MAZDA 626 MAYHEM 2008 @ Nürburgring - Page 6

racebaby · 7-22-08, 17:23

Raebaby is all ready

Car is prepped and i am sort of ready to go all year.

This weekend 26-27 i am going to the ring again, anyone from here there too?

ED

libra0 · 7-24-08, 0:50

can't...

**fredio54** · 7-25-08, 7:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by libra0

can't...

+1 :-(

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racebaby · 8-24-08, 18:49

Going again this coming weekend, 30 august will be there maybe some of you lot too?

ED

**franckdu61** · 8-26-08, 18:14

i can't this time; the car still has a problem

. i think next time will be our May meet.

**fredio54** · 8-28-08, 14:29

again :-( however I got a job, so I'll be back on Dutch's couch and back to the ring with my lovely woman again sometime in the next year :-)

racebaby · 9-4-08, 6:23

Back home from a super busy weekend at the ring, saterday arrived at 15:00 pm first lap was awful. THe strrering wasn't ginving good feedback and the brakes were vibrating.

The steering issues were related to the steering ball joints these where new but imatations. Was able to fix the problem on the spot, making a note to order new ones after the weekend.

Then the steering was improved quite a lot but the brakes were stil vibrating a bit, when i removed the front wheels i could't find a obvius problem so i refitted the wheels using 135nm of torks instead of 125 nm as usual.
This improved the vibration isseus enouch to ride with confidence.

So we did a few installation laps saturday with a lot of tinkering.

On Sunday it was increadeble busy so there were many incedents closing the track many times, we waited about until 16:00 pm when its getting a lot better because of all the guys who have to go home. We got driving till near closing time 18:30 pm , then we parked after a single lap andthe car and started to spill coolant. We let the car cool down and drove it to the hotel
5 km, again it was leaking coolant. The next day we were traveling home about 400 km, in the morning we were looking why the coolant was spilling.
At first we thought the headgasket was blown but this was not true.

It turned out to be the radiator cap was at fault, we scored a new one at the local dealership and problem solved. We had a uneventfull home journy.

ED

racebaby · 9-4-08, 6:33

some pics

308_5107

308_5471

In the last Pic my mate Mike takes a ringer newbie for his first laps.

Didn find any good pics of myself of course.

ED

**fredio54** · 9-6-08, 8:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by racebaby

In the last Pic my mate Mike takes a ringer newbie for his first laps.

Why do you call him Mike instead of Mikis ? I never understood changing names for languages. A name should be fixed IMO. Same for countries, why Holland and Netherlands, Deutscheland and Germany etc. Either way :

^ that man giggles round blind corners at 200kph+ quick, lock him up!

Quote:

Didn find any good pics of myself of course.

Rev it a bit harder and brake a bit later and they will be more likely to hear you coming ;-)

PS : MS paint SUCKS, look what it did to the image...

**Dutch** · 9-7-08, 12:45

i found some more pics from the weekend 18-05-08

**fredio54** · 9-9-08, 18:14

What happened to the bonnet in that middle picture?

8-26-08, 18:14	#80 (permalink)
franckdu61 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alencon, Normandy, France Age: 31 iTrader: (0)	i can't this time; the car still has a problem. i think next time will be our May meet.
	now i'm turboed.

8-28-08, 14:29	#81 (permalink)
fredio54 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand iTrader: (1)	again :-( however I got a job, so I'll be back on Dutch's couch and back to the ring with my lovely woman again sometime in the next year :-)
	DIYEFI.org - TRUE DIY engine management Mazda FE3/FE-DOHC Master Index Thread (work in progress) Mazda truck with FE-DOHC/FE3 "BIG like your house" Holset Turbo drinking 2.2 litres of fuel per minute ~= 385hp crank RIP SleepCounter :-( we will miss you! - RIP fredio54 :-( will we miss you?

9-9-08, 18:14	#86 (permalink)
fredio54 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand iTrader: (1)	What happened to the bonnet in that middle picture?
	DIYEFI.org - TRUE DIY engine management Mazda FE3/FE-DOHC Master Index Thread (work in progress) Mazda truck with FE-DOHC/FE3 "BIG like your house" Holset Turbo drinking 2.2 litres of fuel per minute ~= 385hp crank RIP SleepCounter :-( we will miss you! - RIP fredio54 :-( will we miss you?

7-22-08, 17:23	#76 (permalink)
racebaby New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Age: 41 iTrader: (0)	Raebaby is all ready Car is prepped and i am sort of ready to go all year. This weekend 26-27 i am going to the ring again, anyone from here there too? ED

7-24-08, 0:50	#77 (permalink)
libra0 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Age: 23 iTrader: (0)	can't...

8-24-08, 18:49	#79 (permalink)
racebaby New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Age: 41 iTrader: (0)	Going again this coming weekend, 30 august will be there maybe some of you lot too? ED

9-4-08, 6:23	#82 (permalink)
racebaby New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Age: 41 iTrader: (0)	Back home from a super busy weekend at the ring, saterday arrived at 15:00 pm first lap was awful. THe strrering wasn't ginving good feedback and the brakes were vibrating. The steering issues were related to the steering ball joints these where new but imatations. Was able to fix the problem on the spot, making a note to order new ones after the weekend. Then the steering was improved quite a lot but the brakes were stil vibrating a bit, when i removed the front wheels i could't find a obvius problem so i refitted the wheels using 135nm of torks instead of 125 nm as usual. This improved the vibration isseus enouch to ride with confidence. So we did a few installation laps saturday with a lot of tinkering. On Sunday it was increadeble busy so there were many incedents closing the track many times, we waited about until 16:00 pm when its getting a lot better because of all the guys who have to go home. We got driving till near closing time 18:30 pm , then we parked after a single lap andthe car and started to spill coolant. We let the car cool down and drove it to the hotel 5 km, again it was leaking coolant. The next day we were traveling home about 400 km, in the morning we were looking why the coolant was spilling. At first we thought the headgasket was blown but this was not true. It turned out to be the radiator cap was at fault, we scored a new one at the local dealership and problem solved. We had a uneventfull home journy. ED

9-4-08, 6:33	#83 (permalink)
racebaby New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Age: 41 iTrader: (0)	some pics 308_5107 308_5471 In the last Pic my mate Mike takes a ringer newbie for his first laps. Didn find any good pics of myself of course. ED