the lifestory of a DC5S...

[crashprash]

Congrats on the pb!

Thanks!

So it was your lip I ran over lol...

Well done on the PB, car has loads more in it.

haha yeah i realised how quick it actually is once it was in your hands ..thanks for the extensive coaching!

Anywyas..headed to ISMR today to get a post trackday service and checkup and sort out my edfc issue. The cable's been rubbing against the cable and its pretty much ripped off. As my car is no longer a daily driver...I have decided to completely remove the edfc unit,motors and harness and just set the sussy on the stiffest setting at the front and bit looser at the rear to cure the chronic dc5 liftoff oversteer issue. As the sussy is going to be taken out I might decide to lower the car another half an inch or so..Hopefully i dont have any rubbing issues with my unrolled guards :P.. This will all be done on wednesday so will post up comments,pics and alignment settings after.

[Berty]

So it was your lip I ran over lol...

Well done on the PB, car has loads more in it.

[felixR]

Congrats on the pb!

[crashprash]

a bit of an update:

attended the CC track day today at wakefield. Wasnt too optimistic when driving out considering the weather was awful. But it was nice and sunny when i got there so i set my self a target of 1:15 by the end of the day. My previous PB was 1:17.3 i think. Took the first passenger session to learn the track again and miraculously on my first session i managed my new PB of 1:16.0..AS the day went on i got Berty to sit in with and drive my car as well and after that i felt i was a lot smoother with the car but for some reason the laptimes werent reflecting this...I have a feeling that when it pissed down with rain midway all the grip from the rubber laid down prior to it was lost (imo anyway :P)..anyways on all in all it was a fun day and driving on a track for the 1st time in the wet was certainly a fun experience.

On the downside: the cable to the front right edfc motor was torn (the insulation had worn out from rubbing the axle) and therefore i was unable to adjust my damper settings so god knows what settings they were on (they were probably all on different levels). Also i have no idea why this happened but my front lip came off on the main straight and i ran straight over it at 160+km/h!...thankfully there was no damage to the car and i didnt puncture a tyre or anything. I do apologise to anyone who was following me. Therefore i am currently on the lookout for a replacement front lip so car doesnt look more like a 4wd than it already does :P..will try and get some of the vids i took up soon!

[Timmy_B]

Grass = cheating

[crashprash]

Grass is bullshit

Yeah the holes under the wheel arches are still to big lol

massive gap

Haters gon hate..skaters gon skate

lol poor guy everyone giving him shit! hahahah! so much LOL

After 5 yrs..u'd think they get tired by now...

It does look nice though Clean DC5S for sure.

TY Felix..much love

[felixR]

It does look nice though Clean DC5S for sure.

[Flippit]

lol poor guy everyone giving him shit! hahahah! so much LOL

[felixR]

massive gap

[stienerv2]

Yeah the holes under the wheel arches are still to big lol

[plAythiNG]

Grass is bullshit

[crashprash]

for thoe who say my car isnt low enough :P

[crashprash]

drove 250kms in 3 days on less than 1/2 tank of fuel in the astra..wouldnt dream of doing that in the dc5.

[plAythiNG]

Yeh but ur car is no where near that.

[crashprash]

Well it's good to know you're going to keep the DC5 for a little longer

not sure if this changes anything but fingers crossed