pre season maintainance /upgrades

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having failed spectaculary to get on track more than once last year
my new years resolution is to “do some more” in 2012,hopefully including a couple of exiges / mloc days.

my 06 na car has done 20k road miles and 4 track days and i am plannig to have it looked over by a local motorsport garage in next couple of weeks to check all is in good order for year. i fitted some 36mm 2 way ohlins in autumn so expect i might be a bit quicker through the bends and therfore putting a bit more stress on car going forward…after my additional driver training :slight_smile:

its seems that toe-links might be worthwhile upgrading, but the �600 on a couple of sites for nitrons scared me, is there a similar / less top end option that will fulfil my needs,
also considering new engine mounts after reading positive comments from many on here, again are the inserts a decent enough upgrade to notice and improvement rather than going the whole hog?

i want things to a good standard, not a cheap standard but am concious that sometimes we just buy the most expensive and it may be over doing things?

as ever any thoughts / ideas / experiences welcome

richbk

p.s my feckin heater as packed up again, thats 3 in 2 lotus’s!!

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The inserts are fine and give less vibration than going the whole hog. Plus they are pretty quick and easy job to fix.

I didn’t think there was a problem with S2 toe links? I deffo know there isnt on the later cars.

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Toe links on the SC cars are ok, the N/A ones I think need extra braces to make them double shear?

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also the early inner joints on the toe links on SC cars are made of cheese, but the later replacements are ok

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Brake fluid, engine mounts, toe links, suspension bushes, geo.

Not sure what disks/pads you’re running but at the very least you should upgrade to Pagid pads.

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Think ill have to invest in some of them insert bushes seem like a cheep good mod :slight_smile:

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For an occasional track driver I see no need to immediately change stuff …
Maybe as suggested previously a brake fluid change …

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Plennty available here http://www.seriouslylotus.com/index.php/powerflex-engine-mount-inserts-s2-toyota.html

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thx for replies folks

so concencus is inserts - yes

i had brake fluid changed after last track day as precaution as i was was getting some judder, and therefore fade, im runnig sbs pads which had felt better, more progressive and strong than the OEM ones i ran my 1st couple of trackdays on.
maybe time for new disks? they are worn and show some slight ridging??

however no one has commented on the toe links, is �600 the going rate then?

cheers

richbk

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Hi Rich, good to see you are intending to do some more track days in 2012 - me to, only did 3 in 2011. Spa in March?
Harvey.

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Can’t fault the Nitron toe links since I fitted them.