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I've only ever had one person alongside at the lights giving it the look. M3 driver (older shape). Lots of reving and nudging the car forwards waiting for the lights to change. I switched on the lag and launch and held it on the limit for a bit before the lights changed. He laughed and waved me on My mums got a wagon and she doesn't get any bother, but the couple of times she has been driving mine she has had hassle. Mainly people wanting to look I think. She is 65

Yup, fit a nice AP Racing brake bias lever. Make the back brakes do something. They are very front biased otherwise.

We have run my car both with the ABS on and off on track. It didn't make a great deal of differnce to lap times but I was faster with it switched off. But, we are going to remove it and run the car with no power assist on the brakes. The problem we have found is that when using the brakes hard you can't feel when the ABS will come in. With the power assist blanked off you can feel the braking much better. You wouldn't want to drive on the road though with it like that as you really have to push the pedal hard. As for insurance. I told mine as with all my mods, and they weren't that bothered, same as when I told them I wasn't running airbags. I think if you weren't already paying a premium due to mods then they might wonder why you were doing it and you would end up paying more.

Kilo or so

I run a top mount on my newage and run pretty big power with no issues. It does really depend what you want from the car. If you like the look of a FM then go that way. If you want the standard look then get a TM. If you want to run big power you need to find a very efficient one though which means more money. Size isn't everything so don't just go out and get the largest you can find. The cheap ones are cheap for a reason, it's all about the core and core flow characteristics. Mine is pretty trick, it's more efficient than a FM, and good for lots more power with less lag than the original STI TM but all that comes at a price. As I said though its all about what you want to get from the car, what application it will be used for, and what look you want. Oh, and budget.

Most track day companies hire a helmet for £10 or so. Ask when you book. You need to wear a long sleve top and no shorts, with a crash helmet. Thats about it. You need a car too

I think if you are keeping the std panels etc and just removing all you can then adding a cage you will be at around 1150. Maybe 1100 if you really start looking for things to drill or remove. Cage and welds are going to add 60kgs.

I just don't think he was very prepared for what a Time Attack car can do. Only a club level one at that. He said that he really enjoyed it, and kept giving me the thumbs up all the time we were driving round.

Went on the CADS trip to Anglesey race circuit and took a few people out in the passenger seat. This is one of them. Make sure you have sound on.