That gives me an idea

 

 

keerrrchingings

 

Just picked this up from Mark @ Lateral Performance this afternoon, Exedy Organic Pink Clutch Kit, cheers mate Same as the 6 speed I bought from Lateral last year for my Spec C. Great bit of kit, Rich (Fiestaboy) will fit next week along with a skimmed flywheel ready in time for the rolling road day the following week.


http://lateralperformance.co.uk/prod...he_fd08h1_disc

 

I hope it doesn't look like that one, as it's not for a GC8

 

Why Ricky

The last one was probably the worst clutch I've ever used

 

They've recently changed the design (anti judder), and they seem to work quite nicely now

 

Jim your back!!! I thought you'd gone native bedouin & wern't comming back from the desert!!!
Thanks Rich gona change the pic!! Il just take a pic of it tmrw
Jim we seemed to have destroyed my current clutch after repeated map tweeking thrashings, plus it was ten years old !!! lolol On my Spec C its biting point was very hard to get especially on take off but once used to it was ok. Clutch was firmer to engage but gear changes were very positive & sharp, it almost catapaulted you into the next gear & could take a shed load more torque.

 

I don't think that it was the map tweaking that killed the clutch - It was turning the volume up that tipped it over the edge! LOL

 

welcome home monkey bouin, hamana hamana
as for you ricky
you couldnt kill anything with a noose

event update
get up to speed guys
porsche bbq this sunday
still a few places left if you are quick

 

Not sure about Sunday, I seemed to have got all my dates mixed up! Might be playing in a Golf tournamnet on Sunday? I pulled out of karting thinking it was Monday gone when I was in Yorkshire, but its actually this Monday!!

 

well let brian know and come karting you knobber
msoc top 3

 

Hi Ricky, good choice and cars coming along well

 

long time no hear rikky

 

Hi Mags,
Yes mate been a while. See your all doing good. Rickya got his new toy. So l went onto the regional part and then to the southern part and there was nothing from you guys fill me in whats going on. Been away for a while and had the car locked up in my uncles garage for about a year now so pulled it out last month. So l'm back as the famous words would say. Hows the shop. See Budgies car was in a mag to.

 

Nice to hear from you Rikky, see you at the next meet hopefully

 

Yes mate defo be there need to get back in to the swing of things and is it true madisonmonkey now in a classic. I remeber about 8 months ago when you were deciding about getting a classic and he was so so against it but all has changed excellent.

 

Got Alignment done today at Hounslow Tyres £45 (same as last time though prices have gone up from £35 to £50 rrp)

Still on std suspension so can't adjust castor & rear camber.

Front 1.25- neg camber
Front 0 toe
Rear 0.25 toe out

Cheers Jim

Then got rear arches rolled from Styledynamix in Hayes. Prices are £40 per arch. No paint issues apart from obvious hairline cracks in paint on underside of arch which will be touched up in due course. While rolling there is a small element of a pull as well as a roll. On four door cars & toughier heavier cars (e.g. German & Lexus) the pull is not really an issue, the top rim of the arch arch just gets pulled out a tad. But with the 2 door rear quater panel, which on a the Type R is pretty lightweight & bendy, this caused its own problems. When you roll/pull the arch the adjoining quater panel also moves & flexes too. So though the pull looks good on the arch, it has changed the lines & look of part of the rear quater panel. From some angles it looks spot on but from others it looks a bit forced & disjointed from the existing lines of the quater panel.

Well I suppose thats all part & parcel of doing meaty tyres & arch rolling!

 

Pics of the arches

 

Cars filthy & in the garage
Maybe Saturday after my marathon cleaning effort Il take some pics

 

But we'll see it on Sunday

 

10mm spacers now fitted on rear for that 22b'ish look!!

 

Must get some rear spacers for mine, although I'm thinking 20mm hubcentric ones.

 

A few pics nice & clean from Uxbridge Auto Show 2010

 

I think its time to lower it

 

dont temped him

 

Cross-threaded coilovers

 

Got a Zen reconditioned R180 plated rear diff from MustiTypeR, cheers mate & also thanks to Omar for helping with it.

Yesterday good ol Rich at FB Tuning fitted it & what a difference, the car has completley transformed itself & drives like a peach. I did'nt fully realise how bad the old diff must have been until now.

Back on the rollers to check the map in the next couple of weeks as last time was a waste of time/money as diff was knackered Hoping to pull approx 310bhp or there abouts. But I do have a way of jinxing everything in life!!! lolol

Then I must get round to fitting my gauges, had them for months sitting around gathering dust.

 

Ricky don't jinx it leave it alone for once...

 

Maybe you could use the opportunity to develop a how to for those of us who lack your technical acumen