Custard’s Tart

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:47 pm

Custardtart wrote:Quite excited today ......

Hopefully you will rebound from the excitement

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:02 pm

That joke was shocking, but I don't want to dampen your spirits

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:55 am

Okibi wrote:That joke was shocking, but I don't want to dampen your spirits

I'm sure you will rebound and bounce back.

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:58 am

Magpie wrote:
Okibi wrote:That joke was shocking, but I don't want to dampen your spirits

I'm sure you will rebound and bounce back.

Any other advice that springs to mind?

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:08 am

Well it might take a bit of adjustment and I don't want to give a bump steer but shouldn't be long before he's upright and staying positive.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:11 am

A little too soft, a little too hard, aaah just right.

Wombit · Postby **Wombit** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:40 am

I wonder what the next joke will be? The suspense is killing me!

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:40 pm

Sorry to put a dampener on proceedings but I needed to spring to it!

Had to cut a hole in the engine/firewall brace and use. 3mm allen key for adjustment. Probably a good excuse for a cusco brace :lol:

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Rear adjusters need a bit of tidying.

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Car sits lower bit not slammed, a little bit higher than legal minimum. I rolled the arches but these 9” rims comfortably fit now with the extra camber.

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This alignment is a bit lower I’ve been able to get a fair bit more camber and also a degree of toe out. This has transformed the front end steering feel, much more weight, zero dead spot and less sensitive on turn in. I love it so far!

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I’m going to do a 3 hour road trip tomorrow so will be able to form a better view then and of course it’s the Noosa Hillclimb this weekend but so far the car is much firmer, the ride is a fair bit harsher but I reckon it’s acceptable although Mrs Tart will have the final say! If I was purely after a fun road set up I’d go Bilstein/Eibachs, they’re awesome.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:59 pm

Custardtart wrote:Noosa Hillclimb

Enjoy, is a fun course. I contemplated going but car will not be ready, however will be heading up the Landsborough to pick up my dampers and fitting them on Sunday. Yes I will have MCA suspension fitted...

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:19 pm

I look forward to hear your impressions of the new set up.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:15 pm

Aw crap, got about 30 mins into the planned drive today and the car overheated. It's at the local garage now being looked at as I don't have time between now and Friday's leaving time for Noosa.
I suspect it's either thermostat or cracked reservoir. I noticed the AC was behaving erratically just before so possibly a fan issue also.
On the plus side, wow oh wow does this new set up grip! On the few corners I got round up Mt Glorious I was nowhere near the limits.

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:27 pm

oh bummer to hear about the engine mishap.

did you loose coolant? if the reservoir tank is cracked it will be pretty noticeable around where the cap sits.

if the thermostat is stuffed it usually throws a code and will take ages to get to operating temp, have never heard of one that fails to open, they usually always fail to shut

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:49 pm

Very hot in the South East of Queensland at the moment

Good thing about Noosa is the track is shaded most of the time, whilst this then gives hot/cold spot on the black stuff it is good for keeping cars a little cooler.

I trust the mechanic will find the cause and will make bump in on Friday.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:58 pm

Regie wrote:did you loose coolant? if the reservoir tank is cracked it will be pretty noticeable around where the cap sits.

if the thermostat is stuffed it usually throws a code and will take ages to get to operating temp, have never heard of one that fails to open, they usually always fail to shut

Coolant everywhere, didn’t notice anything obvious around the cap. The garage will test it for cracks and currently doing some diagnostics to see where the fault lies so fingers crossed I can get it sorted in time.

Custardtart · Postby **Custardtart** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:58 pm

Magpie wrote:Very hot in the South East of Queensland at the moment

Good thing about Noosa is the track is shaded most of the time, whilst this then gives hot/cold spot on the black stuff it is good for keeping cars a little cooler.

I trust the mechanic will find the cause and will make bump in on Friday.

Is there shade you n the paddock or would you recommend a sunshade?