Mr Pitts has a very valid point about utilising the power you have and deploying it properly.

I would spend good money on your LSD and research which respond best to the torque figures and characteristics you have. You don't see a McLaren P1 complaining of grip issues and the architecture is similar - it's still a high powered, rear wheel drive car.

In my opinion, spring rate, stiffness within the body & a properly specified differential with the right management is going to be the path to success.

 

You don't see the P1 with an LSD either

 

Talking about rain, last week coming back from Japfest the roads were wet and somebody in a735 decided he needed to have a go at me.Not being one to turn down a punch up I obliged........but with my 5th gear the same as stock gearing and 6th being like an over drive it was getting very squirrelly and trying to spin up in 5th,It was still a little hairy coming on boost in top.I don't really know what speed I was doing( the Racetec dash spits its dummy at 90.) but it doesn't come onto full boost unti the low 5k.3.5 k is around 85 lectons.Yours is going to have that issue at any speed,any gear,any revs.So driving quick in the wet is a nono,for me anyway.

Oh!and I trounced the 735 with very little effort

 

Point well made. You don't see Carl Bourbon with a formula 1 team developing hardware and software for his car either

 

If I had an F1 team to hand I'd pass this onto them ..

Sick of it.

She's managed to blow the gearbox, found a slipped to hell clutch and leaking crank seal.

Takes away my time to do my car, moans at me for not being all sunshine and smiles when I have to fix it, never has enough money to cover parts let alone the labour for the garage she's forever suggesting sending it to, so guess whose pocket it comes out of.

 

It's a perfect use of my days off too.

 

Those golfs, in good nick are stunning.

 

Aha tricked you, it's a caddy, the pick up version of the golf!
It got loads of attention at fast show and is lovely, always turning heads, but this one when being "restored" wasn't put together very well ...
I'm getting there .. Just difficult maintaining 3 cars haha

 

Needs some rose jointed wishbones.

 

There's a bloke down the road from me who had a standard mk1 golf gti(very nice condition)
I now see him bezzing around in a caddy,and I'm guessing it's got a 20v turbo engine as you can hear the dump valve all the time,proper sleeper.
Always liked the mk2's in oak green.