Toby's Track Hack

Got some time on the car yesterday and fitted a new Torsen with a 3.6 Final drive, which has made all my gears a little bit longer and is really noticeable once you get above 2nd gear, very happy indeed! Also chucked some Superpro Void fillers in at the same time which has made everything feel a little more tight at the back end and has improved the the feel of the clutch too! Picture for attention...



Also had a go at making a retro style centre console carpet thing-a-ma-jig, just used the carpet that would go above the fuel tank. When I bought the car it came with a Trap 1002 console which lends its self to this type of configuration, together with the Jass "classic" shifter I bought for a first stab I'm really happy with the results!







Exterior wise I've been perfecting the fitment of the arches for paint, there was a little scrubbing on the rear so they needed a little adjustment, I think I'm almost there. Also fitted some Aerocatch bonnet pins, which are a lovely product, was a bit daunting slicing up the GV bonnet, but took my time and it paid off! Now need to get everything painted which I'm hoping to do in the next few weeks! Was tempted to go satin black with the bonnet as I really like the contrast, but think for now I'll put it white as will look much cleaner.



Next up will be to fit a new fuel pump as the walbro that's in there now makes some funny noises every so often and is bloody noisy so i'm sticking a R35 pump in and re wiring it directly to the battery so it can see as much voltage as possible, then get the passenger seat installed and fit an oil catch tank I've bought.

Haha cheers dude I had a right battle a few weeks ago with a coolant re route spacer on the back of the block so glad I'm spuring people on!

Check the Isle of Wight car club out in Facebook or iowcc.co.uk, our next event is 24th April and is a damn good event to both compete and watch at!

Picked up a set of AWR engine mounts to help reduce the amount of rock from the engine and improve the feel between gears I've had IL Motorsport mounts in the past and the difference was pretty minial so figured I'd give them a try!

Initial impressions are you would not want this in a daily driver, the NVH is pretty extreme on idle but once you get going its better. Its certainly going to make the front end alot tighter, throttle response is distinctively better as is the feel of the clutch!

Did another auto test last weekend, hit loadsa cones and my mate in his supercharged mk2 beat me but had a great time, the combination of void fillers on the diff and the engine mounts have made the car much more tractable off the line, I can actually modulate the throttle now to gain traction :-)

Not sure on if the bgw works for me but the paint work looks stunning.

Loving this thread though.

Thanks Chaps. I'm undecided too tbh, where its so wide it needs to be higher to fill the space correctly so keen to get the risers on!

I'm planning to get some sort of under tray / LiP action on the go soon, I did toy with canards but after a basic mock up with card decided it looks a bit daft and would be a magnet for cones at the autotests too!

Thanks Fellas, The mounts are made by 949 Racing in the states, readily available but just need importing.