@@danielcgomez haha yeah getting quite a few now, trying to keep it to people I know or friends of friends for now. If I got to do this full time it would be quite the life though eh
@@dannyDC2 not knocking the videos like I love them mate just would be interested to see what's actually quicker than what but yeah don't be getting banned off track 😅😅😅
Superb video as always Danny. I thought as soon as you mentioned the pedal, it was ABS. The ABS on my EP3 is the same, where it tries to be clever and "reduce" your pedal pressure. Fuse pulled from now on and no problems since.
Fantastic video. Nice to see people's different track toys of all flavours. Always driven brilliantly too. Really enjoy the content. Bit of a BTCC inspired weapon this 😎 👍🏻
Blimey Dan, you were driving well and going right quick. Leon’s a beast. Thought you went real fast into Hall bends that last time but didn’t notice the floppy strike. Hope you didn’t get into too much bother with Leon’s owner. Shame the car went and broke itself, thank god it didn’t crash and get smashed up. Be careful indeed...
The pedal moving will be an increase in vacuum as the RPMs increase, the valve to the diaphragm might be dodgy. Mint drive, it's impressive how quickly you get comfortable enough to go full send on these cars you're driving.
Hey Danny.👋 I did enjoy the video... always do, mate. Shoutout to Nick for sharing his track weapon with us. The Nan-Kangs of Leon put on a hell of a performance. Very aggressive car on low boost, but it's a damn beast on high boost, as evidenced by the run with the Atom. Surprised me there. 👏👏 Great driving, Dan! I'm really diggin' this WILTD-OT series. Cheers, dude. p.s. That steering angle in the final scene is goals for The Green Bastard. Yikes!😲
I'm not normally a fan of shiny pedals but i found that it actually works great for viewing. The pedal box was well lit and i was able to know exactly what you were doing with your feet whilst not needing to glance down to the left. Perhaps something to keep in mind for future videos on your own cars. This video was awesome.
Never been a VAG man but i've always liked the Leons. Would really like a mk1 one day but these are ace too. That devvo clip was perfect, David Firth made some proper comical stuff lol
At the beginning of the video when I heard what kind of power and torque this thing makes I thought "Hmm, you have to be properly brave to send this much power and torque through suspension as simple as that", well, little did I know. It could use some Verkline subframe and suspension components, not cheap, but everyone says it's well worth it. The thing is already rapid though.
These track reviews are great, interesting to see some modified/track cars too and not just standard cars, although it's good to see a mix of both types. I wonder if when you've got the integra back up and running again it might feel a little underwhelming after driving all these other cars? Looking g forward to seeing it again one day anyway. All the best Danny, keep up the good work 👍
*Now then Judge Dan!* Enjoyed that and thanks Mr Nick for letting the Judge give your Cupra a spanking! Shame we didn't get to see you drinking the Atom owners tears though Dan! LOL
Another enjoyable vid Dan, Cupra sounded filthy af. Be cool to see you try out a track spec R26 if someone would give you one for a sesh. keep em coming babbi!
I've got a mk2 golf gti 16v running around 170hp with a cage and buckets in thats nearly finished, you're welcome to take that around cadwell one time if you wanna try some older vag stuff! I'm local as well.
I guess we all are NA hardcore fans here but turbos can be really fun too. Great review as always. Poor Cupra. Same thing happen to me at the ring two months ago. It's definitely not fun.
i think i've watched this 10 times already.. ❤️ Danny out of curiosity how many practice laps did you do before? I've noticed that with all of the cars you drive them so smooth on track.
@@dannyDC2 do you have any clue how many ponies it had on high? Oh yeah I have had that sudden pedal thing on my old Honda, during hard breaking. I did a fluid change and sorted it out. Loving your reviews too, lots of fun and that thing we all like to watch.. the track attacks with Dan driving 👌👍😄
That things planted, wonder if it just feels different because its not moving, floating as much as a staggered setup, but seems to be turning in sweet most times
My Focus St225 does the same with the brakes on track days, its almost like it gives you more pedal range for more brake adjustment, it does throw me off massively
This is proper rapid. Looks well stable, too. Question! You were hitting 130ish in this at the end of the straight. How fast would your DC2 have been going at that point?
I have the same thing happen with the brakes and it’s the ABS, in my case it always triggered at the same corner, just approaching the hairpin at Suzuka, I think it has something to do with the rear end being light and turning at the same time, seems like it senses the rear wheels are locking up but I don’t feel it locking. It’s made me run wide and have a few scary moments as the stopping power just isn’t there, i’ve got to drive around it by not being so agressive on the initial braking. Funny enough it’s one of the things they talked about on the driver briefing on the track days as a common problem, so i’m guessing it wasn’t just my case. Great video, these are the ones, along with the racing vids, that I enjoy the most. About the aftermarket parts, I think I remember a video you posted at the Nurburgring where one of your spanish friends snapped a control arm on his Honda, been weary to go aftermarket on that stuff since I saw that.
yes its an awful feeling. My friend snapped an aftermarket alloy control arm, but this time with the Seat the subframe is original, just with a brace. The theory is the brace caused the alloy subframe to snap
@@dannyDC2 I couldn’t see if the Seat had a full cage or not, maybe some of the load that usually gets spread through body/chassis flexing just went for the weakest part. Been wanting to improve the suspension setup on my car but the more I dive into it, the least changes I want to do other than some spring rate/damper and alignment, hope he gets his car fixed soon, it looked like a ton of fun, Integra was fun, but this was freaking fast, i’d trade a bit of the DC2 fun you tested for the speed of this Leon.
Good vid Danny, Nik has always done well with the car in the Sprints, looking forward to my drive :) (when he's fixed it) I got the seat fitted in that car in the right place. He has always struggled with air in the ABS system, maybe that was the issue going into park a little air left in the system
@@dannyDC2 strange.. he was coming up with all different reasons he had loads of issues before. Kept telling him it was air. As far as I'm aware he hasn't had an issue since... Vag life 🤣
Love the channel Danny, you ever driven the FK8? Can't wait to get mine round Cadwell after seeing your vids. You ever thought of doing any short videos on your driving technique? Or stuff like how you set up your seat position etc?
@@dannyDC2 Yeah I wanna see a close up , I have a Celica with a subframe and am debating braces. But I like to rally inc jumping , maybe a bit of flex is good...
Absolute class lad , undriveable ...f...off just like you said be sensible common sense. So glad you're going for it lad you are what got me watching TH-cam vids donkeys ago. Feet work on point with ...the f***ing river dance 🕺 class keep these coming really entertaining and yeah we'll you have me pissing myself....I totally get your humour 😅🤣 and that atom... alt best 😅🤣🙊
Understeer issue will probs be down to differential braking. It brakes wheels independently to stop the car from getting into a spin. Can be coded out with VCDS I believe.
haha that's a good vag excuse if I've ever heard one! I'm not saying it's not true, just funny that you thought it might be causing the understeer. It wasn't even that bad once I knew what the tyres were doing, and as long as I didn't load it up too quickly coming out of a corner.
I had one of these back in the days, a 240 (not R with 18"), didn't like it at all. Nice daily but in the twisty roads/round about it was a mess : the car is very nose heavy and can't change direction very easily (left-right-left for instance). I even tried different XDS setting with VAGCOM, a bit better but still not on the level of my previous Honda ED/EE/EG, car is not agile at all in stock form. Mine was at 320bhp, was fast (for me at this time) but not very fun. The brakes was also an issue for me : a very nice bite at the start of the breaking curve, powerful, but hard to dial with the pressure on the pedal, sometimes it just dives on its nose a bit too much, sometimes it doesn't break enough. Sold it for a Golf and still +/- the same issues/effects, so for me : no more VAG, I'm done. Now I'm on a Fiesta ST mk7.5 : best hot hatch for me, like a 90s Civic but with comfort and goodies. Very responsive, very fun, 3 wheels everywhere. I don't have the raw power but it's still very quick (220bhp in mine) and answer exactly how I want it, it doesn't do strange things on it's own.
@@dannyDC2 no idea how thick that firewall is but on my miata it moves around a lot without the stopper. Pedal gets sloppy! Greetings from Sweden, fantastic driving m8!
@@grahamhaynes7658 I'm not familiar with the Seat leon at all honestly. Are they the same chassis and engine as the golf/gti? I actually drive a mk5 vw rabbit with the 2.5 daily. But my track car is a dc2.
@@523motorsports This is a MK2 Leon, which is based on the MK5 platform. The engine itself is more akin to the Audi S3 than the Golf GTI +/- some differences. In reality it's just a Spanish Golf that's a bit lighter, and more fun.
The virgin atom vs the CHAD LEON
😂
Love these track reviews mate!
YEA! ...digging these reviews for sure! ...I'm sure Dan has lots of offers to review cars! I want to see ALLLLLLLL! haha
@@danielcgomez haha yeah getting quite a few now, trying to keep it to people I know or friends of friends for now. If I got to do this full time it would be quite the life though eh
Who doesn't love watching Danny sending it on track! Top video mate loved it!
Danny is a mad man, its amazing to see him adapting to every car he drives
He’s Yorkshire’s takumi 😂
Can you imagine that Cupra with wider tyres in the front more power and Danny behind the wheel would give a lot of cars a run for there money 👏🏻
Re: high Boost Setting ~ Some guys 'undriveable' is Dan's This is so much better! Great Review Dan! Enjoyed it a lot!
for sure it was the best to have all the power, but it put a lot more stress on the car
15:01... Brilliant 😂
discord crew checking in
discord crewwwwww
Dogshit
Dog dirt - Peter Beardsley
Disbordddd
ayup
Devvo placement was perfect, killed me 😂🤣
Great video as usual, would be interesting to know the lap times of each review tho 🤔
That would be nice to know but I suspect that with it been a track day you can't get consistent lap times
Can’t be lap timing, stretching the rules enough “reviewing” the cars
@@dannyDC2 not knocking the videos like I love them mate just would be interested to see what's actually quicker than what but yeah don't be getting banned off track 😅😅😅
Lmao the devvo clip, car seemed rapid to be fair
Really like these track reviews Dan. It felt like a was in that leon with you.
Awesome car with an awesome driver👍
Superb video as always Danny.
I thought as soon as you mentioned the pedal, it was ABS. The ABS on my EP3 is the same, where it tries to be clever and "reduce" your pedal pressure. Fuse pulled from now on and no problems since.
interesting!
that bollocking section was funny!
Fantastic video. Nice to see people's different track toys of all flavours. Always driven brilliantly too. Really enjoy the content. Bit of a BTCC inspired weapon this 😎 👍🏻
Blimey Dan, you were driving well and going right quick. Leon’s a beast. Thought you went real fast into Hall bends that last time but didn’t notice the floppy strike. Hope you didn’t get into too much bother with Leon’s owner. Shame the car went and broke itself, thank god it didn’t crash and get smashed up. Be careful indeed...
Owner was fine, he did a bit more damage at the end eh haha
These track vids are really good mate! Really enjoy them.
The pedal moving will be an increase in vacuum as the RPMs increase, the valve to the diaphragm might be dodgy.
Mint drive, it's impressive how quickly you get comfortable enough to go full send on these cars you're driving.
Now then Dan the man
Fuuuucking belter this, Dan. Well piloted 😃
Loving these new vids man - so good!
enjoyed that! atom was really trying! always a great feeling when you can keep up with something like that. keep em coming Dan!
well the same type wheel work perfect for e36/e46 with z3 fast racks ;) just as an idea
that VAG is fast
Like, like, like for the channel
Really like your driving! Nice how you hop in someone else his car and go pretty fast. 👌
Hey Danny.👋 I did enjoy the video... always do, mate. Shoutout to Nick for sharing his track weapon with us. The Nan-Kangs of Leon put on a hell of a performance. Very aggressive car on low boost, but it's a damn beast on high boost, as evidenced by the run with the Atom. Surprised me there. 👏👏 Great driving, Dan! I'm really diggin' this WILTD-OT series. Cheers, dude.
p.s. That steering angle in the final scene is goals for The Green Bastard. Yikes!😲
cheers Mick! Yeah steering angle goals for sure eh haha
Very capable cars, I loved mine. Excellent driving as always 👀
The devvo clip😂
I’ve watched this a few times and the moment at 15:00 still gets me Everytime! 😂😂😂
Loving the pedal cam!
Wicked video this! Keep it up! + the devvo cut was funny af🤣👍🏻
That is one amazing car. My dad has a b7 a4 avant with the 2.0 tfsi in, he says I can have it dirt cheap so I may have to do something with it 👌
yeah get involved, nice daily
Awesome machine, great driving, great video again 💪
Good video, glad to see you enjoying a TFSI boosty boy
I'm not normally a fan of shiny pedals but i found that it actually works great for viewing. The pedal box was well lit and i was able to know exactly what you were doing with your feet whilst not needing to glance down to the left. Perhaps something to keep in mind for future videos on your own cars. This video was awesome.
Never been a VAG man but i've always liked the Leons. Would really like a mk1 one day but these are ace too. That devvo clip was perfect, David Firth made some proper comical stuff lol
At the beginning of the video when I heard what kind of power and torque this thing makes I thought "Hmm, you have to be properly brave to send this much power and torque through suspension as simple as that", well, little did I know. It could use some Verkline subframe and suspension components, not cheap, but everyone says it's well worth it. The thing is already rapid though.
These track reviews are great, interesting to see some modified/track cars too and not just standard cars, although it's good to see a mix of both types.
I wonder if when you've got the integra back up and running again it might feel a little underwhelming after driving all these other cars? Looking g forward to seeing it again one day anyway.
All the best Danny, keep up the good work 👍
*Now then Judge Dan!* Enjoyed that and thanks Mr Nick for letting the Judge give your Cupra a spanking! Shame we didn't get to see you drinking the Atom owners tears though Dan! LOL
One of my favourites up to yet 👌👌
That car is seriously quick! Flat shifting is weird, used to flat shift my Peugeot partner work van just because it was funny
Looking forward to more of these, top driving as always. 👏🏾
good video, really enjoyed it
Awesome upload dan, that cupra fucking flies.. I think the front coped quite well considering the power on tap, certainly looked very fast
Yeah deffo
Nice to see some VAG car reviews. That Seat goes so well. Chopped an Atom as well!
Another enjoyable vid Dan, Cupra sounded filthy af. Be cool to see you try out a track spec R26 if someone would give you one for a sesh.
keep em coming babbi!
Yeah it’s on the cards
Danny at his best fooking awesome!! as normal your driving is second to none well done lad 😉👌👍
I've got a mk2 golf gti 16v running around 170hp with a cage and buckets in thats nearly finished, you're welcome to take that around cadwell one time if you wanna try some older vag stuff! I'm local as well.
Sounds fun
The gear box is interesting
"Its shit but you get used to it" 😂
🤣
wowowow, what an ending!
Loving these track reviews
I guess we all are NA hardcore fans here but turbos can be really fun too. Great review as always. Poor Cupra. Same thing happen to me at the ring two months ago. It's definitely not fun.
Awesome driving Dan
Lovely driving brilliant video hopefully bumping in on cadwell soon 😀
That devvo bit 😂😂😂
Love these track reviews
Haha never saw you so excited after driving a car. Of course Atom getting ✂ might have contributed to that 😁
I think it would be interesting to see a whats it like on track video in some kind of kitcar 🔥
i think i've watched this 10 times already.. ❤️ Danny out of curiosity how many practice laps did you do before? I've noticed that with all of the cars you drive them so smooth on track.
Atom needs a ddc2 behind the wheel
Still watching but from the driving in high boost, i can tell you loved it 😁
yeah haha was fast
@@dannyDC2 do you have any clue how many ponies it had on high?
Oh yeah I have had that sudden pedal thing on my old Honda, during hard breaking. I did a fluid change and sorted it out.
Loving your reviews too, lots of fun and that thing we all like to watch.. the track attacks with Dan driving 👌👍😄
@@skytegra5 He said 380hp mate.
That things planted, wonder if it just feels different because its not moving, floating as much as a staggered setup, but seems to be turning in sweet most times
Yeah it felt great. Nankang did good with the ar1
Those TSFI are torque beast, great attack at cadwell park!
big torque
"Your floppies are back in action, sir"
My Focus St225 does the same with the brakes on track days, its almost like it gives you more pedal range for more brake adjustment, it does throw me off massively
Mine does exactly the same if I come on the brakes abit too fast or the car gets un settled. Just assumed it’s the abs doing weird stuff
How many ebay searches do you reckon there are for seat leon cupra k1's after watching this?? Great video as always Dan.
That was brilliant. Just hope my golf will go this well?
Awesome video loved watching that
This is proper rapid. Looks well stable, too. Question! You were hitting 130ish in this at the end of the straight. How fast would your DC2 have been going at that point?
probably 120-125
Top stuff Dan I have an Edition 30 similar power ;)
I witnessed you hit the floppy and cause the red flag, I was spectating at hall bends. Didn’t realise it was you driving
whoops! didn't even notice myself until they called me in
That thing moves!
Commentary is fucking hilarious in this one. FLOPPIES ARE BACK ON TRACK CAPTAIN.
Great review looked sic on hi-boost!
Great video as always. Can we get a bit more info next time about suspension and brakes setup?
great video mate!
I have the same thing happen with the brakes and it’s the ABS, in my case it always triggered at the same corner, just approaching the hairpin at Suzuka, I think it has something to do with the rear end being light and turning at the same time, seems like it senses the rear wheels are locking up but I don’t feel it locking. It’s made me run wide and have a few scary moments as the stopping power just isn’t there, i’ve got to drive around it by not being so agressive on the initial braking. Funny enough it’s one of the things they talked about on the driver briefing on the track days as a common problem, so i’m guessing it wasn’t just my case. Great video, these are the ones, along with the racing vids, that I enjoy the most. About the aftermarket parts, I think I remember a video you posted at the Nurburgring where one of your spanish friends snapped a control arm on his Honda, been weary to go aftermarket on that stuff since I saw that.
yes its an awful feeling. My friend snapped an aftermarket alloy control arm, but this time with the Seat the subframe is original, just with a brace. The theory is the brace caused the alloy subframe to snap
@@dannyDC2 I couldn’t see if the Seat had a full cage or not, maybe some of the load that usually gets spread through body/chassis flexing just went for the weakest part. Been wanting to improve the suspension setup on my car but the more I dive into it, the least changes I want to do other than some spring rate/damper and alignment, hope he gets his car fixed soon, it looked like a ton of fun, Integra was fun, but this was freaking fast, i’d trade a bit of the DC2 fun you tested for the speed of this Leon.
yo i was watching you and ive just found you on yt thats mad haha
You need to drive the Atom around track Danny to show the owner how it is done, clearly he isn't able to get the most out of it like you could.
Good vid Danny, Nik has always done well with the car in the Sprints, looking forward to my drive :) (when he's fixed it) I got the seat fitted in that car in the right place. He has always struggled with air in the ABS system, maybe that was the issue going into park a little air left in the system
they did the brakes just the day before, I think it was just the ABS or something electronic. Felt weird that's for sure. Only did it once
@@dannyDC2 strange.. he was coming up with all different reasons he had loads of issues before. Kept telling him it was air. As far as I'm aware he hasn't had an issue since... Vag life 🤣
Love the channel Danny, you ever driven the FK8? Can't wait to get mine round Cadwell after seeing your vids. You ever thought of doing any short videos on your driving technique? Or stuff like how you set up your seat position etc?
Stage 2 brooo 😂 loved that Ibiza!!
haha yes mate! What a little car it was
Pics of the subframe dammit! I knew vags weren't up to it lol
more to do with the bracing that was added afterwards
@@dannyDC2 Yeah I wanna see a close up , I have a Celica with a subframe and am debating braces. But I like to rally inc jumping , maybe a bit of flex is good...
@@williamburndred6284 nothing wrong with a bit of flex. This subframe was alloy
Bigger and better RolexDan
wow, dont like fwd cars but this one looks legit! high boost looked like you enjoyed more.
You need to take some vans round too, everyone knows they do the back roads the fastest
Long wheelbase Sprinter
@@dannyDC2 fastest vehicle on the planet
@@SquidgyPickle Few things can catch a white van on a Friday afternoon
See if you can get a go in a 500bhp supercharged Ariel Atom, they are wicked fast!
Eh where are you getting a 500hp supercharged atom?
Absolute class lad , undriveable ...f...off just like you said be sensible common sense. So glad you're going for it lad you are what got me watching TH-cam vids donkeys ago. Feet work on point with ...the f***ing river dance 🕺 class keep these coming really entertaining and yeah we'll you have me pissing myself....I totally get your humour 😅🤣 and that atom... alt best 😅🤣🙊
Understeer issue will probs be down to differential braking. It brakes wheels independently to stop the car from getting into a spin. Can be coded out with VCDS I believe.
haha that's a good vag excuse if I've ever heard one! I'm not saying it's not true, just funny that you thought it might be causing the understeer.
It wasn't even that bad once I knew what the tyres were doing, and as long as I didn't load it up too quickly coming out of a corner.
Mint vid mate tho. Cheers u got that racers mist with atom.
Another great video
I had one of these back in the days, a 240 (not R with 18"), didn't like it at all. Nice daily but in the twisty roads/round about it was a mess : the car is very nose heavy and can't change direction very easily (left-right-left for instance). I even tried different XDS setting with VAGCOM, a bit better but still not on the level of my previous Honda ED/EE/EG, car is not agile at all in stock form. Mine was at 320bhp, was fast (for me at this time) but not very fun.
The brakes was also an issue for me : a very nice bite at the start of the breaking curve, powerful, but hard to dial with the pressure on the pedal, sometimes it just dives on its nose a bit too much, sometimes it doesn't break enough.
Sold it for a Golf and still +/- the same issues/effects, so for me : no more VAG, I'm done.
Now I'm on a Fiesta ST mk7.5 : best hot hatch for me, like a 90s Civic but with comfort and goodies. Very responsive, very fun, 3 wheels everywhere. I don't have the raw power but it's still very quick (220bhp in mine) and answer exactly how I want it, it doesn't do strange things on it's own.
Bet Danny was glad he wasn't the one to create that end photo.
too right
On some cars on real heavy braking the brake reservoir moves which gives a similar pedal sensation
yes we had stoppers for that in the Integra world but I never felt it on mine
@@dannyDC2 no idea how thick that firewall is but on my miata it moves around a lot without the stopper. Pedal gets sloppy! Greetings from Sweden, fantastic driving m8!
Hmm maybe the owner has done a vacuum simplification and in the process he’s removed the vacuum resoviour he should re add it for sure!
Hey look, another cool car we don’t get in the USA.
It's essentially a Golf to be fair.
@@grahamhaynes7658 I'm not familiar with the Seat leon at all honestly. Are they the same chassis and engine as the golf/gti? I actually drive a mk5 vw rabbit with the 2.5 daily. But my track car is a dc2.
@@523motorsports not a big VW expert myself, but I believe it's the same as a mk5/6 Golf gti chassis and drivetrain,built in Spain.
@@523motorsports This is a MK2 Leon, which is based on the MK5 platform. The engine itself is more akin to the Audi S3 than the Golf GTI +/- some differences. In reality it's just a Spanish Golf that's a bit lighter, and more fun.
Please do a megane rs250 man!
Okay, I want one.
FAST CAR 👀👍
Should get a rear view camera too for times like that with the atom
yes I actually had 2 forward facing here (one for backup) as didn't think the action would unfold like that. I need more cameras
Mine does that front end thing too