I run the stock Sti v3 box/ratio's. I also run the kumho's which are only 580mm dia, good deal smaller than the 205 x 50 x 16's.

Ratio's seem ok to me on my 2 liter.

I tried a 1995 RA box/4.111 diff for 3 hillclimbs i know very well, and went about 1 second slower up those hills. Far too many changes.

It all makes a big difference.
Your 2.5 John with its torque will use the UK ratios well/better than Sti?

Graham

 

Graham, Ill try my best to get over, weather permitting.

 

not alot wrong with my gear ratios now, if you change the diff to raise your ratios then you get a nice long first gear also also noticed you're running very low tyre pressures, i've found my best setup with 36/32 (it's also what michelin recommend strangely enough)



here, have a photo

 

Where did you get that from?
Thanks!

I used to run higher pressures, 32 / 32 on these 45 section kumhos and last year ran even 25/25 once.

Rubber warms faster!

Might be better to try a taller profile next time, but Kumho only do a 225 x 50 x 16 which is why I asked you on your killa thread about the section of tyre/wheel offset the other week.

That tyre wall looks a bit close.....
Graham

 

in the photography section, someone went to prescott


just checked, 9" section wide tyres on et46 rims is what i've fitted, 10mm to spare to the strut

 

Graham

You have some lightening potential and can still be in road trim - bonnet & boot ( unless you have ally bonnet already ), all that sound deadening, underseal, plastic wings, lose the electrics ( stereo, windows, air con gone already ? ), lightweight motorsport battery, lightweight wheels / wheelnuts ( a la Flat4 ), pop out the passenger and rear seats at the event, if allowed in the regs, I assume tool kit/jack & spare wheel are out

May well lose 100 kg there ??

 

True, but then I would have to put the seats etc back in on a rainy sunday after the meeting!
Take all the other ponts though.

I do need to stop and think about this car and above all else the way i am driving it.
I think Prescott has bought that fact home to me.

Time to copy the EVO!(which a=has a full interior and not lightweight parts other than it is an RS)

Graham

 

Why is this site such a pain to post pic`s/videos on too,. Graham, think i will put them on a disc, and post them to you, it would be a lot faster, my grandson to young to help, and the girls have gone there own way, never thought i would miss them.

John

 

John: You can do it all on 'Drop Box' that is what i use but it was a BIG pain fixing it all!

David: Sorry, didn't mean to pressure you to Harewood, I'm sure you have a bit to do on your car!

Graham

 

Graham,

I thought your car didn't have rear seats? Or am I imagining it?

Andrew...

 

Yes, no rear seat due to roll cage and the need to put 'race' wheels in the car.
It is carpeted though

Graham

 

Hehe so not fully road trimmed!

 

Fully trimmed (less loose carpets) is mandatory in Sprint Championships in general.
For my class you can run single seat and a bare metal interior (except no sharp edges).

Big weekend coming up in Barbon and Harewood, the latter is a great run.
Buzzing up and down M6 etc not so good....searching for Optimax!

Must remember: Press throttle before the apex...

Graham

 

No need to ever drive around looking for optimax: http://www.shell.com/home/PlainPageS...on_finder.html

 

Yes: Have that in the car!
Saw your thread for Etheridge-Bird last night.

Thanks for the thought though.

Graham

 

Good luck this w/e, hope the weather holds out for you.

John

 

Just noticed this thread has not been rated, with all the info/feedback on here there has to be a whole shed load of well sorted chassis out there, so for that reason i have just given it a 5* rating, keep it coming Graham & Co.

John

 

it doesn't work though http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513990

 

Must be a 6*+ site,. .

John

 

Back from a wild weekend of *****-out hillclimbing, and has the Sti ever earnt it's crust this weekend.
First though,thanks to David Wallis popping over to support me at Harewood, hope you have dried out...

Friday saw an attempt at the 'ecconno run' up the M6 to Kendal at a nice steady 40 mph for 2 hours mixing it with the lorries and all the other bores commutors just trying to go home, or anywhere probably. Think I got 20 mpg!

The saturday hill climb was at Barbon, and was my second time competing there.
The weather though was grey and damp and I had changed the AST set-up to very close to max soft in all 3 areas, infact they are 3 clicks from soft. I feel I've got the interelationship sussed between all 3 adjusters, so I now simply click harder or click softer to suit.
I've lost the bobbing of the front -end now so things looked good!

And indeed they are.
Made a first in class, AND set a time that would have beaten all the sportscars in the class above me.

For the first time ever I feel that I was 'with' this car, the handling was just so good, the engine was a match for the chassis and even i added my bit to the proceedings with pushing through the sweeping bends of Barbon pedal-to-the-metal and without fear.

So, with that (and dead camera batteries) under my belt, the circus trundled over to Harewood House for sunday. Following a convoy of motorhomes at a steady 40 mph gave about 40 mpg...

Harewood today was wet.
It was grey, but the track wasn't particularly slippy. We were all in the same class so battle began.
Got the camera going this time so a few vids at the end of the race report here.
Left the car exactly as it was, didn't even check let alone adjust the tyre pressures.
Car was great and bagged a third in class behind a Westfield with a 2.2 lire Duratec engine and an E Type that I blew away yesterday!

The drive home was a steady 70 mph on the M1, and the Sti purred it's way into the garage covered in flies, dirt and drying out still.

It has earnt its corn this weekend.

Loton next weekend while you lot are slaughtering everyone at Elvington.

Graham

Nice to see this car driven like this:
http://www.dropshots.com/daymainfram...0030101&cimg=2
My turn:
http://www.dropshots.com/daymainfram...0030101&cimg=3
And a bit more:
http://www.dropshots.com/daymainfram...0030101&cimg=4
http://www.dropshots.com/daymainfram...0030101&cimg=0

 

congratulations. still want sell the scooby????

 

Nope, but there was a very quick EVO8 at Harewood....
Graham

 

Much better!

 

As witnessed at Barbon:






Awesome traction off the line... from an observers perspective looks like a lot of time was gained coming out of the hairpin and sprinting for the line

 

ello jura

lol @ 2 posts in 2 years

 

Thanks Paul, pity that the camera failed on Sat as Barbon is really fast and you need to truly attack the course, I was only 0.4secs off breaking the Class Record!

Graham

 

Great a smile back on Grahams face, no more down in the dumps Loakes

 

Jura:
Thanks for those.

I'm waiting for some stiffer roll bars to arrive which might help the front end pitch.
Car was just fab on saturday.

Graham

 

Way to go mate, looking good, spent the w/e at shelsley (non combat), but still learned a lot, forgot how much of a climb it was, will see you at loton next w/e (sun only) for some more learning.

John

 

Ahhhh

Suicide watch is over then

Andy