AdamR28 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Ooohhh I seeeeee.Christ on a bike, didn't realise car rental was so much! Our entry fee for a team of 4 was less than that. How did you managed to wangle that one then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Just from talking to the right people really. I was just chatting away to them about racing and how it must be a whole different ball game from just track days and that I was quite new to it all and how did they get into racing. "Well we just did track days then started paying to enter events when we got our license. We're doing ROR and need a driver on Sunday, it's a £2000 entry of you fancy it?" Haha. Back pedal back pedal back pedal, explain just quite how new to it I am, explain I don't have an ARDS license let alone ever had a tuition session. That's the problem with hanging out with Prawns friends; they're all really "proper." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Haha. (Any excuse for an Anchorman reference.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Polishing the ek9 makes me happy. No longer a dull flat white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I like K-Jet too, very little to go wrong, vacuum leak will mess up EVERYTHING, its very sensitive to mixture too which is also affected by the warm up regulator so it's worth having a look there... If it's backfiring though I'd be looking more at ignition timing or leads arcing and all other ignition bits... I'm on my 3rd WUR, passes all tests using a pressure tester. I am thinking ignition timing although it's set to the correct timing mark currently... Leads shouldn't be arcing as they are pretty new and didn't alter the lumping, cant see anything to suggest that in the dark either. Is there any other way to test the leads? Appologies if I've misread/misunderstood, but plug colour has always been a guideline I've used to dictate engine ignition / mixture positions for roughing. Too white - lean, black as fudge - rich, coke colour - good enough to get you going..http://www.bikerenews.com/Stories_Archives/Spark_Plugs/Spark_Plugs.html I know it doesn't give a full dictation through the rev band, but it gives you a rough idea. I can tell mines running a touch rich, but other than that they look good. I'll give that website a look! Stick it on bike carbs EFI paul, everything's better with bike carbs EFI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 have you set the ignition advance properly? My old golf responded very well to lots of advance Best way to find out if a lead is arcing is to touch it Youve not got the order of the leads mixed up or anything? If its backfiring in the inlet manifold its got to be ignition really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 It's at 10degrees advance as per recommendation, I've had it more advanced before but that was before I had my flywheel put in the proper location (it was put on incorrectly by whoever last visited the clutch I assume. Leads are in order, if they weren't surely i'd have a massive lack of power? Yeah ignition does seem to be the issue, it's just figuring out what it is. I'm booking up with C&R in Nottingham to have everything setup correctly, do you remember them from when you lived his way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Never went to a garage if I could avoid it, especially any big name ones £££... Surely you must be down on power to have the problems you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I did a low! 2014-11-03_07-55-47 by dann2707, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Looks shit. Sorry Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I did a low! 2014-11-03_07-55-47 by dann2707, on Flickr Cool, where are the "after" pics? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Noticable difference up front Dan, far more balanced 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I'm confused.Is that lowered or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Never went to a garage if I could avoid it, especially any big name ones £££... Surely you must be down on power to have the problems you have? Not noticeably, although I don't think it has ever been 'right' since I got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Noticable difference up front Dan, far more balanced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... dann2707 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Noticable difference up front Dan, far more balanced Cheers man, glad you noticed what it was like before! 20141026_133240 by dann2707, on Flickr It's only 25mm up front lower so it's just levelled it out compared to what it was like. And it hasn't at all ruined the ride, it's made things much tighter up front Coupled with the pure solid mounts it feels f**king awesome now. Will be getting Bilsteins in the next couple of months. I paid nothing for the springs too Edited November 3, 2014 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... SamKidney Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Jardo, Yawn Glad you like it Dan, can't argue with a freebie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... MartMini Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Cheers man, glad you noticed what it was like before! 20141026_133240 by dann2707, on Flickr It's only 25mm up front lower so it's just levelled it out compared to what it was like. And it hasn't at all ruined the ride, it's made things much tighter up front Coupled with the pure solid mounts it feels f**king awesome now. Will be getting Bilsteins in the next couple of months. I paid nothing for the springs too Looks good Dan, scraped it on anything yet? hit my sump on a speed bump the other day, tempted to raise the engine. Seen these http://www.wellspacedout.co.uk/engine-spacers/mark-4-golf-engine-spacers-15mm then thought they wouldnt be that hard to make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Pashley26 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Jardo, Yawn Sam. Yawn. 99% of "hot hatches" are ruined when they are lowered. It's all about having a tractor ride height, smashing it down B roads and trying to make it topple over haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... King C Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Drove her many miles today to Goodwood and back. Yup, looks pretty lowered to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... SamKidney Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) ^Bet it handles like dog turd. Kinda with you on the tractor height to an extent but I cant stand how shit it looks having a gap so large you could use it as a legitimate bookshelf between the wheel/arch. Done properly lowering a car is perfectly fine, as Im sure you know. Your S3 is lower after all compared to say, a bone stock A3. I wonder why Audi did that? Edited November 3, 2014 by SamKidney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... dann2707 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Does anyone want to see the worst looking car ever!! I don't even know what to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Danny Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 It's at 10degrees advance as per recommendation, I've had it more advanced before but that was before I had my flywheel put in the proper location (it was put on incorrectly by whoever last visited the clutch I assumeHave you tested it with a proper light rather than just static timing? hit my sump on a speed bump the other day, tempted to raise the engine. Seen these http://www.wellspacedout.co.uk/engine-spacers/mark-4-golf-engine-spacers-15mm then thought they wouldnt be that hard to make?Won't they have the opposite affect to lowering it? Having a big heavy lump higher up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... MartMini Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Won't they have the opposite affect to lowering it? Having a big heavy lump higher up? not made for performance, just stops you from smashing the sump on speed bumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Pashley26 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) ^Bet it handles like dog turd. Kinda with you on the tractor height to an extent but I cant stand how shit it looks having a gap so large you could use it as a legitimate bookshelf between the wheel/arch. Done properly lowering a car is perfectly fine, as Im sure you know. Your S3 is lower after all compared to say, a bone stock A3. I wonder why Audi did that? They didn't conciously lower it; it's only 7mm lower than an A3. Which is because it is 150kg's heavier. "Done properly" being the main thing I will pluck from that. Spending money on all these bushes and top mounts is fine; but if you're just going to slap some free springs on the front and claim it feels amazeballs and its SUCH an inprovement then you've maybe missed a trick and didn't need to spend all that money on other stuff. I would rather drive a standard 1*2 than one which only had lowering springs on the front. Also. There aren't many drivers who can "out drive" a Clio 1*2. I couldn't. So why do you need to up the performance? Maybe this is just me preaching because of my new found love for driving slowly round a track. Just my tuppence anyway. Edited November 4, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Prev 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 Next Page 576 of 1054 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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dann2707 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Noticable difference up front Dan, far more balanced Cheers man, glad you noticed what it was like before! 20141026_133240 by dann2707, on Flickr It's only 25mm up front lower so it's just levelled it out compared to what it was like. And it hasn't at all ruined the ride, it's made things much tighter up front Coupled with the pure solid mounts it feels f**king awesome now. Will be getting Bilsteins in the next couple of months. I paid nothing for the springs too Edited November 3, 2014 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Jardo, Yawn Glad you like it Dan, can't argue with a freebie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Cheers man, glad you noticed what it was like before! 20141026_133240 by dann2707, on Flickr It's only 25mm up front lower so it's just levelled it out compared to what it was like. And it hasn't at all ruined the ride, it's made things much tighter up front Coupled with the pure solid mounts it feels f**king awesome now. Will be getting Bilsteins in the next couple of months. I paid nothing for the springs too Looks good Dan, scraped it on anything yet? hit my sump on a speed bump the other day, tempted to raise the engine. Seen these http://www.wellspacedout.co.uk/engine-spacers/mark-4-golf-engine-spacers-15mm then thought they wouldnt be that hard to make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Jardo, Yawn Sam. Yawn. 99% of "hot hatches" are ruined when they are lowered. It's all about having a tractor ride height, smashing it down B roads and trying to make it topple over haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Drove her many miles today to Goodwood and back. Yup, looks pretty lowered to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) ^Bet it handles like dog turd. Kinda with you on the tractor height to an extent but I cant stand how shit it looks having a gap so large you could use it as a legitimate bookshelf between the wheel/arch. Done properly lowering a car is perfectly fine, as Im sure you know. Your S3 is lower after all compared to say, a bone stock A3. I wonder why Audi did that? Edited November 3, 2014 by SamKidney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Does anyone want to see the worst looking car ever!! I don't even know what to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 It's at 10degrees advance as per recommendation, I've had it more advanced before but that was before I had my flywheel put in the proper location (it was put on incorrectly by whoever last visited the clutch I assumeHave you tested it with a proper light rather than just static timing? hit my sump on a speed bump the other day, tempted to raise the engine. Seen these http://www.wellspacedout.co.uk/engine-spacers/mark-4-golf-engine-spacers-15mm then thought they wouldnt be that hard to make?Won't they have the opposite affect to lowering it? Having a big heavy lump higher up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Won't they have the opposite affect to lowering it? Having a big heavy lump higher up? not made for performance, just stops you from smashing the sump on speed bumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) ^Bet it handles like dog turd. Kinda with you on the tractor height to an extent but I cant stand how shit it looks having a gap so large you could use it as a legitimate bookshelf between the wheel/arch. Done properly lowering a car is perfectly fine, as Im sure you know. Your S3 is lower after all compared to say, a bone stock A3. I wonder why Audi did that? They didn't conciously lower it; it's only 7mm lower than an A3. Which is because it is 150kg's heavier. "Done properly" being the main thing I will pluck from that. Spending money on all these bushes and top mounts is fine; but if you're just going to slap some free springs on the front and claim it feels amazeballs and its SUCH an inprovement then you've maybe missed a trick and didn't need to spend all that money on other stuff. I would rather drive a standard 1*2 than one which only had lowering springs on the front. Also. There aren't many drivers who can "out drive" a Clio 1*2. I couldn't. So why do you need to up the performance? Maybe this is just me preaching because of my new found love for driving slowly round a track. Just my tuppence anyway. Edited November 4, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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