jamesvalver
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the thought did cross my mind. alot cheeper on tyres lol. would need a std front tho
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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you use steels for track days? are they not uber thin though? orange wheels  i hate white wheels, when they're white they look awesome, as soon as you move there never the same 
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jamesvalver
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these are 6x15's mate so wide enough, and when wrapped with a set of super sticky road legal slicks its should be fine lol
thinking about getin my wheels painted bronze mayb?
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SAL
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looks rude on the steelies 
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Butler
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I fear you wouldnt get as much traction with the steelies as weith bigger alloys, especially with the xe. BBS rims in bronze would look awesome I think.
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jamesvalver
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bbs' are 7x16 and the steelie are a 6x15 but both run a 195 tyre
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Butler
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I couldnt personally say how much of a difference that would make. I just know from personal experience that I had more straight line speed on rallye steels but turn in was improved with the alloys. Im not sure how much the dimensions differ on those though.
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jamesvalver
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there will be alot less side drift in the tyre on the alloys thats for sure. im running a 195/50 15 bridgestone on the steels cause thats what i could get for nothin from work off sales cars lol
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Kano
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
got plenty of work done on it this weekend.
rear wheel bearings, wheels swapped, refitted exhaust, cambelt, 16X hydrolic followers, checked oil presure (2bar at idle), fitted side light bulbs, fixed number plate light and changed oil + filter.
2 Bar? Was that when it was cold or hot?
I get 4.5 to 5 bar when cold and about 1.5 at the most on tickover when its warmed up...
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flybikeslee
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free tyres....feel fre to send some my way james
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ShEp
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get some trims
looking lovely as always james
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jamesvalver
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cheers for the comments ppl, car is now dead again lol gearbox gave up on boxing day on the way to my grandrents house for lunch, after 1.5hr wait for recovery we finally got it home. was only 3hrs late for lunch.
it died in 3rd gear but i think its the diff that has finally given up. i picked up a new f20 box 2day so will get that fitted tomorrow and then start stripping down the old one to see whats gone. if its just the diff then i'll save for an lsd for it
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Butler
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Sounds like you have about as much luck as me  Sorry to hear that mate.
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jamesvalver
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progress from today
something missing here
got to love drive way repairs
old box
new box
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jamesvalver
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f20's are wankers to fit when ur on your back!! 
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TheCam
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your no havin much luck mate i love the fact that u do most of the work yourself. cant wait to see this back running, you goin for anymore power soon?
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Dave A
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I find it easy to get one person underneath locating the box and another above the car supporting the weight with a strap round the box. or ese a hoist if you have one.
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jamesvalver
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all done. old box has a "locator" on the end of the imput shaft and new box didnt which made it abit harder to line up but get there in the end.
if things didnt go wrong then i would get bored very quickly lol. i think this is the shortest its been off to road for lol
so far its all gone well, will take it for a drive later to see how it goes.
next step strip the old box and find out what went wrong
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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get some HID's blue bulbs look poo poo
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jamesvalver
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drven the car about abit over the weekend and what can i say, its like a different car to drive! the gearbox has made a big difference!
fly - i got some HID's but got pissed off with them as there only dp beams, and the dual beams i had kept messing up, now prefer std
[Edited on 31-12-2007 by jamesvalver]
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williamsvts
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could have been worse. the ground could have been covered in snow.
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jamesvalver
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treated it to a auto glym wash and polish yesterday and refitted my alloys
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jamesvalver
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no progress anymore really as im happy with out the car is atm and unless it brakes, ive not really got any plans to do anythin else to it apart from new driveshafts and hubs, vernier pulleys and a remap and full set-up
playing with the idea of a monterey bonnet vent atm to help with the airflow to the throttle bodies
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Steve X16XE
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Good ideas. Just enjoy it whilst you can. Can't really take it out when the snow arrives.
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Steve X16XE
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Oh yeah, how long does it take you to remove the engine?
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