MK1 Ragtop

[MarcusAurelius]

Well, the weekend was a great success! Drove 3hours there, raced, and drove back home without a single mechanical issue apart from crunchy synchros haha
Best lap for me was 1:55

Few weak points of the car, however. The pads faded far too quick. The old perished rubber lines looked to be a bit of a worry.
The tires too, performed great, for a few laps.. can't expect too much from 70$ tires.
The shot synchros in the 4speed made clean downshifts impossible, but I made do for the day.
Also had to slap together a really ghetto catch can for the day haha

To do list:
-Race pads, braided lines and new fuid
-Semi slicks for the front, a050 or similar
-Rear sway bar and front lower brace
-5speed
-A proper catch can



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[MarcusAurelius]

Small update. Went to the wreckers today and got what I needed, and more

Managed to get my hands on a sway bar off an 02-04 holden Cruze that will hopefully be of use to me. I also came across a boss looking oil cap on the ground. No clue what it was off but fits like a champ



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[sports racer]

I like where this is going.

[browndizzle]

This is clean af! 👌🏻✌🏻

[MarcusAurelius]

EBC red stuff, check.
Braided lines, check.
New fluid, check!

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[sports racer]

Balls to go deep into corners, check?

[MarcusAurelius]

Balls to go deep into corners, check?

Hahaha still working on that one

Do these pads pull up nicely or what?!? Not going to overly test them until they bed in proper

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[GeorgeMK1]

They should pull up good once warmed up.
I went with QFM on my Honda race car, but sold it before I had the chance to test them out Let us know how redstuff works for you.

[MarcusAurelius]

I've been recommended qfm, hawk, project mu and endless, but they either don't make the pads to suit or everyone I enquired with couldn't be stuffed chasing it up, so I went with the next best thing. I would've preferred the yellow stuff but the reds are the only pads they make for the mk3 2.0

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[GeorgeMK1]

Hmm, you must deal with crappy shops. QFM didn't have my pads in stock for the Honda, so my brake shop sent them my old pads, and they made identical ones haha. Also I didn't realise you were running mk3 front brakes