Lemon's X47 track ST

[lemonjs]

I was at Brands Hatch yesterday for an evening track day. There were some serious cars there, including a GT3 RS, R33, R34 and R35 GTRs, FD RX7, as well as the usual M3s. As capable as the Fiesta is, it's always mind blowing when you're driving alongside some of the bigger cars, they're just in a different league!

None of these cars drew a crowd in the car park though, that honour went to the K20 swapped 106 GTi:





I don't know if these ever made their way to the US, but this was my dream when I was 17!

Quick shot of the Fiesta in the garage just before we left:



One thing that really disappointed me was the cooling performance. I was really hoping to keep temps close to 90c (194f) but they were higher than before the radiator swap. I'm going to wait until a friend is free to use their pressure bleeder as I'm pretty sure I didn't bleed it correctly, but in the meantime I spent some time closing all the gaps up in the radiator pack.

The gap before:



After:





I hope I never have to take the crash bar off again!

 

[lemonjs]

Few photos from the track day:

 

[M-Sport fan]

We never got any of the hot hatch Peugeots here in the states.

But, one crazy competitor did bring in a 205 T16 fully prepped for gravel rally, first evolution Group B car, way way back near the end of that class's era, to pilot it in the open class of our SCCA Pro Rally series.

 

[Intuit]

Curious about the weight differences between four and two door versions...

 

[lemonjs]

Curious about the weight differences between four and two door versions...

I don't have any data on this, except that the doors on the two door cars are so freaking heavy. You have to remove a door to get a half cage in, and reinstalling it solo almost killed me

 

[Intuit]

What's on your door jamb sticker?

 

[lemonjs]

What's on your door jamb sticker?

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The euro door sticker only includes the max carry capacity, and max capacity per axle, it doesn't include the actual vehicle weight sadly