Everything posted by Clarkey
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Rear tyres rubbing arch when going over bumps, New shocks and springs installed!!
That tyre is enormous, fit normal size ones and the problem will go away.
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JUN Bonneville Z32 footage!
I've never seen footage of the legendary JUN machine before, but here it is. Seems like a 900hp VG has monster lag :D
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Dyno print out diagnosis please
They do trim the AFR, but only for idle and cruise. Acceleration is dealt with in open loop mode i.e. no deviation from the mapping.
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Import heater directional controls
That isn't true, the direction automatically adjusts.
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7psi Boost Gauge
x100 mmHg
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Best Rain Tyres
Continental SportContact5 or Goodyear Eagle F1 Asy2. Don't waste your time with cheap tyres, they are just that.
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17psi how can I turn it down!
how is the accuracy of such a gauge?
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steering wheel advice
Neither, get a nice classy Nardi in there. Leave those tacky looking things for corsas ;)
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Federal 595 RS-RTrack Day tyres???
Tread looks like any normal tyre to me. I run AD08s with less sipes than those and don't aquaplane too bad really.
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White 300's
No, pearl is only on JDM models.
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Headlights?
When cleaned and aligned correctly they will be dramatically improved. Adjusters were broken on mine, they can be repaired with some Tamiya differential gears though. Do all this then put HID in and you will have good lights. You will have a problem with the HIDs being dim as hell when you dip your lights after prolonged main beam, and they go off when you flash the main beam. Simple workaround just connect the negative wire from the ballast to ground and both dip and main will run simultaneously.
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Mercedes E class
A friend had one, albiet an E500. It was massively unreliable and cost him a fortune in repairs.
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BCR Coilovers
If it's hopping then increase the damping, simples. If you do this and get the spring under control but the tyres skip across bumps then yeah spring rate too hard for your application.
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Suspension question?
How old are the teins? If they are visually deteriorated at all then I wouldn't bother, they are probably knackered and you can't have them rebuilt in the UK.
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OEM UK Wheels Tyres.
Potenza S02 are a good tyre. These are serious cars, don't play around with toytown tyres.
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JDM 300zx
Different countries have different regulations. Afaik there are no differences in panels except for side markers in front wings, only bumpers and that is to accomodate things like reg plates, fog lights, light washers, parking aids. Might be obvious to most here, but UK spec only ever came in 2+2 Twin turbo. The Japanese market got a wide range of models including NA engines, SWB 2 seaters, tin tops. The model ran on until 2000, long after it was axed in the UK, 1999 saw a facelift across the range and a couple of special versions.
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Springs or Coilovers?
Depends what you want from the car. Unless you are tracking the car or want the ultimate stance then coilovers are probably unnecessary. I run HSD HR on my BMW and despite them being about the best damped units this side of KWv3 the ride is borderline intolerable combined with Neova AD08 tyres. I'm a geek when it comes to stuff like that though and often spend my free time at the alignment shop tweaking the setup to the nth degree. Before 'coilies' became so popular, the standard choice for zed owners was eibach springs and Koni shocks.
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Wheel base
Rim width has nothing to do with offset, and no effect on track width. Hub width - wheel offset = track width.
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Air Con Removal?? Opinions?
I'd keep it even if it was a track car tbh, most trackday organisers don't allow you to drive with windows open and many require long sleeves. Is hot as **** in a closed cabin car on a hot day, really unpleasant.
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Air Con Removal?? Opinions?
Miniscule performance advantage at the cost of having a comfortable cabin, seems like a stupid idea to me, can't understand it at all.
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Alloys and Tyres.
Why do you need such massive tyres anyway?
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Boost Gauge?
I think the fact it is reading vacuum when sitting in free air says it all.
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Tyres
only 30% better tops, still garbage then.
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Ignition timing Auto Vs Manual
They should match perfectly.
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Ignition timing Auto Vs Manual
Set the actual timing so that it matches what you see on a conzult/datascan/whatever.