what have you done to your car today ?
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Did you eat a chemist for breakfast or something?Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta.......Wheres that fit then
Rear ARB fitted!
Softest setting for now until i get a feel for the new handling limits. Immediate vibe is feeling MUCH more planted on heavy cornering and in general, i have a sweeping corner near me i use to test each upgrade/change to the handling, so far my limit has been 65mph around it before feeling like the car is unstable. Just breeezed round it at 65 no problem, noice says i.
and gears feel much better so even though i broke the cable connector it was all worth it lol.
Good friday vibes
Softest setting for now until i get a feel for the new handling limits. Immediate vibe is feeling MUCH more planted on heavy cornering and in general, i have a sweeping corner near me i use to test each upgrade/change to the handling, so far my limit has been 65mph around it before feeling like the car is unstable. Just breeezed round it at 65 no problem, noice says i.
and gears feel much better so even though i broke the cable connector it was all worth it lol.
Good friday vibes
Oh they're past their shelf life really, but new wheels soon so im holding off haha
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Dash turned up today... its got loads of wires ..... to many wires lol
Not trying hard enough ?
Modern ABS is awesome, hard to beat by all but the best.
The ABS on the Mk1 Leons cycles pretty slowly so with a decent feeling manual system you can outperform it. Also the RHD setup makes servicing it an utter pain.
Switching to a bias box is simple enough to do but sizing the master cylinders can be an adventure.
Think you need to keep the abs fitted if you want it to pass its mot next time.
It sounds like a beautiful mod - taking out one component and making the system simpler - but I think you'd be right there - as far as I know, they look for the ABS lights when you turn the ignition and I doubt they'd believe that a car like this doesn't have ABS as standard.
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I will be running a stand a lone ecu. So will all link in to that and yo the switch panel too.
"It’s not permissible to remove or disable the ABS from a vehicle first used on or after 1 January 2010. Not all vehicles first used on or after 1 January 2010 will have ABS, so the failure only applies where the system has obviously been removed."
Taken from Gov.uk mot site
Of course, you can't just pull the fuse, if it's fitted it has to work.
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Ah sorry, I meant RTs ECU Interface (curious to know before I consider specing it)
Would be nice just to simplify things - traction control, for example, is a pain. The other day I pulled out from a junction and the wheels slipped a bit because I was on a weird angle - the road angled diagonally to the right, slightly downhill, and I was turning left up a hill. I was expecting a little slip but the car cut power to the wheels. I'd already dipped the clutch to account for it and when I went to get on the gas, I still didn't have power because the traction control light was still flashing. If there'd been more traffic I could have been in real trouble.
ABS I've had go off randomly on some really strange road surfaces, so I don't trust that much either...
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The ESP was doing my head in when I took mine out for a blast in the wet the other day so ended up switching it off.
Only thing is in the back of my mind I kept thinking it needs to be on incase I have to slam on the anchors.
I just wish it wasn't so obtrusive FFS!
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Only thing is in the back of my mind I kept thinking it needs to be on incase I have to slam on the anchors.
I just wish it wasn't so obtrusive FFS!
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