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Oh I don't know - can any one of us forget Nebpor using his ninja skills to create the world's first understeering E34 M5

ste wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:09 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:28 pm Will it drift?

So that's a no then.

Reminds me of an S3 trying something similar in Asda car park in the snow last year. Would have been better just using the handbrake.

Wait, do those cars even have handbrakes any more?

Not that I can talk. Got a one-wheel-peel going last night for about 50yds coming off a roundabout. Tragic

Opportunity missed to draw massive phallus in the sand

Decat downpipe sold to a bloke in Spain. Well, I'm not using it any more, so that recoups a bit of cash. If I do ever decide to go the sports cat route then there's an option that doesn't need this pipe (or I just buy another one through gritted teeth).

Beany wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:34 pm

ste wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:09 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:28 pm Will it drift?

So that's a no then.

Reminds me of an S3 trying something similar in Asda car park in the snow last year. Would have been better just using the handbrake.

Wait, do those cars even have handbrakes any more?

Not that I can talk. Got a one-wheel-peel going last night for about 50yds coming off a roundabout. Tragic

Pulling the handbrake results in all the brakes applying and an ABS assisted stop. #tested

Not seen Rev's video but I failed to get my Golf R to be at all playful on a tight 1st/2nd gear coned course, even in the wet. By contrast, the ride I had in someone's Caterham...

Last 2018 outing for the loltus at the weekend as ive SORN'd it today.

4 hour trackday at the usual KH. Ran faultlessly for the whole session unlike Sir Nef's westy..Ill let him tell you about that.

the heat-shielding needs replaced as we bodged it earlier in the year after it almost set fire to the car when it fell apart round the manifold. Wont be the work of 5 mins as it might need the rear clam taking off to fit the new Technofibre replacement. Im going to give the wishbones a bit of a wirebrush and hammerite over the winter as well. i Also "Might" do the gear linkage cables as ive noticed the outer insulation splitting a bit on one of them.

Photo from the weekend

Lotus KH oct 2018 BW by Scott Armstrong, on Flickr

JonMad wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:56 pm Not seen Rev's video but I failed to get my Golf R to be at all playful on a tight 1st/2nd gear coned course, even in the wet. By contrast, the ride I had in someone's Caterham...

Even in Race, Manual and ESC held down for a few seconds until it says “ESC Off”, there’s still some electronic stuff going on. Applying the power, it feels very FWD, as you’d expect, then you feel it bring the rear drive in (you can see the turn get tighter), but then it just feels like the power is getting sapped rather than deployed.

Managed to get the bushes out of the compact subframe, what a pain that was. Glad I wasn't trying to do it on the car!

Then spent what seemed like forever wire brushing it clean, before finally chucking some hammerite on it.

Why don't just lease a new car like Mick advised you previously?

I feel like genuinely leasing something after I’ve calculated my vehicle costs (less tax, insurance, petrol and parking permit) to be £3.66 per mile so far this year.

Who cares? Not your money, is it.

It’s only paper.

scotta wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:11 pm Stuff

JLv3.0 wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:26 pm Why don't just lease a new car like Mick advised you previously?

I like being able to turn traction control all the way off

integrale_evo wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:57 pm Managed to get the bushes out of the compact subframe, what a pain that was. Glad I wasn't trying to do it on the car!

I've been trying to build up the motivation to do mine - if *you* thought it was a pain, with your history, then I definitely need to send it off to a tuna for this.

It's just the way they're constructed, there's the main bush in a metal collar as usual, but it's surrounded by another layer of rubber so bashing them out doesn't really work as the blow is damped.

Some sort of puller would be more effective, as would a decent blow torch around the sides of the bush mount to soften the rubber. Or a deep hole saw to chop the guts out, then you'd just be able to prise the cage towards the centre with a sturdy screwdriver and pull it out.

In fact, if I was doing it again I'd have a quick measure up and go buy a suitable saw.

Which bushes are you putting in ? Powerflex ?

Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:21 pm Which bushes are you putting in ? Powerflex ?

Some generic eBay ones for the subframe and some powerflex adjustable eccentrics for the arms.

integrale_evo wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 5:36 pm

JLv3.0 wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:26 pm Why don't just lease a new car like Mick advised you previously?

I like being able to turn traction control all the way off

And Harry wins the forum