new PS and Alternator belt.
Nice new drive shaft all built back up. (Yes in the picture the clips are not crimped yet).
At the same time as doing this I drained the oil from the engine and set about installing my oil cooler. This caused me many headaches as I removed my oil filter sandwich plate ready for my thermostatic Mocal item.
However it is actually physically impossible to install a thermostatic plate with out some sort of spacer on the block due to clearance issues.
The oil pressure sensor to the left needed to pass between the two outputs but then the thermostat (bottom right) would have hit the black bracket to the right.
So back on with the sandwich plate. In my rush to refit the sandwich plate (one week left till the trip) I didn't chance which hole I inserted the sensor into and whilst tightening it down while fitted to the car this happened:
So quickly online I went to source a replacement sensor.
Fortunately my new sensor turned up shortly after and I was able to fit my oil cooler here is it before I tucked the lines away into position:
Apologies for the quality it was dark and I was tired by this point hence no pictures of the mounting either.(It lines up perfectly with my old Aircon Radiator mounts, although the lines I had could probably have mounted it externally.)
While I was doing this egshane posted up about his brake failure upon cleaning some dirt off my lines I discovered mine looked like this:
I emailed HEL who got back to me very quickly they believe that the discoloration was only due to moisture ingress, but offered me a free replacement should I want them. I accepted and posted off my lines ready for the exchange.
Now My brother was having a little dig about being flung about in the passenger seat while on track so while I was awaiting my new lines I sold my old Takata to a friend and bought these:
For those of you that have read the thread before guess what I found again while routing around fitting the harnesses?
You guessed it ANOTHER COIN!
There was now only days left before the trip and my car was sitting on axle stand with no brakes
I also took the opportunity to upgrade the brakes a little while I was there and so order a set of Carbon Lorraine RC6 pads.
Finally on to some good news. My new lines arrived the next day and I was able to fit them flush all the fluid through and put the car back together. Ready to hit the Nurburgring. (Although now feeling slightly less excited and rather less confident.)
However I need not have worried and the trip went off with out a hitch and its safe to say the old girl was brilliant and managed to embarrass some more expensive pieces of kit
:
After making it home safe and sound I set about cleaning the car and packing various tools away.
Here are how the wheels looked after 12 laps of the track:
Not too much worse than my old ebc yellow stuff pads which I still run on the rear but more than some people might like.
And this was the state of one of my discs
safe to say the car has remained parked up for a while now until I can purchase some new front discs
a bit of a sad end to this thread but rest assured she will be back in action soon More pictures and a video of my lap are available in Jesse's thread here:
http://www.ek9.org/forum/photos-videos/60103-our-ring-trip.html
Thanks for reading.
