~ ~ Cal ~~

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20:30 TIME ATTACK RD 1 : DONINGTON PARK Tuning fans have their very own form of competition. These professionally prepared cars battle it out to see just who is the quickest on circuit and under pressure. Time for the Scoobs to let loose YOU KNOW IT !!!!!!

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Check this oot Nuff said !

I would love to Imy but my Ring trip is the weekend after and I'll be at WUZ's that day getting my car prepped........ To the rest of you............we are a drivers club -----------> DO IT ! These runs are immense fun & very well organised. Newbies will be made very welcome Cal

My pocket has the door flipping up.................fits nice but we had to use tie wraps to keep it firmly in place http://bbs.scoobynet.com/ice-2/434105-guid...tml#post4676827

in the days when CalCam was alive and well I was using on of these......... http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=4ZFQ ........back in the day I paid over £400 sheets for it and it's no going for £144 ! Combined with a B-Hague mount you'll have a neat little set-up for minimal spend Catch ye Cal

He is highly knowledgeable, technically strong, muchos cheap w.r.t labour and you'll get free biccies, tea, lunch etc if you hang around long enough He works offshore thought ( 4 week rotations) and is not back till early May.......on the 8th May he'll be at the Ring until the 13th Send him a PM and he'll sort you out. Way cheaper than the "stealers" and I have more faith in his ability to be honest Cheers Cal p.s ( still extremely pissed off after having my brakes fixed by someone other than Wuz and finding out via my (strategically reset) Defi gauges that "they" pulled full boost and heated to oil to 95° in a matter of a few miles when testing the brakes........not good news)

Nice one Bandito - I have seen that one before but it's a very good read. Ali - 22 days to go. Did you get my email about joining ADAC ? Hopefully you got my email about the hotels too - you and Wuz were lucky to get somewhere in the village. Here's a snap-shot of some of the Ringers ( mostly ftom the UK) who'll be there the same weekend as us. It's like Hot Marques on steroids ! MLR ADMIRAL - EVO 4 ADYMCD - EVO ? BAZZA - EVO 8 BHP - EVO 9 CHEWEY - BMW M3 CHRIS HOLMES - EVO 8 CHRISF - EVO 7 DAVEG - EVO 6 DHRIS956 - EVO 8 EISSEN EVO - EVO 7 EVO 10 - PORSCHE 968 EVO FOUR - EVO 4 EVO07 - EVO 7 EVOLUTIONV1 - EVO 6 EVOLUTIONvi - EVO 6 EWANS - EVO 8 EXREME6BRAD - EVO 6 FIL78 - EVO FOOMEISTER - EVO 8 GREG - Evo 5 RS ICON - EVO LUCKYEVO9 - EVO 9 MARK - EVO 8 MARKJA - EVO 8 MARTIN ALLEN - EVO 6 MASSIE - EVO ? MAZZA - EVO 6 MICK429 - EVO 9 MOJO - NOBLE MR ARNOLD - EVO 8 NEILATK - EVO 8 Oldschool EVO - Evo 8 PAUL MC - EVO 7 PAULN - AUDI RS4 PEELER - EVO 9 scoobypl - Evo IX SYCLONE - EVO ? TONYM - EVO 6 WOOA - EVO 8 260 SIMON 911 - PORSCHE 911 MR RS - FOCUS MR T - MR2 MOOK - AUDI S4 KINGM3 - BMW M3 LOVE34 - BMW M3 LANCEREVOCLUB Silver Arrow - Evo 8 GTROC ANDY HORNSBY - GTR BAJIE - GTR GAVCTR - GTR HOBBIE - GTR HOCKEY BOY - GTR HODGIE - GTR MOLEMAN - GTR NIGELF - GTR NISMOMAN - GTR RICH A - GTR SNOWFIEND - GTR SUPRA TOM - GTR RX8 CLUBS Baphi - RX8 CDR_UK - 350Z M350Z - 350Z MAX - RX7 NIC PALERMO - RX8 Outjer / LeoG - RX8 NOTRE350Z.COM Manouch - 350Z SEB - 350Z shz972 - 350Z VegitoDeGwada - 350Z PORSCHE CLUB FR PHILIPPE FRAUCIEL - Porsche RS 92 STEPHANE DAGUET - Porsche RS 92 TRACKMASTERS ANTHONY HARRIS - IMPREZA BIGDW - EVO 8 COLIN CRAIG - EVO JON TRAER CLARK - FOCUS ST MARTIIN FORREST - IMPREZA MARTIN THOM - IMPREZA MRK - EVO 9 PAUL GOODLAD - BMW TRACK CAR PAUL MARKS - MR2 STORMY - IMPREZA STUART KNIGHT - IMPREZA or MERC RPM GEOFF PIGEOLET - Honda Integra R HONDA CLUB ITALIA Artic83 - S2000 1-11 rapidos - Opel Speedster turbo 2THERING Alanspace - Corolla TS faurez - Exige S THE REST ANDREAS BELL - BMW M3 CARLO AMBLER - S2000 CRIAG THOMPSON - IMPREZA Fart / Gt110 - M3 GT FERGUS ELGHADI - BMW M3 FRED TAQUET - Boxster GEOFF BARA - Atom GEORGE CLEMENTS - ? LEEDS11 - ? MATTHIAS KOENIG - Evo 8 WOLFGANG ACHGELIS - Evo 9 MR T - ? RICH BROWN - ? SEB DE KEYN - S2000 SHANE HOUGHTON - MAZDA 6 SHI YAN - Z4 ALEX PIETTE - ? ANDREW GRESSWELL - TIGER CAT NEIL HAYES - PEUGEOT 205 STEVE GIBBINS - ? DAVID EDWARDS - VX220 EDWARD CROSS - TBC GARY ROBSON - PEUGEOT 205 IAN HARRIS - VX220 JOHN STEPHENS - CLIO SPORT SCOTT HAMMOND - PORSCHE 964RS STEVE BROWN - CLIO 197 CUP IAN FITZPATRICK - FIESTA Susca - Civic Type-R CHRIS JACKETT - Alfa DAVE HOWELL - M3 ERIK DESSART - Lotus Exige II NATHAN SANDERS - M3 CSL THORDUR MAGNUSSON - E30 M3

THIS THREAD IS THE HORSES HOT ONE !!!!!!!!! These pics are immense folks - keep em' coming please Cheers Cal

Excellent news Fee ! Did the police find it for you ? If they did then 10 /10 !

Top Notch as always.............looks like the rain stayed away too !

You cannot assume that everyone will know who you are ( & therefore know if you are new ?)......... Motto - get yer brass neck on a introduce yourself. We were all newbies once...... AWD would have been busy all day - surely you could have hung around the service desk and asked for help ? Come to the next meet and make your coupon known..... I used to go to meets as a newbie in a Civic Type R as I wanted advice first hand - it's up to YOU to make the effort and then you'll find that people will reciprocate. Cheers Cal

Piccy :- http://www.haywardandscott.com/Details.asp...amp;category=13

80's cool whips the Norris Evo ! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7dpx_4GHx10 MEEEEEEENTAL !!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta love the spongy suspension and squat and dive

You learn sommit new everyday ! - I knew about the lack of up-pipe but not the other dp issue THANKS !!!!! Cal

Is this the case for all hawk-eyes ? If the 3rd cat delete is a different dimension that means that something else or shorter or longer too ? Genuinely interested to know as I could do with just a smidgen more growl

Rock n' roll brother !! My wife always thoughts your kids were ridiculously cute...... Let's get the wee man started on the Scoobies pronto ! ALL THE BEST ONCE AGAIN.................ENJOY !!

Have a read here too :- http://bbs.scoobynet.com/suspension-12/423...s-geometry.html That's why I just went for ARB on the rear only CGS

Edit - just noticed you have ALK and drop links As for benefits : On-Road Results The adjustable 22mm rear swaybar absolutely transformed the WRX's handling - this really is the biggest bang-forbuck handling mod you can make! Mid-corner is where the new 'bar makes its biggest difference. The WRX is now much more obedient during its approach to the apex of a corner - you no longer have to combat understeer and more understeer. The front-end points much closer to the steered angle and the chassis remains more neutral - especially through tight corners that would otherwise have the Rex plough understeering. From the driver's seat you can really feel the outside rear tyre being loaded and, relatively speaking, the outside front tyre is under less stress. For the first time you can hear the rear tyres yowling through a corner, not just the fronts; this is a good indication that the cornering loads are now being evenly distributed through the front and rear outside tyres. Tyre wear, as a result, will be less focussed to the shoulder of outside front tyre. The new swaybar improves turn-in, though the difference is not as tremendous as the middle stages of the corner. If you come into a corner too fast or your steering input is too rough, there is certainly less tendency for the nose to plough ahead. It will understeer in these situations, but not terminally. Given a smoother steering approach, the rear swaybar won't make a huge difference to turn-in. Corner exit is slightly improved thanks to a more accurate approach to the apex that effectively 'opens out' the exit line. Previously, it was easy to understeer wide of the apex and be forced to tighten you exit line; with the Whiteline swaybar, you can more accurately follow the optimal line. If you apply power while there is significant steering lock wound on you'll get power understeer - though it doesn't feel as pronounced as previously. And how reactive is the car to mid-corner throttle offs? Well - first - we must emphasise there's now much less requirement to lift off the throttle in order to get the front-end to tuck in. With the chassis more balanced, there are only few occasions (such as when negotiating a tight roundabout) when a slight mid-corner lift-off will be of benefit. Depending on entry speed and your steering input, a sharp throttle-off can cause a considerable oversteer action. Other than looking spectacular we're not sure if this is a great characteristic, but it shows the car now has much more balance - you're not limited to just understeer. The three different swaybar adjustments make a considerable difference to the handling attitude of the car. The softest roll setting still gives all of the abovementioned but is quite benign in its transition to lift-off oversteer. In the other extreme, the firmest setting is perhaps a bit much with otherwise stock suspension and road-spec tyres. Be aware that the tail can step out quite a long way - and very rapidly - when the car is unsettled by factors such as road camber changes or loose gravel atop of the bitumen. The firmest setting is, however, probably ideal for track use. And now we arrive at the middle setting - the setting we are currently most content with for everyday street duties. The centre swaybar hole provides much improved mid-corner attitude and its lift-of oversteer characteristic is manageable in everyday conditions - in dry weather conditions, anyhow. Source http://www.whiteline.com.au/articles/AS_Re...of%20a%20WRX%22 In summary - less roll, less understeer and more party time in the wet

The MAF on the older classics were not oil friendly but from what I gather the new age models can take a lightly oiled filter no problemo at all CGS

K&N panel for me too.................never had any grief with them and use the reconditioning kit every 10k ( very light oiling)

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM AL !!!!!!!!!! Nice one indeed !

Aye - new ones shall be going on and I'l be taking back up's too !

Well despite my best efforts I buckled slightly and have modded ( albeit only a little) Thanks to AWD ( who squeezed me in at the last minute and gave me a great price) I got a 24mm Whiteline ARB fitted ( standard is a piffling 18mm !) and solid drop links. I am leaving the suspension springs standard as the crashy ride was doing my nut in on pot-holed ridden urban areas on the last bugeye. The roll is massively reduced and the wagons corners so much flatter. Primarily had this fitted fot the Nuburgring assault next month as I felt I was driving a blamonge before this was fitted. Powerwise I am well happy. Met a red Mitsibushi FQ300 yesterday on the country roads after Stirling an he could not get away. The combination of 2.5L and tiny TD04 means that overtaking and acceleration out of bends is instantaneous. No lag whatsoever. Now have the Defi's and Alpine head unit fitted and got that horrendous standard gear knob replaced. K&N panel filter going in tomorrow and then that's all. Will uprate the brake pads when they next need replaced ! Cheers folks Cal edit - spelling