344's 24K service

[Gazza]

So I took my trophy down to Mark fish motorsport today for its 24K service and a geometry check. he phoned me up an hour ago and reported a 3/4 of a degree difference in camber angles between each side, so im glad I asked him to check this.

This is the more worrying problem with my car. Apparently the is a locating peg on the rear brake pads that makes sure they are alligned with the piston. On my car the peg was not alligned with the recess, causing the pad to be at an angle permanetly. Mark says that it had almost warn down to the metal. He seemed to think that it had came out of the factory like this. But as I havent owned the car from new I cant say.

Cant wait to pick her up, Im shocked how excited I am. Almost like buying her all over again

 

[marcholloway]

Mark Fish motorsport

Gazza,

Where is Mark Fish based and do they have a website i can look at?

Im in Milton keynes and just wondered how far it is from me?

Cheers Marc

 

[Cue]

should feel like a new car now then.

 

[Matt X2C]

Re: Mark Fish motorsport

Gazza,

Where is Mark Fish based and do they have a website i can look at?

Im in Milton keynes and just wondered how far it is from me?

Cheers Marc

in essex somewhere i think, and they do have a website but its under construction. it will have a phone number, but best thing to do is just call him and talk to him!

 

[Guest]

Essex? Heaven! I hope that's true.

 

[Gazza]

Yeah he is based on the outskirts of harlow

website under construction as mat said.

 

[marcholloway]

Mark Fish

Cheers, Will do.



Marc

 

[quik5i1ver]

What are you being charged for all of this Gazza? I may too take mine to MF when 24k comes round..

 

[Gazza]

What are you being charged for all of this Gazza? I may too take mine to MF when 24k comes round..

Thats a very good question mate

And currently Im not sure, will find out when i pick my tomatoe up. He told me, but i think i must of blocked it out. lol

 

[campo]

Mark Fish is just of the M11 by the A414 turnoff going towards Chelmsford, luckily only about 10-15 miles away from me

 

[Matt X2C]

I was on the phone to Mark Fish last week regarding suspension upgrades for the trophy and mentioned the 24k service, and he said about £200 for it.

Im in Peterborough all weekend for a car show next weekend and rang up Angelworks which is half an hour from my hotel for the whole weekend and they are doing my inlet manifld and service....charging £150 for the 24k service which I am happy with.

After a service and new inlet manifold, im assuming the car will be feeling quick

 

[trophy176]

That seems the done thing at Angelworks, get work done and get Ben to do service done too.

Wish there was a few specialists up North that cater for everything.

Looking forward to my inlet, to complement my exhaust. Brum Brum

 

[Cue]

That seems the done thing at Angelworks, get work done and get Ben to do service done too.

Wish there was a few specialists up North that cater for everything.

Looking forward to my inlet, to complement my exhaust. Brum Brum

PMurray in leeds mate - I think AWT and them have some business partnership going on... PM do the electronics and ben does the mechanical.

Once upon a time they were a main service dept. but they split to go it alone. I'd highly recommend them.

 

[trophy176]

Is PMurrays website RSTuning?

Lad at work also informed me that once upon a time GDI was based in sunderland strictly doing Renault 5's!! Shame they went South.

 

[Cue]

Is PMurrays website RSTuning?

Lad at work also informed me that once upon a time GDI was based in sunderland strictly doing Renault 5's!! Shame they went South.

yep, not sure of GDI - I know they moved about a year or so ago, not sure where from though.

 

[trophy176]

Or he's been down South long time but he is originally from Sland and used to mod Ren5's.

 

[Gazza]

So the totally damage was 300 pounds. It sounds steep but it is deffinatley worth it. I must of spent about an hour with him as he explained everything they did. The rear pads were in such a state because they hadn't been located properly on the piston. One pad had less than 1mm at one end and 6mm on the other end. The camber has been fixed, so it is now exactly as Renault tried to make it. the toe was also tottaly wrong.

Can I feel the difference, hell yeah. Mark said i would see a slight difference but Im well chuffed. It has stopped the slight pull to one side i was getting under breaking and under hard acceleration it feels better too. Now its much less likely to want veer off in the wrong direction. is that how you spell veer???

just spent the last 40mins making it all shinny too. As i had a treat of my new waffle weave drying towel I got from 7mat waiting for me when i got home. cheers mate

 

[trophy176]

Sounds like that guy knows his stuff.

Worth the money when they take car of ya motor.

 

[Steve]

So the totally damage was 300 pounds. It sounds steep but it is deffinatley worth it. I must of spent about an hour with him as he explained everything they did. The rear pads were in such a state because they hadn't been located properly on the piston. One pad had less than 1mm at one end and 6mm on the other end. The camber has been fixed, so it is now exactly as Renault tried to make it. the toe was also tottaly wrong.

Can I feel the difference, hell yeah. Mark said i would see a slight difference but Im well chuffed. It has stopped the slight pull to one side i was getting under breaking and under hard acceleration it feels better too. Now its much less likely to want veer off in the wrong direction. is that how you spell veer???

just spent the last 40mins making it all shinny too. As i had a treat of my new waffle weave drying towel I got from 7mat waiting for me when i got home. cheers mate

Good to hear that Graham, I remember you saying about the veer (yes, that's the correct spelling - few people realise there is a spell checker built in to most web browsers!) under braking. Glad you've got it sorted. I was very happy when I found out my suspension geometry was all as it should be.

 

[quik5i1ver]

Looks like MF is the place fo 154 when she hits 24k.. not for a while yet so I have time to put a little money aside!! :wink:

Graham, as you're still running standard brakes, do you find that you get brake fade when stopping from high speed?