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ASTRID - SCCA TT National Tour & Time Attack Build
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uglybastard
Autocross Champion
v. nice, dude. get ceramic coating on that thing!
zef
Drag Racing Champion
Yessir! Candy White to Suzuka Gray (grey?)
The seibon fenders give a lot of extra room!
Only problem is I am missing a front lip piece of my bumper. Hopefully can find it and get it on there asap.
ChrisAttebery
Drag Racing Champion
It looks great Zef. Nice job.
zef
Drag Racing Champion
Appreciate the kind words, it means a lot! This project has been exhausting but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Took memorial day to clean up my wheels, relocate my gauges from the steering wheel (where they don't fit) to the upper vents. Also finally got around to wrapping my door trim in carbon fiber.
zef
Drag Racing Champion
Paid a final visit to Excelerate Performance for a final wrap up before my track day on June 18th. Hoosier R7 tires (255/35/18) were mounted on my new Motegi MR140 wheels. Clearance is very tight in the rear, and even with a modest 45 offset they hit the shock in the front. Nothing a 5mm spacer can't fix. The front wheels were very close to my brembos too so the 5mm spacer will help with that too. Still plenty of room to work with thanks to the seibon fenders.
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
5mm should do yeah. good stuff sir.
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
Lookin good. I had a problem with my tire hitting my strut too and only using 235's on a 8" +48 et wheel. ended up using a 3mm spacer to solve that. I think the struts on the multipro r2's are wider than other's. Never had a problem with my old struts and the same wheel/tire combo.
zef
Drag Racing Champion
Ever since going KO4 and competing with the car I always noticed the bottom of the DSG looked "wet" with DSG fluid. I had the rear main seal replaced with the iabed part so I was fairly confident that wasn't the case. I even replaced the DSG pan with a new gasket, yet the issue remained.
Finally, I found out that the DSG trans actually has a breather port on top next to the starter. Instead of just accepting this as an asinine design, I looked to a possible solution. Because the port is very small, it would be difficult to come up with a catch can solution because the port would have to be tapped which wouldn't be possible with the trans still on the car.
The solution? A $30 part from Volkswagen. The MK7R comes with a "breather box" that plugs into the port that clips onto the stock battery box. Figured it was worth a try, and turns out it literally plugs right in on the MK6 GTI! Because I have the ECS tuning battery box I was able to secure it to my tyrolsport master cylinder bracket. I'll just have to empty it every once in awhile.
https://www.shopdap.com/02e-301-472-e.html
Thanks to Dan @ Excelerate Performance for the suggestion!
Finally, I found out that the DSG trans actually has a breather port on top next to the starter. Instead of just accepting this as an asinine design, I looked to a possible solution. Because the port is very small, it would be difficult to come up with a catch can solution because the port would have to be tapped which wouldn't be possible with the trans still on the car.
The solution? A $30 part from Volkswagen. The MK7R comes with a "breather box" that plugs into the port that clips onto the stock battery box. Figured it was worth a try, and turns out it literally plugs right in on the MK6 GTI! Because I have the ECS tuning battery box I was able to secure it to my tyrolsport master cylinder bracket. I'll just have to empty it every once in awhile.
https://www.shopdap.com/02e-301-472-e.html
Thanks to Dan @ Excelerate Performance for the suggestion!
zef
Drag Racing Champion
Dropped the car off at ACI Dynamix today for a full front nose clear bra and 9H Ceramic coating...exactly 1 week away until my first track day of the year.
Driving around on the new suspension and....wow....whereas the feedback through the steering wheel was always numb, the camber plates/coils have opened up a whole new line of communication and it's incredible. On full soft it's actually quite nice, not harsh at all.
Driving around on the new suspension and....wow....whereas the feedback through the steering wheel was always numb, the camber plates/coils have opened up a whole new line of communication and it's incredible. On full soft it's actually quite nice, not harsh at all.
zef
Drag Racing Champion
Great question. Unfortunately, my Brembo BBK bolts to the outside of the spindle. The "ears" of the Passat spindles are thicker, so the brackets are pushed too far inside the wheel well for the calipers to bolt up. This wasn't an issue with my prior brake setup because they bolted to the inside of the spindle, and all I had to do was run longer caliper bolts.
Both with the Passat spindle and with the OE steel spindle, my superpro ball joints had no problem clearing the brembo rotors (355x32); though the clearance is pretty tight. I'll have to DEI foil wrap the boots just to be safe.