New owner from Croatia - Page 2

**Petros** · 13-11-2017, 09:12 PM

Yesterday did a short track day in Slovenia, after excatly 364 days
Was fun, did 3 stints of cca 10min
Didnt want to push car for too long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0RfMpaojU&t=357s

Both video and lap time picture are from last stint,only one I have timed...

And today I took car for exhaust build and change, should pick it up in day or two

**Petros** · 19-11-2017, 01:40 PM

So the exhaust is done,for now, as I will go for a change of backbox for some better sound
Am not saying the sound is bad but is not what I expected,there is no pops and isnt raspy enough
Is more boomy,more like Honda than Rallye...

One thing I didnt think about is that I wont be able to hear the amazing induction sound anymore

Company who work exhaust made me 4-2-1 manifold in stainless steel T304 and heat wraped it,made a decated 2" pipe in steel 409 and backbox in T304

This is how car looks from behind now

Plan is to make sound more like Pugsport and I hope they will achive this

Short videos of my old and new sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9no6434nY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97TS44xkPU

**Petros** · 24-11-2017, 04:06 PM

New week new exhaust
Again not totally happy,is to loud now so next one will be 2" Pugsport
It sound great but is to noisy for my taste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyA4BctjogQ

Few photos how it looks underneath:

**Petros** · 19-12-2017, 08:37 PM

New month new exhaust

Guess I will never be happy with exhaust until I put my original one back on place.

I bought Pugsport as my last solution,looks great and sound great, but only from outside.
It is far quieter than previous one on start up and idle and is ok until 2800 rpm
After that it continue the same droning sound till end of rpm range and is very loud.
Even worse than last one which suprises me.
I cant here any rasp or anything inside, doesnt even pop like last one,I hear only anoying grinding.
Hope it could get better by time but I doubt it,whould be great if that sound from outside can be heared inside...

Maybe old original will go back sooner than expected

Few pics

Fish eye

**Petros** · 15-03-2018, 03:57 PM

Forgot to update, main reason why exhaust was so loud is becouse one screw which hold manifold was loose, the one near lambda sensor

Now is much better but still hopping that exhaust will bed in so it can pop a bit

Yesterday did short video of exhaust soun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8vst7wZVok

And we made 150000km, 25000 since I have it

We had our first snow,was driving around a bit but on worn summer tires is not so smart as traction was very limited, I had to go driving as we have snow maybe twice in 10 years so good experience for me.

Pics from yesterday:

Next to fix is front left bearing and a must is to get rid of small rust spot on rear hood but all in all very happy,car is going very well.
And during spring need to paint second pair of wheels for new tires so I could leave this one for track.

**Petros** · 23-07-2018, 12:22 PM

Didnt update for a while, something got fixed and something got broken...

Car had full service in may, mechanic changed 3 wheel bearings, all oils and filters, incuding brake and gear fluid.He also changed few other bits.

It now has new brainded brake lines as old rubberd was done

This small part made engine running as new, perfect idle.Mechanic took this from 306 parked in his garage:

He also cleaned engine bay:

Same day after I picked up a car I went on track day to test a new amazing asphalt:

It drove perfectly, did few short runs as didnt want to push it for too long.
Here are the videos from all stints:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXC96qdJrA8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GviV_RsdcfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZUUai5gcbU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBMD1x_zKdg

Menaged to go under 2min in last stint as new asphalt has even more grip and tyre wear is a lot better.Still have some time to find so hope to go after a summer again

Few weeks after my cooler started to leak,badly, and it still does as I have no where to go curently:

Manifold started to untwist and seat suffered from constant in and out from car:

And after all this happend few weeks ago...

I got ass kicked

One guy was trying to go other way in one way street and I had to stop but guy behind didnt react at all,I even menaged to see him in mirror and tryed to pull away but it was to late.I was furious as car means a lot to me.
I dont know how much damage it actually got, car drives fine but he menaged to even bend my seat base and my neck still hurt a bit.
Think he was doing 30-40 kmh

Car will be repaired after security house decide how much cost it will be and when I found someone who is good in fixing this but am affraid car wont be the same anymore as the kick transfer to other parts and dont know if anything else got bend.
I was dissapointed and am thinking of replacing it with something else but I doubt I will find car good to drive and cheap to maintain as this little Pug.

Hope to fix it asap, till than I must drive it carefouly

**Petros** · 21-11-2018, 12:31 PM

I went to my mechanic this month for regular service and few other things and to take car to fix rear end but guy who does that is very busy so am still waiting for him.

Car got new belt together with water pump who was leaking a bit,one of engine mount, new radiator Nissens,seals for both crank shaft, all bearings in gearbox,oil filter and engine oil (Selenia Racing 10W-60) and he adjusted valves.

Few pisc of gearbox, first time opend:

Till he was doing that I managed to refrubrished another pair of steelies for new set of same tires I had before only a bit wider, Falken ZX914 in 185/55 14

Rims are not to flat I whould say, but they tured out ok and there is no any vibrations so am happy

During summer I had returned original seat back to sort my seat base for OMP seat and original exhaust was also back on until It passes MOT, so immediatlly after that both things where back on.

So after all this car was ready for appropriate use

My mechanic was planning to go compete in discipline called Formula Driver on Grobnik,track near Rijeka where I have been in more occasions so I went with him
Good thing is that you can compete without race licence in first two classes wich are driven with original cars
I did try it once two years ago but this one I will remember for rest of my life becouse it brought me this:

My first trophy ever

We had one training run and two runs which where counted, usually there are three runs but there was a lot of people who competed this time.
My driving was solid, it could have been better but I went a bit cautiously not to harm my car, altought I did scratched it a bit in first official run as you can see in pics below:

It all went away with a bit of gasoline
Second drive was much better and after I crossed finish line I knew it was a good time and I was thrilled that I finished in one peace.
I am thinking of maybe getting a racing licence and drive all seasson next year but I still need to have a good think, this is my only car and dont what to crash it or anything.

This is how it looked first test run, and sadly only video I have as they did not allowed me to have my GoPro on window attached with suction cup...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpUfb66uwE4

This was our pit position:

And one really nice race car

So current plan for car is to fix rear end, hopefully next month, on ebay I found really cheap new Ferodo DS2500 so I ordered it immediatlly. Also am thinking of Eibach pro kit springs
I know I said I whould like to keep it original but something is pulling me to try different things, luckly till now all original parts are stored

**Cris B** · 22-11-2018, 11:22 PM

Nice to see it being used for its intended purpose!

Ivor Bigguns · 23-11-2018, 01:22 PM

Great thread. Interesting about your view on the 2” Pugsport. I’ve bought one for my GTi and it’s good to hear those sound clips.

**Petros** · 23-11-2018, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivor Bigguns

Great thread. Interesting about your view on the 2” Pugsport. I’ve bought one for my GTi and it’s good to hear those sound clips.

Tnx
I think my main problem for being so loud inside is either my manifold or pipe, am thinking of selling this one and buying Raceland 4-2-1 or maybe try with bit thiner decate pipe

Ivor Bigguns · 24-11-2018, 02:02 PM

Was thinking of the Raceland 4-2-1 too Petros. Let me know when you pull the trigger on it.

**Petros** · 24-01-2019, 01:04 PM

Finally I got appointment for fixing my back end,next week I am taking my car so in two weeks it should all be sorted.

My air ventialation broke,cant turn it on, and now my clock doesnt work either when I turn on my headlights, small things but need to sort them out
Will order new Osram Night breaker for better vision too

We are almost on 160000km, this was taken before last trip to track day.

So few days ago I went on track Grobnik again to enjoy myself a bit and see how car goes one newer tires.I was only doing two laps per stint, didnt wont any kind of new problems and car worked flawless.
Air temperature was low, around 3 degrees with strong wind who got me a bit of trouble on braking but really nice push in my back on start/finish line straight

Car had a bit of understeer or I just wonted too much so did few offtrack

I managed to improve my lap time by over 2.5 sec just because of tires.

I started to imagine how good car would go with more power, but I would like to see how fast could I go with current engine

Maybe I might improve my suspension first, was thinking of Bilstein B12 wich comes with Eibach pro-kit and B8 dampers and is not too expensive, found it for less than 500 euros
I got recommendation for H&R but they are a bit pricey

If anyone have some other idea of springs/dampers I would appreciate it

Videos :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOraOM6J3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqrFDs184w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9Z4aSTTBo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZuEUUHjYc&t=186s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9EQQ0mLs4&t=5s

Few random pics:

Soon on car

**drmo** · 25-01-2019, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petros

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Videos :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOraOM6J3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqrFDs184w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9Z4aSTTBo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZuEUUHjYc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9EQQ0mLs4

I've edited video link for you as the ones you posted don't work

**Petros** · 25-01-2019, 10:48 AM

Cool, thank you

**Petros** · 05-05-2019, 08:15 PM

Uf,didnt update for a while...

Rear of the car is now fixed nicely,not perfect but ok.Important is that everything underneath is protected from salt and possibly rust.

Brake pads I ment to install where broken as seen in picture below so will need to buy new pair,again

In meanwhile we did another two track days and two competition rounds.I did my first official race last month and last week we did another one, on both I went on podium and brought home two trophys

We drove on this tyres:

Very soft legal tires, bought in medium one called R7, there is more option for compounds.
They have amazing grip, only on wet they where a bit tricky until they warm up a bit

Have some bits to get sorted on car, one of latest is this:

It got stuck here, until this picture was taken we did another 2000km

Pics from last competition:

For videos of latest track days and "races" look here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCux...able_polymer=1

Curerent plan is to buy another set of DS2500 and Eibach Pro kit with B8 front and B8 Groupe N rear dampers

Will try to update sooner in future

pauldesign · 18-06-2019, 01:03 PM

Hallo,

I'm a new user too. You are welcome! Great car!

**Petros** · 27-06-2019, 09:40 PM

Bought Eibach Pro-kit and Ferodo DS2500, both tested on last competition round we joined.
I like both upgrades,springs are very nice,soft as before but car does not need to lean to take a line,now just takes line immediately
It sits a bit lower, did measure hight on old springs with full tank and will measure soon on new one
Brakes feels more firm, didnt feel any overheating for now but could abused them more

Car has turned 166000km few days ago and clock still not fixed...

We got some new stickers on car, the one on windshield is staying

Waiting in line for a start

Found one pisc of car in move,hope to find more of them

We won in class 1 with serial cars up to 1400ccm and came home with a new trophy and some wine

Very happy how car is driving now
When I ordered springs I wonted shocks too but they didnt had them and I had no time to wait, which is better as now I can see difference with just springs and later one day will see how it feels with better shocks

Next thing to change are worn wishbone bushes, right side is doomed and was thinking of purple powerflex to be at peace with them a bit longer

Tires after last race got some air bubbles in them, apparently when they retread tire sometime air gets in and this is how it looks
But they performed great

Videos from last week,training and two counted rounds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcitKXyq5Kw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEiybOa-_M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szKb-VDaNBE

In three weeks we have second round so will update soon

**Petros** · 04-09-2019, 10:10 PM

Car is now sitting on Powerflex bushes

But only at front for now, we didnt had time to install rear beam bushes.Car is a bit firmer to drive but not hard.Good mod!

On car

Since last time I posted here we did another two round of Formula Driver championship.
Both where on hill climb track just made slower with chicanes.
On one I finished 3rd in my class, I made a mistake and didnt visit a track before race day so I was kinda lost as I didnt had whole picture in my head and did mistake in final run
Still I was happy to finish and get home in one piece.

On last one I had better preparation, visited a track few weeks before to do few runs uphill.
Very sliperry track but really fun and fast.
On training had best time and on first run I have finished 2nd with just 0.390 from first.
Waiting for last run I got everything sorted in my head but sadly I got disqualified for not having catalytic converter ...
Think I coulded find few more seconds, so now I will need to wait next year to see how much better can we go.

Anyway, new experience and new leasson that I shouldn't be to honest

Here are few photos from previous weekend :

Visiting last track, car is here with stock exhaust and seat for MOT I did few days after

Race day

On track

After first run

Car is now on 167000km, dont know what to do with my clock yet, for now I am just counting and writing how many kilometars has past.
I have noticed a bit of squealing from brakes while not braking at all...

Plan for car now is removing 4-2-1 manifold and put original back on and today I ordered motorsport cat so I can be legal again.I bought Magnaflow 55954 universal 200cpi cat
Will leave 2" pipe and Pugsport ofcourse

Looking foreward for making changes to see how car will go and will it be any quieter inside

And here are videos from both races:

Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBiWJyaK4g
1st run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJPj6Dm0H0
2nd run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hCM1KIKeO8

Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_2TyYC_Olg
1st run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaI2hqsSENw

Thats all for now,till next time

**Petros** · 01-11-2019, 06:22 PM

So car now has original manifold and universal sport cat

Manifold was removed and installed by me

I have removed manifold just so officials cant say thing to me in next race and sold old one pretty quickly
Mostly I miss engine response and poping from exhaust, car is just a bit quieter with cat and a bit with manifold but still pretty loud inside

If I get a chance to buy Supersprint manifold for good price I will buy it immediately

Since August we did another FD race,one humanitarian race and a track day

In race I was a bit hot headed so driving was not too good, have touched few chicanes in two drives and in last one managed to screw my wheel geometry and got damaged on my drivers door

Box

Battle scars

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEdGFjd79OY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JSoHXaca4s&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q00l9ij9YtI

Second drive was the fastest as in 3rd there was to many mistakes and steering wheel was doomed
Finished 3rd in my class so there is no chance to be first in class at end of seasson
One last and next race is held on my familiar track so we are going strong there

Last Thursday we visited Grobnik for track day and enjoy ourself a bit and test semi slick tires
We went to do tires geometry first as it was a huge difference between left and right side

There was a lot of cars on track, maybe the most I saw ever on one track day but it was great
I perfer less trafic so I can just do laps but tested what I intended

have only one photo of my car,will try to do more pics next time

Firstly went out on my street tires to see what time can I do as I didnt drive since I removed manifold and added cat but also now I have springs and better pads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3MjzO82Ek

Improved a bit since January when I drove last time on dry track, but there is still time
I coulded do high 1:56 if i didnt screw last corner and I am sure we can do 1:56.5

After we changed for semislicks, at first I didnt adopt well, grip is just amazing
In last session did better and got down to my personal best with 1:55.4
For next time goal is to get into 54

First time on semislicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZlZ8Pz1O78

Last stint and best lap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARox8uErFqc&t=1s

And last week we've been to humanitarian race for one girl, atmosfere was very nice, we drove a bit and hang a bit, perfect sunny day must say
Track is familiar as drove there 2 times already

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerXazYldT0

This Sunday is chronometar competition and next Sunday is last race of Formula Driver, after that car is going on full service with few small upgrades
Curently home are powerflex bushes for rear of the car and this came home few days ago:

Baker BM Gr N engine mounts with lower engine mount a bit softer(60a)

Baker BM shortshifter

Till next time

chappers777 · 02-11-2019, 05:43 PM

Looks great! Installed the bm quick shift on mine and was actually pretty impressed as it’s a really simple way of shortening the throw, I would do linkages if you haven't allready when you install it

**Petros** · 02-11-2019, 07:16 PM

Great, looking foreward to it
Yes linkage are on car for at least a year or two
Currently I am thinking of engine rebuild, it use a bit of oil but it is a big expense...

13-11-2017, 09:12 PM	#51
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Yesterday did a short track day in Slovenia, after excatly 364 days Was fun, did 3 stints of cca 10min Didnt want to push car for too long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0RfMpaojU&t=357s Both video and lap time picture are from last stint,only one I have timed... And today I took car for exhaust build and change, should pick it up in day or two Last edited by Petros; 05-12-2018 at 07:31 PM.

19-11-2017, 01:40 PM	#52
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	So the exhaust is done,for now, as I will go for a change of backbox for some better sound Am not saying the sound is bad but is not what I expected,there is no pops and isnt raspy enough Is more boomy,more like Honda than Rallye... One thing I didnt think about is that I wont be able to hear the amazing induction sound anymore Company who work exhaust made me 4-2-1 manifold in stainless steel T304 and heat wraped it,made a decated 2" pipe in steel 409 and backbox in T304 This is how car looks from behind now Plan is to make sound more like Pugsport and I hope they will achive this Short videos of my old and new sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9no6434nY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97TS44xkPU Last edited by Petros; 21-11-2017 at 09:13 PM.

24-11-2017, 04:06 PM	#53
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	New week new exhaust Again not totally happy,is to loud now so next one will be 2" Pugsport It sound great but is to noisy for my taste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyA4BctjogQ Few photos how it looks underneath: Last edited by Petros; 24-11-2017 at 04:35 PM.

19-12-2017, 08:37 PM	#54
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	New month new exhaust Guess I will never be happy with exhaust until I put my original one back on place. I bought Pugsport as my last solution,looks great and sound great, but only from outside. It is far quieter than previous one on start up and idle and is ok until 2800 rpm After that it continue the same droning sound till end of rpm range and is very loud. Even worse than last one which suprises me. I cant here any rasp or anything inside, doesnt even pop like last one,I hear only anoying grinding. Hope it could get better by time but I doubt it,whould be great if that sound from outside can be heared inside... Maybe old original will go back sooner than expected Few pics Fish eye Last edited by Petros; 20-12-2017 at 05:31 PM.

23-07-2018, 12:22 PM	#56
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Didnt update for a while, something got fixed and something got broken... Car had full service in may, mechanic changed 3 wheel bearings, all oils and filters, incuding brake and gear fluid.He also changed few other bits. It now has new brainded brake lines as old rubberd was done This small part made engine running as new, perfect idle.Mechanic took this from 306 parked in his garage: He also cleaned engine bay: Same day after I picked up a car I went on track day to test a new amazing asphalt: It drove perfectly, did few short runs as didnt want to push it for too long. Here are the videos from all stints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXC96qdJrA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GviV_RsdcfI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZUUai5gcbU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBMD1x_zKdg Menaged to go under 2min in last stint as new asphalt has even more grip and tyre wear is a lot better.Still have some time to find so hope to go after a summer again Few weeks after my cooler started to leak,badly, and it still does as I have no where to go curently: Manifold started to untwist and seat suffered from constant in and out from car: And after all this happend few weeks ago... I got ass kicked One guy was trying to go other way in one way street and I had to stop but guy behind didnt react at all,I even menaged to see him in mirror and tryed to pull away but it was to late.I was furious as car means a lot to me. I dont know how much damage it actually got, car drives fine but he menaged to even bend my seat base and my neck still hurt a bit. Think he was doing 30-40 kmh Car will be repaired after security house decide how much cost it will be and when I found someone who is good in fixing this but am affraid car wont be the same anymore as the kick transfer to other parts and dont know if anything else got bend. I was dissapointed and am thinking of replacing it with something else but I doubt I will find car good to drive and cheap to maintain as this little Pug. Hope to fix it asap, till than I must drive it carefouly Last edited by Petros; 23-07-2018 at 05:20 PM.

15-03-2018, 03:57 PM	#55
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Forgot to update, main reason why exhaust was so loud is becouse one screw which hold manifold was loose, the one near lambda sensor Now is much better but still hopping that exhaust will bed in so it can pop a bit Yesterday did short video of exhaust soun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8vst7wZVok And we made 150000km, 25000 since I have it We had our first snow,was driving around a bit but on worn summer tires is not so smart as traction was very limited, I had to go driving as we have snow maybe twice in 10 years so good experience for me. Pics from yesterday: Next to fix is front left bearing and a must is to get rid of small rust spot on rear hood but all in all very happy,car is going very well. And during spring need to paint second pair of wheels for new tires so I could leave this one for track.

21-11-2018, 12:31 PM	#57
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	I went to my mechanic this month for regular service and few other things and to take car to fix rear end but guy who does that is very busy so am still waiting for him. Car got new belt together with water pump who was leaking a bit,one of engine mount, new radiator Nissens,seals for both crank shaft, all bearings in gearbox,oil filter and engine oil (Selenia Racing 10W-60) and he adjusted valves. Few pisc of gearbox, first time opend: Till he was doing that I managed to refrubrished another pair of steelies for new set of same tires I had before only a bit wider, Falken ZX914 in 185/55 14 Rims are not to flat I whould say, but they tured out ok and there is no any vibrations so am happy During summer I had returned original seat back to sort my seat base for OMP seat and original exhaust was also back on until It passes MOT, so immediatlly after that both things where back on. So after all this car was ready for appropriate use My mechanic was planning to go compete in discipline called Formula Driver on Grobnik,track near Rijeka where I have been in more occasions so I went with him Good thing is that you can compete without race licence in first two classes wich are driven with original cars I did try it once two years ago but this one I will remember for rest of my life becouse it brought me this: My first trophy ever We had one training run and two runs which where counted, usually there are three runs but there was a lot of people who competed this time. My driving was solid, it could have been better but I went a bit cautiously not to harm my car, altought I did scratched it a bit in first official run as you can see in pics below: It all went away with a bit of gasoline Second drive was much better and after I crossed finish line I knew it was a good time and I was thrilled that I finished in one peace. I am thinking of maybe getting a racing licence and drive all seasson next year but I still need to have a good think, this is my only car and dont what to crash it or anything. This is how it looked first test run, and sadly only video I have as they did not allowed me to have my GoPro on window attached with suction cup... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpUfb66uwE4 This was our pit position: And one really nice race car So current plan for car is to fix rear end, hopefully next month, on ebay I found really cheap new Ferodo DS2500 so I ordered it immediatlly. Also am thinking of Eibach pro kit springs I know I said I whould like to keep it original but something is pulling me to try different things, luckly till now all original parts are stored

22-11-2018, 11:22 PM	#58
Cris B 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: t'Internet Posts: 4,069	Nice to see it being used for its intended purpose! __________________

23-11-2018, 01:22 PM	#59
Ivor Bigguns REGISTERED FORUM USER - NON MEMBER Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Ireland Posts: 22	Great thread. Interesting about your view on the 2” Pugsport. I’ve bought one for my GTi and it’s good to hear those sound clips.

24-11-2018, 02:02 PM	#61
Ivor Bigguns REGISTERED FORUM USER - NON MEMBER Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Ireland Posts: 22	Was thinking of the Raceland 4-2-1 too Petros. Let me know when you pull the trigger on it.

24-01-2019, 01:04 PM	#62
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Finally I got appointment for fixing my back end,next week I am taking my car so in two weeks it should all be sorted. My air ventialation broke,cant turn it on, and now my clock doesnt work either when I turn on my headlights, small things but need to sort them out Will order new Osram Night breaker for better vision too We are almost on 160000km, this was taken before last trip to track day. So few days ago I went on track Grobnik again to enjoy myself a bit and see how car goes one newer tires.I was only doing two laps per stint, didnt wont any kind of new problems and car worked flawless. Air temperature was low, around 3 degrees with strong wind who got me a bit of trouble on braking but really nice push in my back on start/finish line straight Car had a bit of understeer or I just wonted too much so did few offtrack I managed to improve my lap time by over 2.5 sec just because of tires. I started to imagine how good car would go with more power, but I would like to see how fast could I go with current engine Maybe I might improve my suspension first, was thinking of Bilstein B12 wich comes with Eibach pro-kit and B8 dampers and is not too expensive, found it for less than 500 euros I got recommendation for H&R but they are a bit pricey If anyone have some other idea of springs/dampers I would appreciate it Videos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOraOM6J3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqrFDs184w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9Z4aSTTBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZuEUUHjYc&t=186s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9EQQ0mLs4&t=5s Few random pics: Soon on car Last edited by Petros; 25-01-2019 at 10:47 AM.

25-01-2019, 10:48 AM	#64
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Cool, thank you

05-05-2019, 08:15 PM	#65
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Uf,didnt update for a while... Rear of the car is now fixed nicely,not perfect but ok.Important is that everything underneath is protected from salt and possibly rust. Brake pads I ment to install where broken as seen in picture below so will need to buy new pair,again In meanwhile we did another two track days and two competition rounds.I did my first official race last month and last week we did another one, on both I went on podium and brought home two trophys We drove on this tyres: Very soft legal tires, bought in medium one called R7, there is more option for compounds. They have amazing grip, only on wet they where a bit tricky until they warm up a bit Have some bits to get sorted on car, one of latest is this: It got stuck here, until this picture was taken we did another 2000km Pics from last competition: For videos of latest track days and "races" look here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCux...able_polymer=1 Curerent plan is to buy another set of DS2500 and Eibach Pro kit with B8 front and B8 Groupe N rear dampers Will try to update sooner in future

18-06-2019, 01:03 PM	#66
pauldesign REGISTERED FORUM USER - NON MEMBER Join Date: May 2019 Location: Italy Posts: 1	Hallo, I'm a new user too. You are welcome! Great car!

27-06-2019, 09:40 PM	#67
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Bought Eibach Pro-kit and Ferodo DS2500, both tested on last competition round we joined. I like both upgrades,springs are very nice,soft as before but car does not need to lean to take a line,now just takes line immediately It sits a bit lower, did measure hight on old springs with full tank and will measure soon on new one Brakes feels more firm, didnt feel any overheating for now but could abused them more Car has turned 166000km few days ago and clock still not fixed... We got some new stickers on car, the one on windshield is staying Waiting in line for a start Found one pisc of car in move,hope to find more of them We won in class 1 with serial cars up to 1400ccm and came home with a new trophy and some wine Very happy how car is driving now When I ordered springs I wonted shocks too but they didnt had them and I had no time to wait, which is better as now I can see difference with just springs and later one day will see how it feels with better shocks Next thing to change are worn wishbone bushes, right side is doomed and was thinking of purple powerflex to be at peace with them a bit longer Tires after last race got some air bubbles in them, apparently when they retread tire sometime air gets in and this is how it looks But they performed great Videos from last week,training and two counted rounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcitKXyq5Kw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEiybOa-_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szKb-VDaNBE In three weeks we have second round so will update soon Last edited by Petros; 04-09-2019 at 09:22 PM.

04-09-2019, 10:10 PM	#68
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Car is now sitting on Powerflex bushes But only at front for now, we didnt had time to install rear beam bushes.Car is a bit firmer to drive but not hard.Good mod! On car Since last time I posted here we did another two round of Formula Driver championship. Both where on hill climb track just made slower with chicanes. On one I finished 3rd in my class, I made a mistake and didnt visit a track before race day so I was kinda lost as I didnt had whole picture in my head and did mistake in final run Still I was happy to finish and get home in one piece. On last one I had better preparation, visited a track few weeks before to do few runs uphill. Very sliperry track but really fun and fast. On training had best time and on first run I have finished 2nd with just 0.390 from first. Waiting for last run I got everything sorted in my head but sadly I got disqualified for not having catalytic converter ... Think I coulded find few more seconds, so now I will need to wait next year to see how much better can we go. Anyway, new experience and new leasson that I shouldn't be to honest Here are few photos from previous weekend : Visiting last track, car is here with stock exhaust and seat for MOT I did few days after Race day On track After first run Car is now on 167000km, dont know what to do with my clock yet, for now I am just counting and writing how many kilometars has past. I have noticed a bit of squealing from brakes while not braking at all... Plan for car now is removing 4-2-1 manifold and put original back on and today I ordered motorsport cat so I can be legal again.I bought Magnaflow 55954 universal 200cpi cat Will leave 2" pipe and Pugsport ofcourse Looking foreward for making changes to see how car will go and will it be any quieter inside And here are videos from both races: Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBiWJyaK4g 1st run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJPj6Dm0H0 2nd run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hCM1KIKeO8 Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_2TyYC_Olg 1st run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaI2hqsSENw Thats all for now,till next time

01-11-2019, 06:22 PM	#69
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	So car now has original manifold and universal sport cat Manifold was removed and installed by me I have removed manifold just so officials cant say thing to me in next race and sold old one pretty quickly Mostly I miss engine response and poping from exhaust, car is just a bit quieter with cat and a bit with manifold but still pretty loud inside If I get a chance to buy Supersprint manifold for good price I will buy it immediately Since August we did another FD race,one humanitarian race and a track day In race I was a bit hot headed so driving was not too good, have touched few chicanes in two drives and in last one managed to screw my wheel geometry and got damaged on my drivers door Box Battle scars Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEdGFjd79OY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JSoHXaca4s&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q00l9ij9YtI Second drive was the fastest as in 3rd there was to many mistakes and steering wheel was doomed Finished 3rd in my class so there is no chance to be first in class at end of seasson One last and next race is held on my familiar track so we are going strong there Last Thursday we visited Grobnik for track day and enjoy ourself a bit and test semi slick tires We went to do tires geometry first as it was a huge difference between left and right side There was a lot of cars on track, maybe the most I saw ever on one track day but it was great I perfer less trafic so I can just do laps but tested what I intended have only one photo of my car,will try to do more pics next time Firstly went out on my street tires to see what time can I do as I didnt drive since I removed manifold and added cat but also now I have springs and better pads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3MjzO82Ek Improved a bit since January when I drove last time on dry track, but there is still time I coulded do high 1:56 if i didnt screw last corner and I am sure we can do 1:56.5 After we changed for semislicks, at first I didnt adopt well, grip is just amazing In last session did better and got down to my personal best with 1:55.4 For next time goal is to get into 54 First time on semislicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZlZ8Pz1O78 Last stint and best lap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARox8uErFqc&t=1s And last week we've been to humanitarian race for one girl, atmosfere was very nice, we drove a bit and hang a bit, perfect sunny day must say Track is familiar as drove there 2 times already Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerXazYldT0 This Sunday is chronometar competition and next Sunday is last race of Formula Driver, after that car is going on full service with few small upgrades Curently home are powerflex bushes for rear of the car and this came home few days ago: Baker BM Gr N engine mounts with lower engine mount a bit softer(60a) Baker BM shortshifter Till next time

02-11-2019, 05:43 PM	#70
chappers777 EXPIRED MEMBER :-( Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: thanet Posts: 107	Looks great! Installed the bm quick shift on mine and was actually pretty impressed as it’s a really simple way of shortening the throw, I would do linkages if you haven't allready when you install it

02-11-2019, 07:16 PM	#71
Petros 106 RALLYE REGISTER MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Croatia Posts: 116	Great, looking foreward to it Yes linkage are on car for at least a year or two Currently I am thinking of engine rebuild, it use a bit of oil but it is a big expense...

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