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Marlin 5exi builds Calling all you sexi builders....sorry 5exi builders, show us your progress.

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Old 20th September 2009, 23:02
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Smile Oulton Park Trackday pics

Hi All,

I've finally managed to get some pics of my trackday last month....lots of fun







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Old 21st September 2009, 05:47
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Car looks great. Lots of fun.

What weight springs do you run at the front and what tyre pressures?

When I took mine on the airfield day, I found the front clam rubbed on hard cornering. Running 225lb at the front but did not increase tyre pressure as I think I should have done.
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Old 21st September 2009, 07:25
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Hi John,

Front pressures 15psi cold, Rears 17psi cold.

225lb front srpings.

I got a bit of dive under hard braking and cornering but no rubbing.....probably because my rims are only 5.5j width with 185/55 tyres.....everything is 'tucked in' a bit more.

I reckon I could probably do with 275lb fronts really if I did lots of track.

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Thumbs up Great pics - :-)

Looks like you had great fun with your car and btw it looks fab. Any chance of a copy sent to terry@marlincars.co.uk as I am keen to start putting owners pics up on web site (see thread)
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looks happy enjoying your car ....
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Rich

Your car looks great, don't know how this will affect the sale if you are still trying to sell it?

As my car is track orientated I used 350Lb springs on the front and 300Lb springs on the rear. I also run tyre pressures of 16psi HOT so in the first few stints keep dropping the pressures down until 16 HOT is consistently achieved. My tyres are 195/50 x 15 888's all round and this set up works very well on track.
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Old 20th October 2009, 20:03
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For Mrs Bigrich's sake...she's still for sale in the back of Complete Kit Car...£9500 of anyones money will do.

...so probably wont sell at this price......but not the end of the world
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