Negative camber solution

Thanks for that - much appreciated

 

UPDATE:

The top mounts were ordered through AST UK nearly 4 weeks ago.

Parts were in stock so delivery should have taken just a few days.

It was booked for the work to be done on the 13th October.

Monday this week I got a text from my garage saying that despite assurances from AST UK the parts still hadn't been sent.

This makes me fing furious!

It's put a major spanner in the works for me and my garage.

Be warned, AST UK are completely useless!

 

I'm going to call and see what he has to say.

Very wise move on your part.

Really pissed off!!

 

I spoke to Curtis this morning.

Explained I had two track days booked and that due to his broken promises I stand to lose a lot of money and that I was very upset.

He firstly blamed AST saying there was confusion over whether or not the parts were in stock.

He then blamed the situation with the refugees in Calais. He then promised to call me back.

As yet he hasn't called me back.

I did get a message from my garage saying they should receive the parts tomorrow.

I have to assume this won't be the case though.

I think he just hasn't bothered ordering the parts.

 

And today they turned up at the garage (keeping fingers crossed they're the right ones!).

The postage date??

YESTERDAY FFS!

Have just wasted over two hours going to the garage to pick up the Renault as I was going to drop my other track car there for some work to ensure I'd definitely have something to use for a couple of track days next week. If that makes sense?

The garage will get the parts fitted today along with some shims at the back and hopefully make it even more rotational in the corners with it's more aggressive alignment.

Should pick it up tomorrow morning with new AD08R's fitted too.

Fingers crossed both of my cars will be fit for the track days so need to decide which one to take... A nice dilemma to be in

 

I'm not sure I'm afraid, I'm using a place called abbey motorsport in Oxted Surrey. They have parts on the shelf they can use, although I won't be getting it back tomorrow because the AST top mounts aren't easy to adjust - probably identical to the silverproject mounts.

They've looked after my GTR's for 10+ years and despite me using them as track cars I've never suffered any major faults. They mapped my current car to over 500 bhp and it hasn't blown up in 6 years. It's basically a standard car engine/gearbox wise yet has done 52 sec laps at Brands on RS-R's! Sometimes they've upset me but I trust them and they're nice blokes. Which is a lot more than I'd say about any other garage I've tried over many years.

If the guy in the focus is vastly quicker next week I'll probably get them to tune the Meggy, the whole point of me buying the car was to not to have to tune it and it's ticked that box for sure. But...

 

A small world!
Not sure they have time for any other stuff but imagine they could tune a frenchie like any other.

Would be interested in a dyno day but not for my car, just to see what numbers the tuned cars get.

 

Nothing, but they're close for us southerners so much more convenient.
Hoping to get time to pick it up today. Will drop off my other car then fingers crossed will get it back Wednesday so will have the choice of what to take for oulton and donnington.

Wish I could take both!

 

Thanks for the info on alternate AST UK places - for sure that's where i'll go in future.

Mine are now fitted.

On max settings it got - 2 degrees. Had been told by AST uk it would get 2.5.

Taking it to Oulton tomorrow then Donnington on Sat. Leaving later today

Happy days!!

 

UPDATE!!

As mentioned I went to Oulton on Friday and Donnington on Saturday.

I started with ideal pressures of about 30 psi front and 32 psi rear hot (these are manufacturers pressures for circuit) expecting to have to increase as the edge of the front left disappeared.

The front left didn't disappear and the wear was good front and perfect back. The front could do with a bit more negative camber but it's so much better than it was and after 2 really heavy track days I'm so impressed with the wear.

Grip was excellent. And lasted and lasted.

Especially through higher speed stuff.

I didn't even bother swapping the front left to back left and won't bother for at least another track day. I expect to get good life from these tyres.

I didn't get corner g's but am going to Brands on Monday so will collect some data and report back.

Hoping for at least 1.1 g sustained, certainly feels good for it!

Really happy with it, a friend commented that it works so well on track, he was amazed at how good it was and how well it coped with the use.

Here's a little vid of it from donington, I don't know the track at all so was even slower than usual but started to figure out where I was going and had some fun

 

-2 front, -1 back.

1st pic is front left after the whole day at oulton.

2nd pic is after oulton and donnington, running around 30 psi.

 

Guilty!

Was good to meet you at Oulton - if I'm right in thinking that's who you are?

Unfortunately the footage from our play is on a laptop in Germany... Long story but doubt I'll ever get it

Cheers,
Sam

 

Nice!

Yeah, Oulton was bloody fantastic. That part of England is just the best for tracks, something really special about oulton too. Loved it

Just to update the thread I took the car to Brands last Monday.

It was very wet and slippy most of the time and the oversteer on turn in was almost too much. It'd be quite easy to lose it if you don't have much experience going sideways.

Obviously a large part of this will be down to my driving but worth mentioning.

The first right hander at brands after the main straight drops down and is blind. There's a kind of 'wait and see' moment where you're a passenger waiting to see what the car does. It took me about 30 attempts before I managed it without nearly spinning!

Doing the same corner in a different car didn't feel anything like as delicate.

I do like it though

 

Yup that's the one, embarrassingly I've never learnt any of the names of the corners despite going there for 10 years!

A lot people aren't massive fans but it's my local and I love it too

Great to spectate there as the seating on the entrance gives a view of nearly the whole Indy circuit.

It's just a shame that they're so strict

 

Couple of vids from last track day where the meggy was bloody superb.

It was my first proper wet day and the turn in oversteer was delicious!

I'd swapped all the pads (second set in.... a month! But only 100£!) and the brakes felt extremely good, better than the 2.5k AP kit on my track car.

Here are a couple of examples of the turn in oversteer...

It may not be the quickest way but it sure does make me smile

Chasing this civic was fun and very equal - great bit of sport!




This is a friend of mine in his crazy R33 GTR. I've driven it and it's frankly insane, 740bhp and 9000 rpm! He had slick R888's so was sliding all over the place and wasn't really any quicker than me. If it had been dry he would've disappeared!



Really happy with the way the meg handles and wears its tyres.

The Yokohama AD08R's are bloody good in wet and dry.

Next date for the meg is 17 Dec, back to snetterton. If it's dry I think it's going to go quicker than last time thanks to the better alignment.

 

What a coincidence another skyline GTR owner - I have a 32
Keep us posted on what settings you get and how they work.