Stephen

Well blow me down with a feather, I actually had to scrape ice off the window this morning.

That is ruined.

I can't remember, you do it the engine running anyway so you will hear. You can turn it quite a bit before it goes mad.

Ain't that the truth.

Seems good and easy... just what I need more stuff. :lol:

This makes perfect sense. - - - Updated - - - Maybe I need to learn the plastic weld...research time :detective::detective:

I'd love to join in but I'm well behind, cars still in the air.

Unless you've checked recently I almost guarantee you will have a small leak somewhere.

Maybe up north, down here it's still pretty mild. Been local (by my standards anyway) today. Bit of cold wind but you've got to be used to a breeze by the sea. Perfectly comfortable in a tshirt today and needed sunglasses on the way home from work.

You need to warm it up first then unplug the connection and set it to iirc 600rpm, upon replugging it will pop up to 750rpm. You should check the throttle position sensor, timing and for boost leaks first. Mine sits about 850/900rpm, but I know my base timing is wrong for idle as such due to the neutral switch buisness with the conversion.

I've been thinking recently about the proportions of the swb bumper in comparison. Nissan for some reason added a few inches to the bumper itself creating a fatter ass. To me the SWB rear bumper has a much more appealing effect profile. It appears that Twinz rear bumpers have the swb style to them. So has anyone and how would you even start, grafted a swb bumper to a lwb. For those who don't know what I'm on about; And the Twinz on a 2+2;

Glad this cars getting the attention it deserves.

This is part of why I believe Corbyn will win, people have short memories and as such we boom and bust and as we go we flit between tight fisted Conservatives and overspending Labour.

Thing is Great Britain isn't about how good it is, it's about what it encompasses it should really be called Greater Britain. As far as it not being as good as it was, certainly in recent years not much has changed. Recent media reports that it had dropped to 6th in the economic tables was a bit of a untruth. Certainly by the criteria used it's still 5th. The world bank however rates us as 9th. Furthermore real movements are predicted over the next 2-5 years that will see smaller Economies growing economies over take (not just the U.K.) not one of them is in the EU... it's certainly in a better position than most EU countries, most are still in recession. As for the United Kingdom, we really will have to see how that plays out. I'm not as clued up on Scottish independence as I could be. However from what I understand. Support for Scottish independence and inclusion in the EU is far lower than what the SNP claims and relations with the EU will be complex to say the least, expect strong opposition from the Spanish. Didn't the SNP fail to gain the required number of signatures and had to get support from the Greens, something in the back of my mind says there's suggestion that the second indie ref doesn't even forfill the criteria they set out cause of said signatures. With Scotland as an independent state it would have a smaller GDP and higher debt than Greece (which is still suffering), in fact recent suggestions were that scotlands debt accounts for 2/3rds of Britians debt as a whole and is the largest in the EU. With this in mind Miss Sturgoen is literally going to have to bend over and take it right up the shitter from Jean Claude to get even close to what she wants. At which point she will have to start explaining the other problems she's got that she's hiding behind independence for. Truth is we all have just got to wait and be prepared to get noisey when our employees (the government) step out of line. Most of what doing the rounds is posturing and hot air from both sides desperately trying to save their own skins. They say Brexit is turkey day and the Turkeys do not want to vote for Christmas. It's more than that it's a five bird roast and they're all trying to not be in the stack. Interesting times indeed. Still think Jeremy Corbyn will be the next PM though.

Oh right, looked like it was floating.

The current wheel position is realativly immaterial, soon as you drop it on the floor and it compresses it will all change. Also the lower you go, retaining correct camber the closer toward the body the wheel will become. I lost about 10-15mm dropping mine 2".

So I finally found a configuration that worked for the brake bracket. Just got to have a quick chat with one or two people smarter than myself about the design and any short comings but I'm pretty happy with it. My first Prototype version failed, the hole centres where good but there was excessive interference between the caliper and hub. I'd created this in attempt to prevent the caliper facing down and looking goofy. This is all to be expected I spose and what happens when you transfer paper to reality with not much room to play with. A quick rehash realigned the angle between the two sets of mounting points and allowed me to add more material to one of the tighter mounts, win all round and version 3.1 was born on paper. Transfer of the design to a wooden prototype allowed me to mock up design and thankfully it all fits. Here's a pic of the caliper mounted to the disc at last. So as I say, so box ticking to do then production. Then just the tiny secondary issue of getting the brake line to fit and the wheel to go over it all because currently it fouls...:whistling:

If you do a search there's a thread from Mark Derby at Automodz asking the same question, think there's pictures with the answer.

This is everyday for me. I regularly do stuff like this. Travelled to Rotterdam to fit a switch a few years back. Often do 8 hour round trips for operator error like this. Ladies and gents we have a winner.

Don't think that's just limited to the Torries.

Like I say it's a bit misleading I actually drove 160 miles one day, to one location, then over 100 to yours, a 100 back. Then the following day I drove the 170 miles home. So whilst the whole round trip was 620 miles to yours it was spread over three days and punctuated by actual work. It's still beaten hands down by my 17 hour round trip where I spent 1 hr on site in Endinbourgh, long day that. I do get up to some funny stuff to be fair. I love coming home from the Netherlands though as if I fly I land before I left...magic. :lol:

If you were going that route I'd suggest to blend them in. Be a bit half assed otherwise.

Have to say I think they look better than the ones Si posted which look home made. With my car being red the stock ones work best but I can see them looking better on your dark coloured car. If you just went black, well it would be a bit Barry boys.

It would be crap, but the anti Conservative narrative is high in the people, for various reasons. Labour are too weak and Corbyn to unpopular to snatch a majority. With the Remain camp so vocal and Liberals actually showing anti Brexit favour many of this lot will vote liberal. I think it's highly likely that the Conservatives will actually loose, narrowly, there will not be enough to support elect the current Labour Party and the protest vote will surge Liberals back but they again won't have enough clout alone. Leaving the option on the table for them to join forces. Probably promise to trigger a second referendum at the end of article 50. Of corse I could be way off but the bookies odds will be good on it with the current odds for a Conservative victory. I've called it right the last three times so I recon its worth £20 (which buys you nothing since 2008 anyway).

Polls Tony, polls. I'm going to go place an outside bet on a labour/liberal coalition with a default result of a Corbyn run government.