What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

[Bizkets is Drunk?]

Nearly sold it. But apparently 10k is to much for it

freeze want a skoda now.

[Never had any say Panda]

Nah he wants a Nissan juje

[.Stripes.]

Was that meant to be Nissan juke? My old lady has one of those...god it's ugly. She loves it though, reckons it's a great car.

[Never had any say Panda]

Yeah juke.. Sorry brain has checked out today..

[I JET]

Front struts back out today.

I'll move onto changing the wastegate actuator after lunch

[I JET]

Pulled off the standard actuator to replace with a 12 pound one but while inspecting the wastegate operation I found that the bush on the wastegate flapper arm was flogged out and the larger diameter flapper was clashing with the housing wall and jamming up at times. Soooo off came the turbo.

[.Stripes.]

I played with the settings on my Shockworks today. First chance I've had to really give them a good test since having them fitted. I had to take the rear wheel off first to see where the adjuster for the rear dampener was, but now I know where it is it's easy enough to reach from under the car.

Definitely a night and day improvement in handling! The floaty boat characteristics are gone and the car feels much more composed. Grip feels to have increased and to be much more progressive and predictable.

There's also a much more noticeable difference between fully hard and fully soft than I found with the Teins in my old car. Fully soft with the Shockworks is great for just cruising around on, still has great handling but maintains almost OEM type levels of comfort. Fully hard is ridiculous! It's not painful, but it's uncomfortable. The car transmits every bump and bounces around heaps if there's bumps through a corner. Brett's recommendation of 3 on the front and 4 on the back (0 being the softest and 10 being the hardest) seems like a great compromise for spirited street driving. The suspension soaks up the bumps without unsettling the car and allows a heap of grip. The car also sits flats though the turns and doesn't jump around when you're on the limits of grip.

I'm pretty happy so far.

Edited 14/09/14 09:28 AM by .Stripes.

[.Stripes.]

I should add too that a mate of mine had a drive this arvo. He'd driven it stock before and at the time thought it didn't inspire confidence through the twisties at all. He jumped in it today and his comment was "I'm actually really enjoying driving your car now, this is much better!" Just as a comparison, he's got Teins in his Monaro, so he's used to somewhat similar cars handling.

[I JET]

More weight reduction today.

Removed - front bar, stock hot & cold piping & stock cooler to make way for stage 3 PW goodness.

[Wilko16]

Big brakes look sick [emoji28]