TimeAttack...

As expected, trouble was waiting anywhere I went. First it was chaos and lack of information from organizers, so it fucked up my mood :(.

And the problems - for some reason right front brake caliper bracked started to flex when hot (bad contact area with the strut?). When I brake, caliper touches the wheel and gives "nice" ding ding noise. Second - gearbox mounts gave their last... Engine and gearbox started to move and loosening exaust pipe fittings. After that exaust pipe was riding on the rear inner CV joint, givin more "ding ding" noise. After two stops to check it, I've decided, that it's not critical, and I need to complete at least one round. Pushed a bit, and at the end of the straight boost hose blew. So needed to "rest" half an hour to fix it. Not very comfortable in some wet clay-like ground with racing boots and the cars going into braking point at about 150-190km/h. After this I finnaly gave up "racing" and joined the spectators.

This picture I'm still driving my favourite turn (old oak's turn). For some reason it fits my car well. I always really enjoyed this part of the track.

Ready for per4m TimeAttack!

Finished making my 29c512 to 87c257 chip converter. In human language this means that now I can put rewriteable chips in the ECU. Fast programming, fast erase. Now I can have whole arsenal of different software versions in one box and change if necessary (87c257 chip, which motronic uses for boost is very rare and expensive part).

Changed camber of front passenger's side wheel - to maximum. This should save me some tires on the track. Also it should give more grip on the track (which contains left handers mostly).

Street testing revealed that due to big spacers - front wheels are touching fender arches. This is bad, because front springs are too soft. Solved this issue by adding two rubber rings to the spring on the right, and one on the left. Front lifted about 2cm. Hope this will be enough for track.

Washed the car and added sticker - nothing to prove...

Bondaged exaust pipe end with glass fiber tape. Maybe this will prevent melting of plastic parts nearby.

Blog created

First post of my blog. From now all major modifications will be put here.