[Rebuilding Bilstein Suspension]

I got 2nd hand rebuilt bilsteins about 5+ years ago, and have hammered them everytime since. They still going very well. Just had them greased.

[Dumb Question Thread!]

 loner']

[quote name='Al_baru said:

I spilt smelly diff oil in the boot and the carpet is oily and stinks bad. Does anyone have suggestions how to get the oil out?

At present the carpet is clipped to the garage wall and draining oil out.

/quote]soap and a high pressure water blaster

Pretty sure degreaser would bother the carpet

Thanks, I was going to degreaser it then water blast it. Will soak with detergent then water blaster it. That should fix it

I\'ll be surprised if you can get the smell out. Might need a trip to pick-a-part. I have a beanie that still smells after 3 years

and a lot of washing. It\'s faded over time, but it\'s still there.

I\'m left wondering how and why you stuck your head in diff oil ???

[Dumb Question Thread!]

 ADIKT']

[quote name='Al_baru said:

I spilt smelly diff oil in the boot and the carpet is oily and stinks bad. Does anyone have suggestions how to get the oil out?

At present the carpet is clipped to the garage wall and draining oil out.

/quote]soap and a high pressure water blaster

Pretty sure degreaser would bother the carpet

Thanks, I was going to degreaser it then water blast it. Will soak with detergent then water blaster it. That should fix it

[Dumb Question Thread!]

I spilt smelly diff oil in the boot and the carpet is oily and stinks bad. Does anyone have suggestions how to get the oil out?

At present the carpet is clipped to the garage wall and draining oil out.

[Winter tires]

 frqnt']

[quote name='Al_baru said:

I use them on dirt and grass - they are awesome

/quote]

Any recommendations?

I look for a full 8mm of tread, and square blocks (not wriggly) with sharp snipes.

Do you know if the attributes for dirt/grass performance are transferable to snow/ice? Obviously, the full 8mm tread is a gimmie but the actual tread profile etc?

for snow and ice, the prime attribute is the sipe

[Winter tires]

 frqnt']

[quote name='Al_baru said:

I use them on dirt and grass - they are awesome

/quote]

Any recommendations?

I look for a full 8mm of tread, and square blocks (not wriggly) with sharp snipes.

[Winter tires]

I use them on dirt and grass - they are awesome

[Bushes for Nolatec sway bar links]

SAS

[What have you done to your car today?]

Finally changed the brake rotors after warping them at the dobc playday. Did 2 events with them warped, kept the speed below 150k\'s. They were fine ;D

[What have you done to your car today?]

 boon']

[quote name='Al_baru said:

My rear diff has been whining for a few years. Got a near-new diff from a generous Stoffa for a great price, and Webster installed it on his hoist, with me assisting.

There were sparkly bits in the oil, and the diff was very noisy on overrun. All vanished now

/quote]

So much easier on a hoist (plus air tools)...

My mechanic mate did mine in 20 minutes and that included pressing the pinion flange off the 2 diffs and swapping them over (V9 or so has a different PCD on the flange, go figure)

He then declared that 20 minutes was now the benchmark for his workshop, and anyone taking longer than that would have some explaining to do

we used air tools only when stuff was too tight otherwise it was 3/8 socket set. Took 2 hrs due to neither of us done this before

[What have you done to your car today?]

My rear diff has been whining for a few years. Got a near-new diff from a generous Stoffa for a great price, and Webster installed it on his hoist, with me assisting.

There were sparkly bits in the oil, and the diff was very noisy on overrun. All vanished now

[Fuel tank measured non-linearity]

 ClubSub Mum said:

I thought it was cos the foot got heavier (so you went faster) and got to your destination quicker before you ran out of gas lol ;D

Oh Debs it\'s your fault my car runs out of gas at the bottom of the tank

[Fuel tank measured non-linearity]

Have you ever had an inkling that maybe the fuel gauge fell quicker after the needle reached half way? I did, so I did a fully scientific experiment and found out my hunch was true.

Here is what I specifically measured for my car, you mileage may vary :

Fuel Gauge litres between gauge marks

F 0

3/4 17

1/2 14

1/4 13

E 10

No gas 5

So what does this tell me? That the distance between F and 3/4 gives the longest driving distance, and that the distance between 1/4 and E gives the shortest distance. And when it\'s down to E, then the 5 litres left in the tank is really only fumes, because of the saddle shape and shallow shape of bottom of the tank.

It\'s confirmed my thoughts that the fuel runs out quicker at the bottom half of the gauge.

[Wellington MM: thursday October 3rd 7:30pm]

I just talk eat and leave

[Sti engine life]

My legacy engine done 380k from original. It helped to change oil at 5k intervals.

[Wellington MM: thursday October 3rd 7:30pm]

 Odie said:

Hmmmm I might have to pop along and see whats going on.

Odie, you should come along!

[Just got a tune, need help explaining what the plots mean.]

The beauty of the little turbo is that you get awesome early response from it. You\'re getting max torque at 4491rpms and 90% max torque at 3500. That should give you excellent push driving out of corners.

[MSNZ Scrutineer Training]

I use my cool MSNZ lanyard daily at work to hold my usb/security key stuff. Reminds me of the motorsport everytime

[ace gymkhana season update (with pictures!)]

Great work Doris!

How I wish we had a motorkhana each month down here. Heaps of fun

[Whats the best shape WRX? - Prizes!]

My pick is V4 coupe mainly because is the donor car for 22B. Also it\'s got just the right size rear wing, a really nice front lip.

[Dumb Question Thread!]

 QRAF said:

has anyone heard about the thermostat playing up so that it stops the o2 sensor from working as its common on Nissans

this is why its called the "Dumb question thread"

Yeah I have similar problem with my Starlet but from different source. The water temp sensor has gone faulty so ecu makes fuel rich to protect against hotness and leanness in cylinder.

[Dumb Question Thread!]

What if you\'ve got discarded pieces from 2 really broken gearboxes? Is anything worth keeping?

Have inadvertantly destroyed 2x type-r gearboxes in 1 year, and have all the left-over parts. I\'ll keep the spare dccd internal unit but the dccd case itself is a little shattered - don\'t ask - some dodgy purchase I never noticed till too late.

About the only other thing maybe worth keeping could be the main case - someone please tell me this too is useless.

Help me throw this stuff away.

[Dumb Question Thread!]

An alternative if you don\'t have CRC is to spray it with a \'dry-glide\' silicone spray used for drawers.

[Baffled sump]

Just the std one AdamOst.

[Baffled sump]

FWIW, I\'ve had a MacBilt sump for over 9 years in the GC8, after lunching a BEB at Manfield in 1994. This sump has been nothing short of awesome. The car\'s done 7 yrs at Manfield at InterMarques and Road and Track days, a solitary Pukekohe day, and several Taupo days - all tracks.

This is a well-proven sump for my car.

This car still has the same rebuilt engine that the MacBilt sump was originally fitted to at the same time as the rebuild, and has done 3x full logbookfuls of MotorSport events. I cannot recommend sump highly enough.