Col004
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so are the disks still 280 buddy
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bigron1988
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yes mate im using disks of a golf mk5 but with machined centers
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Col004
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coolio matey.. my heads been wrecked for a few weeks over brakes and wheesl lol.. just me.. im a fussy cunt lol.. im getting excited now though as the car is going into paint this week when I get back..
keep up the good work pal
[Edited on 19-05-2012 by Col004]
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bigron1988
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how long will paint take mate
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Col004
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No idea matey.. It's going on a spit and he's replacing the roof skin too. It will give me time to build the engine up.
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bigron1988
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took the car to my mates garage today to sort all the camber caster etc out , first off put the tre under the hub as been advised by a few people to do so
prob took about 3/4 hours in the end as we keped taking if for a drive to see how it drives, ended up setting it to everything straight and paraller to get as much grip as possable , drives great now
this is the angle the tre sits at now
and how the wheels sit in the arch
then stuck it on the corner weight scales to see what it weights, (it had 14 gallons of fuel in it )
so by taking the fuel out and working that it has 2 liters of petrol in the tank it weighs 931kg without driver ,so that makes it 612.8bhp/ton, if i have my maths right, not to shabby that
and a few pics of the garage car , its around 650bhp n/a and weighs 920kg
[Edited on 22-05-2012 by bigron1988]
[Edited on 22-05-2012 by bigron1988]
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M Sutton
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Very impressive as per norm  good power to weight!
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possy
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ben is your mate goin to do mine too lol and when are you putting areo catches on the bonnet it would look a bit smoother if you get
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Graham88
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Power to weight to be proud of!
[Edited on 23-05-2012 by Graham88]
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by possy
ben is your mate goin to do mine too lol and when are you putting areo catches on the bonnet it would look a bit smoother if you get
Yes mate they will do anything for a price, might stick them on over the winter
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TimC909
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Didnt realise the boys next door had the corner weights. Handy to know.
Have you measured the bump steer with having the TREs mounted below?
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bigron1988
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how do you do that tim, i let them set it all up but was watching so not sure if they did
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Steve
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Compress suspension and see how much wheels toe in/out
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bigron1988
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is that when you turn the wheel one way say 30deg then the other way 30 deg and they need to be the same ?
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Graeme Dixon
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How much Caster is it now running Ben? The wheel definately looks further forward in the arch, does it make the steering feel alot more responsive?
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bigron1988
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3.5 caster cant realy say yet mate as not done many miles as had a nocking noise so bought it back and need to have a look tomorow , could be cv gone but got spare shaft here
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TimC909
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quote:
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is that when you turn the wheel one way say 30deg then the other way 30 deg and they need to be the same ?
Thats the ackerman principle and to do with steering angles.
Bump steer is as your driving the suspension will compress and rebound and as you do so the tracking may go from being 0deg at normal ride height to +/- a few degrees/minutes through this movement.
This is generally adjusted by moving the point where the track rod joins the steering knuckle up or down.
If the roll centre is adjusted by moving the lower ball joint closer or further away to the centre of the hub the track rod end usually needs doing the same amount to keep the bump steer as it should be.
The bumpsteer on mine was quite bad, 140mph down New Cut Lane over one of the bumps sent me left towards the ditch quite dramatically. Certainly keeps me on my toes but prefer it to be better 
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bigron1988
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yer think it needs a bit of a play with as when you go down the road and let go of the wheel it moves from left to right from the bumps quite a bit
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TimC909
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Move the TRE back to the top and see how it feels. I would imagine it will be better
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bigron1988
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i thought the straighter the tre the less it would bump steer? as putting it on top would make the angle worse
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possy
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quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988
quote:
Originally posted by possy
ben is your mate goin to do mine too lol and when are you putting areo catches on the bonnet it would look a bit smoother if you get
Yes mate they will do anything for a price, might stick them on over the winter
do mate and nice one mate
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TimC909
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quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988
i thought the straighter the tre the less it would bump steer? as putting it on top would make the angle worse
It don't really work like that unfortunately. The only time you should be moving it below the hub is if you have moved the lower ball joint pivot point below the hub massively. Moving the TRE a few mm can make a difference, never mind the 20-30mm you probably have done from standard.
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3i_gaz
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Drive the Mondeo. Bump steer sorted.
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bigron1988
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took it out the other day and was getting a noise from front end, narrowed it down to brakes so put it on the brake rollers at my mates garage and it comfermed it, so took disks of and had the put on a lathe to make sure they were straight and they wernt so i must of cooked them when trying to set the bias back up
stuck them back on and stuck a number plate on to keep plod happy
went for a drive and all is sorted once again, could only do a few miles as 33deg outside and its like a sauner inside the car
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Jon_C
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Looks evil in tha pic Ben. What other plans do you have for the car???
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