GTi Performance Pack Track Day

[Jackie Treehorn]

Yeah i have,  i had high hopes when they decided to develop it, but while i found some of the corners quite technical (although they look simple) i still didn't get on with the new 300 layout.  Everyone raves about it, perhaps I just need to give it another go.  Great lap BTW and I noticed your 2nd from last marker braking, the start finish straights starts the minute you get of the brakes there i guess.

The 2nd video was interesting, good catch!

[LRWmotorsport]

Thanks very much. Yeah the sooner you can get on the throttle the better, the approach to Riches is quicker than it used to be than it was with the old bus-stop type chicane that was there before.

Throw the pics up if you go for a ride round!

[Jackie Treehorn]

Will do

But as always i have an inevitable thought of spending money on the car without reducing the comfort on very long road trip abroad.  A tall order, but I would like a little more rotation and possibly a little flatter car in the corners to keep some of the geo inline on track days.  I am thinking about anti roll bars but these increase spring rate when only 1 wheel is tension-ed so on B roads it could become jittery?  A rear ARB from the CS or other may help, as i'm not keen on removing the sub frame to change the front, but understand that this will not help front geo or make is flatter at the front.

http://www.revotechnik.com/product-details/suspension/mqb-revo-anti-roll-bar-upgrade

Or fit bilstein B6 dampers to the standard springs, to keep it flatter but I don't want to have the typical over dampened VAG car as the car rides very well on the std setup. Perhaps i should leave well alone and not think I know more than Karsten Schebsdat

[LRWmotorsport]

Sorry for the incredibly delayed response. I'm on dial up.

What did you set your tyre pressures too and can you remember what they built up to hot after a session?
The best way to dial in a bit of rotation is to up the rear pressures a bit and to trail the brakes when turning in.

The Eibach/Revo roll bars look the business to me. Would be nice to have some rod-end links with them so you can take out any pre-load when the drivers onboard.
I'll measure Mrs LRW's Clubsport bars (if VW ever build it) but I think the Eibach jobbies will be the way forward.

I'm going to make a typical know-it-all forum comment based on 0 experience of the bars of driving a MK7 on the road let alone the track but..... I'm not sure if they will be a little too much in the wet. Guess there is only one way to find out.

I'd go ARB over dampers unless the damping is adjustable. Then again if damping is adjustable and it was me I'd drive myself barmy by ever tweeking the thing on the road. "Its raining today I'll just nip outside and soften it up"

Herr Schebsdat has has to cater for the masses and make something that works when driven by a nutter on a b-road in dry perfect conditions and something that will lug 5 people and suitcase back from the airport on a wet winters night, its possible to tip this compromise is either direction (_{Herr Schebsdat probably does still know better though).....}
 

[Jackie Treehorn]

It’s like corresponding by letter.

Tyres were 30 psi cold and 35-36 hot. I guess I could have pumped up the rear a bit to make it more loose.

If you can measure the rear bar on the CS it would be great, I will measure my GTi tonight to see what the difference is.  The Revo one may not be subtle if its 5mm bigger that standard Gti and I don’t need my mods to be too obvious and throw things out.

Out with the verniers tonight and front bar is 24mm, rear bar is 22mm