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Looking good

Some superb cars on track today at our session this morning. Disappointed that there was only about 7 Imprezas on track, but I'm sure we'll have more later on in the year. Nice to meet up with some friends old and new again I've uploaded my photos from the event here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnsidc/sets...57623715210900/ John

Peter Taddei who is running the EVO powered Fiesta has booked Knockhill for Saturday afternoon following on from our event. The track will be available for 3 hours, open pit lane. The cost will be £150 per car. This is quite a bit more than what we are charging for 4 hours in the morning, but Peter is limited to 20 cars. Ideal for race testing etc, or those who like the track to be completely empty when going around. You can speak to Peter during the morning and pay on the day if you are interested. John

Is that one of those Ikeya sequential gear shifters?

Peter has also booked the track for the afternoon session. Cost £150 for the three hours and can be paid on the day if anyone is interested. Go and have a chat to him during our morning session if you want to go on track. Limited to 20 cars.

I have tried numerous different tyres on my Imprezas over ther past 13 years. The best for warm dry roads have been the Bridgestone RE-070s, but these are a complete nightmare on snow or cold/wet or frosty conditions, esepcially on uneven raod surfaces. Goodyear F1s are great in the wet, but their softer sidewalls don't give the same level of confidence when psuhing on in the dry - they have a tendency to feel a bit spongy though you do start to get used to them after a few hundred miles. I've had a couple of sets of Toyos, and found them to be great in the wet when new, but not nearly so good as others (F1, Bridgestone S-02) when part worn. I also had one set of 4, two of which had very soft sidewalls which were replaced free of charge. Overall, the best compromise tyre I've had so far has been the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. Probably 90-95% as good as the RE-070s in the dry, 95% as good as the F1s in the wet, good ride quality and relatively low levels tyre noise compared to the others. Reasonable levels of wear (I've done about 14k on my current set swapped every 6 months front to rear), and will probably get another few K out of them once I swap them back on in place of my winter tyres. The only downside is that they are more expensive than some of the others, but they are a great overall tyre. John

Looking great Arch, can't wait to see it in action later this year

http://imwww.imgroup.co.uk/IMGGB/WWW/Subar...7A?Opendocument An official Subaru UK project, but no specs or prices yet.

I never had any noise problems with the EBC red stuff ceramic pads, but the pedal response wasn't that great either cold or hot. My biggest issue with them was they only lasted 6,000 miles of normal commuting use (no motorways) before they were almost down to the metal and needed to be replaced I now have XP8s fitted, and the performance is good, cold or hot, but they squeal loudly when warm under light braking pressure and produce an unbelievable amount of brake dust. Wheels go from clean to jet black in under a week (250 miles), and the brake dust is of the type that is very difficult to remove easily (sponge and soapy water isn't enough). Pads are generally a compromise between performance, longivity, cheapness, noise and dust production. You can generally satisfy 3 or 4 of these attributes. John

That's the one There's others from the same event here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnsidc/sets...57618419420328/ John

Looking forward to the updates, and seeing you on track next year

Welcome back, and nice to see you chose one of my photos as well

Great write up Scott, and looking forward to seeing you compete agin next year

where can I buy a set of those from

I think Zen have developed a dry sump kit that might be worth considering, not sure if it's production ready yet though.

Welcome on board guys

Definitely time for a set of APs or equivalent

I've heard a few who have done the strip and pe-pack the grease fix, and it seems to work just fine. Much cheaper than buying new shocks.

All the best Paul. I'd just like to add my personal thanks for all the effort you have put in since taking on this role, and of course the assistance at the Knockhill trackdays. Hope you will keep in touch with everyone and look forward to seeing you again at some point in the future. John

Looks like you had fun and the car is still one piece and running. Good overall result given the issues with the car and lack of on track development time. I trust you have plans for the winter now

All the best Neil. What did you opt for as a replacement? See you at the next trackday hopefully

That really s*cks

I was looking for another date around November, but saw that Adam & Fee had booked the 14th. There isn't enough demand for track events at that time of year (a lot of the RWD/open top cars go into hibernation when it's cold and wet ) to risk us both having one within weeks of each other. December is a non-start as everyone is out at office parties and saving money for Xmas pressies. I would recommend booking the track Scotland one, as it is run in the same way as ours with many of the same drivers.

Are you going to rebuild this engine again and use as a backup?

Great results Arch Looking forward to a full season next year? Sorry I couldn't make it up this time - had some domestic stuff to sort out John