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sooo was driving down the road and heard something in the engine bay make a clunk. thought nothing of it as car was running fine. went to park up and had belt squeel.
the bolt that goes through the alt to the new bracket has snapped! has anyone who has one of these kits seen this happen before...
im sure i can still use the standard 5w 40 stuff in the clio but wanna know what oil brand to use atm...
running itbs only atm
also what gearbox oil for a 172 box with a quaife LSD?
thanks in advance :)
right got a crack in the bell housing where not on the clutch fork but were the other bracket is where the cable locates... is it possiable to TIG weld this back up?
just gaging what ppl are getting torque wise on itb's and with what added extras?
mines running 172.8 ft/lb of torque
itb's
quaife diff
omex 600
k-tec filter and a bodged bracket to hold it forward off the trumpets..
intrested to see other resuls! my figures are from matts rollers at TDF
well knew i had problems so off to tdf i went! roaded the car and oh dear!
of course bottom one is the befor power and torque... so compression test was done.. that was fine 13.5 across all 4 cylinders! then we looked at the k-tech filter... it was basically pulling back onto the...
soooo driving along tonight on the way home from work and my dad was in his car next to me.. got to a 70 road from a 30 and i thought i would have a little blast up the road. i was in 4th at this point doing 30.. put foot down and car stuttered lots and at about 3.4k rpm it started to pick up...
right sooo off the the ring in june and at the moment i only have standard pads on the car coz of it not being on track for a while... so what would you recomend for the car.. ds2500 are no no coz i think there pap!
i had the joy of having to drive one of these at work about 2 weeks ago :D that was before i had to ship it off to shanghai for the motor show out there.. pic qual might not be that good as it was done off my mobile at work but i think they will do!
right so im off to the ring in june and wondering what you guys suggest i do for discs and pads while im out there! i have brembo HC on the front at the moment and was wondering if you think thats what i should stick with? as for pads... i have standard at the moment so anything above that would...
you waved at me and my dad waved back :) see you quite often actually, black 172 with orange wheels.. not that you can see the orange through so much break dust LOL
ok so im having problems with the car. running an omex 600 ITB's and it gets to 5k or just past then feels like its hitting the limiter... its really tempramental also.. some times it dose it others it dont, also starting from cold in the morning it keeps stalling... i have noticed a clip going...
ok so i was at the ring at the weekend and the engine went pop. sounded like it hit the rev limiter in 5th at 5000 revs and now it wont even turn over.... anyone know what might be the problem from what i described? i have tried to push the car while in gear and its a no go.....
I have no idea what's wrong with the car this time... On way home I start getting a slight vibration through the steering wheel. Think nothing of it thinking it's a dodgy bit of road. Further up the road I get really violent vibrations out the passenger side wheel! Let off the throttle and it...