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Post by TomK » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:13 pm

bradz wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:47 pm Are you on the 120 or the 180's?
Do not, I repeat, do not buy the 120s, they lasted about 2 months for me. The 180's fair a lot better but having switched to AD08r recently I'd say they are a way better tyre, for enjoyment, speed and durability. Pay your money take your choice etc, but in this case I will certainly have saved money by buying the more expensive tyre, not that was my biggest consideration.
I'm keen too to try the cup2 or trofeo r, but not too keen on smoking that amount of cash either :lol:
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Post by Fishy Dave » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:04 am

Ah yes, I forgot you mentioned the AD08 are wearing well Tom. I'm looking at doing a trackday in January I should think which should finish off the tyres ready for a fresh set.
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Post by bradz » Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:23 am

Thanks for your advice Dave and Tom, Think I'm swaying towards the AD08R after your comments Tom!
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Post by bradz » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:24 pm

Well that happened quickly....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-NEW-YOKOH ... 0290.m3507

4x AD08R £500 collecting on sat! Couldn't refuse them at that price! he has 14 of them if anyone else is running 265 35 18! :driving:
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Post by TomK » Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:37 pm

That's a great price! I've recently bought a bunch of A048 but I might well pick up a pair of these too at that price, cheers.
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Post by bradz » Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:39 pm

Well shes finally finished...

It all started with a leaky diff... ended up with..

Rear Sub frame stripped, powder coated, Super Pro Sub frame bushes, Powerflex Diff bushes, every bush/rose joint replaced.
New handbrake cables and shoes.
New front to rear brake pipes
New prop dougnut
New centre bearing
Diff fully rebuilt and painted
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Supersprint power loop back boxes and X Pipe
KW V3 Coilovers with custom front 60mm springs and Ground control top mounts
Porsche 986 rear calipers with Mintex F4R pads (refurbished in phoenix gold to match front)
Mintex F6R pads fitted to the Brembo 6 pots on the front
Apex ARC-8 wheels 9.5" all round square setup with 265 35 18 AD08R's all round
Custom Hel braided lines front and rear.
ATE Typ200 Brake fluid
Millers Gearbox oil
Millers Diff oil
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Full alignment - as close to CSL spec as we could get.
M-Track mode enabled
DBC coded out (Thanks TomK)
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Post by bradz » Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:41 pm

CSL Alignment... Starting base, If anyone has any comments?
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Post by bmwaddict » Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:10 pm

Great work Adam! So much in such a short time. I'd like the CSL alignment myself, thanks for that. Look forward to seeing the car in person soon.
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Post by TomK » Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:39 pm

Wow! That's impressive :thumbsup:
Well jell of your shiny diff :D Did you re-finish the cross members and chassis support, they look great too!
Let us know how you get on at Bedford on monday (?), interested to see if that set up rubs on full load?
Did you get the thing corner weighted? What did it come in at?
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Post by Fishy Dave » Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:41 pm

That looks superb, really menacing. What's with the funky mirrors, they seem to bend a different way to mine?
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Post by MrPT » Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:46 pm

Fantastic. Love the rear subframe and transmission freshen-up. :)

What’s the story with the custom KW front spring? Did you go back to linear?
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Post by bradz » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:21 pm

TomK wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:39 pm Wow! That's impressive :thumbsup:
Well jell of your shiny diff :D Did you re-finish the cross members and chassis support, they look great too!
Let us know how you get on at Bedford on monday (?), interested to see if that set up rubs on full load?
Did you get the thing corner weighted? What did it come in at?
Thanks, Yeah I had it all powder coated while it was off.

I'll keep you updated, I'm pretty confident I wont get any rubbing... I'm running a 5mm hubcentric spacer to keep the tyre away from the spring perch - It fits without but there is less than a 1.5mm of clearance with a 265 tyre.

I have not had it corner weighted, Would you recommend this?
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Post by bradz » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:23 pm

Fishy Dave wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:41 pm That looks superb, really menacing. What's with the funky mirrors, they seem to bend a different way to mine?
Thanks Dave, I find that if you tilt them forwards when you wash the car they don't hold water and it all drips out without running down the door!
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Post by bradz » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:33 pm

MrPT wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:46 pm Fantastic. Love the rear subframe and transmission freshen-up. :)

What’s the story with the custom KW front spring? Did you go back to linear?
As the V3 spring is conical, you actually loose clearance with them, so working with Apex we matched the spring rate as close as we could and ran a shorter spring to give maximum clearance, also running a 60mm linear spring we are able to run the Race ground force top mounts with loads of caster and camber adjustments.
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Post by TomK » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:57 pm

bradz wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:21 pm
TomK wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:39 pm Wow! That's impressive :thumbsup:
Well jell of your shiny diff :D Did you re-finish the cross members and chassis support, they look great too!
Let us know how you get on at Bedford on monday (?), interested to see if that set up rubs on full load?
Did you get the thing corner weighted? What did it come in at?
Thanks, Yeah I had it all powder coated while it was off.

I'll keep you updated, I'm pretty confident I wont get any rubbing... I'm running a 5mm hubcentric spacer to keep the tyre away from the spring perch - It fits without but there is less than a 1.5mm of clearance with a 265 tyre.

I have not had it corner weighted, Would you recommend this?
Looks great.
I was thinking more about the wings rubbing rather than the inners, but sounds like you've thought it through well enough. Let us know. On the one hand I'm keen to run a square setup for obvious reasons, but the other worries about loss of steering feel and the effect on the rack. Most of the 'cheapo' new mclarens run a 225 front section tyre I think, albeit a very different car I do wonder whether the ability to rotate tyres and perhaps provide greater front grip is outweighed by the negatives. Keen to see how you find it..
As for corner weighting, well given you now have the ability to do it and were setting up the suspension, personally I would have done it, but hardly the end of the world, you can do that some other time.
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