It was a brilliant car and a worth successor to my Sad Sam Sampson the Samba, I loved both those cars, dearly.
Hey Cy,The second car I ever owned was a 750cc Fiat Panda Fire. Even though I learnt to drive on a farm, I've never driven anything that was quite so agricultural
I've got some 400PP FWD beasties to fine tune and post this weekend, if anyone fancies joining me online. I think I might have to take the Fat Panda out too (typo intended)
{Cy}
Excellent!! If it wasn't obvious, I'm a huge fan of these ridiculous little motors. I grew up in rural Dorset, where these cars really excelled. They taught me all I know about preserving momentum
Other notably small and ridiculous cars in my ownership history would include:
The second car I ever owned was a 750cc Fiat Panda Fire. Even though I learnt to drive on a farm, I've never driven anything that was quite so agricultural
I've got some 400PP FWD beasties to fine tune and post this weekend, if anyone fancies joining me online. I think I might have to take the Fat Panda out too (typo intended)
{Cy}
). Oh how we all laughed when he 'reverse parked' into a ditch in a country lane.
The Fiat or the Talbot? The Talbot was absolutely riddled with rust, the first time I pulled up at my mates house, I swung into his driveway and misjudged the length of my nose. I grazed his bumper, which along with denting the front of the wing slightly, split the top of the wing. I could push my finger through the top of the 'metal' work!! When I got it home, my father and I got some tar strips we'd been using to roof the shed and laid them across the top of both wings and heat gunned them down. I proceed to drive it around like that for the rest of the time I had it and even two or three years after I sold it, I saw it being driven around with the tar strips still in place!! I've no idea how it ever made it's way through an MOTDid you have to tape over the rust on the top of the doors and/or front wings? Or was it a bit newer when you had it?
A (sort of) friend used to have a Samba many moons ago; he would boast how stable it was due to having wheels in the corners (don't ask
). Two l people I knew who owned the old Panda had taped the top of the doors and wings where they had corroded through.
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I think I got my appreciation for these little fun machines from two sources.Excellent!! If it wasn't obvious, I'm a huge fan of these ridiculous little motors. I grew up in rural Dorset, where these cars really excelled. They taught me all I know about preserving momentum
Nissan Micra SR (K11) - Mine was black and looked brilliant. I would have kept it and worked on it, but it turned out the front end was rotten. So much so, I swear whoever owned it before me used to park it in the sea!! Shame, because it had the potential to be a tasty little motor.
SportKA - I loved this car more than any other I've owned. I'm currently weighing up buying another one, whilst I stash enough cash to buy a Fiesta ST-1 👍
Randy, try lowering the rear ride height in increments of 5. This will help rotation, may want to also try and lift the nose, does the same. At 60 front, you may want to try lifting to 70-80 and see if rotation improves. I did a FITT Hot Hatch challenge months back and this car was eligible but know one used it. I tried it at Brands Hatch GP and it was fairly quick with lower ride height. So, raising the front or lowering the rear and adding some negative rear toe helps. Swings the rear around better. Of course you will then have to play with ARB and dampers to get the feel you are looking for.This tune is for @CyKosis1973 btcc idea.
@NEWDRIVER2 would you be kind enough to do the transmission for me please ?
Ford Focus ST '06
311bhp 1300kg 54/46 41kgfm
INSTALLED PARTS.
* Aero kit type A
* Flat Floot type A
* Rear wing type B
* Carbon hood
* Sports ECU
* Full custom transmission
* Triple plate clutch
* Full custom lsd
* Full custom suspension
* Racing brakes
* Window weight reduction
*Weight reduction stage 3
* Intake tuning
* Isometric exhaust manifold
* Catalytic converter
* racing exhaust
* 129 kg @ 50%
The tune
Suspension
Rh 60/60
Sr 5.99/11.37
Dc 6/3
De 5/6
Arb 5/4
Cam 1.8/0.7
Toe -0.08/0.00
Brakes 5/5
Lsd
13/27/9
This tune is still a work in progress. Any info i can get to make the suspension better would be great. Still a bit new to tuning and trying to find my feet a bit. so a will take all the help i can get
5 seasons of Breaking Bad is 5 very good reasons for distraction 👍
That's quite possible. Unfortunately, I lack consistency and my favourite track is way too long to be able to run a lap on fresh tyres and only a quarter of a tank of fuel. Possibly worth a post in the Q&A forum or the Tuning forum, someone will likely have already tested this. Maybe have a look in the Race Series threads, guys running Endurances races will likely know 👍
Hey Cy. For thr Civic, 315BHP not reached so I've changed the oil; now it's 98.7 Power Level.
We'll sit down over the winter and watch it in chunks. We've watched about half the first season, maybe a little more. Really enjoyed it 👍Hey Cy,
I won't spoil Breaking Bad for you with any spoilers but be prepared, you and your wife are in for one helluva addictive & gripping ride
I'll see if I can add your Beemer to the file, my friend 👍
I think I may have left the exhaust manifold offHey Cy. For thr Civic, 315BHP not reached so I've changed the oil; now it's 98.7 Power Level.
PS: It's very difficult to build the cars.
Not sure it matters too much how you achieve BHP, there's probably a better way and a not so better way. I haven't really experimented too much, I've only concentrated on trying to equalise the cars, hence them being awkward to build ... and expensive ... and timely..!!
Any serious race has to be 10 laps length.We'll sit down over the winter and watch it in chunks. We've watched about half the first season, maybe a little more. Really enjoyed it 👍
I'll see if I can add your Beemer to the file, my friend 👍
I think I may have left the exhaust manifold off
We'll have an experiment later with race length and the strength of tyre/fuel depletion. I'm thinking if we run a 10 lap race, we do so with normal depletion, but if we shorten it to 5 laps, then depletion goes up to fast. It's not enough that you'll need to pit stop, but you will need to consider tyre wear over the closing laps 👍
{Cy}
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Just to check, the Focus is 311BHP?
10 laps is good, I think. It's enough time to catch up and enough time to get it wrong..!! Make BHP however you see fit, my friend 👍Any serious race has to be 10 laps length.
PS: Now, I'll sell the Civic and starting over.
Focus is 311BHP, feel free to give it some oil and limit it back. I'm hoping that a few more miles breaking in will get it to 315bhp.
. I am now but I miss my wife and kids, so tunes will be coming...just not now. Sorry 
