Golf R stage 4 build well underway

[Guy_H]

Anna the workshop fairy comes to help out from time to time

[Mr_Bob]

We are making some of our own chassis components this year, including alloy front control arms with adjustable castor, from last year.

Hi Guy,
Any particular reason for the castor adjustment?
I recall you mentioned that castor kit in the R made it vague at high speeds, and camber was actually preferred...

[Fab_R]

nice work guy

[Guy_H]

Hi Guy,
Any particular reason for the castor adjustment?
I recall you mentioned that castor kit in the R made it vague at high speeds, and camber was actually preferred...

We have done some different stuff with this car as far as adjustment settings are concerned. we probably have a few more options with our new control arms & adjustable ball joints. Castor is there if required - if not, we dial it out we can achieve 13mm more lower offset (camber) if required, coupled with our 3.3 degrees maximum at the top, we are going to work more at the lower arm end. Our new sway bars should work well too - we have dialed the specs, hopefully we will get a chance to test shortly (waiting on a gearbox seal.....)

[Corey_R]

This thread, and some of the photos Arin posted elsewhere, kept me up at about 3am when I woke up this morning, lol. Just thinking about all the possibilities. Guy, do you mind if I post some of the "engine/kit parts laying on the floor" photos that Arin posted? Or maybe you'd like to post them?

Anyway, I was thinking... is the capacity of the engine still standard (1984cc)? Or has it increased a bit?
Can you talk at all yet about any of the internal changes, or turbo changes etc?

[worx]

OH! camber! I need some of that really bad, do you sell camber kits?

[Fab_R]

Hey Guy.
Will your sways be adjustable?
Also do you know yet what your lower control arms will rrp for at this stage?
Cheers
Fab

[Guy_H]

OH! camber! I need some of that really bad, do you sell camber kits?

We are working on the lower control arms / ball joints / hub carriers to get adjustability.

We run Cross Coilovers on our Golfs, they have built in camber top mounts that give great adjustability. If you want a good track setup, its best to start with something like this!

[Guy_H]

Hey Guy.
Will your sways be adjustable?
Also do you know yet what your lower control arms will rrp for at this stage?
Cheers
Fab

3 settings front & rear for our swaybars - we will have the stiffness numbers out soon.

No idea on the cost of the arms yet - hopefully soon.

[worx]

We are working on the lower control arms / ball joints / hub carriers to get adjustability.

We run Cross Coilovers on our Golfs, they have built in camber top mounts that give great adjustability. If you want a good track setup, its best to start with something like this!

I don't know if I want to adjust the top to allow more camber, won't that throw out the geometry of the suspension?