well today was the big day......

I got on far enough to put fluids in and so i was itching to start it

first off i removed the fuel relay and turned over the engine till i had oil pressure
just to give the engine a fighting chance even though it was built up with assembly lube

anyway fitted the fuel relay primed the system a couple of times checked for feul leaks
then turned it over....
the thing only went and started first turn

and i even forgot to plug in the cam sensor :

ignor the rattly old diesel i jump started her from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxy7FpCWB5o

what's the wooden clamp for?

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'90 1.6 205 GTi, '98 306 GTi-6

Ah

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'90 1.6 205 GTi, '98 306 GTi-6

2000 miles on the new engine and it flys!

went to the biggest car meet ive been to in Plymouth last night
an epic drive down the A38 playing with Nissan skylines

gave the car a wash then started to load it for my track day on Saturday
Mintex M1155 front pads turned up so I have fitted them with new disc's



Alarm clock went off 5am this morning
didn't sleep much as i was like a little kid waiting for Christmas!

met my friend with his scooby at the local shell station at 6:10 where i fueled up,,
full tank of V power and two 20ltr jerrys, £110, fingers crossed that was going to be enough,
so we hit the M5 and headed north then onto the m4 and followed the signs to castle combe

we arrived at combe just at 7:30 for signing on to start,
we went in and filled out the paperwork and where i found out the times of my tuition
9:30 and 1:30

9:30 was the first open session so nothing like being thrown in at the deep end without watching others first

had to make a choice now tyres..............

I choose my wets as track was wet looked very slippery and more rain was forecast
anyway so what if i made the wrong choice i had all day there Wink

so before fitting my rainsport3's we drove over to noise testing passed that at 89dB

made out way back and started changing the wheels over

8:30 came someone started ringing a bell like old skool playtime over, it was the drivers briefing
anyway flags overtaking the new tarmac the old tarmac and general pointers all round
was a good briefing better than the Action day and FCS ones

that over went back and finished changing the wheels tourqued the bolts and checked fluids
now the car was ready

9:00 sighting lap. no helmets following the lead car basicly showing you the track.

time for brekfast
Nice fry up ok then nom nom didnt finish it as was getting nurvious Blush

9:30 came i went to meet Tim the instructor Nice chap! only to happy to help point and laugh

sat in the car chatted asked what id want out of the 20min session asked my experience then told to go on track drive a couple of laps

which i did...................

BY f*ck was it wet with water crossing the track

Tim started pointing out the braking points ,turn in points, best lines, and where to expect water
the guy was good!
we were soon setting some good speed and the tyres were magic
I couldn't believe anything could grip in so much water
we were even overtaking stuff a lot of stuff
20mins soon came to an end,
quick check of the gauges everything normal Excellent!
extra lap for cool down then in

Tim was very complimentry
and I felt great!




once we we back into the paddock i looked over the car everything looked grand
checked the wheel bolts
loaded the wife in and off we went again!

it was still raining, the track was still very wet, and we were still very fast compared to everything else,
after a few good overtakes i made a mistake at camp

classic lift off over steer and by hell did it turn quick
recovered it started off again only to have the session red flagged because of debris off of a cateram shedding its skin

so slow drive back and Tim was waiting at the pit wall waving his finger
wound down the window he said car was unsettled need to brake an slow the car before the turn in

ive never liked that corner 3 times now ive turned the car round there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibeJe3pReZ0

as you can tell by the videos the weather didnt let off with the rain or the bitterly cold wind
the tyre choice was good
i could turn in and power on sooner than nearly everything there
and by dinner time i had used a full tank of fuel Big Grin

an hour for lunch track was closed
chicken curry was lush!

1:30 when to find Tim again for my last tuition
first out on track from an hour break there were No dry lines it was all fresh un broken water
i think Tim had been watchin in the morning as he had a different approach in this session,
he was calling the down shifts and calling the braking point later into the corners encouraging me turn in harder which in-turn made me push faster and harder

at this point i realise that the Mintex pads ive fitted ive been only just using
you can really stand on these pads and they get better and better
i was beginning to use the brakes more and take some of the strain away from the down shift
i was beginning to trigger the ABS as i was braking setting up for the corners
I do believe Tim was enjoying himself

this 20 min session was a good fast session with a clear track
the tyres and brakes were working good

the rest of the afternoon was very much the same with good speeds and good laps,
all through the day i had people coming up and commenting on the car and the speed
which sper'd me on i think
the wife enjoyed the passenger laps but didn't like the rain or cold
she had enough by the middle of the afternoon so i had a few sessions to my self where i could push the limits a bit
needles to say all that happen was i cam up to traffic that wouldn't let me past
i pushed them for a while till the fuel light came on to which, i let off cooled the car off and called it a day,
as i saved 20ltrs in a can to get me home Smile

i didn't bother changing the track tyres back for the trip home as they had enough tread to be legal
and i didn't want to get soaked changing them as it was still bitterly cold and raining

just been going through some of the video I took and have found my fasted lap of the day
I am very pleased with this from a car I have built in my shed Smile

this lap was my third from last and came in at 1:33 on a very wet track

my last four flying laps were all within 3 seconds

my Fastest lap of the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIxY2DdigA

the 4 back to back fast laps last part of the day
spot a mistake?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j_nwnlgkG8

and another run from later in the day playing with a new cooper mini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maOadDwi1kc

since my track day I've been looking for my next upgrade, then on one of the many Facebok groups a quaife ATB LSD turned up which i purchased

over the last few days ive been layed on my back changing out the STD diff while the enginebox was still in the car, I've even managed not to remove the subframe







going back together






its all in and finished
it would also seem that i need to learn how to drive the car again

Great read Paul
The diff will make a big difference m8
So have you got the Combe Bug then ?

PS your cars looking amAzing as always .

Yes I want to also
Not many under two hours drive though ?
I'm looking at getting a dolly to tow my car & a s**t set of wheel at the back & use a tow bar to pull it on my dirty Diesal 1.9

Then if I break it I can tow it home ..

Come to cadwell 22nd april

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Ok dude see u at fcs

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Loving the steely..

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I'm Si btw

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