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I had also these clips broken after 3 or 4 times of removing the bumper.
Now that I have finished with the mods (intercooler and oil cooler) I bought a new bumper in order to replace it. To be honest I am thinking of waiting and replace it when I ll have the car wrapped, in order to avoid causing the same problem.
Here in Greece the front bumper is quite cheap (190 euros). I wasn't expecting that! But I have to paint it of course. So the total cost should be around 400 euros.
Now that I have finished with the mods (intercooler and oil cooler) I bought a new bumper in order to replace it. To be honest I am thinking of waiting and replace it when I ll have the car wrapped, in order to avoid causing the same problem.
Here in Greece the front bumper is quite cheap (190 euros). I wasn't expecting that! But I have to paint it of course. So the total cost should be around 400 euros.
This weekend it was finally track day time at the Bilster Berg again. Went there together with @Felix and a mate of mine. Main purpose was to have fun and to try out my Zestino semi-slicks as well as my oil cooler setup.
Weather was great with about 25C, maybe a bit warm, but I liked it
Car was great, no issues whatsoever, no components that somehow limited the fun I had.
Oil cooler worked perfectly, had 115C at the highest and after just a bit of cooldown down the back straight the temps were below 100C again.
Tires also worked perfectly. Ran them at about 2.3 - 2.4 bar hot which worked well. It seems the tires do their job between 2.0 - 2.5 bar quite well, had no chance yet to find the sweet spot. But as I said, super happy with them. I don't have a direct comparison as these are the first semi-slicks I've driven so far on the track.
Sidewall also held up quite well although these are the stock dampers with close to zero camber!
Got a little clip for you (unfortunately only from my dashcam, but I guess it's better than nothing), just remember I am not chasing times, am an absolute beginner and we were 2 guys in the car with a bit of luggage.
Next steps are now the brakes, as this trackday shot the front brake pads and brake discs as you can see by the pics below. Wanted to go the slotted discs route, but there are no slotted discs with TÜV available yet, so I have to go the OEM-style route maybe with some other pads...
Weather was great with about 25C, maybe a bit warm, but I liked it
Car was great, no issues whatsoever, no components that somehow limited the fun I had.
Oil cooler worked perfectly, had 115C at the highest and after just a bit of cooldown down the back straight the temps were below 100C again.
Tires also worked perfectly. Ran them at about 2.3 - 2.4 bar hot which worked well. It seems the tires do their job between 2.0 - 2.5 bar quite well, had no chance yet to find the sweet spot. But as I said, super happy with them. I don't have a direct comparison as these are the first semi-slicks I've driven so far on the track.
Sidewall also held up quite well although these are the stock dampers with close to zero camber!
Got a little clip for you (unfortunately only from my dashcam, but I guess it's better than nothing), just remember I am not chasing times, am an absolute beginner and we were 2 guys in the car with a bit of luggage.
Next steps are now the brakes, as this trackday shot the front brake pads and brake discs as you can see by the pics below. Wanted to go the slotted discs route, but there are no slotted discs with TÜV available yet, so I have to go the OEM-style route maybe with some other pads...
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Tips for brakes
Brakes -
OEM discs
Decent fluid (motul rbf6600)
Brake cooling (Audi RS3 Brake ducts clip to the wish bones )
Braided lines
Better pads like an endless or dixcel
Brakes -
OEM discs
Decent fluid (motul rbf6600)
Brake cooling (Audi RS3 Brake ducts clip to the wish bones
)Braided lines
Better pads like an endless or dixcel
Cooling ducts work great and always run fresh fluid. Spoke to Guys that race in Production Racing they like the OEM pads and if you want better brakes go to a complete Big Brake Package.Tips for brakes
Brakes -
OEM discs
Decent fluid (motul rbf6600)
Brake cooling (Audi RS3 Brake ducts clip to the wish bones
Braided lines
Better pads like an endless or dixcel
If you run a racing brake fluid they need to be bleed after each race weekend.
For your next R spec tyres try Nankang AR1's very good for Track work and great value.This weekend it was finally track day time at the Bilster Berg again. Went there together with @Felix and a mate of mine. Main purpose was to have fun and to try out my Zestino semi-slicks as well as my oil cooler setup.
Weather was great with about 25C, maybe a bit warm, but I liked it
Car was great, no issues whatsoever, no components that somehow limited the fun I had.
Oil cooler worked perfectly, had 115C at the highest and after just a bit of cooldown down the back straight the temps were below 100C again.
Tires also worked perfectly. Ran them at about 2.3 - 2.4 bar hot which worked well. It seems the tires do their job between 2.0 - 2.5 bar quite well, had no chance yet to find the soft spot. But as I said, super happy with them. I don't have a direct comparison as these are the first semi-slicks I've driven so far on the track.
Sidewall also held up quite well although these are the stock dampers with close to zero camber!
Got a little clip for you (unfortunately only from my dashcam, but I guess it's better than nothing), just remember I am not chasing times, am an absolute beginner and we were 2 guys in the car with a bit of luggage.
Next steps are now the brakes, as this trackday shot the front brake pads and brake discs as you can see by the pics below. Wanted to go the slotted discs route, but there are no slotted discs with TÜV available yet, so I have to go the OEM-style route maybe with some other pads...
Tips for brakes
Brakes -
OEM discs
Decent fluid (motul rbf6600)
Brake cooling (Audi RS3 Brake ducts clip to the wish bones
Braided lines
Better pads like an endless or dixcel
Went with OEM style brake discs again
stock fluid (had no issues with that yet, may change it later on)
got the RS ducts already on the car, but I doubt they work great since the stock dust cover is in the way
got braided lines already
will stick with OEM style pads since I had no issues with those
yeah I want to try that one to be able to compare it to the Zestino.
However in my opinion the Zestino is by far the better value here in Germany (AR-1 costs around 180€, got the zestino for 110€).
thats just street credThanks!
Apart from that crack in put in it
Whiteline Anti-Roll and Anti-Lift are in
Quite a bit of work to get the Anti-Roll stuff in place, as you have to lift the steering assembly to place some spacers there.
Here are some pics where the corresponding parts got mounted:
Anti-Lift (spacers are on top):
Anti-Roll (the three spacers are mounted below the steering assembly):
I am bit bummed because the work for the Anti-Roll was a bit more than anticipated. I could have installed a front anti-roll bar in the same move, as the steps are very similar - well, maybe next time :/
In terms of driving behavior I noticed an immense change from the Anti-Lift. It does exactly what it says: There is literally zero lift of the front when accelerating hard - it is just glued to the road. Would not have imagined such a change after I've done new tires and the torque mount already.
The impact of the Anti-Roll is not that big. During daily driving you are not noticing it.
You can however notice it during fast bends (like 10-20° corners), especially when you take them hard and fast. The Anti-Roll can counter the movement of the chassis now and you don't have any body roll.
But as soon as the corner gets sharper, the Anti-Roll is at it's limit and the body roll is back. Only a proper Anti-Roll Bar will fix this I think. So I have to add a new part to my to-do list
What I also found interesting, due to the change of position for the steering assembly, the turn in behavior changes as well. It feels quite a bit more direct and responsive.
How's the ALK affecting the braking, dive and stability?
Since I put it in as Anti-Lift not Anti-Dive, the car now stays flat on the ground when accelerating hard.
Braking stability stayed the same or maybe got a super tiny bit worse.
Thanks for that. I was thinking, there had to be a trade off somewhere.
Guessing there was more good to come than negative and was a worth it tradeoff.
it definitely was! plus, if the braking behavior is more important to you, you can install the anti-lift kit the other way around and it becomes an anti-dive kit!Thanks for that. I was thinking, there had to be a trade off somewhere.
Guessing there was more good to come than negative and was a worth it tradeoff.
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Already some time ago I purchased the GFB T9010 BOV as well as the Tork Motorsports Lower Control Arm Braces from @loafer-N77 .
Mounting the GFB was super easy, except for getting the hose off the OEM BOV. Otherwise super easy job. Removing the Airbox nearly took the longest.
The GFB is a bit different to most BOV as it offers two ways of adjusting it.
1. Adjusting the spring load to control when the piston should move.
2. Adjusting the ratio of atmospheric venting vs recirculation
I left 1. stock as it worked as intended. If the car starts having a rough idle you should touch it according to the manual. Mine was fine, so I left it as it came.
With 2. I had my troubles. I started off driving 25% atmo / 75% recirc, since I thought I it should be loud enough. Boy was I wrong. Even at 25% it was so embarrassingly loud when lifting the throttle within boost. So I went down in 5% steps. At literally 5% atmo I was satisfied and it stopped hissing like a wild tiger, but more like a little kitty. I prefer it that way
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For the lower control arm braces I did those yesterday with @KurvenKrieger (thanks again for the help and the lift). In addition I started work on my brake cooling solution by installing new revised dust covers from speed engineering and I renewed my brake discs and pads with Brembo OEM-style ones in the same move since the Tarox discs are not yet legal in Germany.
Old dust covers vs new ones (I 3d-printed the orange cover because I was bored and the rest of the solution is still not done):
Having everything installed it now looks like this:
The Audi RS brake ducts can now do their job a bit better as well, since the OEM dust cover was in the way. Now the brake ducts can push the air directly onto the brake disc.
Next things are a bit more complex and not fully planned out yet. I hope to be able to rent a 3d scanner for a weekend in the coming months. I want to build a setup that combines the solution from speed engineering, where they replace the OEM brake cooling with a better one (these are the intakes, which I did not buy: Link) with my front intake solution (see here). Hope that plan works out
Already some time ago I purchased the GFB T9010 BOV as well as the Tork Motorsports Lower Control Arm Braces from @loafer-N77 .
Mounting the GFB was super easy, except for getting the hose off the OEM BOV. Otherwise super easy job. Removing the Airbox nearly took the longest.
The GFB is a bit different to most BOV as it offers two ways of adjusting it.
1. Adjusting the spring load to control when the piston should move.
2. Adjusting the ratio of atmospheric venting vs recirculation
I left 1. stock as it worked as intended. If the car starts having a rough idle you should touch it according to the manual. Mine was fine, so I left it as it came.
With 2. I had my troubles. I started off driving 25% atmo / 75% recirc, since I thought I it should be loud enough. Boy was I wrong. Even at 25% it was so embarrassingly loud when lifting the throttle within boost. So I went down in 5% steps. At literally 5% atmo I was satisfied and it stopped hissing like a wild tiger, but more like a little kitty. I prefer it that way
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For the lower control arm braces I did those yesterday with @KurvenKrieger (thanks again for the help and the lift
). In addition I started work on my brake cooling solution by installing new revised dust covers from speed engineering and I renewed my brake discs and pads with Brembo OEM-style ones in the same move since the Tarox discs are not yet legal in Germany.Old dust covers vs new ones (I 3d-printed the orange cover because I was bored and the rest of the solution is still not done):
Having everything installed it now looks like this:
The Audi RS brake ducts can now do their job a bit better as well, since the OEM dust cover was in the way. Now the brake ducts can push the air directly onto the brake disc.
Next things are a bit more complex and not fully planned out yet. I hope to be able to rent a 3d scanner for a weekend in the coming months. I want to build a setup that combines the solution from speed engineering, where they replace the OEM brake cooling with a better one (these are the intakes, which I did not buy: Link) with my front intake solution (see here). Hope that plan works out