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Sparkie's Mk1 LCR Black Edition
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Ok.
Been a while.
Update.
Less than 20 days till track day at Snetterton.
Can't wait.
Been learning the track on project cars 2.
Definite advantage.
Carwise not brilliant.
Found an oil leak yesterday. Possibly rocker cover.
Car's back in to garage next week for a custom downpipe to be fitted, along with,
new clutch ( Sachs upgrade from Badger5)
Flywheel while it's out.
Main oil seal too.
Powerflex Poly bush dog bone mount.
New rear caliper. Re bleed all four corners.
New spark plugs.
Oil change.
Should be fighting fit for the track once that lots done.
Roll on the 10th.
Been a while.
Update.
Less than 20 days till track day at Snetterton.
Can't wait.
Been learning the track on project cars 2.
Definite advantage.
Carwise not brilliant.
Found an oil leak yesterday. Possibly rocker cover.
Car's back in to garage next week for a custom downpipe to be fitted, along with,
new clutch ( Sachs upgrade from Badger5)
Flywheel while it's out.
Main oil seal too.
Powerflex Poly bush dog bone mount.
New rear caliper. Re bleed all four corners.
New spark plugs.
Oil change.
Should be fighting fit for the track once that lots done.
Roll on the 10th.
Have fun tomorrow!! get some footage up on YouTube
Enjoy.
Cheers buddy.
There right now. We e been red flagged due to mist!! Gutted. Only completed about 15 laps so far. Very damp. Makes it exciting. Levels the playing field a little. Having it with a Lotus Exige and others. Mental.
Can’t get tyres to heat up much. Need more play time.
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Good luck with the day.Cheers buddy.
There right now. We e been red flagged due to mist!! Gutted. Only completed about 15 laps so far. Very damp. Makes it exciting. Levels the playing field a little. Having it with a Lotus Exige and others. Mental.
Can’t get tyres to heat up much. Need more play time.
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So track day at Snetterton was amazing. Totally amazing.
Car was such good fun.
In the wet it didn't take long to get a feel for when it would break traction.
In the dry the new tyres built confidence as they warmed up.
Car was quick. Was hitting 120 on the back strait.
Only issues were coil packs.
Dropped one half way round a lap, came in tried cylinder 1 and luckily it was fixed.
Half a lap later and it dropped one in cylinder 3. Not so funny and loads to unbolt.
Plus id only brought one spare.
Had to blag a mate to drive me to a motor factors.
Didn't loose too much track time as the other LCR that was there came off the track and it was red flagged for half an hr. while they cleaned up the track.
Have a few pieces of vid to put up at a later date. Need to sort YouTube account out.
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Ok, a quick update.
I finally found a good firm to do some more work on the exhaust system.
Consisting of a custom 3” down pipe and decat section which I’ve had for a while needing to be fitted and mated up to the existing exhaust.
While on the ramps I wanted a section made with a sports cat, which I can bolt in place of the decat section as an when I need it. Having visited a few establishments as not feeling the vibe, I came across a bunch of guys at Styled Dynamics.
As I pulled up I was greeted by 3 mk1 and mk2 W Golfs in differing levels of customisation.
Things were looking good.
When I found they were owned by the guys who owned/worked at the place and that they had BAMs fitted to 2 of them I knew I was in the right place.
Once on their ramps it was pretty clear that the original top section of the down pipe was still standard!
Having paid Custom Pipes Doncaster for a turbo back system and him telling me it was over 3”, to say I am pissed is putting it mildly. I have recommended them and I know I’ve given them business. I was also a returning customer.
I’m disappointed and gutted. But onward and upward.
Styled Dynamics did a great job
Sports cat section.
original down pipe they removed.
The new Custom down pipe and decat pre fitting.
So all now fitted. Car has deeper burble. extra growl and snarl. Sounded amazing on track giving it full throttle.
And best of all no back pressure build up at high revs.
Next up is another visit to Bill and co at Badger5 for a final custom stage 2 to produce its best possible power gains.
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I finally found a good firm to do some more work on the exhaust system.
Consisting of a custom 3” down pipe and decat section which I’ve had for a while needing to be fitted and mated up to the existing exhaust.
While on the ramps I wanted a section made with a sports cat, which I can bolt in place of the decat section as an when I need it. Having visited a few establishments as not feeling the vibe, I came across a bunch of guys at Styled Dynamics.
As I pulled up I was greeted by 3 mk1 and mk2 W Golfs in differing levels of customisation.
Things were looking good.
When I found they were owned by the guys who owned/worked at the place and that they had BAMs fitted to 2 of them I knew I was in the right place.
Once on their ramps it was pretty clear that the original top section of the down pipe was still standard!
Having paid Custom Pipes Doncaster for a turbo back system and him telling me it was over 3”, to say I am pissed is putting it mildly. I have recommended them and I know I’ve given them business. I was also a returning customer.
I’m disappointed and gutted. But onward and upward.
Styled Dynamics did a great job
Sports cat section.
So all now fitted. Car has deeper burble. extra growl and snarl. Sounded amazing on track giving it full throttle.
And best of all no back pressure build up at high revs.
Next up is another visit to Bill and co at Badger5 for a final custom stage 2 to produce its best possible power gains.
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Shame really, I remember when you had it done and was happy with it. Shocking what people will do when they think they can get away with it.Ok, a quick update.
I finally found a good firm to do some more work on the exhaust system.
Consisting of a custom 3” down pipe and decat section which I’ve had for a while needing to be fitted and mated up to the existing exhaust.
While on the ramps I wanted a section made with a sports cat, which I can bolt in place of the decat section as an when I need it. Having visited a few establishments as not feeling the vibe, I came across a bunch of guys at Styled Dynamics.
As I pulled up I was greeted by 3 mk1 and mk2 W Golfs in differing levels of customisation.
Things were looking good.
When I found they were owned by the guys who owned/worked at the place and that they had BAMs fitted to 2 of them I knew I was in the right place.
Once on their ramps it was pretty clear that the original top section of the down pipe was still standard!
Having paid Custom Pipes Doncaster for a turbo back system and him telling me it was over 3”, to say I am pissed is putting it mildly. I have recommended them and I know I’ve given them business. I was also a returning customer.
I’m disappointed and gutted. But onward and upward.
Styled Dynamics did a great job
Sports cat section.
original down pipe they removed.
The new Custom down pipe and decat pre fitting.
So all now fitted. Car has deeper burble. extra growl and snarl. Sounded amazing on track giving it full throttle.
And best of all no back pressure build up at high revs.
Next up is another visit to Bill and co at Badger5 for a final custom stage 2 to produce its best possible power gains.
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Trading standards.
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That’s what’s so annoying. Their work is really good. As many others who’ve been under my car have said.
Just couldn’t be arsed to go whole hog and did a short cut thinking I’d never look to see, as I originally told him I’d probably stick with a stage one map and that would be that. Cheeky ..........s
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Took the car back to Badger5 to tune the car to exhaust now that the back pressure had been dealt with.
First base run on the rollers produced figures we were all pretty impressed with.
An additional 13 horses and 21 lbs of torque!
Bonkers. Just by letting it breathe properly.
Took it to Bedford Autodrome for a track day and the car performed well but was sliding and dipping in the corners.
Fun to drive like that but expensive on tyre wear.
Also the car is pulling G’s in the corners and a baffled sump pump as called for.
Met a guy called Oliver Beaumont. He makes up sets of baffles to sell and also has fully assembled versions for sale too.
One baffled sump later and another oil change and it was good to go.
Next up was the need to address the handling.
The shocks were probably there from new and every bolt was seized and needed cutting out. New bolt set from SEAT.
Once out it was all replaced with a set of BC Racing coilovers. ( when buying you need to order the Audi TT 2 wheel drive version )
While it was all being fitted I was advised by Julian from Balance Mtorsport to fit Whiteline control arm bushing that increases the castor by .75 degrees.
It makes the steering more positive and allows power to be laid down earlier in the corners.
So I took his advice as it was a 40 quid part.
Went back o the track a couple of days later.
What a difference. Turn in controlled,feeding in more power earlier when exiting the corners, it all came good.
Reduced slip and much more grip.
So surprised at the difference. I can’t wait to be back on track.
Here’s two links.
First is with new BC’s and second is with old spring suspension.
Mucking about on track with my buddy in his 30 year old Honda CRX. Vtec.
I do come off the track at the beginning of the first video on stone cold tyres.
Lesson learned.
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Picture of the latest stance on the BC coilovers.
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3” Sustem, FMIC, Bosh 550’s,
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Badger5 Custom Map + TIP,
3” Sustem, FMIC, Bosh 550’s,
BC Coilovers, ARB’s +loads more.
Ok plug time.
Can’t thank Julian and
Balance Motorsport
enough for their help recently.
Julian is a suspension guru. Not much he doesn’t know.
I explained my symptoms on track. Namely, understeer and lots of wheel spin from turn in through to exit.
Also lots of tyre wear.
We discussed ride heights, anti roll bars and their strengths, castor , camber,
Bushing etc.
So helpful and informative.
Had to call him re fitting the Whiteline bushes.
He went out of his way to trawl the net to find clear diagrams of orientation etc. Brilliant after sales help.
He also price matched other sites and then gave me a discount too. Top bloke.
If in doubt as to what you need for your car, he’s the man to call.
Here’s a link to his site
https://balancemotorsport.co.uk/
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Can’t thank Julian and
Balance Motorsport
enough for their help recently.
Julian is a suspension guru. Not much he doesn’t know.
I explained my symptoms on track. Namely, understeer and lots of wheel spin from turn in through to exit.
Also lots of tyre wear.
We discussed ride heights, anti roll bars and their strengths, castor , camber,
Bushing etc.
So helpful and informative.
Had to call him re fitting the Whiteline bushes.
He went out of his way to trawl the net to find clear diagrams of orientation etc. Brilliant after sales help.
He also price matched other sites and then gave me a discount too. Top bloke.
If in doubt as to what you need for your car, he’s the man to call.
Here’s a link to his site
https://balancemotorsport.co.uk/
End of Plug.
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Quick update,
Finally getting round to fitting my Corbeau Seat this week.
I have already modified the runners so not much to do bar drill out the subframe holes and bolt it in.
As a bare seat it weighs 6.5 kgs
Add runners and sliders and more like 9.5 now. Still an improvement on the weight of a standard seat.
While on the weight tip, I’m toying with stripping out the back seats and seat belt systems.
About 60 kgs saved when it’s all out.
No one really travels in the back any more, so figure it wouldn’t hurt to do it.
Dilemma is, I Don’t want it to look untidy though.
Decisions decisions...
Badger5 Custom Map + TIP,
3” Sustem, FMIC, Bosh 550’s,
BC Coilovers, ARB’s +loads more.
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Are you going to leave the passenger seat in as well and do you have to get one of these fitted
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