Another Track 4th gen - Carbon bonnet & cooling plate.

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:01 pm

bucks420 wrote:I need to sort a go pro mount out for mine as well but last time i was out we were told permanent mounts only, no stuck on ones. Have you heard that anywhere else? I think that was the organiser of the days rules as i've never had it at Bedford before then.

Most tracks do not allow suction cups and want hard fixed mounts only. However you can sometimes get round it by securing a suction mount to the car with cable ties etc.. so that if the suction mount comes loose it is still attached to the car.

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:14 pm

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Believe it or not, I'm going to run those pads and see how they do

I have my oem pads if they fail

Merlin, I believe you are correct about the suction mounts being secured in other ways. I think this applies to Coombe, whereas it has to be tied to something aswell as suckered on

Got the 4 wheel alignment done today by our local tyre land. Those guys really understood what the car was built for and listened to what I had to tell them which was great, as the result in the way it drives now is epic.

Before :

After :

Brilliant, almost exactly what I was expecting to see. It drives amazingly now

£48 well spent

Cheers chaps

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:34 am

Thebusofwoe wrote:Merlin, I believe you are correct about the suction mounts being secured in other ways. I think this applies to Coombe, whereas it has to be tied to something aswell as suckered on

Yup when I was using my suction cup during SLS the scrutineer made be cable tie the whole thing to my roll cage.

A bit of a funky caster

Do you feel it pull to the side at all? I had a caster issue for ages on my 4th gen and it was only solved by fitting a traction bar with adjustable radius rods.

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:11 am

Yea it used to pull real bad. Not much pull at all now it's all been set. I don't know why that is, it does have polly bushes in the radias rods. I'm looking at getting a traction bar set up now

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:19 am

Off caster is not a huge problem. I wouldn't go spunking money just because of it. Although traction bars are good

. The wheel alignment specialist I go to told me that it wouldn't hugely affect handling and the most I would feel it would be on the motor way.

OEM radius rods don't have anyway of adjusting them other than putting shims in place. I had poly bushes on the OEM radius rods before I got the traction bar.

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:23 pm

I recently had my tracking done with similar results as @Thebusofwoe albeit with tiny bit less camber at the front

liking the track vids - great vtec soundtrack

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Thu May 21, 2015 8:30 pm

Hey guys.

Not been on here much. Busy with work and family. Had an amazing day at japfest so thanks to all for a great day. Was nice to see everyone again.

Here is a FPV vid of my last full track day March just gone. Filmed using my new GoPro Hero4 Black.
The brakes held up till the end and the Nankang NS2R tyres (Soft) are epic. Wont use anything else now

[youtube]iIAO0COzIY0[/youtube]

Got so much more to do to her to get her where i want to. More vids to follow.

Cheers chaps

Post by **Drax** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:58 am

great work Chris, very good vid

Post by **Merlin** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:09 am

As I said on FB the car sounds great. The camera angle is funky too

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat May 30, 2015 9:08 pm

Merlin wrote:As I said on FB the car sounds great

Course it does - it's an A2!

Lude Generation

Another Track 4th gen - Carbon bonnet & cooling plate.

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