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Offline Ivor Mk4 Turbo

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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #10 on: 12 July 2009, 17:37 »
There's another R32 further down the list (1.33.2).  I'm guessing that's the Mk4 one?? :undecided:

Anyway, it's a small track, so if you don't finish within 20 seconds of that time, you shouldn't be on the road! :P  :D
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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #11 on: 12 July 2009, 18:20 »
i shouldn't be on the road full stop!!!!  :grin:

I was trying to err on the side of caution as i don't want to look like billy big dick saying i'm gonna hand it to the stig on his home turf (i never said i wasn't thinking it  :grin:) well i'm near as damit 100bhp down on the r32. Gonna be interesting seeing how it fairs though - buzzing my head off already  :laugh:

And i'm gonna have a sticker that is even more cool than the nurembergring ones  :cool:

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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #12 on: 12 July 2009, 21:51 »
And i'm gonna have a sticker that is even more cool than the nurembergring ones  :cool:

Is that some sort of war-trials momento you're thinking of?
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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #13 on: 12 July 2009, 21:55 »
i shouldn't be on the road full stop!!!!  :grin:

I was trying to err on the side of caution as i don't want to look like billy big dick saying i'm gonna hand it to the stig on his home turf (i never said i wasn't thinking it  :grin:) well i'm near as damit 100bhp down on the r32. Gonna be interesting seeing how it fairs though - buzzing my head off already  :laugh:

And i'm gonna have a sticker that is even more cool than the nurembergring ones  :cool:


I'd be much the same........................  Playing it down, then coming out with a 1:35!! :P  :D

What (140 ps) Golf you in, then??
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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #14 on: 12 July 2009, 21:56 »
run higher tyre pressures, don't know exactly how much higher but if normally you run 32psi then I'd run 35/36.


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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #15 on: 12 July 2009, 22:23 »
yeah right! more like 25/26  :laugh:

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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #16 on: 13 July 2009, 02:18 »
i think tyer pressure massivly depend on the tyers and car.

it vastly depends on the track day as well, at bovvy i was running very high pressures as it was short frequent  sessions,  if you see the tyer wall getting scuffed  up the pressure a bit.   main tyer realted issue i've found is the tyers getting to hot towards the end of a session
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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #17 on: 13 July 2009, 14:55 »
I'm gonna be doing it in a mk4 1.8t,

And looks like i'm running lower pressures than usual?

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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #18 on: 13 July 2009, 15:03 »
After lots of heavy braking don't sit on the brakes as you will warp them.

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Re: noob with a larry leadfoot
« Reply #19 on: 14 July 2009, 23:19 »
And i'm gonna have a sticker that is even more cool than the nurembergring ones  :cool:

Is that some sort of war-trials momento you're thinking of?

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