Stephen

Down load a speedo app for your phone or dig out the sat nav to see what speed your actually doing. At least then you can see what's going on.

Thrower? Lol I guess that was a typo for "power" but yeah, he was claiming 300 odd hp from an NA. It all got a bit side tracked and confusing, never did get to the bottom of it due to the language barrier.

There was some confusion a while back as to wether this car was turbo or non turbo. Maybe that might explain the descrepancy, an NA rear diff with a TT box would have speedo reading off...

It's supposedly the first of an annual event. Sadly though as far as the club and a display is concerned today was that. Cut off has been reached. Il be there as a spectator and to take photos, sack it il catch the bus in and have a few pints as well.

Would that not effect all gear engagements though, rather than only the change from 1st to 2nd? My gut reaction would be that it's transitioning poorly due to internal damage, your more certified than me but that would be my logic. Does it grab gears correctly? Or do you get it pause for half a second or over rev before finnally settling on the gear. Mine grad fly took longer and longer to engauge gears, until eventually the car wouldn't hold onto the gear as well, you hit boost and the revs went trough the roof but it wasn't transferred back.

You can try changing the fluids and cleaning the filter, but...il be honest it sounds like the beginning of the end.

It's not your policy then? I read it as it being your policy, didn't say anything to the contrary in your first post. Guess I missed the "for the lad" bit somehow. 1200 for a 17 year old is cheap. I was being overly sarcastic when I said 12 but yeah the being young will do it. £2k for the first year is pretty average. My mrs insurance nose dived in price once she hit 21. She's 24 now and it's about 500 a year for us both on her 1.0l hatch back, adding myself as a named driver to her policy reduced it by about £200 at the beginning when it was £800 with me on it as well.

No worries. If your serious about sliding it then cowpatmatt is a semi pro drifter, nort in the forums often but worth speaking to. Quite a few US guys drift them. Here's Matt in action;

http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/11/car_feature_gt_gt_edgar_s_slammed_amp_functional_z32/ You might enjoy this.

Good on you. Although not a popular choice as a drift car the z is perfectly capable, esp in a 2+2 na format. Some extra lock will help out a lot.

No worries mate. Il be there when you arrive to guide you all in. :D

Well done mate, it's honestly a pig isn't it. The rear clip pinged out when I was looking at it funny, lost it as well so I got two new ones from CR turbos which they kindly donated. The thing that's concerning me most at present is getting those pesky actuator bolts back in. You coming to japfest bud?

Not too bad, a bit less than doing a TT obviously with less stuff. Not so much special tools but well armed, 4 spanners and 1/4 drive ratchet ain't gonna cut it. Halfords do a set for £130 I think, which is pretty complete for most things. Obviously an engine crane, axel stands, jacks etc. You have a lot more space, but stuff like the loom being fragile and rusty bolts are all part and parcel if it.

The loop is factory iirc, it's for CAS timing.

Not sure on those wheels mark, offset is whack.

Give the rad a damn good flush through, water should pass freely from a hose in and out again.

Ptu only transfers power to the coil packs. So if there was a spark then that's working. I don't personally rate all this screw driver jazz, too much noise and interference. Test the connector is sending out power.

Some shit "mechanics" in derby that specialise in Japanese cars, breaking cars doesn't make you a Mechanic, just a bodging con artist.

What sort of brembos were they?

I hear what your saying jeff, however these boxes could potentially effect us all. The minority ruining it for the majority again. Young drivers, their insurance and the rate of accidents they are involved in is undeniably an issue. Possibly some of it is media hounding and misuse of statistics, does today's 17 year old drive worse than yesterday's? Well the cars are faster but significantly better in terms of handling and brakes and let's not forget safety features. Obviously that doesn't help pedestrians. It must also be remembered that the vast majority if accidents I see and I suspect most people see involve people between 30 and 50 that likely should know better. If the vast majority of new drivers are having/causing accidents we need to asses why, they recently passed a test that said they were fit to drive...if that isn't the case, then the test or training procedure is inadequate.

Me and my dad both brought a set, maybe not that brand but yeah...mine are fine my dads the drivers side snapped on the motor way...

Right so some more done. A trip to Halfords got me the 1/2" UJ I needed 2 minutes later the down pipe was off. Like this, I then got 3 of the 4 filter tree retaining bolts off. Sadly the actuator arm is in the way of the top front bolt...so removal of the actuator is necessary, to remove that the 19mm bolt on the turbo for the coolant feed needs to come out the way. Like this. Dont be fooled though, the two 10mm bolts for the actuator are extremely fiddly, the last bolt on the filter tree is equally tight and 100,000 1/8th turns of a 12mm swan neck will see it come free. Some aggression later and we are here. Want to guess why it leaked? Well I realised half way through the top two bolts weren't securing the tree, once it was all out I can see why. The top two were full of gasket sealant, so they had bottomed out about 3mm short, also the gasket was absent. Nice one.

The criticism has been that it's a great way to charge people more, for not having one or for their driving. 1200 on a 1.0l polo! I assume you must either; Live in Baghdad, Have a chequered driving history, or Be about 12?

Have you ever done it in situee jimmer?

Of corse why didn't I think about that, I've already got that off. The clip itself projectiled off across the drive though so i need another.