Amjad

Are we going ahead with this? I'm free this weekend and Sunday next weekend

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Yeah one of those things I've not gotten round to with other issues I've had. It's only happened once or twice but you're right

I've had my stock oil pressure light flash round a tight right hander a few days ago. Can't comment on whether the oil pressure gauge gave a warning as it would have been quick, dash light stayed on for a second or two. Oil level was almost full and I run a baffled sump by RW Developments. Slightly disconcerting!

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Thanks Shane! Still for sale, people!

Knew you'd like them, awesome tyres

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No thanks Still for sale

Fusso Dark is awesome!

*Post JF2 update* So Japfest 2 was an eventful weekend! I'll get to that later, for now I'm just gonna go over what changed on the car recently. So one thing I forgot to mention in my last update, was that car was serviced a little while back and I tried a new oil New mounts Old mounts weren't in the best condition Going in Verdict on the JD Tuning mounts, great! I later had Grant fit in the powerflex rear LSD mount (sorry no pics currently) The vibration is only at certain rpm when pulling away, and not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I don't know what a set of 3 yellow polyflex would be like though! Thanks to Enots for helping me with the front two mounts, love his GT Next job was to fix my leaky rad, got a new one and went from dual to triple core. Old one was tatty as hell and the great chunk of quiksteel didn't fix it lol Also chucked in some new Toyota Red Coolant (wheels were being detailed as it arrived haha) Got a new DAB HU And for some less exciting bits, new detailing stuff (all great products) and wipers Yep the old ones needed replacing! Standard bonnet up bumper off shot Now that brings me to a week before Japfest! Had a suspension noise problem on hard cornering that was really bugging me, and there was no way I was tracking like that. Local mechanics were stumped/didn't really care to look into it so I drove it back down to Grant to take a look into. As usual he sorted the car and it came back a lot healthier than it went to him, so big thanks again! Here's the jobs that were tackled: -Suspension noise solved (was brake line bracket on coilover hitting the hard line!) -Suspension preloads corrected and ride height set up for functional use with rake -Rear camber taken from -2 to -1 -Bonnet catch support repaired -Powerflex rear gbox LSD mount fitted -Fresh alignment (-1.4/-1 camber F/R) Not really any pics to show but here's one at the unit with the beast '70! Oh and I renewed my tax So that brings me to Japfest 2...On the Saturday I had some last minute prep as you do. Having run in the Yellowstuff pads they were working well, hoewever I noticed some spongeyness which I presume was down to oil on the disc>pads (long story). We took the pads out and cleaned them up with sandpaper and brake cleaner until they looked good visually. Popped them back in and they were a lot better. Still not 100% as you needed to use more pedal force than you would think for a certain braking power, but fine for track or so we thought. That night later we took the car for a hard run to see if everything was good for track, car ran well. Happy days. Sunday morning, go to start the car aaand nothing! Ignition lights on dash cut out when flicking the key to start over. Checked over earths etc, visually everything was fine as were fuses. Jump start didn't work and neither did swapping in another good battery. Great an hour and a half later at 8:30am and we were still stuck in Leicester at a mate's. I put my own battery back and switched the car to ignition, I thought I'd take a chance and try bump starting it down the hill. Thanks God it did start! Now I just had to get it to the show where someone who is a bit more clued up could take a look! Got to the show grounds and I'm sure some of you saw me conked out on the grass verges next to the queues lol, yes the shed had cut out again! Bump started it again and managed to be practically the last people to join on to the near ed of the UKSO stand. Now to figure out what was gong on! Many many many thanks to Dan507 and his gf for sticking around to help me out, Dan tugged at one of the main earths off the battery and discovered it has snapped under the sheath where it's crimped! Luckily still had my sub wiring in the car so jacked the earth from that and we hooked it back up, great success! So then it was basically a mad rush to sort tyre pressures, attend briefing (yes guys, it was me that walked in late and almost got thrown out ) hook the actuator circlip back on (we had been lowering the boost the night before), get hold of a helmet and get on track. Somehow we just about managed to jump at the back of the queue and got on track. Literally if we were any later we probably wouldn't have been allowed on as we'd have missed the sighting laps. So Rockingham isn't as nice as Donington, the car felt really too bouncy but I think my front preload still needs to come down a bit. As everyone who was on session J knows, we barely got any laps in so it was pretty disappointing! To add to that, brake pedal went spongey coming off the track..great! Here's what the fluid looked like Suspicion was that there was still oil in the pads, hence requiring more braking force and cooking the fluid (ATE Typ200). Luckily I had a set of stock pads and a bottle of Motul RBF600. So pretty much as soon as we got off track I set about flushing the fluid and changing the pads. Got done by around 2:30/3pm and headed off the grounds to bed the pads in and grab a quick lunch. Sucked that I couldn't see any of the show but I really wanted to get the car back out on track again! Brakes felt a lot better and I managed to buy a session for 16:20 and got out again! This time it went a lot better, was more familiar with the track and was getting some good laps in, but just as I'm getting in the flow, another problem! Scooby sound from engine (f***!) Pulled into pits and couldn't see any smoke or any damage to engine. Luckily it was only the #1 HT lead that popped off the dizzy! The boot on it had split and the clip wasn't very secure. Managed to bodge it to get home but it means I missed out another 10 minutes of track! Alas, I got some good laps in and feels like I actually made use of the car. Big thanks to everyone who helped me over the weekend, it was nice to catch up with a few of you and put more faces to names. I shall leave you with some photos and a clip of me on track! (Thanks to Roj, Andy, Mark, Rob and Luke for the footage) # # And my favourite pics of the day Video clip by @LukeSR, doesn't sound half bad for CT9 I/WG >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWT61JJ-3HA Amjad

So it turns out this was due to my brake lines! Grant figured out it was the brake line bracket on the coilover somewhere along the hard line. Thankfully sorted now!

FOR SALE AGAIN buyer dropped out

Pretty mani! I recently drove an EP3 for the first time, great chassis and engine but I'm just not a fan of the looks of how common they are. K in a Starlet though,

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I'm happy with that, no point meeting up in the rain

ALK is decent but you'd benefit more from sticky tyres I think. The difference is night and day

Nice little touches here. Let us know how those Heavyset hoses are on fitment. Was looking to buy them in Pink but couldn't fleet any feedback on people who had used them

Just had a flick through your thread, can't believe how far it's come. Probably the nicest paint job I've ever seen on here, good job!

Blame my car Next time man hopefully Thank you to all those who helped organise it for us!

What a shame that we couldn't stay out there longer, would have been good to see if my low power GT could stick to you guys in the bends. Saying that though the track definitely didn't feel as good to drive as Donington Also where did you find the first two track pics? Wanna see if anyone else got mine