Reply With QuoteExhuast looks good!
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Looking pretty neat
MK2 - *Insert list of dealer purchased extra's/standard features here*
80 series - The MK2's BIG, Sooty, polar opposite...
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Exhuast looks good!
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So took the mk2 out on the Euro drive day yesterday and overall it went well.
On the mountains it was great, took the corners properly without any scrubbing, brakes were fine (not amazing though - I think something is leaking pressure), and the engine kept up.
I didn't have any issues with check engine lights, oil lights, temps etc etc.
On one of the back roads to Somerset Dam the roads were bloody terrible, and I was hitting massive pot holes at ~110km/h - this took out some massive chunks from my front right tyre, I thought it had ripped apart at one stage.
Turns out there was a screw that had come loose and was hanging down, so on the massive pot holes it just smashed the tyre. I'm going to remove the screw and switch around the front and rear tyres.
Then, this morning I came home to find a small puddle of coolant under the car, topped it up with water and it was only ~200ml or so. The coolant was coming from 2 separate pipe joins, so not sure how that has happened. Maybe just the heat caused it all to expand/contract so much that it has leaked a bit.
For 3 hours of relatively consistently hard driving, I reckon it went really well. I'll sort out the scrubbing on the front right and monitor the coolant for any more leaks.
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Glad to hear it's holding up pretty well to the abuse!
Are you getting out to QR this weekend?
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Yeah should be all sweet for the weekend.Originally Posted by team_v
Pics from Saturday:
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Awesome, will be a good shakedown for you.
I can't make it due to work commitments but i am organising the October one at Lakeside so hoping to see you there.
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So how was it's first semi-competitive track time?
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Yeah it went well, thanks for organising it. Took a bit of time to get into it, the mk2 is very different to my sp25 in that it's harder to feel when you're on the limit, and the lack of power means I had to floor it the whole time if I wanted to go forward.
The brakes were great, they were strong the entire time and I even found myself catching up to people under braking more than anything (definitely didn't make any ground in the straight sections).
Otherwise it was fine, just a matter of getting used to it. I'm half tempted to sell the Mazda and Golf at the same time to just get one quick car to act as my daily and to have fun with. The lack of power is definitely annoying in the mk2!!!
I'll be keen for the next happy laps tho, won't need to change anything on the car either, just drive it more!
A few pics:
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