1993 Mitsubishi Colt Gti track car
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The awful weather over the weekend halted progress a little.
There's a bit of room to move around in the garage so I was able to do the oil and filter change and change the track rod ends, but that was it.
I have Friday off so hopefully the weather is better and I can get the car out again.
There's a bit of room to move around in the garage so I was able to do the oil and filter change and change the track rod ends, but that was it.
I have Friday off so hopefully the weather is better and I can get the car out again.
Here's some pics of what Ive been doing with the headlight in order to make a bit of a better looking air duct.
Take one headlight and smash it to pieces:
Fill some of the holes with body filler:
Test fit it:
Sand the filler down and primer it:
Fit it, stand back and admire your work:
Sprayed silver to make it look like a headlight:
Add a bit of mesh to stop anything flying in and make it look a bit more complete:
Also gave the calipers a lick of paint:
And lastly here is video of the exhaust with the 4-1 and de-cat fitted, excuse the condensation it hasnt been run in a while!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLKSd5L5VM
Take one headlight and smash it to pieces:
Fill some of the holes with body filler:
Test fit it:
Sand the filler down and primer it:
Fit it, stand back and admire your work:
Sprayed silver to make it look like a headlight:
Add a bit of mesh to stop anything flying in and make it look a bit more complete:
Also gave the calipers a lick of paint:
And lastly here is video of the exhaust with the 4-1 and de-cat fitted, excuse the condensation it hasnt been run in a while!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLKSd5L5VM
Matt_N said:
Cheers Mike, yes it has come a fair way.
The next evolution will be an engine rebuild with the Cat Cams, verniers and piggy back ecu, probably a Greddy emanage, plus a brake upgrade from an FTO or Evo. Then the spending must stop...
Until you find something else that you wantThe next evolution will be an engine rebuild with the Cat Cams, verniers and piggy back ecu, probably a Greddy emanage, plus a brake upgrade from an FTO or Evo. Then the spending must stop...
day yesterday at Combe.Just sorting the in car footage so there will be some vids to follow, only two though as the memory card filled itself up pretty quickly, leving only 5 mins for the the 3rd session, so I didnt record that one, which is a shame as it was my best.
Anyway things started off wet, the first session was at 9.45am.
Took the car for noise testing, it read 96db with the de-cat and 4 branch fitted so it passed the 100db limit no problems, it was 87db at the last one.
First few laps were to see how slippy the track was and get past a few of the slower cars as quickly as possible. A few laps in and I come across the first spinner, a black Cobra on the exit of Quarry, the 1st session video will show what happened, bit hairy!
The rain got a little harder towards the end of the session and I just couldnt hang onto the Mk2 Golf towards the end, but the car was definetly quick if a soft on the front end.
The rain stopped for the next one and by the time I was due out a full dry line had formed, so I dropped the tyre pressure down a bit (after raising them for the wet) and stiffened the suspension up a few clicks. The car felt much better (unsurprisingly as it was dry vs wet in the 1st), turn in was better and it felt more stable.
As I said I didnt video the 3rd one, but it was def my quickest session, had a nice tussle with an Integrale Evo who couldnt quite stick with me (I was carrying much more speed through the corners and chicanes inparticular, he may have been a bit more respectful of his car as I was really hammering the curbs) and gave a nice thumbs up when we pulled back into the pits.
Vids to follow when they're uploaded...
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