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A little bit of track day prep' for the Bravo today.
New timing belt and CV boots.
A couple of tips for anyone working on the front of the car like this.
1/ Drive the car up on ramps and lift the side with a sturdy jack.
2/ Use the ramp you remove as an extra chock.
Also if you need to keep your brake caliper out of harms way. Get a bit of wire, cut it an inch shorter than the hose and bend a hooks each end.
Should be long enough to hang from the top strut hole and copper line end.
New timing belt and CV boots.
A couple of tips for anyone working on the front of the car like this.
1/ Drive the car up on ramps and lift the side with a sturdy jack.
2/ Use the ramp you remove as an extra chock.
Also if you need to keep your brake caliper out of harms way. Get a bit of wire, cut it an inch shorter than the hose and bend a hooks each end.
Should be long enough to hang from the top strut hole and copper line end.
you jacked up on the oil sump?
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The front of the subframe where the wishbone bolts up.
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Yesterday was great fun and informative.
Photo's first and thoughts after...
She's still leaning over like a double-decker bus on a roundabout. Lower, stiffer springs next time (yes I said that last time but the wheels wiped out my budget).
As a bonus (???) I had a go in my mate's Buggy thing to "check the steering" for him. It steered every time you hit a bump or put any load on the front end. So when I started to spin my corrections transferred weight making it turn against me. Knife edge driving at half the speed. A bit like an Ariel Atom only made by the soap powder people. Just brilliant.
As for my car.
1/ I was not the slowest and managed to overtake a few people. :slayer:
2/ I made my 1.25 lap time target (according to the counter on my video no timing allowed).
3/ The trap speed at the braking point at the end of the back straight was three miles per hour faster than March.
4/ My trap speed at the end of the complex was ten miles per hour faster than March. :devil:
5/ No mechanical issues what so ever and had a nice drive home along the B1198 instead of the A15 bottleneck.
Analysis.
The body roll coming out of the long bend on to the back straight is still an issue. Worsened by the lighter weight wheels as the inside front gave out easier this time despite there being noticeably less roll due to the new rear bar. I need lower, stiffer springs and lose the weight from the back end (I needed the back seat the night before so the interior was complete).
Less rotating mass meant I could brake later and the car was pulling out of the corners much, much better this time. All four tyres are well bobbled due to trail braking to try and compensate for roll.
Even though I was only a few miles per hour faster at the end of the straight I was ten miles per hour faster at the end of the sweepers. This is due to the flat spot elimination and rotating mass reduction. All in five second quicker laps for a set of wheels, exhaust, air filter, AC pump removal and bit less weight is a bloody good result and I am looking forward to September already.
P.S The superchav exhaust was only 80dB so I don't know what my neighbors are moaning about.
Photo's first and thoughts after...
She's still leaning over like a double-decker bus on a roundabout. Lower, stiffer springs next time (yes I said that last time but the wheels wiped out my budget).
As a bonus (???) I had a go in my mate's Buggy thing to "check the steering" for him. It steered every time you hit a bump or put any load on the front end. So when I started to spin my corrections transferred weight making it turn against me. Knife edge driving at half the speed. A bit like an Ariel Atom only made by the soap powder people. Just brilliant.
As for my car.
1/ I was not the slowest and managed to overtake a few people. :slayer:
2/ I made my 1.25 lap time target (according to the counter on my video no timing allowed).
3/ The trap speed at the braking point at the end of the back straight was three miles per hour faster than March.
4/ My trap speed at the end of the complex was ten miles per hour faster than March. :devil:
5/ No mechanical issues what so ever and had a nice drive home along the B1198 instead of the A15 bottleneck.
Analysis.
The body roll coming out of the long bend on to the back straight is still an issue. Worsened by the lighter weight wheels as the inside front gave out easier this time despite there being noticeably less roll due to the new rear bar. I need lower, stiffer springs and lose the weight from the back end (I needed the back seat the night before so the interior was complete).
Less rotating mass meant I could brake later and the car was pulling out of the corners much, much better this time. All four tyres are well bobbled due to trail braking to try and compensate for roll.
Even though I was only a few miles per hour faster at the end of the straight I was ten miles per hour faster at the end of the sweepers. This is due to the flat spot elimination and rotating mass reduction. All in five second quicker laps for a set of wheels, exhaust, air filter, AC pump removal and bit less weight is a bloody good result and I am looking forward to September already.
P.S The superchav exhaust was only 80dB so I don't know what my neighbors are moaning about.
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https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=34942
I'll not be bothering with the supercharger. September's track day is sold out so there's not a great deal of point continuing the project.
So in March with the bangle grinder wheels my best lap time was 1.30.4
In June with around £480 spent on the car (£400 for the wheels) 1.24.8
That's less than a hundred Pounds per second. As performance enhancements go that's pretty bloody good.
I need a "sensible" daily driver and have been offered an awesome 133 project. Time to move on.
I'll not be bothering with the supercharger. September's track day is sold out so there's not a great deal of point continuing the project.
So in March with the bangle grinder wheels my best lap time was 1.30.4
In June with around £480 spent on the car (£400 for the wheels) 1.24.8
That's less than a hundred Pounds per second. As performance enhancements go that's pretty bloody good.
I need a "sensible" daily driver and have been offered an awesome 133 project. Time to move on.
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£400 wheels?
Worth it. :devil:
Worth it. :devil:
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As it's Sunday. I have nothing to report. But here goes anyway.
The Bravo has been back on daily driver duties. A couple of silly offers and critique from the advert but again nothing worth mentioning.
Picked up a really rather nice and bordering on grown up Alfa 156 V6 yesterday.
New daily so either the Bravo can become more track focused or sold and I get something more track focused.
The Bravo has been back on daily driver duties. A couple of silly offers and critique from the advert but again nothing worth mentioning.
Picked up a really rather nice and bordering on grown up Alfa 156 V6 yesterday.
New daily so either the Bravo can become more track focused or sold and I get something more track focused.
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get my hgt bought for track liquid knight ;-)
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lmao wouldn't be for sale if it was lol shell is perfectly fine 10 month mot Jus chuck a 20vt in an keep hush lol registered as 2.0
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That's the beauty of the conversion. The capacity should be the same so just declare the new engine number to the DVLA and they'll assume it's a like for like swap.
I would be tempted to drop a stroked Stilo Abarth in there to make it 2.7 with forged pistons good for 600hp.
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Re-Yellow'd or de-Abarth'd?
See the not grumpy thread for the reason why.
See the not grumpy thread for the reason why.
im all about vanilla, but i would keep the spoke alloys, i'm not a big fan of the coupe wheels.
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Me to. But the £400 I paid for the set I can't afford to replace them if I hit another pot hole. Not that I'll be able to find a set 4x98mm anyway.
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Good news, bad news.
A place has come up for the September track day so I am going.
:worship:
I have reyellowed the car and pretty much sold the OZ's.
Still nine weeks to find an alternative set.
A place has come up for the September track day so I am going.
:worship:
I have reyellowed the car and pretty much sold the OZ's.
Still nine weeks to find an alternative set.
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Well the Bangle Grinder wheels are sold via the forum and will be ready for delivery Sunday.
But...
It will be the last ride in the Bravo for me. She's sold and I'll be dropping her off and collecting a new just as yellow Fiat on the way home.
It is no exaggeration when I say my Bravo has been one of the best all round cars I have ever owned. From a boot full of stuff to a race track she has done everything and more than I could have possibly expected for such a bargain buy.
Sure I had to replace a few things to keep her on the road and had to do a few things to make her keep up with more focused stuff on the track but she got me home and back to work the next day while those focused cars were loaded on to trailers and needed repairs.
A brilliant car and that is what I am passing on to someone else.
As for what's coming next? Be on the look out for Guff III
I have some unfinished business to attend to. Wooooooo-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa! :devil:
But...
It will be the last ride in the Bravo for me. She's sold and I'll be dropping her off and collecting a new just as yellow Fiat on the way home.
It is no exaggeration when I say my Bravo has been one of the best all round cars I have ever owned. From a boot full of stuff to a race track she has done everything and more than I could have possibly expected for such a bargain buy.
Sure I had to replace a few things to keep her on the road and had to do a few things to make her keep up with more focused stuff on the track but she got me home and back to work the next day while those focused cars were loaded on to trailers and needed repairs.
A brilliant car and that is what I am passing on to someone else.
As for what's coming next? Be on the look out for Guff III
I have some unfinished business to attend to. Wooooooo-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa! :devil:
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Well that was unexpected.
The expansion tank blew on the Alfa as she was being driven to her new home (probably being thrashed to see how fast she'll go).
The deal for the Bravo fell through because the chap who wanted it has a hp van that broke down and needs cash to get it collected and fixed as the warranty isn't worth the tree they killed to print it on.
So the Bravo is staying for a while longer.
The expansion tank blew on the Alfa as she was being driven to her new home (probably being thrashed to see how fast she'll go).
The deal for the Bravo fell through because the chap who wanted it has a hp van that broke down and needs cash to get it collected and fixed as the warranty isn't worth the tree they killed to print it on.
So the Bravo is staying for a while longer.
