compact Disks!

It was a nice evening last night, and i thought I needed a brake, (hahaha) but I ended up with two.

Horrible old disks off, shiney new disks and pads on!

just need to bed them in now! Did 60 miles last night - another few miles should do the trick.




















you can see the bottom of the new apex strut in the background
Ive done about 100 miles with the apex suspension, and it really sharpens the car up.

spring is in the air

saturday 12/04/08, box of bits in the garage, lovely sunny day, what will I do? I know, ill fit the shocks and springs. This was the first time i had done this, so with haynes manual in hand and armed with all sorts of sockets, spanners, a big hammer and some wd40 i set to work! 3 hours later I had the front and rear shocks and springs done.















The apex kit lowers about 30 - 40 mm all round, which i think gives a nice stance. there is also a noticeable decrease in body roll and understeer, which is good.















Strut brace was next. This was a bit fiddly as it required moveing the battery back about an inch in its tray. but i got it on handily enough after that.















Next installement - Brake disks, lines and pads.

christmas?

look what turned up yesterday morning!

(Curry) Chip!

Received an uprated chip today - ups torque by about 10 - 12% throughout the rev range. Need to find an ecu now, so I will have a trackday ecu.

Also, received an email saying my suspension and brakes are on the way!
Im gonna be busy at the weekend....

new shoes?

yes, new shoes. Handbrake was a bit iffy, and cable was adjusted pretty much as much as possible, so after checking the inspection hole, i decided new shoes were needed. I went with OEM fiat ones, so far they seem ok!

Remove wheel, remove shoes, remove seized handbrake linkage, fit new shoes, free up, greese up handbrake linkage and fit it all back together. Repeat on other side, adjust handbrake cable and wahey, it all works!!