Dave-R's 2002 Quiksilver - C2 race engine - 196bhp @ 8000rpm

Glad it's all sorted - now get out there and enjoy it! lol

Finally got a chance to go pick up alloys from the powder coating company. These will be dedicated for track. iPhone has made some of them appear orange. But the colour is almost a perfect colour match for my harnesses, helmet net and bonnet badge.









Next task is find some time to get the rubber on them.

Also sourced some digital GTi dials with roughly the correct mileage on them, give or take a few thousand. Can't be doing with the Quiksilver dials that only have a temperature warning light.

Looking good, will they be on for Llandow?

They sure will be! Going to make time this Saturday.

Then that's everything for Llandow sorted.

Wheels look bllllling!!

Can't wait for Llandooow

i hope you got them to bottle the mallory mud

they look tip top. Lots of tyre shine though when rubber goes on

They look awesome! I'm sure they'll look very smart against the silver of the car!

Look very good mate

yeay!! red looks super cool

i saw a black lambo earlier with red wheels and wing mirrors

red on silver is a great combo imo, what tyres you going for?

Woz, they're the tyres Alex had on at Mallory, minus one that had a puncture. Thus they have genuine Mallory mud on them still 3 Goodyear Hydragrip's and 1 new Kuhmo KU31 on the rear.

Car is now ready for Llandow. Put track wheels on already. Just got to fix the ABS warning light that's on (due to not having ABS fitted).

Wow.

Amazing.

Looks awesome let's hope the tyres don't hold a grudge after what happened at mallory

Coming together now dave really look's the part look forward to seeing it in flesh mate.

Cheers lads. And it'll be good to meet you at long last Lee!

Really can't wait to get out there. It's been too long.

Yeahhh, they look fully awesome!

Look cracking... but why blur your plates... where are the B4T ones?

As I commented on facebook... yes mate!!

It now has power! But now I need to tweak the handling and a few other bits.

Got a few things to fix:

1) Cable that sense if the alternator is charging the battery has been damaged by heat from the manifold. Need a new connector + cable and cut my bit out and replace it. Will also get some heat resistant tape to wrap around it.

2) Still got a split CV boot. May just get GTi driveshafts and be done with it.

3) Fit a catch tank. Engine breathes heavily on track and when cornering, oil comes shooting out the cam cover breather pipe and is drawn out through the air filter. A little oil goes a long way!

And on my shopping list:

1) 266mm brakes (hopefully sourced already). GTi brakes were fine at Llandow and didn't go off but I want to be able to brake later.

2) Stiffer springs. Probably get some Faulkner 155lb springs.

3) 22mm front GTi ARB, with polybush front ARB mounts (Flo-Flex probably).

4) Lower the back a little more. Probably -10mm.

Would like to get all of this done before Mallory, but we'll see.

With GTi driveshafts you can take your old ones in to Unipart and get 15 quid off each new one.

Was good meeting you and Jen, Dave. The car was awesome. Passenger ride was great fun.

Looking forward to seeing it again soon, and hopefully having a littl friendly competition on track.

do me a favour and check the condition of the cables on your map sensor?

Cheers Huw. I'll visit Unipart

Hopefully catch you at Mallory, Rich? Hoping to make Llandow on the 27th August but not sure. Depends on work.

The map sensor cables are spot on. No problems there at all. Cleaned all the oil up earlier and noticed that the wires for the plug on the alternator have completely gone and the plug has fallen off somewhere!

Will take snips to scrapyard, get a donor plug and crimp on some spade connectors. Not sure which way around the wires and suppose to go but I've got a 50/50 chance of getting it right (or wrong).

Looked top yesterday Dave - love it!

Shifts pretty nicely too!

This is more of a reminder for me, because I'll forget....

List of things that need doing/I want to do, roughly in the right order:

1. Opie Oils order: Gearbox oil, engine oil, oil filter, DOT4 racing brake fluid, Brembo Max discs.
2. Motor factors order: GTi driveshafts, new rear drums/hubs, exhaust clamp, Ferodo DS2500 pads.
3. Work out how to get larger front ARB from Rich down to me, without costing £60 in courier fees
4. Sort out squeaking exhaust.
5. Sort alternator battery charging plug and wiring that fell off (scrapyard to rob wiring and plug).
6. Refurb 266mm callipers.
7. Fit 266mm brake setup.
8. Replace driveshafts with GTi driveshafts.
9. Order poly mounts for 22mm front ARB, fit front ARB.
10. Gearbox and engine oil change.
11. Sort out oil catch tank (design it, get it built by OBP).
12. Replace front springs with Faulkner 155lb springs.
13. Get back end adjusted for handling.
14. Throttle bodies.
15. Cage.
16. Quaife.

(OK so the last 3 may take some time get done or may never happen )

Nice List... longer than mine

As for the ARB, if Rich gets it to me i'll couriour it to you

I need to order oils before my car goes to krisB on 31st, want to see if we can save any wonga ordering together?
Think Opie Oils may be doing 25% on oils atm?

Norledge wrote:

Nice List... longer than mine

As for the ARB, if Rich gets it to me i'll couriour it to you

That'd be good! I want to get the handling bits sorted before Mallory, if possible.

Jonny-r wrote:

I need to order oils before my car goes to krisB on 31st, want to see if we can save any wonga ordering together?
Think Opie Oils may be doing 25% on oils atm?

Yes. We'll sort something out this weekend. Forgot that you're off to see KrisB

dave just a little observation, do you run group N billies up front?

woz_106 wrote:

dave just a little observation, do you run group N billies up front?

Yes I do.

155lb springs, you want to be aiming for around 200lb tbh mate. I do also realise that kam racing for some odd reason sell them with 155lb

Cheers for the input Woz. I'll do some digging around. Tbh, I'm tempted to take a leaf out of your book and hand it over to Pug1Off and say "make it handle like it's on rails"

However, if I do that I know I'll be extremely tempted to say "whilst you're at it, stick some TBs on it too".

Got a few things crossed off over the last few weeks:

1. Opie Oils order: Gearbox oil, engine oil, oil filter, DOT4 racing brake fluid, Brembo Max discs.
2. Motor factors order: GTi driveshafts, new rear drums/hubs, exhaust clamp, Ferodo DS2500 pads.
3. Work out how to get larger front ARB from Rich down to me, without costing £60 in courier fees
4. Sort out squeaking exhaust.
5. Sort alternator battery charging plug and wiring that fell off (scrapyard to rob wiring and plug).
6. Refurb 266mm callipers.
7. Fit 266mm brake setup.
8. Replace driveshafts with GTi driveshafts.
9. Order poly mounts for 22mm front ARB, fit front ARB.
10. Gearbox and engine oil change.
11. Sort out oil catch tank (design it, get it built by OBP).
12. Replace front springs with Faulkner 155lb springs.
13. Get back end adjusted for handling.
14. Throttle bodies.
15. Cage.
16. Quaife.

Cam cover breather pipe issue is hopefully sorted out. Got a 90 degree connector on it now and it no longer goes in to the air intake:




Ends up in an old squash bottle

tidy.

that battery wants relocation next

Uhh.. does that bottle have a vent on it?

Yes, battery is a complete pain in the arse.

Huw, bottle neck is bigger than pipe so it can breathe without issue.

When will you know if it's working? Looks quite tidy as Alex said

Probably next track day when it's breathing heavily. Although the 90 degree connector should prevent loads of oil pouring out from the cam cover breather.

When you're around next you can always sniff it when the engine is running

hahaha. I think I'll be home on Saturday, but I don't think the loom for my car will be returned until early next week so will be carless for a few days.

Ahh fair enough, looked like it took up the whole diameter of the bottleneck.

Mallory in a few weekends time. Need to pull my finger out:

• Order new droplinks, front ARB poly bushes, Brembo Max discs and DS2500 pads.
  
• Fit 22mm front ARB.
  
• Finish refurbing 266mm callipers and get them fitted.
  
• Time permitting, get back end down another 5-10mm.

After Mallory I'll get some 200lb springs made up as I doubt I'll have time before.

Also need to fit in an MOT.

Hope the arb is good enough dave, and that you can get the old droplinks out lol

Cleaned the car yet?

Reechard wrote:

Cleaned the car yet?

Last weekend. Halfords car wash with a "powerful blend of detergents" did the trick.

Rear beam is making all sorts of odd noises, including the good old bottles clunking together/pinging. Undid the bolts on the rear ARB end plates, twisted one end plate around to check its condition and I managed to pull the ARB out with no effort. Oops.

Applied fresh grease and used the old M8 bolt + socket trick to pull the ARB in to the passenger side end plate. Decided to use a big breaker bar and ended up shearing off the M8 bolt. Luckily managed to get it out. Hopefully that's that sorted but I have a feeling the beam is probably shot too. Will get some new stub pins instead of gambling with another beam.

I now have all the parts I mentioned previously, plus rear beam mounts. Still need to call Faulkner and get them to make me some 200lb springs. I'm hoping I can just say I want a 35-40mm drop and they'll know all the technical bits like free length, internal diameter etc

if you want info about faulkners dave, have a browse on SSC they have allsorts of caculations and shizzle that helped me decide with my setup and heights

Ohh thats good to know. Might have to have a browse.

Not much progress as of late. Woz took the 106 around Brands 2 weekends ago and thought it handled pretty well. I just need to learn how to drive it. So off to Rockingham this weekend.

Some decent tyres are on the shopping list. I'll try my hardest to destroy the current tyres at Rockingham.

Engine breathes very heavily when out on track though. At Brands my catch tank had half a litre of oil in it, after a few hot laps. Can't think what's wrong with it. No evidence of smoke from the exhaust for example. I might get a small bit of ali tube made up that I can put inside the breather pipe to restrict its internal diameter.

Had this turn up today:



For the front. Tow eye at the back is pretty accessible. At the front it hardly sticks out and after going down Paddock sideways towards the gravel trap (cheers Woz!), I thought it may be a worthwhile investment

Not decided how I'll fix it on yet. Was thinking of cutting the existing eye off and bolting this in its place. Or getting Jenny's Dad to weld it on.

lmao looking out the side window to see where we were going was awesome, FULL LOCK counter steer FTMFW!!

oh yeah nice strap

^^ sounds interesting. This is something I have been thinking about with my car to as my front tow points are under the car by the bottom of the engine, so not easily accessible at all!

£12 off eBay (delivered). It's a genuine TRS strap. They do adjustable straps too.

And yes, I'm going to get my strap on

IIRC (it's been a white) there are several spare welded nuts on the inside of the chassis legs, find a bolt to run into on of them.

Glad you've learnt (without putting you down) the car's limits far exceed your own!