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Limp mode?
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How long do you need it for and how much access to it do you need?
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basically semi permanent. not a whole lot of access, don't plan on using it but if i suddenly needed to pick it up i would like to be able to without hassle
I have a fairly huge double garage in Karori that's only going to have 1 car in it.
I'll talk to the flatties about it.
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Best to take the strut out and take it apart so there is completely no tension on it too. All the road grime/sand and grit get in the threads and jam them up so if taking the pressure off it doesnt work then the grinder better come out. I have a spare locking ring or 2 if you need tein ones?
The springs weren't captive so there was no pressure anyway.
They solved it - pulled the strut out, put it in a vice, smacked the ring with a hammer a bit, then froze it with a fire extinguisher and did the old punch-in-a-notch trick and it 'cracked' and came loose. Then they cleaned all the threads up and now it moves smoothly.
So now it has a cert
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Got a cert
And put all my mods on the insurance. Price increase: $0. Sweet, I guess I pay that much in the first place for a good reason.
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How long do you need it for and how much access to it do you need?
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have they got the strut out of the car? probably a bit more room to move .
they'll have to move at some point otherwise grind/tap and get new lock nuts.
Nah they haven't pulled the strut out yet, bit of a pain in the arse because you have to pull the back seat out blah blah to get to the studs.
I'm a bit staggered by how stuck it must be though. I mean I've seen them be stiff as hell before but usually at the very least putting a punch into the notch and smashing it with a hammer is enough to crack it.
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Have you given it a good driving yet? It may just need to settle a little... as long as it's not way, way out and making it unsafe to drive.
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So my car is in for a cert for the adjusties... turns out the rear springs aren't quite captive. They went to wind the spring platforms up and one of the locknuts is seized tighter than a nun's... well, you know. They've soaked it in CRC overnight, tried big ass c-spanners, putting a punch in the notches and giving it a good smash, and finally a 4ft long pipe wrench with a jack handle for more leverage and they still can't get it to move.
Any ideas?
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Dropped it off for a cert, found out the rear springs aren't captive (kinda knew that, forgot to wind the spring seats up before dropping it off hahaha ooops) and the exhaust is a shade too loud ;/
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I would say ~220kw.
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i sketch out sometimes on those hydrolic lifters.they sound s*** at night.best option man dont rebuld you motor.get your self a possum bourne short block.they sell 2 types.one thats forged and one thats not,price vairys.get you head reconditiond and youl be sweet.the blocks thy sell come under warrenty so youl be safe.
itl probly end up costing you about 6k.
Maybe a good option if he wants to build a 500hp motor but if it turns out the big end IS shagged it's way cheaper just to buy a front cut or some random un-opened long block off tardme... $6k, jesus I could probably replace my EJ207 for that.
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Unless they're Subaru specialists I wouldn't get overly worried right away. All subarus make a variety of individual and unique noises
Could be a little bit of piston slap... does it go away when it's warm?
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Shit. This thing is reasonably worked from what I remember.
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Either installed really badly or it's a towtruck job...
A properly installed 5-star shouldn't be able to be driven away unless the guy has like 2 hours to play with it.
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I'm getting it serviced next week so I'll get it checked out then. It recently got suspension changed so I have to wonder if it's a pinched/kinked brake line but I'm fairly sure it used to do it before they went in.
It just happened at a very unfortunate time... overtaking a wonderful highway-80-passing-lane-115'er when the police officer hiding in the bushes at the end of the passing lane turned his radar on.
I owe the guys at Beltronics a beer.
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Subject says it all really... when braking heavily at highway speeds the car pulls very, very much to the left. ABS not kicking in. Under light-moderate braking it doesn't at all except sometimes when coming to a complete halt it will do a little shudder to the left.
Znoelli slotted+drilled rotors, Brembo pads, dunno how worn. I think they were relatively new when I got the car ~15000km ago. Brakes have been flushed and bled ~5000km ago.
Any ideas?
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petrolheadjman']
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7 cars were stolen last week, this being one of them so wasn't cause he was being a ***t.
From what i hear black power are responsible and the police are onto it
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What would black power want with an old Integra though? They're more about the HSVs, FPVs and fast Japs - STis, Evos, Turbo Skylines. That kind of thing. This kind of car is more likely stolen by someone who knows their way around Hondas and needs a way to get home to Turangi.
petrols got too expensive even for the mob haha
You have to wonder if they've ever considered ripping off a petrol tanker.
Even if you only managed to drain off a few thousand litres (presumably they're GPS tracked for that very reason) that's still a significant 'saving'
Mind you they probably just nick people's plates and do drive-offs.
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This way the car can be found and you can remotly kill it which is included in the 399 price via a text message from your cell phone, pretty cool system.
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Just make sure you only kill it when it's standing still.. NOT while it's moving!!
You'd think this is common sense though... right?
Set it up to only kill fuel. That way it'll just lean out and melt a piston when the police are chasing you
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7 cars were stolen last week, this being one of them so wasn't cause he was being a ***t.
From what i hear black power are responsible and the police are onto it
What would black power want with an old Integra though? They're more about the HSVs, FPVs and fast Japs - STis, Evos, Turbo Skylines. That kind of thing. This kind of car is more likely stolen by someone who knows their way around Hondas and needs a way to get home to Turangi.
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Updated the first post with some more info.
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