When you alter the top of the strut to allow the camber adjustment, did you do it your self. Curious how it's done
It was cut out then a piece of 6mm tube that was turned down was Tig'd in. In the garage as we speak for most of the stuff bar over heating to be sorted. Going to do full belt service with waterpump as the current pump may be starting to give up.
I'm a man of many talents but welding isn't one of them. Might just send the car down to cgr motorsport, let them do it, fit the bc coilovers, corner weight and align it. Don't think I'd have any change out of 2k
Tbf the extra metal isn't really needed, a large holesaw will be enough and it what CGR do. I just think it looks a bit tidier with how I had it done
All Swivels changed, new wheel bearings, CGR downpipe and fitting on the 5200s along with a few other wee bits to tidy it up. Also got a chance to properly try my new phones camera, impressed
car looks amazing! top spec and outstanding work on it. I have a 265 cup for 3.5 years and been doing many track days as stock. now mapped to 300bhp and looking to buy the AST 5100. How can you compare them with the 2 way 5200? And another question - you went with the 17 inch eventually, does the car feels better on track with them? better handling / steering response? what's the weight difference between the stock and the 1.2 17 inch? Thanks and keep enjoying with that beast!
I haven't had the 5200 on track yet but the 5100's are very, very good. I was on 8/8 rates but they never felt soft on track or anything. Plus the ride amazingly on the road which is a big bonus. On 10/10 rates on the 5200's which are a bit too much for the road if im honest, Hopefully be back out on track soon to get a proper comparison. As for the 17's, I genuinely doesnt make that much of a difference on them. Really dont notice any difference between the 17 or 18's
Lovely car you have there Jamie. I would have liked to stripped mine, but the thought of travelling from Thurso to Spa in a stripped out car?!.
so the AST are great for daily driven, can you consider them to be better than stock setup for road use?
Nah definitely not, Stock cup setup is such a capable setup out the box, I have no doubts a stock setup would leave mine for dust on UK roads. Extremely compliant and well damped for a factory setup.
Also managed to sort another pair of Superleggera out thanks to Matt West, so now running a full set of square 18x9s
Car's looking great Jamie! You might actually get chance to go enjoy it now it's all back together Get in touch if you're after a set of 5100's, we supply install and set-up AST coilover kits
Looking at that picture of the AD08R, you may want to check that they are mounted the right way round... Not sure how much difference it will make in the dry, but might severely reduce wet grip.
Trip to EFI in a few weeks to let Chris work his magic on this then a day at Donington to follow, 13th at Donny if anyones around
Ive got a garage booked as well, Going with a couple other Meganes from here plus a few of my other TD mates will be there in various things
Car looks sweet. But may I suggest not lowering it any further? The standard car has very little damper stroke to the soft bump stop even at stock ride height. You want a decent amount of free travel. And I would have thought you would end up with quite a lot of geometrically-induced roll because of the effect on the rollcentres, i.e. geometry more than offsetting stiffness-induced lateral resistance to roll. Looks amazing.
A little, Also makes it tramline and follow ruts in the road a lot more. Definently drives nicer on narrower tyres on the road. As for the track benefits, Im still to be convinced its actually any quicker with the wider rubber, Contact patch is still the same anyway but it does manage heat better and braking performance seems higher
I will be there mate but i have a feeling your stripped out race car wont be much of a comparison to my full interior haha.
It's actually a bit higher on the new ASTs than in my old setup lol. Does feel like it drives better thiugh so gonna leave it as it for now, see how Donny goes then adjust if needed
I think it looks good dude, when they're super low they don't look as good imo. Should get some cool carbon brackets made up to tie the reservoirs to your cage, that would be cool!
