Leosille
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As mentioned before do you think you may end up splitting parts? Interested in the gauges.
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I bought lights from them and they were brilliant, shame you didn't have such a good experience.
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O and congrats on the car!
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14 hours ago, rob275 said:Please TSS, I need someone to play with.
That will be 2 of us in front of you, I'm not sure you would cope?
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Looks like a nice example, a lot for the money.
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On 28 October 2016 at 5:16 PM, Lauren said:Good write up. Turning everything off is what you need to do though in order to learn how to control the car in a slide and work on recovery when you over-cook it. The car has a chassis that doesn't really bite, so it's a lot easier than some in that respect.
How restrictive are the aids, when I went Nurburging I didn't dare take them off? I consider them my saviours 🙈
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Give me a shout if you fancy having a go at fitting the brakes
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32 minutes ago, Tareim said:yeah I play FIFA, not a fan of FUT though as it's the contracts that annoy me
Lool did you end up spending a lot before? Contracts aren't too bad if you get gold
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Anybody into FIFA and looking forward to the game as much as me? Big fan of FUT any other players? Xbox One 🙌🏻
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On 19 September 2016 at 3:12 PM, Lauren said:I've had Stoptech pads on the for the last year. I compete in the sprint series and do the odd track day. They've actually been pretty good. Of course it depends how you drive on track. If you just slam on the brakes on the approach to every corner, then not much will cope. But if you have a degree of progression to your braking and are sympathetic, I find them absolutely fine on track. I'll tend not to do more than five laps or so at a time, just for the sake of not murdering the car and oil temp and all that, but they work well enough and there is no squeal at all. Given their price, it's a win-win situation.
Thanks @Lauren
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NISMO GTR
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15 hours ago, Ade said:Stock disc and good pads go a long way, and are okay if you do short runs like a few laps only at a time. But if you want to do 20min or more sessions and you are fairly quick, the pads won't last long. I wasted a rather expensive set of ds2500 and a set of project mu hc800+ over the course of 5 trackdays. That's 300 odd £ in pads. The main problem being the taper in the worn pads but they were unusable.
If you only want to do 10min sessions like a lot of people do, a good fast road pad works well. I like cosworth Street master. If you want to do a bit more then project mu hc800+ but you are getting into race pad territory so expect them to glaze easily and squeal a lot "around town".
You must do a fair bit of track work then? Thanks for all the information just makes it tricky on which pads to go for first time round lol. Have you tried the Hawk or Stoptech pads? Any idea how they compare to the Cosworth?
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1 hour ago, Ztox said:@Mike@TD.co.uk has KSport front and rear BBK I believe so he'll probably have some opinions, I've been out in it and the stopping power seemed... well, silly. But I guess any front and rear big brake setup would do similar. They are what I'd get, for the price to performance ratio. Those or the the D2 ones.
@adam has some front and rear KSport kits for sale if you're in the market now, page 2 of for sale section if you wanted to look.
@Ztox I did see them for sale, I'm not in urgent need of the brakes atm as haven't got any track work planned and won't be back at the ring until March/April next year, but I like to know what I plan on buying. If he has no interest I may make an offer in a couple months.
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40 minutes ago, Deacon said:If you want to use them a lot on the road and track I'd suggest looking at the Michelin Cup 2's as they have newer tyre tech than the ado8rs which are getting on a bit. If it's just for track use and only a tiny bit of road (and not in the wet) the Nankang AR1's are not far off slicks and generate ludicrous grip.
(Sorry to deviate from your build @Ade!)
Just had a look them Nankang AR1 look serious lol, what size tyres would you run on 17x9 ?
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When I was at Nurburgring, an Australian who has a BRZ was talking to me about tyres he said Yokohama ad08R are some of the best out there. He mentioned in they were being in local race series and they were cutting serious lap times using them. May have to be on the list!
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1 hour ago, Ade said:Yes and no. Fronts are wrx 295x24mm disc. Rears are legacy 290x18mm with 190mm parking brake.
In the long run bbk will save you in costs. I was going through a set of pads in 2-3 trackdays.
Few popular options are:
1) sti brembos. Check out DanJs thread for info on that.
2) stoptech or ap gt86 kits
3) mine which are subaru wrx bbk for the front. You need to swap the bleeders as they are leading not trailing calipers. I bought and old set and got them refurbished with swapped bleeders. Some information on my thread about that (I think).
Cheers @Ade I'll have a look at them threads, I kept seeing Alcon and Wilwood come up, the Alcon are very expensive just like the AP Racing. I may try the stoptech pads if i'm impressed with them the possibly go for their bbk.
Any knowledge of the K sport? It also seems that for most of the bbk an 18 rim is required, another expense lol.
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Thread resurection, I'm looking into brake upgrades, was initially just looking into pad and lines change. I try to do a lot of research on the US forums, @Keethos have you looked at changing the brake master cyclinder? I'm aware they like the Grimmspeed version out there as the brake bite comes in a lot sooner could possibly help you?
I'm beginning to think for the long run it may be worth just investing in a BBK, it seems AP Racing are the logical soloution unless anyone knows of any cheaper alternatives which are as good or nearly? Also I'm not sure if anyone can answer but are the UK oem calipers and discs from the Subaru WRX?
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5 hours ago, billdingo said:How you finding these coilovers?
I see it's your weekend toy, but is it compliant enough to daily?
I'm over the moon with them, the damping is set to hard as I went to the ring. On public roads with the current damping you can feel how crap uk roads are, not the most forgiving but with the dampers set to soft this may not be the case. Performance wise the car is very balanced, no body roll, what seems like endless grip as if the car was on rails. I need to increase height but you can really slam the car with these coilovers, not my cup of tea as I want function and performance. As it stands I certainly say these are a good alternative to the Teins. I've driven @rob275 and his setup is brilliant tbf. The car will become a daily from December for a while but I don't drive often during the week.
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Haha let me know
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39 minutes ago, don said:The Nurburgring is a very addictive place. I keep wanting to go back all the time
It does look much better sat on the coilovers!
I can see a ring trip coming along 👀
I already know a number of people that are interested, was also thinking about a trip to Spa possibly.
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So next on my list was to get some coilovers, after being told the Teins weren't available for when I needed, I researched the American forums and found ST Suspension. ST XTA coilover is what I went for, manufactured directly at KW, they have adjustable damping with top mounts, also a nice drop in height was a must!
The coilovers and alignment were carried out at Fensport, a great service and highly recommended. I asked for a fast road/ track setup and the car feels unbelievable, after letting a number of people with performance cars drive my car, they have commented on how great my 86 is and how much enjoyement you can have in it.
The 86 at the ring... it was quite daunting going on to the track, once the barriers had gone up there was no going back! The respect you have to have for the track is unreal, it was highly challenging but after a few laps then having Bennett coach me it became very rewarding. The car performed faultlessly, I completed 9 laps in total over the long weekend, but by the end to say I was hooked is an understatement! I really hope to complete some driver training and UK trackdays before getting back out there next year, 3/4 trips next year is the aim.
Next on the list for me is upgraded brake pads and lines, the oem discs and pads worked well but if I want to push on some better pads should help me out. I also need to have the car raised slightly as my front arch liners took a beating, I believe it was the bottom of Foxhole and the Carousel which took these out! Seeing so many stripped out cars with cages and upgraded seats really got me thinking how far to go with the car, next year the stripping process may begin.
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Any updates on this TorquePro and how do you actully set it up?