kyteler Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hay Roh-mahn, didjoo ever get to the bottom of the rear suspension lift doodadery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Yes, I need to take the diff out and remake the mounts. I will procrastinate on this issue for.... 1 more year. No wait! Two.Two more years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Interesting about the tires. My bro-in-law has spent a REDICULIOUS amount on huge r888s for his Falcon.. Has confused me since they won't last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 The Dunlop Star-spec's I got for the sebben made the same statement re: standing water and thus far I've found them to be fairly good in the wet, probably because I was expecting them to be shit. That said, it certainly sticks in your mind to tread carefully around standing water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Yeah I've heard really good thing about the star specs. However I couldnt find them in 205/50/15 for whatever reason. The wear rating on these is supposed to be pretty horrific. But not bad enough that I'll have that hesitation of not wanting to waste the tires driving "normally" like semi slicks. Maybe being on a light car it'll be not too bad. I did a few braking tests on a wet road to get a feel for it, but yeah they seemed fine. I guess it's just the aquaplaning on large puddles where you need to be cautious. Although if it's that wet then should be driving cautiously anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Interesting about the tires. My bro-in-law has spent a REDICULIOUS amount on huge r888s for his Falcon.. Has confused me since they won't last R888s are a beautiful thing. If I had the budget, and could find a second set of wheels that fit. I'd buy a second set of wheels with R888s or similar, for trackdays etc. Then keep T1Rs or something similar on there the rest of the time for road driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Looks like so much fun passing those other cars. must get something ready for the track going again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 You should, it was so much fun! Had a few interesting moments... Car stalled at the end of a stint, right in the entrance back into the pits off track. Had a big queue of cars behind me... embarassing. Car started again after sitting for a minute or so, havent looked at the logs yet to figure out what might have happened here. Also I had my foot hard on the brakes, then the pedal softened and fell about 5mm then went hard again... I suspect this was the last of the lining shearing off the brake pads on one side up front haha. Drove home with brake bias wound all the way to the rear. Havent pulled pads yet but I suspect they're well and truly nuked.Sounds like its metal on metal, hopefully the disc isnt too beaten up.No fade or anything though which was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 so what brand tyres did you go with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yokohama AD08R Still a road tire, but pretty aggressive tread pattern and compound. Not noisy at all like R888s and dont pick up marbles off the track. They felt faster than the very old R888s I had last time, but would be a fair bit slower than brand new semis. Which gives me the shits as it felt super fast in corners as is, miles ahead of previous! Full slicks on a hot day must be epic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Need some good tyres for the BMW but so many choices . It turned its Potenza in to a sticky mess on normal roads with a bit of healthy driving . I will look them up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Yeah I guess in a bigger heavier car the tires have a much harder job to do. Probably cant throw it around quite like the escort without nuking consumables haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I looked at a few options for the seven, some sounded good but the only reviews were for bigger cars and I wasn't convinced they would act the same on the smaller car, in the end I went with name brand of something I've used before that's also a tyre used on the 2K cup which is generally smaller vehicles. I'll see if I can find the names of the ones I almost bought. They'd probably be ideal for a BMW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I looked at a few options for the seven, some sounded good but the only reviews were for bigger cars and I wasn't convinced they would act the same on the smaller car, in the end I went with name brand of something I've used before that's also a tyre used on the 2K cup which is generally smaller vehicles. I'll see if I can find the names of the ones I almost bought. They'd probably be ideal for a BMW. Its a small BMW only 1500kg 135i but need either 18s or 19s . A mate recons it will eat what ever Tyre I put on it . It hangs on ok but nothing where you would put all your faith in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I think it was the Advan Sport V105 that I was looking at initially. Your other option is a Pirelli or Michelin but they're getting right up there price wise. Sorry for the intrusion, Roman. (Not really) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I didnt see danger to manifold flash up on the laptop at any time. You win at Davescience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 OVERLOAD OF DAVESCIENCE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 GRAPH ALL THE THINGS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Im pretty sure if you played "join the dots to create a drawing" with your mileage graph - there's a model arching her back in there somewhere... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelo. Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Awesome statisticing. Is the graph based on injector duty cycle vs vehicle speed? ECUs look fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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