Time for an update!
...took the old girl on track back in late September last year for an open pitlane day and it was a blast! There were a fair few clio cup cars and fully track prepped bits of kit there but nothing apart from a hardcore M3 blew could get away!! I was so impressed with how it handled in the slower corners (the initial turn in with a bit of boot is incredible) and how it stable it is through the fast stuff. I can also highly recommend Rockingham if you have never been before, its got a great mix of corners and cambers.
I cooked the brakes several times and by lunch was probably running on about 0.5mm of pad! only went out in the afternoon to poodle round engine braking but then inevitably ended up trying to stick with people and before long I was running backing plate to disc up front! The 70 miles home were not the most pleasant, having to use the handbrake most of the time to pull her to a stop
The week after I ordered some Stoptech discs and pads which we fitted in an evening... FYI before the track day my calipers were a fairly uniform red colour...
They were very quick to bed in, the initial bite seemed quite dull but as soon as you get a bit of heat into them they just get better and better - thinking about getting rid of my ABS as it feels like its holding it back earlier than I would like it too but then again its gotten me out of trouble on a few icy mornings so am in 2 minds about not having it... thoughts or experiences with or without ABS welcomed!
Took a couple of shitty pictures one night after a wash... I'm not very good at playing with settings on my iPhone camera, I was deffo not born to be a photographer!
Also need to get some better heatwrap sorted for the system... looks like the stuff I used doesn't take to kindly to track temps!
The next job on the list was to get a new clutch, hadn't started slipping just yet but the pedal had a very high bite so thought I would get it sorted to save it shitting itself when it goes on the rollers next month.
Old busted:
New hotness:
I started out thinking I would just give the box a wipe over with an oily rag but then my mate got the wire wheel out on the airline and things got a bit involved...
So I now have a 2 tone polished box with a corroded up block! that will follow at some point when it comes out at the end of this year for some doctoring
My mate also got this for me as a bit of surprise... needs a few holes cutting for the lights and lock but I think it will look nice when its fitted properly.
I've also managed to acquire a set of staggered fitment Volk TE37's (7.5j for the fronts and 7.0j for the rear)
Came off a DC2 but I think they will look pretty mean on the 9 too, alongside giving it a bit more grip... hopefully they won't need too much arch work to fit, anyone else running 7.5's or bigger up front? I think mine are ET30's
Also got an MFactory 4.7 FD that will probably sit around for a while until the syncros need replacing
Dirty bitch rocking her winter wheels...
and clean-ish
Still need to fit my inlet and TB before it can go for mapping with Romain sometime in the next month or 2 and then should be all ready for a summer of abuse
