SRowells Black Rallye

[Eeyore]

Two days of sailing this weekend but lots of driving the car there and back. Tom came over today and we set about some of the final bits before FCS. Tom swapped over the front pads for the ferodo ds2500s. The old pads were pretty low so glad they are getting swapped out before the 2 hours of track abuse. Ferodo wear in says 30 - 40 stops of 4 second duration so hopefully ill achieve that before hitting the track. The old pads had grooves where the slight lip had worn through them. The ferodos seem to sit within the lip so shouldnt have any issues with reduced contact surface etc. Remove some excess fluid from the reservoir too.



Next job was swapping out the temporary TA technics rear shocks for the standard gti6 ones. Fitted those with the exhaust and heat shield in place. Wasnt too difficult just the compensator was the wrong way and also we had put the lower shock bolts in the wrong way round so getting shocks on and off was an issue. For future reference the nuts go on the outside and bolts from the inside!



Few other jobs included removing one of the rattly panels from the rear bench which just pulled out as it was only held in by 4 rivetts. Unfortunately revealed large unpainted areas inside the car but oh well. I also removed a wing mirror cap and broke it so currently on the hunt for replacements. And I looked at upgrading the fan wiring but decided not to... and looked at the oil "breather" but decided to do nothing about that as well... 



meeting again on friday to get some cleaning action before leaving for fcs! oh and i stopped making the cut down grille as i couldnt get the finish i want and its going to take too much time for now.