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Originally Posted by swampy
if you took the time to read the thread and his posts he says he wont be stripping the car as its an every day drive
just wants to improve a few points that will help on track and off it.
improving the way it stops is always a good thing, cant stop fast enough with some of these idiots on the road, and being able to brake later and harder in to a corner will help shave time off a lap
granted he will also need it to handle well aswell but that can be done and still leave the car usable on the road
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"I detect a slight agitation captain!"
"cancel that order of bucket seats!"
Ok
Seats can be replaced with lightweight bucket seats. Some are only 3kg each! if you dont want people in the back then you can remove sliding subframes and save a large amount of weight and lower your centre of gravity without loosing comfort.
Moving swiftly on the other two points still apply.
Your suspension will greatly affect weight transfer and better tyres, the co-efficient of friction between the tyre material and the road. These will do more to stop you in a shorter distance than keeping these standard and running bigger disks and calipers.
Once you have the above done then you can apply more braking force before loosing traction, so your standard brakes are more effective. There will be a point where you will generate too much heat and/or can't generate enough braking force to lock the wheels so an upgrade is necessary.
Personally I would keep the disk size to a minimum to save unsprung weight, but would look at 4 pot calipers as these run bigger pads. The larger surface area means they cope better with heat (and alloy calipers weigh bugger all).
After saying all of that though the greatest difference out on track will be you. Your driving style will determine how much heat is generated and how its dissipated. Personally I would take the car out standard at first. You need to learn to be smooth when cornering, making sure you dont overcook your entry speed as this kills tyres, and when braking to make sure you apply the brakes hard (without locking) never softly as the shorter the time you are on the brakes the longer they have to cool ready for the next corner. Understand your car and the track and you will be fast in a 1.1
When I'm racing the better drivers are 6 seconds a lap faster in the same Kart.
Oh. There is a mod you must do.
Get a CG-lock as standard seatbelts are shit on track.
Kev