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Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 10-08-2014
Heated seats are lovely, especially if they are leather like my other cars, gets coooooold!
Had some issues with the brakes, the pedal was spongy and went to the floor on hard braking, and there was a new squeal.
Took the pads out yesterday and found this:
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Had a chat with my supplier and he's sorting a new set for me free of charge. He recommended going with RC6 pads this time (RC5+ are on now) for even better heat resistance.
I popped the used brembo original pads in to be able to drive it, and jeezus what a difference in feel! I'm not going back to oem pads ever!
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 10-08-2014
From a couple of months back:
This was before i did any chassis alignement, so basically, the car was too low, had zero camber, and 15mm toe in, it was eating tires like, a tire eating machine!
Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 12-08-2014
Played around a bit with a wing I bought a couple of years ago.
I'm pondering on if the original spoiler will interfere with the flow of air under the new wing, I'll have to ask the experts..
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Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 20-08-2014
Joined team shopping cart
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RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - adam b - 21-08-2014
Be careful, RC6 are very heavy on discs. Keep cleaning your wheels as the discs are shredded and will eat into the wheel paint. Awesome pads otherwise.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Pebbles167 - 22-08-2014
Out of interest adam, my Rallye has these pads, and was warned about damaging the wheels. Any way of lessening the affects?
Anyway, back on topic!
Great looking build mate, how are you finding the federals? I've heard some minor complaints about the sidewalls from a few friends with relatively heavy cars, but none from any pug owners.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 22-08-2014
My supplier warned me about the pads aggressiveness on discs, and offered me to buy a set of better suited discs in the next sentence so I know where to go when I need new discs :-)
The federals are good for what you pay in comparison to 888's, not as good but half the price. I've noticed a fair amount of wear on the outside shoulder that could either be blamed on bad toe angles, low pressure or weak sidewalls, my belief is that options one and two are to blame on my case.
I'll be putting them to the test on Sunday again at the same place where the video in post #32 was shot. It'll be interesting to see how the wheel alignment affects my times.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Pebbles167 - 22-08-2014
Fair enough, have you had a four wheel alignment and geometry done recently?
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 22-08-2014
I did a toe and camber adjustment, diy version, a while back.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - MisterGTR - 01-09-2014
Liking your car a lot!! Great project. Heated seats FTW!!
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - adam b - 01-09-2014
(22-08-2014, 12:39 AM)Pebbles167 Wrote: Out of interest adam, my Rallye has these pads, and was warned about damaging the wheels. Any way of lessening the affects?
Anyway, back on topic!
Great looking build mate, how are you finding the federals? I've heard some minor complaints about the sidewalls from a few friends with relatively heavy cars, but none from any pug owners.
Not sure tbh, I can't see wax and constant cleaning helping much as the bits of disc burn into the paint...
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Ruan - 01-09-2014
Naff all you can do really... It's hot bits of metal flying off the discs burning into the paint...
The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - rocker8742 - 01-09-2014
(22-08-2014, 12:39 AM)Pebbles167 Wrote: Out of interest adam, my Rallye has these pads, and was warned about damaging the wheels. Any way of lessening the affects?
Anyway, back on topic!
Great looking build mate, how are you finding the federals? I've heard some minor complaints about the sidewalls from a few friends with relatively heavy cars, but none from any pug owners.
Have to say I found these brilliant on track at combe earlier in the year although havent ever tried r888 etc to compare them to for the price I don't think you can go too far wrong
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 05-09-2014
I've got one more chance to test the car on track this season, on October 1st the insurance runs out for the year so I'll park it in the garage and rip the engine out :-)
Last time on track unfortunately didn't result in any better times, think I ran with too much air in the tires.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 20-09-2014
Went to the garage to prep the toy for the last Sprint of the season, decided to switch the wheels around and put the good ones up front, last time i felt the fronts were letting go too soon, it'll be interesting to see if this little fix helps.
I also adjusted the toe to get a little bit more toe out, and straighten the weel up a little, gave it 1/2 turn.
Front vs. rears. RHS The rear here shows the RS-R typical "crack" through the rubber (not seen in photo) The front showed the same but it's been worn down completely and cant be seen anymore.
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Front vs. Rears LHS
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All i need to bring for a day of fun
Never had a brakedown yet (except for the brake pad incident of 2010)[attachment=19152]
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 22-09-2014
New personal best! Cut 5sec of my previous record :-D
2bar warm pressure front and rear gave really good grip, had a passenger who gave me a few pointers on how to drive and he almost flew out of the chair :-D
Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 04-10-2014
I was given a 2 minute lesson on TIG welding, then went to work on a stainless steel fuel swirl pot.
Had to get back to work but I'll continue with it the coming week
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Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 09-10-2014
Work has progressed slightly, almost ready to lift the engine out of the bay.
Found this when peering through the inlet:
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Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 11-10-2014
Tore the engine out today, came out nicely with some wiggling :-)
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After that I decided to have a look at the ecu, I had noticed that it was sealed with hot glue, so someone has been inside it in the past.
This was revealed after I prized (is that grammatically correct?) the lid open :
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Now I just want to know what's been done! The Rev limiter is still in place, that I know.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - newdirtyb - 11-10-2014
(10-08-2014, 11:47 AM)Janne L Wrote: From a couple of months back:
This was before i did any chassis alignement, so basically, the car was too low, had zero camber, and 15mm toe in, it was eating tires like, a tire eating machine!
Nifty little racer!
What's the current config?
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Piggy - 11-10-2014
Those RSRs and the "cracks"...thats normal and safe and will be 100% fine. Part of the moulding.
How good are they REALLY?? Heard a lot of good reviews about them...esp at half the cost of r888s
Sv: RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 11-10-2014
(11-10-2014, 07:16 PM)newdirtyb Wrote:Current setup is maximum camber possible with these top mounts, should be around - 3deg, I have a note of the measurements in my little black book.(10-08-2014, 11:47 AM)Janne L Wrote: From a couple of months back:
This was before i did any chassis alignement, so basically, the car was too low, had zero camber, and 15mm toe in, it was eating tires like, a tire eating machine!
Nifty little racer!
What's the current config?
A few mm total toe out (2-3mm measured @16" rim)
and I've raised it up to about - 20mm from original height to keep the control arms below horizontal level.
I'm thinking about making some extensions for the steering arms and lower ball joint to let me lower it a bit more while still keeping the roll center above the tarmac :-)
(11-10-2014, 07:20 PM)Piggy Wrote: Those RSRs and the "cracks"...thats normal and safe and will be 100% fine. Part of the moulding.I gave some thoughts on them earlier in this thread I believe.
How good are they REALLY?? Heard a lot of good reviews about them...esp at half the cost of r888s
As long as you find the correct pressure for your car / setup / weather I found them to perform great!
I've had 888s before, when the car was stock, and without taking price into account, the toyos are a bit grippier and have stiffer side walls, but the federals are not far behind at all, especially if you are not trying to squeeze that final tenth of a second around the track I'd go with federals any day of the week.
I am interested in the new nankang ns2r though :-)
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - RetroPug - 12-10-2014
That's not one of those bloody ebay chips is it?
Sv: RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 12-10-2014
(12-10-2014, 07:53 AM)RetroPug Wrote: That's not one of those bloody ebay chips is it?That's what I'd like to know.. Still waiting for a reply from the previous owner if he knows anything about it.
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - RetroPug - 12-10-2014
Hmm, looks like a capacitor...weird.
Sv: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 25-10-2014
It was planned to be done last weekend but certain events in the Stockholm archipelago took me away from home.. But today I got the gearbox and engine separated and hung the engine in the engine stand.
Discovered that both flywheel and pressure plate had surface cracks and discolouration from heat.. Sad byt the decision to get a lightened flywheel just got so much easier
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Diiiiiirty!
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RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Niall - 25-10-2014
(11-10-2014, 04:36 PM)Janne L Wrote:
Now I just want to know what's been done! The Rev limiter is still in place, that I know.
Is that blue tac around that capacitor?
That socketed chip is not a eBay job that I'm aware of. Ive seen that done as a professional remap by some people!
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 26-10-2014
(25-10-2014, 09:08 PM)Niall Wrote: Is that blue tac around that capacitor?
That socketed chip is not a eBay job that I'm aware of. Ive seen that done as a professional remap by some people!
I guess i'll have to poke it to find out
Anyone know if it's possible to talk to the ECU without it being in the car?
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Janne L - 26-10-2014
Ordered a lightened flywheel to replace the busted one. Can't decide whether to tell the wife or not :-P
RE: The toy, 306GTI trackday racer. *Dial-up warning: Picture heavy* - Poodle - 27-10-2014
(11-10-2014, 04:36 PM)Janne L Wrote: This was revealed after I prized (is that grammatically correct?) the lid open :
Perfectly correct, although spelt the wrong (American) way. :p
That flywheel and clutch has seen some abuse, not seen heat-fracturing like that before! Do you have anything special to replace the clutch, or is it staying stock for now?
Really like this project, although not convinced on the heated seats in a track toy, think of the weight!
