cpcpeter Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 14 hours ago, JasperIrl said: Can someone explain, sorry You take your existing camshafts and post them off to the company who put it on their machine to reprofile the lobes and will send it back to you to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperIrl Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 7 hours ago, cpcpeter said: You take your existing camshafts and post them off to the company who put it on their machine to reprofile the lobes and will send it back to you to fit. I'm curious as to why you would re-profile aftermarket cams that you bought? I'm assuming its to make them inbetween OEM cams and the original aftermarket CAM profile? Make the car more "daily" friendly maybe? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperIrl Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, JasperIrl said: I'm curious as to why you would re-profile aftermarket cams that you bought? I'm assuming its to make them inbetween OEM cams and the original aftermarket CAM profile? Make the car more "daily" friendly maybe? 👍 Ah I see now, you don't buy Piper Cams, you send away the original OEM cams to be re-profiled. Cheers Lads 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpcpeter Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Clayton, just curious, after your cornerweighting, is there much of a difference in ride height either side of the axle to compensate for the weight adjustments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 hours ago, cpcpeter said: Clayton, just curious, after your cornerweighting, is there much of a difference in ride height either side of the axle to compensate for the weight adjustments? I was worried about this myself but it’s actually so minimal you’d never really notice. Especially with how often do you park on a dead flat surface! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted April 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 Went out with a friend who is a photographer a few evenings to get some pictures of the Lupo with a decent sunset. Safe to say these pictures turned out incredible! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 I love this car, just seems to get better and better! Great pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted April 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 hour ago, lupogtiboy said: I love this car, just seems to get better and better! Great pictures! That’s the goal, always trying to improve! It’s pretty much how I’ve always wanted it now. Next things on the list are Alcantara dash and doorcards👍🏼 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 Pics are impressive! Angle and depths of field make pics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperIrl Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Gorgeous!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted May 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Another track evening completed at Snetterton last night, sort of... The weather forecast said rain all evening, so I went on my wet tyres Michelin PS3's. You can guess what happened, it stayed dry all night! The car still felt great though, just couldn't do as many laps at once. 3-4 laps was the limit before they started over heating. This is where it went south, it was the last session of the night, came out of 'Agestini', shifted into 3rd then the car instantly ran on 3 cylinders. Limped it back into the pits to inspect. Turned the car off, tried to start again but nothing. I could hear it was down a cylinder. Luckily a friend had his trailer with him so I got it home then inspected today, compression test results for cylinder 3 was what I expected. Absoluely no compression at all. I put a borescope down it and the pistions look brand new. I think it's slipped a tooth and knocked the timing out and bent a valve! Never mind ey, hopefully have it stripped and rebuilt in a couple of weeks. Be back on the road before you know it! Had a good battle with my mate in his FN2 Civic Type R, they are incredible matched around Snetterton, i'll leave a link to the lap below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJJs4FLnkZI&ab_channel=ClaytonJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Managed to get the head off the car during the week to inspect the damage. All I found was a bent valve and broken valve spring retainer, no other damage to the head or pistons, I’ve been lucky that’s for sure! So I got all the bits needed ordered from VW, everything came in Friday and by Saturday afternoon it’s back up and running sweeter than ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnathan Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Been thinking of doing the mesh behind the spotlights and didnt notice you had done the same. May i ask how you did it ? What you used ? Im thinking of buying a new grill and using the old one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 I found the lower centre grill for a Polo GTI pretty cheap. Cut it up to the correct size then tiger sealed it on👍🏼 1 hour ago, Jnathan said: Been thinking of doing the mesh behind the spotlights and didnt notice you had done the same. May i ask how you did it ? What you used ? Im thinking of buying a new grill and using the old one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnathan Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 6:37 AM, CLAYTONJONES said: I found the lower centre grill for a Polo GTI pretty cheap. Cut it up to the correct size then tiger sealed it on👍🏼 Thanks clayton will look to recycle my old grille i guess there seems to be enough on there i think. I used to have kws on my old gti but am considering the bc's now how did you find them for general road use and ride height ? Was there much difference in stiffness ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Jnathan said: Thanks clayton will look to recycle my old grille i guess there seems to be enough on there i think. I used to have kws on my old gti but am considering the bc's now how did you find them for general road use and ride height ? Was there much difference in stiffness ? BC’s are good for the money, but the KW V2’s are on another level to them. The BC’s are a bit softer on the road, but allow too much roll on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnathan Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 3 hours ago, CLAYTONJONES said: BC’s are good for the money, but the KW V2’s are on another level to them. The BC’s are a bit softer on the road, but allow too much roll on track. Did you sell your BCs on ? I only had kw v1s and found them good enough for road use so maybe the BCs could do the job for me. Already i feel the whiteline arb has improved things with the standard setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 20 minutes ago, Jnathan said: Did you sell your BCs on ? I only had kw v1s and found them good enough for road use so maybe the BCs could do the job for me. Already i feel the whiteline arb has improved things with the standard setup Yeah I sold them on almost the same day! I would probably chose BC’s over the V1’s due to being able to adjust the dampening control👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpcpeter Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Hi Clayton, haven’t heard from you in a while! Hope all’s well with you and the Loop! I’m looking at a set of Wilwoods but having trouble finding a supplier. Did you get yours via Rally Design? Mk2 Golf G60 type I assume? They don’t seem big on full fitting kits either, may have to pick and mix components…! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted August 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 7 hours ago, cpcpeter said: Hi Clayton, haven’t heard from you in a while! Hope all’s well with you and the Loop! I’m looking at a set of Wilwoods but having trouble finding a supplier. Did you get yours via Rally Design? Mk2 Golf G60 type I assume? They don’t seem big on full fitting kits either, may have to pick and mix components…! Hi mate, all is great, will be doing an update today! Yeah I got mine from Rally Design a couple of years ago so I’m not sure if they’ve changed a urging know the time. Yes MK2 G60 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONJONES Posted August 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 For all of you that don’t follow me on Instagram you probably don’t know about the mega weekend I have just had. We headed out to the Nürburgring on Thursday morning, had a relaxed day on the Thursday travelling down. Done some TF laps Friday evening, 4 I managed in a couple of hours, the car felt incredible so I couldn’t wait for a full day of TF on the Saturday. Managed another 7 laps that day without any issues! I also met up with Misha from Apex to do a video on the car if you haven’t seen it already, it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had, quite scary being a passenger in your own car around the Nürburgring. I won’t spoil it too much, you’ll have to watch a video which I’ll leave a link below! https://youtu.be/fW-3MGG6jdc We travelled home on the Monday morning, all the way from Nürburgring to Cadwell Park for a trackday on the Tuesday, call me mad but it was never planned to be like that haha. The trackday at Cadwell went fantastic too, again, zero issues with the car after 60-70 laps of Cadwell. All in all I done just over 1800 miles in the trip I’ll leave all the pictures from the trip below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 What gear oil are you running in the box? Track use kills gear oil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpcpeter Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 Wow, what an awesome weekend! Nice photos mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperIrl Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Seen the video....excellent...........check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skajme Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Yeah I've seen the video aswell, and 'that' corner 😂 Amazing stuff! amazing car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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