Took the car over the nurburgring over the weekend to do some time on the track and also to watch the racing over the weekend.
Went up on the Thursday and sadly it was raining but still decided to go on and boy was that a terrifying time. This track is extra extra slippy in the wet and with semi slicks, the car was everywhere constantly sliding out so I was a constant fight with the wheel to keep it on the black stuff. Second lap I felt a bit more confident and went way to fast sending me over those massive curbs and across the grass missing the barrier with a couple inches to spare which was very lucky ... called an end to the day after that.
Went back on track on the monday after the racing and what an incredible day in the dry. So many brilliant cars.
The Volvo did brilliantly, the semi slicks were great as well and holding the road nicely. But the ring really brings out the weakness in the car when it comes to weight and handling of the car.
To much roll and under the harsh compressions from the different elevations, there was scraping with the tire and wheel well. Trying to keep up with some of the Porshes and BMW's I could see how flat they were taking the turns and how much controll they had in the corners .. which is where mine lacked a lot of. I would slide further wide and there is just way too much body roll and the damping is just way too soft, not sure if I need to start looking at camber options for the car.
Brilliant day though, no issues appart from an oil level light on the way back. Car boosted up to 165mph without issues no sweat but didnt seem to want to go any faster ... but I dont know if its the tires or something ... the car just didnt feel smooth at that high speed.
So the things on the list now are:
- New coilovers. Looking at either KW or BC as my Bilesteins are just not upto the job at all.
- Adjustable camber arms
- Different front discs and probably a higher spec brake fluid
- gutting the car to reduce the weight
- removing the fog lights and piping some of that air at the front to the brake calipers
Got a few photos and also a video on my instagram thing. I hope the below link works, sadly it wasnt a long video as the camera ran out of battery.
https://www.instagram.com/volvo.s40t5/reels/
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