Pics from Bedford trackday 14 April 07

[Ben]

It's pics like these that make me want to spend more money on making the car a track beast.

That opens up a big can of worms then Ben .... far better off getting some driving lessons ]

Lol .. I see what you mean ... wha I meant was - it's looking at people having fun on the track ... etc etc blah blah.

Anyway, I don't need lessons, i've bought sparco boots!!! ...

[Andy916]

Just seeing the amount of roll on my car (and feeling it as well obviously) has me thinking of AST sportline and anti roll bars..........it's an illness

Hi Tommy,

Just seen these pics you posted ages ago. The STi fair rolls eh?!

I've not modified the her further, yet, except to fit my 17" PFF replicas, but I do have a 22mm adj rear bar in the workshop waiting to go on.

Definitely going to get a set of coilovers this winter though. The standard suspension is just too soft for track work and tired after 120k miles!!

Midrange/top-end balance is interesting too. My old WRX (260ps model) had much less midrange and the top-end felt quite exciting as a result. The STi's strong midrange makes the top-end feel undramatic (or maybe I'm just so used to scoobs now!), so it's going to get the Andy ESL treatment as soon as he's worked out the mappable ecu for the '98 model.

cheers
Andy

[Tommy]

Hi Andy
It certainly does roll - not unlike a boat

The car will be fantastic if you get it mapped although, remembering the turbo is also 120K miles old, maybe that is partly to do with the 'reduced' zing at the top end?