Ape's LCR225 Thread (Getting Back on the Road)

[Willie]

I've got plenty space in my boot to collect all the bits that fall off your French Bench?

LOL

Interested in hearing what will be included in the 'removing some interior trim' plan

 

[Ape]

Ha ha, nice one mate, a little too long though! Needs to be something short and sweet so they can read it on track

Small update


A couple of friends popped over today to clean the cars / have lowering springs fitted / strip weight from my LCR and generally arse about for the day thanks for coming round guys, was good fun!!

Anyway, enough talk, more photo's!

New Centre Caps

No rear trim / interior

Front is still mostly in though. this will be sorted in the near future

Shots of new badges / general redness

Alot of people say about removing rear seats etc being completely pointless. But, we removed the rear bench and backrests, a few bits of plastic trim, seatbelts and seatbelt clips, spare wheel and jack / emergency kit and not much else... Saved 55.3 Kg's. It's helped me locate a new rattle which appears to be the top mount for the rear suspension (props to Techie for guessing this beforehand!!), a minor thing that will be sorted next week and has helped me pinpoint an annoying boot rattle which I'll get round to sorting asap. The exhaust soundtrack is much better and it does feel a little quicker to accelerate (although this could just be because its noisier now!).

There will be much more to come out in the coming weeks. I think I've settled on the route I'm taking with this project a little more now

 

[LEE69]

Nice 55kg is a fair bit of weight not to carry around any more

 

[Ape]

Yep, I've lost a stone and a half too since April so that helps as well

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Looking good fella! Just a quick question: where did you get the front number plate from and how big is it?

 

[Ape]

I got it off craigsplates.co.uk (I think, they're in northern ireland). It's a 3/4 standard plate, I didn't want a full size for the front, or a GB Badge, but wanted UK Fonts and spacing etc to avoid too much attention from the Old Boys in Blue.

 

[Gooner_Mike]

I got it off craigsplates.co.uk (I think, they're in northern ireland). It's a 3/4 standard plate, I didn't want a full size for the front, or a GB Badge, but wanted UK Fonts and spacing etc to avoid too much attention from the Old Boys in Blue.

Cool! Can't see 3/4 size on their options so I might just give them a ring. Thanks.

 

[Ape]

Could also try the plateman, i found the supplier through google

 

[George 3G]

Looking good fella! Just a quick question: where did you get the front number plate from and how big is it?

Lol, I was going to ask that too!

Looks good Ape! Think about the MPG now too lol

 

[shaun.]

looking awsome as ever dude

 

[Ape]

I'll be disappointed if the mpg increases! Means I'm not using it properly

This is what was removed:

Apologies for the crap quality

 

[Willie]

50 Kgs is not to be sniffed at and a good guess by me too, lol

Might I suggest loering the rear tyre pressure to 30 PSI.
I did this as after stripping the car was keener to swap ends on heavy braking.
The lowering of the rear pressure to 30 with the fronts at 33 PSI sorted this out.

Also for the track I am running 35 PSI hot on the front and 32 PSI hot on the rear.

 

[Ape]

You're right there!

I'm at 35psi front and 35psi rear at the moment, you're also right about the back wanting to go it's own way under braking. I'm on track tomorrow so will keep it the same (35psi cold with nitrogen) for now and see how it goes

Just loading it up now for the weekend

 

[Willie]

You're right there!

I'm at 35psi front and 35psi rear at the moment, you're also right about the back wanting to go it's own way under braking. I'm on track tomorrow so will keep it the same (35psi cold with nitrogen) for now and see how it goes

Just loading it up now for the weekend

Okay, now I'm jealous

Good luck with track day, hope all goes well

 

[Ape]

I'll get some vid / pics mate, hopefully won't have another lawn mowing exercise like last time!

I need to get some tow loops as well. Forgot about those!

 

[Willie]

you should have a left hand threaded one with your spare wheel for the front and a plastic cover covering your rear one, opposite side to the exhaust same position

 

[Ape]

Aye, I had it all bolted in and ready for use on the day. Fortunately there was no need I've got a TRS Tow Loop on Order now as well

I've found a few pics that were taken of Shed and I at Rockingham the other weekend.

The track is easier than I remember, I'll upload the vids soon too Shed performed well although it did feel a little flat sometimes, could be that I've got used to it though now?

The tyres started giving up before the brakes which was nice still think I need to up the brakes capability some more though. I'm a bit torn about where to focus next between Power and Handling.

Power Upgrades:
Blueflame Turbo Back Exhaust with Motorsport Cat
Forge FMIC
Forge Turbo Intake Pipe and Charge Pipes
Remap
Uprated Engine Mounts (all 3)

Handling Upgrades:
Neuspeed 28mm rear Anti Roll Bar
S3 Front Upper Strut Brace
R32 Front Lower Strut Brace
Adjusted Geometry Setup
Polybushes all round

Any recommendations?

 

[J@mes W]

Great update Ape, I really love this car. Looks like you had a lot of fun on the track day.

How do find the noise with the rear stripped out?

Keep up the good work fella.

 

[Ape]

Love the noise without any rear trim. Although it's made me really want to sort the Boot rattle it's really head doing!

I've also got what sounds like a rattly top mount on the Offside Rear, so will be checking out this weekend.

 

[cap r 225]

I'd defo sort the handling first mate. Looks like you could do with the ARB on some of those pics. Good pics though