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There's an old saying from MR2 owners. "Brake in a straight line or die" It holds true. Also, if you are running factory brake master/calipers, I'd recommend putting a Bias valve/limiter valve on the front brake circuit to stop the front brakes locking too early. That mod took about 2/3 seconds off my khana times on a 70 second course, one of the best mods I ever did.

Maybe Al was rite about the tyres hey young man........hahaha

The front pads on that mad Civic were on fire as they crossed the line. Class!

Al is just plain old correct here, as usual. Tyre walls are designed to be able to flex to maintain the contact patch under high friction conditions, but they don't do this properly when they don't fit the rim!

Don't worry fella I hit a few cones too

We need an Al reacts video

Great work Woody! I thought at the start 'big balls on the bloke, decent car control, but its real ugly'. By the end you were proper clean, neat and tidy. Incredible progress in one session, most people just seem to go out thinking they're a hero and refuse to learn, you completely turned your style upside down! Great driving, really sweet car, thanks for sharing it with us!

Glad you’re having fun in the a-dub! I’ve autocrossed an aw11 for years. Plenty of spins! That isn’t the snap oversteer that’s referred to, just oversteer from weight transfer and lack of grip. Snap oversteer happens when you lift/brake midway through a fast turn. It happens a lot quicker than that.

guys, relax. he’s just having fun. why is everyone taking it so seriously

Grass roots motorsport .. fantatstic .. well done

I remember my first day on the track, and ever subsequent start where my nerves were so crazy, my stomach had butterflies and before you know it, your flying around focused on nothing but the car and the corner. So good to see the snap oversteer play out in the very first run. Didnt know you could go to any track with a short sleeve and a go pro on your helmet, normally a big no no for most track days. Anyone else notice the front left brakes on that Civic sparking up?... All in all, super awesome stuff. Would like to catch you on track sometime.

Did a 15 hour scooter race on that go cart track, it was one of the most fun events I've competed in, Yep, get some better tyres for the track and keep the silly looking ones for the street.

Armchair experts ASSEMBLLEEEE !!!!!

Awesome video, you can really see it all come together for you on the lap at 15:20, smooth, controlled, consistent, talking youself through the course. Top stuff!

Woody you are so harsh and heavy on your steering haha lighten up. Be smooth haha. Wish I was doing this kind of thing!!

Nice car Woody. Loved being able to come along for the journey and super stoked for ya! Was also pretty cool to hear Al switching roles with ya!

Hey Woody, Next on the To Do list: *LSD. *15 or 16 inch wheels that fit inside the fenders (never choose form over function). When your tires hit the fenders, you create an infinitely high spring rate causing an unbalance in ride and loss of grip. *Sticky tire compound. *Suspension bushings, sway bars, adjustable coilovers. *Ease up on steering inputs. *Hit all the apexes. *Reduce wheel spin at the start. Burn outs mean loss of forward momentum. *Look at the wheel/tire/suspension setup on that Turbo Civic and learn. *Last but not least, listen to Al! Lol.

I love how every other car has the transponder on the front.

Looked like a fun little track. Good to see you enjoying all of your hard work.

Awesome video mate. I've been watching 'MCM' for years and you guys at the Skid Factory are next level. Fantastic build series, loved seeing you race and the final product. Excited for next build.

Listen to Al, Tyres don’t fit 😂😂

Car Sounds great! Looks like a lot of fun, great build, and loved watching this come to life! Keep em coming Woody and Al

hello skid factory, first of all i enjoy very much your show and also the amazing mechanics you both are, even if al is more experienced tihs message is more from you woddy to improve your driving and performance while driving 1st- you fix your seating position always before any race, you dont change it on the racing line and you enter the race confident on how you are sitted and how the wheel is turning 2nd- one of your problems on counter steering it is velocity, thats has to do on the way you take the steering wheel, when you are already confident on the lenght of your legs, when you start moving the wheel to feel confortable on a 90 degre and 270 degre position hand or a 90 angle to each side, just where the middle parts are, and figure a parte where your hands feel grip to the steering wheel, then you try to steer to one side and then to the other without releasing the steeering input, remember to leave a little "V" shape in your elbow in a straigh line and then when you turn complete the wheel whitout releasing, stretching your complete arm 3rd. you need more steering input ( not letting it so much go except is a big oversteer, correcting point 2 will help alot) and speed on the counter steering, try to search for the point you are inducing the start of oversteer and maintain it using counter steering techniques, not correcting an oversteeiring ( you loose time, and alot) - also throttle input, you are on a ON - OFF switch, leeting too much time on the OFF part and too much on the FULL ON part, need to play with it more in the middle so you can control more oversteering and counter oversteering instead of being a passenger ( on MR cars the amount of thottle is very important on mid corners) 4th- your car suffer from 3 things for what i could gather watching you, and watching the racing line of the civic, understeering - oversteering and snapoverstering understering - oversteering : - there is a combination of many mechanical things, your ride heigh was too low, you need at least an inch, thats why it rubb somuch much especially in ths type of circuit, not because of the sharp edge you left, basicly you need more wheel travel for more steering input and throttle input -also i didnt see not hear your tyre pressure, thats the most important thing in the track where you loose or win time, dont remember the type of tire but for the wheel you have ( 15 i think or 14) you need a max of 30 hot on each side, and thats very inflaited, you typically run around 26 -28 psi hot, if you put everything at 30 psi cold and run out, you will end up on about 32 to 33 psi front and 33 to 35 psi back, you need to balance that out on the time the tyre is already hot, so it is the first thing you do or have someone to do when you enter the pit lane ( write them down per lap and compare) -dampening is one of my concerns, dont know if your suspension has damping adjusment ( stiff or soft on street slang)) if thats the case remember you have some more way in the back, less say 5 click on the front and 6 in the back, same with spring rate this is one of the biggest issue on the MR plataform that many times induce very hard snap oversteering and many people doesnt why doesnt his car doesnt turn like the others - snap oversteering, comes with the experience on the MR layout and fixing all already explain on the back-later on you will only induce it when you reach the maximum contact patch capacity in your wheel, and you need more experience to do that with your amazing current setup ( for starters on the track it is the best NA combo instead of any honda inside) it was very good and motivating to see the complete build from the beginning and being enjoyed at the track, amazing build, hope at the end that you decide go more serious on the racing with this platform more than just daily, it is a pretty good one and hope some day too see al in a track :O ps: you did in the circuit around 15 laps and of seat time? if thats the case, thats a very good improvement and should persue it

Well done at your first event in the car! AutoX type events are hard to do since there is no real instruction on course, so your improvement was great. Keep having fun. Can’t get enough of that 20v intake noise!!!

Man it feels cool being a Tasmanian recently moved to Brisbane and seeing you blokes I've been watching for years racing on a track I've now raced on too!

Love it. The passion level is rising, full send is coming

Well done Woody, good onya for getting out there and giving it a go, then learning from the experience and ending the day way quicker than when you started. thanks for sharing :)

Awesome work Woody! Getting out there and getting amongst it. Well done.

Going it hell and having fun, nothing more satisfying than beating on something you built and you make it back home with it still running. Good job with the cars first stress test, hope to see more of it. Advantage of a front wheel drive on a course like that.....when the rear kicks out roll into the throttle and the fwd pulls it back straight.

fun ride, fun to watch! That Honda was pretty fun, too. Cool event. cheers!

Love it. The more track footage of your builds the better.

Love you actually enjoy the car you worked on for a change.

Good stuff. I was there that day, but was in the Jetta as the track car was being worked on. That's the good thing about these days, you can run your daily. SCMSC run a great day, chilled vibe and safe. Not as serious as the lotus club, i had to remove the baby seat to be allowed to run.

Impressive progression. Much smoother at the end.

Hey Woody , it's great to see you tracking the car . A couple of pointers from a Lakeside driver . Not a good idea to apply the hand brake after a run on the track , the hot pads tend to "bake" on to the rotors , when they should be cooling off , as far away as possible from the hot rotors. Once you sort the dragging tyres , bring it out for an Open sprint on the main circuit at Lakeside , you'll love it ! You'll only need 3,4 & 5th gears on the main track. ( hitting about 180kmph through the Kink is a real "pucker" experience) Need to ensure you have some track day brake pads and 600 degree racing brake fluid on board , together with correctly inflated , semi slick tyres , you'll be amazed at the G forces generated. ( start your semi slicks at about 24PSI , they should get up to about 30 - 32 PSI once they're warmed up ) . Great video !!

Good work woody. I have really enjoyed watching you build the mr2. Al's voice overs were great and watching you get it out on the track was brilliant! I'm pleased for you. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing you put a turbo on it.😉

there's a racing blue Clio Sport there too!!!!!! epicccc 😊👍

When you gonna vs Marty in his SW20 mate 😊

Great video, good to see this whole build from start to the track. Plenty of motivation for my current 4A build! It would be worth getting another set of wheels with some semi slicks, save the equips for daily use.

How good is grass roots motorsport? More smiles per hour than the big leagues! Good to see the poor man's Ferrari being used properly.

Car sounds phenomenal! Looks like it handles pretty well too all things considered. The 2nd gen is much more known for snap over steer than the 1st I'm told.

Good stuff. Happy to have a video where one of the projects actually gets used and we see it in action!

Sometimes too wide a tyre can be a disadvantage. It's all about the weight on the tyre's contact patch. The smaller the contact patch the more weight on it, which heats the tyre quicker. Also, the roll oversteer you're experiencing could be lessened by a stiffer front sway bar. The outside front wheel tucks,which allows the rear end to swing around. A friend transformed the handling of his wife's VW Beetle from an oversteering pig to a great handler by putting a second sway bar on it. A strange comparison, I know, but they're both tail heavy cars, It also kept the inside rear tyre on the ground, reducing wheel spin & making it act like it had a slippery diff. The car was run in the state hillclimb championships here in NSW, quite successfully, too. It ran in 2E club car, whats now improved production, 1601-2000 cc's. It was run on a 195/60x14 tyre, which would be the equivalent of a 205/50x15. Keep at it, you were 3 seconds slower than the fastest time on your first go. Sounds a lot, but just count 3 seconds to your self, & it isn't that much slower. Motor sport is such bullshit that way, people make such a big thing out of such a little difference. I got my MR2 shirt yesterday, maybe you should do a second version with you wearing a helmet & an orange cone stuck under the front.

This is my absolute favorite build from you guys. I'm a big fan of the 20V 4AG!

Sounds great Woody, that was cool to see the difference between the two cars.

Love that little track out the back. Have run it a few times with the westfield club of qld when i got the car with bad tyres and no sway bars and shit seats. Had body roll in a lotus 7 replica WTF... then went back with swaybars, great seats and new tyres and it was bloody awesome Great fun. ( the big track is a bigger rush though)

It's been a while since I've been thrashing it with my bud driving and I'm just siting in the passenger seat like " oh it's cool that we're close to death in this car together, I've got to play it cool even tho this is intense!" keep on rocking in the free world!

Car looks absolutely amazing with the equip 01's and stretched balloon tires, proper period correct look woody, all she needs now in my opinion would be a 330m leather nardi and a proper trd, kaaz or cusco diff. turned out epic, such a clean build and amazing work done woody - look forward to seeing you trashing it on some more track days

Great video, awesome to see the build to use of the car. Small piece of advice, not sure how the handbrake is set up on the car, but if it activates you're normal rear brake pads, don't use the handbrake when you come of the track. Let the brakes cool first or you can end up with heat damage to the disc and pads. I know that its at the high end of the sport, but watch the V8 super cars when they came in from practice, they go strait up on the jack and the team will hand rotate the wheels to stop disc/pad damage.

Great video Woody, big courage to share. I think a harness would make a big difference to how you feel the car. Awesome effort.

Such a awesome episode!! Haha That track is so much fun for slower speed shenanigans. SCMSC is a great club to be a member of. Jonno is a awesome dude. The aw looked and sounded great Woody. Good to see you learn it's characteristics and apply what you learnt throughout the day. Looks like I better hurry up and make a mold of the front lip I have here.... 😂

People will blame the setup, but truth is these cars ride a fine line of control. It's all about maintaining that contact patch. You're obviously skillful in driving and can handle the chassis well, but gentle driving is key on tight courses, and especially in this chassis. Keep it up, loving the content man. Sincerely, another MR2 owner.

that was awesome, can see you get better every lap👍, i need to get my mr2 on the track its so much fun

Your arms are going everywhere mate, I get it though :D Smooth it out, and you'll be quicker.

33:13 It was all the apexes asking why you're avoiding them?

Woody get a TRD 2-way in there! Great stuff mate, keep it up 😎

That entry at the top on ya 2nd last run, So good. Whole run was Rad but needed to counter steer a little earlier on the last corner.

The sound of the bikes on the big track in the background gets my blood going 🤩

Looks like the best way to drive it is to always brake in a straight line and get into the corners on the throttle. The snap oversteer seems to happen mostly when you're not pressing any of the pedals.

Great stuff woody, that’s what it’s all about, having fun with your car in the end

Hate to say it mate, but the ride along in the Honda shows you what proper wheels and tyers will do.

Mate not only were you fast in a car that you are still getting used to, but the car looks awesome too! Killing it dude!

Hahahaha Woody was having an absolute blast. Pure genuine happiness even if everything didn’t go perfectly

I bet that Clio was awesome around that little circuit! Awesome vid as usual fella’s 👍🏻😎

Top job with the editing of the audio over the far and outside shots Woody, well done! Chur From NZ Got the 420th Like

Going well Woody young man, car sounds great, don’t forget that if a tyre is rubbing it will effectively be braking on that side, that is the side the majority of the weight is on at that time and can surely only add to the oversteer characteristic off throttle. Love to see it getting used as it should be 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Cool little car, turned out mega & you appear to be enjoying it which is the main objective.

Sounds sooo good woody ..well done man..

Great video! Don’t set your handbrake after a hot lap, brakes could seize. I always forget because it’s the last thing on your mind after a fun lap.

if nothing else Woody, you had a great time, and the car sounds awesome with the ITB's !! :)

Love these guys, love this show, hate those wheels and tires 🤣 great content guys keep them coming

Good on you Woody. This is a great way to become a much better driver and not a statistic. I thought I was a good driver until I started sprint racing. A first corner spin shrank my head a bit and over the next few years I learned a lot in a safe environment. More young guys should follow your lead. :)

sick video! would be cool to see what other stuff gets done to the car for your next track day

Good to meet you on the day Woody - don't be a stranger to SCMSC!

Love it! You can learn to control the rear pendulum effect and predict it. As you found out there is a smaller window in drift than a front engine car. But sideways is not fastest, it will repay you the smoother you are with the control. Read any guide on how to track drive a mid engine car and it applies really well to the mr2. Great to see it being used for fun. You got loads of seat time too, looked like a great day out.

Woody hauling arse on his first run. I haven't been on a track before, but usually you take it easy the firdt time and then give it the beans when you get the hang of it. You did well Woody! I swear it looks like the steering wheel is mismatched. It looks blueish but the dash is black.

Sick ride bro. I love it.

That looked like wicked fun!

Great first track day bro a little more time and you’ll be turning better times she’s fun and looks awesome always loved the mr poo haha

Great episode, thanks guys!!

Such an awesome little nugget!

Pretty jacked to take on that Spoon engine EK. We ran at Nambour with that. Did not know is was Spooned tho. Suspension, tyres and a tune on the D16 and we will get it!

Woody you looked like you had a great time. Now, find yourself an experienced track driver to give you some instruction so you actually go fast. What you found weren't the limits of the car, but your limits... and those are currently fairly low. First thing to tighten is always the loose nut behind the wheel. Oh, and DON'T set the handbrake after a run... great way to warp rotors.

Good work woody 👌 that turbo K swap civic was sick also.

Dude with the Civic showed a proper line.

What a fun looking day. Wonder how the boat would go around that tight track haha. I probably wouldn’t be able to get out of first gear lol.

Woody said he'd take it easy the first lap...neck minute balls to the wall flat out lol. Some good driving there mate.

No apexes were harmed during the filming of this episode

im thinking the run with your step was the cleanest....general rule of thumb if there squealing your loosing speed or sometimes slower is faster as for only going int 2nd its hard to use engine brakeing in first gear but if ya pop it into 3rd without any throttle the drag will assist braking and a quick drop back into 2nd just before you apply the power sgould do you well in those short twisty circuts thanks for the video

Dont bother getting a new lip yet, get a few more track days in before you spend that cash. Don't want to be doing the same repair next week.

You ate some cones up! Loved it.

Cheers Woody, ace video mate. :)

Looks like you need an angle kit on it now Woody... so you can catch all those mad powerslides 😜🤩👌

The Mk1 MR2 brought me here... but loving the white Alfasud that keeps showing in the background here! xD

The MR2 looks great! The Skid Factory should definitely do a Honda K24 build! Some tweaks to the Mr2 and a little smoother driving and you can easily get under 1 minute here with this car.

Perfect car for a little track like that, lightweight, just enough power and agile. On the "snap oversteer" issue a lot of people complain about, I find it tends to be people who aren't that used to mid or rear engined cars. Most of your weight is at the rear, especially on the MR2, which is very different to front engined cars that tend to be 50/50 at most. I find keeping some load on the rear tyres helps a lot, it happens mainly on lift off, so the rears keep grip and the heavy engine doesn't swing around

Stretched tyres loose grip earlier and sharper then correctly sized radials - the sidewall is meant to be able to move to keep the contact patch flat on the road. When stretched already, it just lifts the trailing side (which changes depending on corner direction) early reducing grip. Fitting correctly sized tyres and softening the rear end weight transfer control bar (commonly miss labelled as sway or anti-roll bar) will contol the weight transfer known as 'snap oversteer'.

I know it's probably unfeasible, but having the cars you guys work on do a track day at the end of each build would be amazing.

This car looks and sounds so damn cool. You could be slow AF and still be a balla. Nicest AW11 I’ve seen.