Trackspec Clio 197

think i need to give my brakes a spring clean..looks good man
no problems with winding the piston back??
 
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Just tapered open type Tom. I’ve got a tonne of them here and they seem to work very well. They’re hardened steel with a anti corrosive coating from memory.

think i need to give my brakes a spring clean..looks good man
no problems with winding the piston back??
No problems mate. Just wound them back in with the piston tool. I had no idea they were in such a bad way lol. It’s definitely worth checking them, not that they do much of the stopping. Although saying that they must do something!
 
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Everyone used to say the rear brakes on the 1*2's did nothing too, but mine coupled with ds2500's could definitely be felt working. Same on the 200 now as I have the same pad combo.
 
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New lower ball joint ordered from @Raptor6767. I’ve gone for an uprated item.

The set of Dunlop’s I had fitted were brand new last year but have only done around 3-4hours of hard driving and are now shot. One has in fact delaminated and through to the canvas in places.

Talking to my friend Craig from Team Dynamics Racing we believe it was initally caused by damage from curb hopping however the movement from the damaged lower ball joint may have made this worse too. I run quite a bit of camber and check across the tyre temps with a probe and despite the majority of the heat and wear being were I would expect it (on the inside) the outer edge has failed. Hopefully the replacement ball joint will help.

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Removed the front hub assembly this evening ready to remove the lower ball joint over the weekend. Should be a pretty straight forward job and very worth while. On closer inspection there is quite a bit of play within the joint so it should make a good difference to feel and hopefully reduce the bad tyre wear too.
 
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New lower ball joint ordered from @Raptor6767. I’ve gone for an uprated item.

The set of Dunlop’s I had fitted were brand new last year but have only done around 3-4hours of hard driving and are now shot. One has in fact delaminated and through to the canvas in places.

Talking to my friend Craig from Team Dynamics Racing we believe it was initally caused by damage from curb hopping however the movement from the damaged lower ball joint may have made this worse too. I run quite a bit of camber and check across the tyre temps with a probe and despite the majority of the heat and wear being were I would expect it (on the inside) the outer edge has failed. Hopefully the replacement ball joint will help.

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just saw this. are you getting a new set of dunlops or try something else?
 
just saw this. are you getting a new set of dunlops or try something else?
Going to stick with the Dunlop’s mate. This is the 3rd set on it and I’ve only had 1 tyre do this which I believe is either a bad tyre or damage caused by curbs. I’ll be buying another two new tyres for the front. Anyone who has used these will know why I’m not trying anything else at this point. I’ve used a variety of other tyres previously too but these are the best I’ve used for track.
 
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Going to stick with the Dunlop’s mate. This is the 3rd set on it and I’ve only had 1 tyre do this which I believe is either a bad tyre or damage caused by curbs. I’ll be buying another two new tyres for the front. Anyone who has used these will know why I’m not trying anything else at this point. I’ve used a variety of other tyres previously too but these are the best I’ve used for track.

yeah, heard nothing but good about these. hope to get my suspension sorted later in the year, so i can run a true semi slick. these will be my first choice, if i can find them at a decent price.
 
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yeah, heard nothing but good about these. hope to get my suspension sorted later in the year, so i can run a true semi slick. these will be my first choice, if i can find them at a decent price.
What suspension are you thinking of Peter?
 
What suspension are you thinking of Peter?

i don't have the budget for KW's clubsport or AST's or some other hardcore set up. besides, belgian MOT is a pain when it comes to changing your suspension. neither of those come with the necessary papers (maybe the clubsports do, not sure). my clio is not a hardcore trackday tool anyway, so i'm sticking with bilstein B14's together with compbrake topmounts (which i have to remove from the car every year for the MOT). that way i can run more aggressive camber and fully exploit the potential of a semi slick.
 
no issues ??heard of some cracked hubs while trying to get one out/in t2637.gif
No mate couldn’t have gone any smoother. I think shot blasting all the old crap that surrounded the joint probably helped. Biggest problem was Mark had to find a thin piece of bar to slot through the top joint hole and directly onto the ball joint. Worked a treat!
 
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No mate couldn’t have gone any smoother. I think shot blasting all the old crap that surrounded the joint probably helped. Biggest problem was Mark had to find a thin piece of bar to slot through the top joint hole and directly onto the ball joint. Worked a treat!

Think I'll be keeping that bit of bar as a new tool.
 
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