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winter beater Golf R
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Full weekend spent codriving the Golf at New York Safety Track. Killed off a set of tires, went through copious amounts of fuel, and the car did great. All temperatures stayed in check and there was no excessive knock reported by the AccessPort.
Local wildlife fun
Some presumably small furry mammal chewed through my oil level sensor wires, leading to some spooky warnings in the dash. A friend helped solder it back together, and I protected the new wires with some plastic lining and gorilla tape. I had a brief worrying moment after the repair when my car threw an EPC light and put itself in limp mode, but that ended up just being the result of a blown fuse that happened while messing with the wires.
Some presumably small furry mammal chewed through my oil level sensor wires, leading to some spooky warnings in the dash. A friend helped solder it back together, and I protected the new wires with some plastic lining and gorilla tape. I had a brief worrying moment after the repair when my car threw an EPC light and put itself in limp mode, but that ended up just being the result of a blown fuse that happened while messing with the wires.
Threw on Kumho v730 to replace the corded Falkens. First impressions are really good. I've taken the car to two autocross, one in the wet, one dry. In rain, the tires were unsurprisingly not great. The car would wander whenever you hit full boost. In dry/drying conditions the tires were great, giving tons of rotation on corner entry, making the car quite exciting to drive. Several told me that my car's handling looked excellent, and I picked up an FTD at one of the days. I've been lazy and have been street driving them for the last week and NVH is actually quite good. Durability is still TBD.
Yep, stock springs with B6 (I try to keep the first post of this thread up to date).
It's very comfy, and my local roads are terrible. If you're serious about track or autocross, this probably isn't the best choice for you - you want significantly more roll stiffness to get better performance and tire wear. I am sticking with this setup for now because I have a more dedicated track car, and as my golf sits, it's nearly perfect for TTN's S3 class and has plenty of ground clearance for snow driving.
It's very comfy, and my local roads are terrible. If you're serious about track or autocross, this probably isn't the best choice for you - you want significantly more roll stiffness to get better performance and tire wear. I am sticking with this setup for now because I have a more dedicated track car, and as my golf sits, it's nearly perfect for TTN's S3 class and has plenty of ground clearance for snow driving.
No, all of my wheels are 17s and 18s.
The car absolutely does not corner flat. The for-aft weight transfer gives it quite good rotation on corner entry, but clearly hampers mid corner and corner exit grip. I have a 24mm rear sway bar, and stock front bar.
If you're looking for "flat" cornering you need way stiffer springs. I'm too lazy to do the math, but something on the order of 600 lb/in would probably get you there.
body roll pic
The car absolutely does not corner flat. The for-aft weight transfer gives it quite good rotation on corner entry, but clearly hampers mid corner and corner exit grip. I have a 24mm rear sway bar, and stock front bar.
If you're looking for "flat" cornering you need way stiffer springs. I'm too lazy to do the math, but something on the order of 600 lb/in would probably get you there.
body roll pic
Well, I followed your lead and put the stock springs back on the car with B6's. Overall, it rides a LOT better. Huge improvement. It sits really high though - 1/2 above stock. Maybe it will settle a little.
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