944S2 Track Car Project - Spa April 2019
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Suffolk944
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Fantastic pictures ! We are off are off to Germany early July for a fortnight and I have toyed with taking the car round the circuit (especially as it spent quite a bit of time there with its previous owner). Not sure if its a good idea wouldnt want a mishap that would put a kybosh on the rest of the holiday us unclear on what the insurance situation is ?
edh
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It's back on the road... (and the track)
Was a very cold day at Cadwell (Sun 21st Jan) & I bailed out soon after lunch. By then the track was covered with a layer of slush & it was getting a bit too much.
I've now dropped it off at the bodyshop for a few small areas of rust to be dealt with.
I've had quite a lot of work done..
New clutch (yes this is a pic of the old one)
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Rear axle refub - new spring plates & bushes, new solid mounts, new trailing arm bushes
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New fuel lines (no pics, but these were fabricated for me & re-used the old ends.)
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The clutch failed at the ring in April 2017 (I always pick such glamorous places to break down..) I was having a fair bit of brake judder - a bit odd, not had it before, but this was with new PF 08 pads & new Sebro disks. We decided to keep going but ease off on the brakes a bit, use a bit more engine braking. This was obviously too much for the old rubber centred clutch & it finally failed on the approach to the Carousel. We got towed off the circuit & managed to crawl back to the hotel in 1st.
Fortunately my breakdown cover agreed to ship the car back & flew us back home. The car arrived a couple of weeks later. I've not been well, so wasn't in a position to fix it myself, & managed to persuade a friend who runs a local garage to take it on. I decided to get a few "while you're in there" jobs done.
Cadwell was my first trip out since the failure. I put some old brake disks back on, kept the new pads, & still had some judder when hot (wasn't braking too hard early on as the track was pretty slipepry). Next step is to refit some old part-worn PF08 pads.
Here's another pic - just because I like this one..
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Was a very cold day at Cadwell (Sun 21st Jan) & I bailed out soon after lunch. By then the track was covered with a layer of slush & it was getting a bit too much.
I've now dropped it off at the bodyshop for a few small areas of rust to be dealt with.
I've had quite a lot of work done..
New clutch (yes this is a pic of the old one)
[link=https://thumbsnap.com/5YbETq4C]
Rear axle refub - new spring plates & bushes, new solid mounts, new trailing arm bushes
[link=https://thumbsnap.com/PGIWLbKu]
New fuel lines (no pics, but these were fabricated for me & re-used the old ends.)
[link=https://thumbsnap.com/Yh4Wcczg]
The clutch failed at the ring in April 2017 (I always pick such glamorous places to break down..) I was having a fair bit of brake judder - a bit odd, not had it before, but this was with new PF 08 pads & new Sebro disks. We decided to keep going but ease off on the brakes a bit, use a bit more engine braking. This was obviously too much for the old rubber centred clutch & it finally failed on the approach to the Carousel. We got towed off the circuit & managed to crawl back to the hotel in 1st.
Fortunately my breakdown cover agreed to ship the car back & flew us back home. The car arrived a couple of weeks later. I've not been well, so wasn't in a position to fix it myself, & managed to persuade a friend who runs a local garage to take it on. I decided to get a few "while you're in there" jobs done.
Cadwell was my first trip out since the failure. I put some old brake disks back on, kept the new pads, & still had some judder when hot (wasn't braking too hard early on as the track was pretty slipepry). Next step is to refit some old part-worn PF08 pads.
Here's another pic - just because I like this one..
[link=https://thumbsnap.com/Yh4Wcczg]
edh
New member
944Turbo said:
Confirmation bias says yes... [
]I suspect it feels a bit more connected and direct, although I hadn't driven it for nine months. Anything that gives me more warning of the back end stepping out is good. It can be quite twitchy on the exit of slow corners in the wet, pretty benign on faster stuff. I had a few "moments" at Cadwell but nothing to worry about & caught them OK.
The noise is greater, but not unbearable for a track car. Seems to have settled down a bit after the first few miles or maybe I'm used to it now.
edh
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Here's the start of the work on some of the rusty bits..
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edh
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Another trip out - this time an evening at Donington - was very warm last night
Car went well, but the oil (semi 10w40) couldn't cope, eventually dropping to ~3bar under load after 20 mins or so. Everything else was OK, not much in the way of front pads left by the end though. Still very impressed by AD08 tyres. Hot summer trackdays are going to need a synth 10w50 or 10w60 I think.
Car went well, but the oil (semi 10w40) couldn't cope, eventually dropping to ~3bar under load after 20 mins or so. Everything else was OK, not much in the way of front pads left by the end though. Still very impressed by AD08 tyres. Hot summer trackdays are going to need a synth 10w50 or 10w60 I think.
edh
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Pure self-indulgence, but just fitted these.. [link=http://gtpheadlights.com/index.html]http://gtpheadlights.com/index.html[/link]
A bit fiddly, and definitely longer than an hour to fit (as the vendor claims). Anyway, they are very well made & fit well once you work out what's intended.
A bit fiddly, and definitely longer than an hour to fit (as the vendor claims). Anyway, they are very well made & fit well once you work out what's intended.
edh
New member
These are much better than the D9 lights - I read nothing but bad stories about the D9 fit and finish.
Earlier this month I spent a couple of days trying to wrestle some cheap fibreglass buckets into decent shape but gave up on that idea. I managed to form the light covers ok but couldn't get a good fit with the buckets. They really needed chopping and re-shaping & I decided to cut my losses.
Earlier this month I spent a couple of days trying to wrestle some cheap fibreglass buckets into decent shape but gave up on that idea. I managed to form the light covers ok but couldn't get a good fit with the buckets. They really needed chopping and re-shaping & I decided to cut my losses.
edh
New member
No idea on weight - I have read ~10kg, but that wasn't really a consideration.
The D9 products were fibreglass buckets & you had to do some faffing around to fit them. These ones use the standard mounting holes & some simple brackets. (Access to the back of the mounting holes is a bit awkward - wheel arch liner needs to come off on the o/s and the alternator air pipe gets in the way on the n/s)
The D9 products were fibreglass buckets & you had to do some faffing around to fit them. These ones use the standard mounting holes & some simple brackets. (Access to the back of the mounting holes is a bit awkward - wheel arch liner needs to come off on the o/s and the alternator air pipe gets in the way on the n/s)
edh
New member
Latest outing, and the final one at Rockingham
A tad slippery early on - what's wrong with this picture?
Not exactly what you want to see as you're exiting a banked turn at a fair rate of knots.. Fortunately he continued his spin through 360 degrees, finished pointing the right way and proceeded on round the circuit..
More usual pics..
A tad slippery early on - what's wrong with this picture?
Not exactly what you want to see as you're exiting a banked turn at a fair rate of knots.. Fortunately he continued his spin through 360 degrees, finished pointing the right way and proceeded on round the circuit..
More usual pics..
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