mad_gavo
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Yup.
I checked the tires over before and quite thoroughly after Curby, didn't see a thing. So it's fairly recent.
About two days ago I noticed that when turning right it was making an odd ticking noise and the ESP was coming on. So I might have done it on a pot hole (can't recall going in one) or a flint or something within the last few days.
In terms of wear they were all really even and and only just below the limit, 1.5 at the lowest and 1.6 bang on across 2/3'rds on that particular tire, the rest were at about 1.8.
They do look fantastic on the car, and the grip is very very good.
There is lots of front end grip, and you can really get the fronts dug in and lift off oversteer if you want.
Neither Prawn or I have been brave enough to power oversteer the back end yet, it gets right on the cusp of letting go but the worry is that when it does neither of us have a clue what it will do. Hopefully with a bit more camber on the front and a bit more development in the chassis I will be able to get even more grip from the front.
I've ordered some Recaro Pole Positions (lols) and I just need to order some subframes on pay day, then harnesses to follow.
All coming together well.
Hilariously I fit a set of high contact track tires, and it rains for the first time in months!
What tyres are they mate?
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The trouble is the car is now using a litre of oil every 2-300 miles depending on the way I drive, that's not a healthy sign!
Reminds me of my old corsa gsi lol
Ironicly it didnt smoke much at all and pulled like a train
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Just feels like it's being thrown left and right when around 60mph down back roads. Not so much twitchy just like, wandering steering is the best way to describe it.
I'm wondering if it's linked to the dogbone, as if that's shot which I'm fairly certain it is (hard to get in gear sometimes, wheel hopping, hesitation after hear changes) then it's moving the engine and that's the weight that's throwing it all over??,
Also getting the car being pulled to one side when braking heavily.
Lowered? Standard sized tyres/wheels or bigger?
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caster does have a big effect on the feel of the car. I increased the caster on the civic with after market bushes and it feels alot better for it. How do you mean by twitchy? light? or feeling like its unsettled by bumps etc?
Had a good giggle at as castle coombe at the weekend at their action day. Manged to get a couple of clear runs out on the track without been wiped out by various numptys. Cracking weather and good to catch up with some old faces
IMG_9786 by djgritt, on Flickr
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Wow this thread has got alot longer since I was last on here
Re-apeared as im looking for some cranks to rebuild my bike
Thought I would give some updated info on the car as it is now
imposed myself on a cliosport trackday with the civic at Llandow the other week. Really good laugh even if I now have no front left tyre left now
Recently upped to 9psi and now runs I nice healthy 310bhp
Also added oil cooler and baffled sump to make it more track safe and got some blingy yellow speed coilovers with higher rated springs to fit so should be even better on track now
spec
jackson racing supercharger
toda manifold
spoon cat back
gruppe m intake
area motorsport 9 row oil cooler
clockwise motion baffled sump
hondata kpro ecu mapped by cpl racing
Yellow speed coilovers and buddy club roll centre adjusters with progress ARB
quaife atb
s2000 brakes
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Nice
Cracking tune too
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epic video in every way mate
Great tribute to Gav too
RIP
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I don't come on here very often now days but seeing this now has just been a massive shock
no idea what happened dispite reading the whole thread of kind messages but thats by the by. Thoughts are with friends and familyRemember seeing his inspirational vids back in the day, so sad to lose another very talented rider
RIP mate
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My Scott carbon scale
full xtr and carbon avid juicys
Even running spds now so I am everything that I would have hated five years ago haha
My cheaper get to work bike
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Good find, interesting to see the place I have spent so much money with over the years!
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No, I don't know what happened there
.No more comments?
critisisms, anything?Shag I must be missing some of the action then
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Epic trip and video there.
Is there suposed to be a load of black screen at the end of both of them? Or am I missing out on some of the video
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This was a dissapointment 7 pages and no pictures of the can collection
Hats off for getting 80
Although pics or it never happend
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Might pop down
But I have got a list of stuff I really should be doing
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Win
Happy and inspiring as all trials vids should be
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That was awsome
Reminded me of all the old vids you did that I used to love
That spot still looks awsome today
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Not in Tommy, just a small gap outside and thats it...
Plus the grounds keeper willy type bloke will tell you to GTF as soon as you get there
I will be out. Someone needs to decide where to go though. Southend is fine by me but im up for other places also.
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Rick is that "our" industrial estate?
Sundays ride was the quickest one ever
take bike out of car
See simpson and co
Rain starts
Bike goes back in car and I go home
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Oi what you doing in southend
Kool pics
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Im well up for riding after the london ride
Count me in if I can make it
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Gorgous
After seeing these in the flesh on sunday I want one.
Cant bring myself to spend that much on a frame though
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WTF is he doing
Insane
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Sooooooo tired now can barely move lol
was a good ride, didnt really think it was amazing to ride there, but meeting loads of new people etc was good
I was on the 03 zoo with a loud as f**k king
I saw you go past me or rather I heard you
WTF have you done to it
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They stock them in some halfords. go and try a set on
iirc they go down to the bit where your shin bone starts ie below the knobbly bit if that makes any sense
The Car Thread
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Have to keep us updated as to what you think of them