[skyship007]

Originally Posted by stuartrf

Hey guys
I'm after some advice
I'm going to take my car 1.8 gdi to the nurburgring later in the year now I know the car will never set any lap record's but I can try and make it handle as well as possible
I have lowerd the car 20mm from sport (changing drop links at the same time) I have also bought 17x7 wheels with yokohama pradas on order I've also got a strut top bar ( rear bar is not an option as I sleep in the back of the car when I go camping)

I would like to try and eliminate more body roll and uprated roll bars are out of the question due to price so I'm looking at polybush but can't find any, what do you guys use?
What are your guys views on camber/decambering what should I set the front and rear at?
What is the ideal tracking setting?
Any other mods people can think that will help me have as much fun as possible

many thanks
stuart

I hope you will have the track to yourself, otherwise there is a real danger of a serious rear end collision. Even a fully tuned T4 with 500 hp will be slow around the corners in comparison with a tuned classic Porsche.

Make 100% sure your insurance company has listed all the Mod's in detail and confirmed that track events are covered. The Germans always check the paperwork!

Not sure what you know about tyres, but top of the range Conti or Dunlop summer tyres are tough to beat in the wet. Far Eastern slicks might be OK in the dry.
If the air temp is below 7C, some German tracks will insist you use winter tyres for mixed events.

For best ABS function, the rear calipers must be in perfect working order in addition to the pads etc. If not, the system fails to apply enough force to the front calipers.

Tuning adjustable shocks to match a particular race course is very effective, so if you want to do that, it is essential to look up the exact curve figures and make sure it's a uni directional track etc.