Custard’s Tart

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:16 pm

Custardtart wrote:I think the Aus NC’s are 3.9 ratio. Us were 4.1. The Speed is a GPS overlay from my Garmin so not the most accurate.

I was a bit harsh on the poor NA, locking the rears on change down oops!

Actually it’s a 3.7 :oops:

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:38 pm

Just a little bit of prep fitting some braided brake lines from Brakes Direct before the next event at Lakeside. Now I have a half decent pedal but it’s still too long for my liking.
Whilst the rears were spot on the fronts weren’t an exact fit, I had to massage some plastic wheel arch trim to get enough clearance.

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Red_Bullet · Postby **Red_Bullet** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:01 pm

This NC build is moving along very nicely, 64 at Lakeside is impressive, I think I want an NC now.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:27 am

I really enjoyed the regularity event at lakeside on the weekend. I got 4 sessions, each with about 5 laps to try and run as close to my nominated time of 68 secs per lap for every lap of every session. Not really having dríven Lakeside before and never in the NC it was a great way to really learn the circuit.

At the end of the day we were allowed 5 flying laps where we could choose to go as fast as we liked. During these laps I noticed the brake pedal was still a bit longer than I want and the car does have pretty bad understeer everywhere. I managed a 64, not too bad for 5 laps in a new car I reckoned. Heaps of time to come, still trying to work out the lines and gear selection - the lap below I tried 2nd for the Eastern Loop, won't be doing that again! :mrgreen:

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:11 pm

Good to see you getting out and using it. Lakeside can be a daunting place, well done

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:30 pm

SKYHI wrote:Good to see you getting out and using it. Lakeside can be a daunting place, well done

Thanks, it was an awesome track, much better than QR I thought and only 20 mins from home.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:32 pm

Just entered the QLD State Sprint Championship at Morgan Park in the 21st July.
A couple of things to sort before then including getting the rotors machined to see if that helps the brake travel and a proper alignment.
I’ve also started ordering parts for the 2.5 swap but no date yet on that.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:17 pm

Particularly enjoyed this months edition of the club magazine :mrgreen:

chuffed to see my article get included

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Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:47 am

Custardtart wrote:Just entered the QLD State Sprint Championship at Morgan Park in the 21st July.

See you there, the day will be on layout K (the full track) so not as many sessions as normal, but will still be worth it. It will also be a very cold start...

This was in 2016

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Make sure you read the regs as scrutineering will be an issue for some. For example since my car is not road registered I need a CAMS log book, at the moment I'm frantically getting the paperwork for the roll bar (done), arranging a PRE-LOGBOOK INSPECTION SCRUTINEER (almost done) the submitting the paperwork to CAMS. It is unlikely that I will have this done in time but the Porsche Club have a back up plan to help me

Also SDT has a Morgan Park track day in August that is well worth the money.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:54 am

Thanks for that. Car is road registered and pretty much standard so should be ok from what I understood looking at the regs. I’ll do a final checklist.
I think I’m in the Sports cars 1600cc-2000cc class?
Early start for this one, it’s a good 2 hr drive but looking at your pic I’m glad the heating works a treat. :lol:

I’m also entering the Noosa hillclimb in Nov.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:45 am

Custardtart wrote:Early start for this one, it’s a good 2 hr drive but looking at your pic I’m glad the heating works a treat.

The Puma (BP) at Aratula is a great place to stop for coffee or breakfast

We normally order 2 breakfasts and there is enough to feed the three of us Plus it has parking for trailers. It helps when it is only about a 90 min drive for me.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:31 pm

Was never entirely happy with the cut down RX8 bushes so I ordered a set of SuperPro poly ones for front and rear. Simple design difference being the side access slits negate the effects of clamping the bush and slightly deforming it. Should be a much better fit.

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Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:02 am

Custardtart wrote:
Custardtart wrote:I think the Aus NC’s are 3.9 ratio. Us were 4.1. The Speed is a GPS overlay from my Garmin so not the most accurate.

I was a bit harsh on the poor NA, locking the rears on change down oops!

Actually it’s a 3.7

I found some info saying the US also got an open diff 4.3 ratio which looks to have been mated to a 5spd.
I actually like the 3.7 gearing on track but not street.
However, I’ve pulled the trigger on a 4.1 so will update a comparison once it’s fitted.

ozace · Postby **ozace** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:57 am

Looking forward to your views on the 4.1

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 1:49 pm

I will let you know what I think of the 4.1 after Sunday.
I did my change this week and whilst straight forward, I know I could do a second one much quicker.