paulf968
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My standard Coupe (not Sport or Club Sport, no MO30) was found to be a bit slow compared to other cars on a recent trackday. I promise you it was not the driver!!
Question: What would be the top 5 things you would do to such a car to make it perform better on a track day. I do not want to jump into expensive mods, getting more speed is nice but it has to be balanced with the cost. Assume that I am running on Optimax and I have already taken as much loose stuff like carpets, spare wheel etc out of the car.
I have only tried one quick and zero cost mod -- took out the air filter completely for a few laps. May seem mad but the air box is quite high up and there is plenty of grills etc in the intake area. Seemed to breath well and there was a sense that the engine was working harder.
I read somewhere that a performance filter was worth at least +10 bhp. So might customise an open mesh gauze filter to replace the standard paper jobbie on track days.
If that first mod makes sense what would you do next? mapping/chipping? suspension/anti-roll bars? brakes? LSD? I really have got no idea.
bye
paul
Question: What would be the top 5 things you would do to such a car to make it perform better on a track day. I do not want to jump into expensive mods, getting more speed is nice but it has to be balanced with the cost. Assume that I am running on Optimax and I have already taken as much loose stuff like carpets, spare wheel etc out of the car.
I have only tried one quick and zero cost mod -- took out the air filter completely for a few laps. May seem mad but the air box is quite high up and there is plenty of grills etc in the intake area. Seemed to breath well and there was a sense that the engine was working harder.
I read somewhere that a performance filter was worth at least +10 bhp. So might customise an open mesh gauze filter to replace the standard paper jobbie on track days.
If that first mod makes sense what would you do next? mapping/chipping? suspension/anti-roll bars? brakes? LSD? I really have got no idea.
bye
paul