Project Double-stock HDi - On hold pending removal of thumb from arse

[Poodle]

Hmmm, maybe due an update. Since the last post all i've really done is an oil change. Been several other demands on my time during the evenings and weekends recently, another few weeks of the same to come, but will keep making steady progress with the random aero bits and pieces.

PPC in the park was amazing, as ever, got the car out on track and she was brilliant.




Picked up on a few niggles and areas for development, mainly that the brakes and turbo were cooked within three laps hahah! You may have noticed the odd wheels front and back, i had some issues with the track wheels - two of the valve caps didn't want to let go. I managed to get one off, but it brought half the valve out with it... Sigh. Topped up the pressure on the two with free caps and ran those on the front. Cue epic sliding from the two knackered 3yo balloon-spec winter tyres hanging on for life at the rear and a flat nsf after about 5 laps. Was certainly a laugh though and learnt a bit about car control near the limit.

I found it also needs some work on the suspension - the front wheels felt like they were trying to tuck under the car under hard cornering. Got plans to counter that, starting with a '6 front arb and a few mm back up on the coilies, plus a refresh of joints. Will be tweaking the damping and looking into correction kits for the wishbone geometry, although that will have to wait a while due to the cost.

Haven't achieved much on her since then, took a few pictures the other day, that's about it. They're nothing great, but neither is she, besides they're the only ones i've taken.




That has been changing this week though, as eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted, Steve and I made an adjustment recently, want to get that finished next weekend as Charli and I are roadtripping it up to Scotland in a fortnight. There's a vague feeling in the steering at the moment, my current ball joints have done about 40k so i figure i'll start with those lol, new lemforders are at work waiting to go on. Also in the pipeline are some new tyres, PE2s to be precise, mainly as i spotted camskills doing a full set for £247.16 delivered, not bad i thought!