Ubik

Right had the car back for two weeks now and I promised Adam I would let him know what I thought to it and the clinic. Its fitted to a bugeye BTW.

Here goes!

Handling kit
My first impressions were - this is scary. I found the steering very responsive and that has taken some getting used to. A little more about that in a second.

The ride is firm which at first (as I PM'd Adam) I found very uncomfortable. You really do feel the lumps and bumps on the road. I have now got used to that but at first its off putting.

Righto - I have been taking it steady the last couple of weeks and slowly slowly pushin the car harder round corners each day. So last night I went on a long drive in the wee hours of the morning 11pm - 3am when most good citizens are in bed. Some of you maybe familiar with a road called 'thirteen bends' near Bakewell in Derbyshire. A lot of fun on the way back to Sheffield

Service
Excellent, didn't have a problem. They fitted my MOT, fitted the handling stuff and did the geometery and waited for me to pick it up.


Cheers Adam and the crew


Derbyshire has never been so much fun!


Dave

IanK Spec C

Hi,

What exactly have you had fitted then?

Cheers,

Ian

Ubik

Adam (SpecialX) will have to give the full list as I can't remember, I have the list at home so I will post later.

Solid alloy drop links front and back. Anti lift kit I can remember though.

specialx

right if memory serves me correct you had


rear adjustable anti roll bar
front and rear drop links
antilift kit
and I could be wrong eibachs springs?
and a clinic special Geometry set up.


did you have an upper front strut aswell?


you could always have a 4 point lower front strut brace for the weekend madman! lol


it can be very strange getting back into your car after these kind of mods, it's as if all of the previous limits of your cars handling characteristics have been pushed to a higher level and it takes a while to catch up or just have the bottle to push that bit harder on your favourite bend


looks like you did that on your night of fun ubik

see you soon m8

Ads & the clinic crew

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

hmmm toys

Mike Tuckwood

So basically, most of the stuff we've been recommending prety much throughout since 1999 then.

Mike.

stockcar

now, now boys.............................................. ...

tmo

Must resist, must resist, must resist

TAINTON

Adam whats are the costs for the above then?
Need to book MOT in with you guys in January so never no what else I may have done......pm if you prefer.

Thanks Ash

Dazza's-STi

Ok team... you'll be getting another in depth mag style report...

AS I too are am having the FULL treatment from the Clinic...
My03 STi Booked in on the 17th... and i'm sooo looking fwd to it...

The review in all its deatil will be forecoming along with real world times over my fav stretch of bumpy twisty over the peaks raod and corner speed on my fav very long wide bend... hehehe..

Watch this space...
After Kev, Adam and the boys have been let loose!

Dazza

tmo

God this is getting worse ..........Must resist, must resist, must res....

Ubik

Don't resist! JOIN US


Just check invoice
>rear adjustable anti roll bar
>front and rear drop links
>antilift kit
>and I could be wrong eibachs springs?
Yes Adam you are wrong but I let you off as its what Paul (Scooby66) had on his and I have been following the list he gave me.

>and a clinic special Geometry set up.


>did you have an upper front strut aswell?
Thats what I am going to have next.

>you could always have a 4 point lower front strut brace for
>the weekend madman! lol
Just the weekend? <ponders>


Having had the list above I WANT MORE. Its great. Doing it in stages because I am trying to get used it and theres the old wallet to consider.

>looks like you did that on your night of fun ubik
As I said to someone today "Spank my **** officer but I enjoyed it!"

If a dirty car is any indication of enjoyment I hope this gives you an idea. Spottless on friday lunch time, drove it home and locked it up in the garage. Out sunday night and back in the wee hours of monday





>see you soon m8
End of January matey! When my Christmas bills are cleared.


tmo - YOU CAN'T! I had it after taking my mates classic for a spin. It totally transformed his car.

nescoob1

I had the above done on my MY02 Sti plus Eibach springs and uper strut brace and can second the statement above, the car has been transformed.

Much more enjoyable

QuickShift

Ello Ubik,


Thought I'd say ello as you so gracefully mentioned me

Ubik

Always mentioning you mate! Bloody hell you posted for what???? THE NINTH TIME!

You got me into this you f***ker! Look at my post count compared to yours!


See you Monday when you get your car back from the clinic!

ScoobywagonGl

could have cleaned it Ubik

tmo

Ubik ....... I hate you you are supposed to say "hang on until the new year mate"

Plan was to get the Clinic to sort my n/s front issue (Bearing or CV not sure which yet)

THEN

Wait until the New Year and have the rear adjustable anti roll bar, front and rear drop links, antilift kit and geom set up.
But it now seems like more sense (to me) to have it all done in one go.
(Even though I have bought a VW stealth Diesel to run through the winter)

Adam will call you later to discuss.

Ubik, I will pass your details on to my family so any of the impending repercussions can be directed at you.

Dazza01

Why put it off tmo ?

DO IT NOW YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO

tmo

Thanks for the subtle advise daz

Tim.

Ubik

I am having a few more bits done at the end of january so I am certainly hanging on till next year.


But then again next year isn't that far away. If your family hates me then they will detest Adam.

Whatever you do don't follow him into his groto and look in his hypno ray. It dents your wallet!

Seriously well worth it IMHO.

tmo

I have had the "tour" in the past, therefore I am well aware of the dark forces that operate within the said area that take the form of some sort of mind and logic paralysis.
Work carried out on my car by the clinic so far has been of excellent standard, so it is only appropriate that my impending suspension mods are carried out at the said premises, basically apart from myself the clinic are the only people I trust to work on my car

Just trying to resist until mid january

Unfortunately as the clinic prices are reasonable every thing is easily justifiable.



“note to Adam – think you should look into having your receipts printed on edible paper”

scoobimax

Number plates look clean tho'!!!

Not seen you round chesterfield yet but now I've seen a pic of the motor will keep an eye out for you. Perhaps see you at the Chesterfield meet in January.

Max

PS I also know the 13 bends prety well after working in Buxton for 3 years.

Have to say one of my best drives was over the cat and fiddle once.

Ubik

Always keep them clean, don't want to give the boys in blue any reason to stop me having my fun.


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Right now its having the 05 spec-c suspension and a front strut brace fitted.

Two weeks today I will post again on how it is. Obviously its back at the Clinic again BTW.

Ubik

1st short journey home and the ride wasn't as harsh as I expected. The car felt like it didn't bob in the dips on the road I used.

Firm ride and I think it gave me more feed back than before as to the surface of the road. I could feel how the car was gripping the road a lot better.

It looks like the car has dropped a little bit. I took some photos of it last week to compare the before and after. I will post those tommorow when I take some new ones.

At the moment I have a photo of the engine bay with the new STI front strut.


As usual good price and good advise. Thanks again to the Kev, Adam and the chaps at the Clinic.

I understand the car is now a handling legend thanks to you chaps.*


*Best not mention the performance....or the driver eh? Neither are the best!

Daft Lad

Good news Dave, good news! Get the pic of the engine bay posted so I can see what a *proper* flat four should look like! Is there anymore to do to it handling wise or are you finally gonna start on those performance mods?

Ubik

I don't know if I could condone running over cats and musical instruments.


There you go James, its just a unmodified engine.



I will PM you the photo I took of Chrissys engine...its a bit different.




TBH there will be no engine mods for me for a long time. Probably cosmetic things will happen next, like fixing the scratch on the bumper! Its the handling that interests me. IIRC the only other thing I can do is a front anti-roll bar but speaking to Kev he recommended seeing how all of this is first.

I agree, so I suppose there could be a little extra change in the future.


Edited to add (Don't want to BTT it with a small entry):

Ride is slightly harder but nothing that I can't put up with. As Adam said last night - I really didn't like it at first when the first stage was complete but I did get used to it after a couple of weeks.

Too much standing water on the roads this morning so it was difficult to find places I could push it.

Several corners I just ran at them at speeds I usually find the car skips sideways slighty as it grips, looses grip and grips again. This didn't happen today in the wet, the car felt firm.

The steering seems even more aggressive / sharp than before.


TBH I know that Kev can put on a front anti roll bar but I feel at the moment this is as far as I want to take it handling wise.


Next major mod will be brake upgrades. Starting with hoses and in all likelyhood eventually progressing to replacing the whole lot. I need to beef them up before I get anymore power.

Ubik

And guess whos doing that road in the next few hours?


Had a quick run on my way to work this lunch time when the roads were dry. It grips...it really grips!

scoobimax

You out for an evening jaunt, sorry road report?

Max

Ubik

Yes I did but nothing too hard as I was worried about ice. Still pushed it and felt a difference.


Its true what the guy at the Clinic said (The turbo leggy driver - sorry Don't know his name but he knows his stuff!) the car does pull to one side or another depending on the camber of the road when you corner. Its nothing detrimental to the setup but it is there and you do notice it sometimes.

I will be out with my mate in his new Civic type R this weekend, fingers crossed its dry. 05:30 start for me and two hours of driving on relatively clear roads (I hope!).

scoobimax

I know what you mean. I've had to come back in to work tonight for some user testing and thought might go the long way round up to owler bar and down into sheffield, but like you thought it's black ice territoty and just pootled up the bypass and down through woodseats.

Max