I'd just got my Mk3 back from having the PE Turbo kit kit
+ Unichip fitted at Millway on Wednesday - the car is running well, I just need to do some final tuning (but that's for another post - Greddy Profec and eManage may be on the cards ..)This was my first
'proper' trackday in the Mk3. I'd done the TOC event at Bruntingthorpe a month or so ago, but Bruntingthorpe wasn't a circuit to push beyond the limits as it is a fairly high speed circuit.I was looking forwards to Anglesey, as it is has a great mix of height changes, corners and bends that can either be driven
'technically' for a good lap time, or given reasonable circuit conditions you can use the opportunity to goon sideways through corners - come in too fast, get the car sideways and scrub off speed whilst on the throttle and collect the car on the exit - huge fun ...I first tried the standard Mk3 alloys with 185/55 A539s on the front
@ 32psi, and Yoko A043s in 215/45/R16 @ 36 psi on the rear. This give me good inital turn in to corners, but would soon wash out into understeer in tighter corners. Adjusting the pressures at the front down to 30psi didn't really cure the understeer, making it difficult to turn into slow and medium speed cornersI then swapped the tyres and rims for some earlier 15" roadster alloys, with 195/50 S03s on the front, and 205/50 T1-Ss on the rear, 30psi front and 36psi rear.
I was expecting this setup on the revised 2003 suspension to give me huge amounts of oversteer, but I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised.
The car felt much more balanced and with less rubber on the road at the rear it felt much more willing to move around, but in a progressive way rather than snappy way.After a couple of sessions with this setup, I was gooning around sideways at most places at the circuit
- I was laughing so hard at one point I had to slow down to wipe my eyes.I did end up coming into the hairpin a little too hot on one lap, which resulted in me getting incredibly sideways, as captured below
- I was actually against the end locks of the steering rack, but kept it balanced (just) on the throttle and caught it on the way out.I have to say, it wasn't what I would have intended with cars following me, but that hairpin has to be one of the best places to goon around sideways on in the UK
.. Turn in
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Hmm, opposite lock already required
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... keep it balanced ...
Hmm
- is that the end stops of the steering rack .. ? 
Getting ready to wind off all that steering lock
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Well, I was wanting to replace the rears with some Advan Neova LTS's anyway.
Nice smoke though 
And away we go
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damn 5th Lumber Disc 
