cheers, I ended up sticking with the hotwires, and push that $$ torwards getting a full cage installed - Keen to improve safety. I'm still running an open diff atm - one day I'll be able to afford a lsd.

thats awesome, nice videos did you get any cosmetic damage from the spin out?

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Originally posted by michaelj0

cheers, I ended up sticking with the hotwires, and push that $$ torwards getting a full cage installed - Keen to improve safety. I'm still running an open diff atm - one day I'll be able to afford a lsd.

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Hotwires look great anyway.
As far as diff goes, try a welded centre for track - its cheap and it works. I was amazed the time I picked up going from open wheeler which was picking up the inside wheel everywhere to a locker. Im now running an LSD and to be honest don't favour it too much over just a welded diff (on track). The benefit of an LSD for me in not having to swap between welded and open when using the car on the road.

Rhys

cheers Rhys, thanks for the heads-up. I'm not keen on swapping over centers, and the additional load a welded center adds to the drive line. I'm learning how to drive it without lifting a inside wheel, and happy with the lap times I do with it atm. - I'm coming second in class in the hillclimb series, behind a mad n/a cosworth mk2.

thanks sterling, no damage, I kept it on the black stuff (which could not be said for a now not so nice evo 6 and a turbo'd corolla, both with front end damage.)

had another blast up the domain hillclimb on the weekend. My best result yet, 10th overall and 3rd in class behind moreys escort and a supercharged mx5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTEVsoBygS0

Nice video, looks like a good hillclimb circuit, pretty tight in places!

Ran at a slightly modified Baskerville hillclimb event on the weekend co organised with a Porsche car club, so it was good to see some expensive machinery put though their paces. Came 1st in class (under 2ltr) by a poofteenth and 13th overall (out of 48) - so very happy with the result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqAd7Xpysvw

Nice work. You have the same colour interior as me :) If you ever strip out the interior to save weight, i'll buy it off you.

did a little work over the chrissy break;

sealed the boot from the cabin, as our scrutineer was hassling me to seal it up because of the fuel pump is in the boot - and fair enough. Not entirely happy with it, but it was a good learning experience;



Installed some kmac 'race' strut tops, have a max of -1.5 camber now and some positive caster. has more direct steering feel now.



Bought a deep dish omp corsica replica (i recon) steering wheel off ebay (came from thailand). the wheel is now much closer to me and now I can heel & toe without my knees hitting the wheel. I like the look, and the quality is ok if you can look past the fact that the yellow straight ahead stripe is a little off centre.



the next job is to install a 6 point bolt-in rollcage that is coming from bond rollbars. ordered it with side intrusion and harness bar. I went with bond as I was put off by some local cowboy operations down here, and the custom cages (UK) one I wanted was far to expensive to post.

had a blast at Baskerville super-sprints last weekend, hitting the low 1.09's now, around 1 sec faster than previous best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMRbCawvwF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWY3j4ylYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5m-qrl_WqI