Nice work mate
Nice work mate
XP8 pads Aaron?
Mega pads if so, Wont go wrong with them TBH. I rant he XP10's in mine and now on the XP8's and i honestly don't think i will use any other pad supplier now, Ill go back to a more aggressive compound when the Megane becomes more track focused.
This attending the weekender? Need some more FWD scrabble shite shopping trolleys on track
wish my mx5 was as easy to liberate a few extra ponies from! even though it's the 1.8 it always feels like you have to rag it. its a common criticism i think. what did you gain from the 17% pulley then?
Hi all, i think its time for another update, last weekend i manage to get the clutch and subframe bushes swapped. It ended up being more of a marathon than a sprint when i snapped a rear controll arm bush mount trying to remove the busy
Heres a little pic of all my goodies
20150530_121835 by darransandwich, on Flickr
Heres how my dirve looks mid flow.
IMG-20150601-WA0013 by darransandwich, on Flickr
First i had to strip the bumper, bumper bar and rad panel to gain access before removing the front subframe
20150530_121017 by darransandwich, on Flickr
This gave me plenty of room to work around the box an dpull it out.
IMG-20150601-WA0015 by darransandwich, on Flickr
This confirmed my leaking main seal suspicion, here it is mid clean.
IMG-20150601-WA0017 by darransandwich, on Flickr
The rear crank main got swapped as well.
IMG-20150601-WA0016 by darransandwich, on Flickr
Once this went in the clucth was all fittred up and the box pooped back on letting me re assemble and start to focus on the subframe. This is it all stripped,
20150530_140949 by darransandwich, on Flickr
then re assembled with the bushes in.
20150531_195021 by darransandwich, on Flickr
After that it was the simple job of putting the subframe back, i did however realise this is much easier with two people than one when i was fitting it on my own
Anywhoo assmebly was basically the reverse, although i fitted all the engine bay bits before re fittingthe bumped and rad panel which made life easier.
20150531_205430 by darransandwich, on Flickr
Thats it for now its all back together and feels wayyyyy better.
Aaron
That looks like a lot of work!
If you think that was bad, hope you don't need to change a door handle on one :P
Effort! Good work Aaron
Time for a little update, all has been quiet for the last couple of months so i decided to pull my finger out. I had a track day at Rockingham last weekend so had my first play in the mini. I have to say on standard suspension it handled really well, just feels a little lathargic on the straights so i think ill have to try a cam and map soon. i had a great day but toast the last of my tyres so it gives me an excuse to order some 205 50 16 RSR's
Here is a little pic of the old girl on track.
20654918250_2899e44765_k by darransandwich, on Flickr
Ive also ordered myself some gaz coilovers I cant wait to see how they improve things.
Ive managed to dig out a few more pics so i thought id pop them up.
11053439_1005442716154515_7876146346798805482_o by darransandwich, on Flickr
11046808_1005444286154358_6082748449652359965_o by darransandwich, on Flickr
11896560_1005444082821045_5609135351887299402_o by darransandwich, on Flickr
11884685_1005444479487672_8129659714878782515_o by darransandwich, on Flickr
Looking at those im really impressed with the lack of body roll considering this is stock setup and no braces, i really dont know if coilovers were as much of a must as i thought i guess only time will tell. That said these pics make me seriously chuffed ive ordered 205 / 50 instead of 45s.
cool project this,not read it for a while,but seems progress is good
1st pic and 3rd I can see its loaded up the outside front tyre a lot but the body roll don't seem excess at all tbh
I would hold off on getting coilys as it may just ruin the ride quality for little gain in handling
must be a fake mini forum with a certain spring shock combo that they rate highly for these
or another suspension mod to improve things handling wise,firmer arb's poly bushes etc
Be careful with RSR's on a daily, they are awesome when dry and warmed up but are sh1t in the cold and wet...and standing water outright dangerous
2004 - on : 1999 S14a 398bhp 378lb/ft
2010 - on : 2007 RX8 PZ
1998 - 2004 : 1991 S13
You have a brake light out btw
Yeah I totally agree, I've ordered the coils however the ride is crashing as standard anyways :Wack: Not sure about spring and shock, I saw 400 front 450 rear. But that's fairly stiff sounds like track specks which may be a nightmare on the road. I think braces and an Arab may really help but they certainly don't roll like an s13