Red Devil mkII - The Journey Continues

[VWindahouse]

PS has the rattle gone from the front right with the HR's?

[seangti]

Nice work mate, great 1st effort! Especially considering you've only had the car for a couple of months v's my 7 years of getting used to the set up

Just wondering what tyre pressures you ran with?

Cheers bud. Ran 30psi.

Also just got back from happy laps, I am very happy with the suspension, car balance is really good. Very stable at speed and adjustable mid corner. Running front sway bar on soft and rear medium. Could go hard on the rear for track work to get marginally better front end turn. The rear was very stable through the kink at pace, must be wing Ant.

Blew off the intercooler pipe, again, but got 20mins before that happened, though wasn't driving the car as hard as the few laps at QR. Back to the drawing board for the IC piping... perhaps high temp glue and double jubilee clip, or replace the lower plastic pipe with a stainless steel one. I'm open to anyones experience on this issue.

[seangti]

PS has the rattle gone from the front right with the HR's?

Yup, no rattles from suspension anymore. No idea if it was the FK's or Kmac's rattling, at a guess I'd say Kmac's.

[vwthunder]

Yup, no rattles from suspension anymore. No idea if it was the FK's or Kmac's rattling, at a guess I'd say Kmac's.

So i guess i should take my strut tops out and re-install

[seangti]

Any tips on where and how to mount a fire extinguisher? I need to be able to reach it easily, though don't want to hack up anything, or anything that at least can't be changed/covered in the future.

Cleaned out the intercooler pipe that has been popping off, had some oil residue around the male part so have cleaned that with petrol and reinstalled. Will check it after each session on Sunday and see how it goes. I have a feeling it's moreso caused by the rubber pipe coming from the turbo, once it gets hot is further softened... will be a PITA to have to replace that though will keep an eye on it.

It pops at the end where my hand is.

[rgvlee]

I've seen guys get a plate laser cut, mount under the passenger seat rail then mount the fire extinguisher to that. Looks tidy. Need a thick plate to meet regs.

[seangti]

I've seen guys get a plate laser cut, mount under the passenger seat rail then mount the fire extinguisher to that. Looks tidy. Need a thick plate to meet regs.

Solid option, cheers. Will look into how that'd mount.

[kaanage]

I mounted a 2mm thick aluminium bar, bent into to line fairly closely with the floor contour, using the passenger front rail bolts and this has 2 6mm holes in it which I used to bolt in a piece of right angle aluminium which has the extinguisher bracket mounted to it.

That way, the bar under seat stays installed and doesn't interfere with the seat or drawer but the rest is easily removable for daily use.

I'll try to get a picture of it up.

Running front sway bar on soft and rear medium. Could go hard on the rear for track work to get marginally better front end turn. The rear was very stable through the kink at pace, must be wing Ant.

I've actually found stability under (heavy) brakes to be the bigger issue than mid corner so long as I don't pike out and lift off after turn in.

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

That plastic pipe will always cause problems, the rubber ones are O.K.
I had a stainless steel replacement made & then use T-Clamps everywhere.
Haven't had a popped hose for several years now, after many went on me.

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

My fire extinguisher set-up was fairly easy after a lot of procrastinating.