MIKEY4410 1998 STARLET SPORTIF TURBO--rear cambered terror------

[mikey4410]

cheers lew.yeah much happier with them as they dont look as "corsa b " lol

yeah the brake dust thing shouldnt be to hard. goin to be pro braking once i get these decent tyres !! , my new mintex pads are viscous and dont half make the seatbelts go into ure chest ha.

[NewbieLewby]

Haha nice

[RobSR]

R888's aint all that, when they are hot they go off after about 2/3 hard laps..A048's is what you want ideally.

[mikey4410]

tyres are here already.

[*Pete*]

Ooo new shoes

[mikey4410]

getting them fitted tommorow in the morn along with the new wheels and my g60 steelies with the new rainsports are goin to there new home on Thursday. :-D

[Amjad]

Wow. Such grip. Much excite!

[mikey4410]

ok so new wheels fitted.

really strange seeing a different set of wheels on my car.had those g60 steelies for nearly three years

for those who are interested

15" g60 steel wheel with rainsport 3 tyre weighs 17 kgs

15" wolfrace sprint alloy wheel with nankang ns2r weighs just under 18 kgs

( those nankangs as a set of four naked tyres is 38 kgs !!!!!!!! )

Edited April 22, 2015 by mikey4410

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[Amjad]

Looking good! Would you believe the tyres have gone up in price

£52 to £64 now, trying to track down a set in Germany for the old price..

[mikey4410]

thanks amjad.

ohh have they. the people in germany that sell them via eBay said to me that its still free postage and would take 5 odd days just so u know.

[daniel_g]

Those front tyres are the wrong way round

Edited April 23, 2015 by daniel_g

[RobSR]

Yea I was thinking that..

[mikey4410]

dan mate.I will give it to you.....u have a eagle eye !!

they are in the pic.the two fronts needed swaping with each other lol. all sorted now. cant believe u spotted haha. :-D

[Amjad]

Yeah my fronts are still good for a month or two so that would be cool. Hopefully I can still get them for the cheaper price.

How does the car feel on these initally?

[Gainzy]

Those front tyres are the wrong way round

Works for Scotland yard this lad hahaha

[_shaun_]

How does the car feel on these initally?

initally the grip was superb in reverse but quite concerning going forward .

[Amjad]

Haha, well played! Ordered myself a pair now to go on the front, rear Rainsports have quite some life yet!

[mikey4410]

haha shaun. pmsl.

yeah I went out last night and they are promising for sure.

I am thinking they need some heat em to work properly though . goin to look into it now.

[mikey4410]

yeah alot of people are saying that they work fully when on track with heat in them,dont get me wrong they are good cold but with some mad driving I bet they are goin to be special.

[maddox710]

Hopefully bud, heard a couple of people say they drop of quickly, but this was on heavy cars

[5e colin]

initally the grip was superb in reverse but quite concerning going forward .

ha ha some laugh on my sore head not good !!!

this is the quote of 2015 so far :)

[mikey4410]

ok so todays last day off before the track evening so was important I did some checks.

good job I did as there was an issue.

fitted afr guage and checked afrs: all good @ circa 11.2

checked all exhaust bolts :the ONLY exhaust bolt hanger was missing and wastegate bracket had cracked

removed more bumper plastic to reveal more intercooler which meant crash bar had to be removed (temporarily)

checked fluids etc

heres a few piccys

Edited April 24, 2015 by mikey4410