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Standard discs are about as good as youll get anyway but pads, fluid and braided lines make a difference Definitely sack off the 20's as well, heavy and expensive.

Pretty much what Brillo said, for me brakes are more important than tyres so braided lines and good fluid are a must

Steering rack bushes will do exactly what youve described if they are knackered, interesting you mention the turn in on your first post too. Balancing will affect the car when its not braking so you can probably count that out and while you cannot see disc deposits its interesting you dont suffer anything at high or low speed, it will usually get worse as you slow down more. Id check the rack bushes before spending anymore money personally

The viscous unit is sealed, the diff oil is just acting as a lubricant so changing it wont affect the way the diff locks, if the oil is new I cant see any additive making a difference TBH. Id go along Alex's lines, maybe its a wheel bearing or something?

Dont know if thats really too good to be true - curbing, mixed worn tyres and some pretty crap pictures, the the paint hasnt been done properly youd be needing a refurb pretty soon anyway. Specially when these are £100 cheaper: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OEM-Nissan-370z-19-Forged-RAYS-Alloy-Wheels-5x114-3/142831864140?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49131%26meid%3Dca9c7b4b6b694a3989188e3e9236c844%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D223027973896%26itm%3D142831864140&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Our pub worked rather well, we had lots of people walking in and offering us money, looks like we will end up on German TV as well I dont know if this is going to work but this video sums up LM for me, we had nicked the motorised scooter from a feller dressed as Immortan Joe from Mad Max. this wasnt even the crazy night https://www.facebook.com/julian.mapp.71/videos/10155390453175877/?t=2

Hes a plumber, what do you expect? Probably rocking around with diamond encrusted slippers and drinking Dom Perignon all week as well

They managed to beat themselves last year though You havent checked out the Rebellion time either And £1500 is a bit on the heavy side, this year tickets are about £70, a car is £130 odd so if you split 4 ways its not that bad at all - we're only sticking EUR 200 each in the whip for food and beer all week. This will be 12 in a row for me, I just love it.

Compared to what, F1? Did you actually watch the last two races? :lol: TBH its difficult to understand until youve been, but 6/12/24 hour races with 4 different classes on track at the same time isnt comparable to normal racing - instead of seeing the cars for 5 seconds every 2.5 minutes theres almost constant action in front of you, but theres also time to go to different viewing points, get food and drink etc. too. The cars also look different and sound different from each other, you can have different weather every hour and the camping element at LM is amazing, lots of petrolheads drunk for 5 days solid cant be bad Anyway, check out the Rebellion/TVR qualifying times, could be a race in LMP1 yet .........

I sometimes wonder where these "mechanics" did their training or how so many people can work on toy car maintenance DS2500 are not an extreme pad by any means, and are generally recommended by every message board as an upgrade for fast road/occasional track use. I, and a lot of people here have used much more aggressive brake pads without any problems with squeaking, cold use or disc damage, if they are making noise then Id bet they havent been fitted properly, try what the guys have suggested up there. Discs dont warp either. They can pick up brake pad deposits that can create vibration under braking which can be sorted out by skimming the faces but its possible this might also be an effect of having the pads fitted wrongly as well, or something else entirely. Get the pads refitted with shims and coppergrease and re-bed them then see where youre at, FWIW the Brembo setup on the 350 is superb when its all working right

Thats very concerning, Id get in touch with Driftworks right now this minute. Never known anyone have any probs with HSD before, but then Ive never seen any coilovers of any brand do that either :o

I ran 18/19 and it was great, the car was excellent on and off track. Almost certain that Id have had TCS issues with that setup ......... except I always has TC turned off The early Time Attack S13's used to run 17/18 stagger, S2000's run it as standard too so I dont think its a bad thing dynamically.

She was very good on the last series of the Classic Car Show, she can also drive, has presenting experience, has a big interest in cars and is well known and invited to everything ever, thats a damn sight better than 2 of the current three IMO. And I would, obvs. And she was never convicted of any charges related to coke, and it was over 10 years ago. James Martin could be an interesting one as hes dyed in the wool petrolhead, I just hope whoever it is has some knowledge about cars and can drive a bit

In Houx with 41 (!) other people, we are making a pub. Some taster images: We have a quiz night, ladies night, roast on Sunday and some nice touches too - last orders bell, picture of the queen, lots of brewery bar mats and towels, horse brasses ........ but my favourite: Come and say hello, I doubt youll miss us ........

Yep, if you dont know what one does then you dont need it fitted, in my experience its a racecar thing, or at least for cars that are tracked heavily. Fully polybushing, fancypants suspension arms, weight reduction, cornerweighting and all that good stuff is probably on the menu before working on roll centres and scrub radius

Pretty much everything - feels better balance, noticeably more grip, more power and feels like a more responsive engine, PASM works better and I havent driven a 987 with PDK Interior more modern, I think they look nicer too. TBF I have only driven a 987.1S "spiritedly" and gave a 981S absolute death but I loved the latter where I onlyly really liked the former

Thats a late one, and is bottom end of 981 money which for me was a better car .......... and now youve got me looking as well, thanks a bunch

Yep. TBF cars are becoming less fun anyway though so its hardly bucking a trend, everything is heavy with electric steering and stability control you cant turn off

Struggling to believe someone is genuinely comparing a Fiat 500 against an M235i Along with the Golf R they are the worlds greatest bargain at the moment, the M135i is even better value and Id wager the M2 is going to go the same way now the CS is out. They are really good IMO, good feedback from chassis, nice and fast but reasonably practical and economical at the same time. Auto gearbox and active damping are both good, remaps see big power for very little money - if your friend buys a Fiat 500 instead of the Bimmer disown them

........... with Haldex Have to be honest and say I havent driven a TT for a while but like others have said, great straightline weapon, reliable and practical and bargainous but not that much fun

I spend a lot of time choosing my cars to start with and then find theres not really anything else I want to replace them with - a few well placed mods always helps too. Problems is Ive now got money that I need to spend on something but there isnt anything that I actually want to replace them with and Ive run out of parking so cant add more I looked at E55's - great engine but the BMW's (M3, M5) are better in most other areas

Have to say I agree, M3 is better car but Zed is a bit more fun, I always found it a close run thing between the two on track. I have a good friend who has done a 7.42 BTG in an E46 M3 - car was setup for Ring and hes done over 1000 laps though so might not be immediately repeatable :lol: Z4M is a good investment for sure but a sub 10K miles 1M is 50K+ now, even relatively high miles cars are going for around 40K. I missed out on the last one from new by about 15 minutes too

We've covered Pugs, sounds like your feet are the problem rather than the car Cheapest for me has to be a Mk1 Scirocco I bought as it was a "non runner", think I paid like £50 for it. Put in new battery, stuck it through MoT and sold it 3 months later for £450

Meant to update but it seems a lot of the drifty boys are still using Maxx sport from a few conversations Ive had recently

Very true, the Xantia is pretty much a 5 speed 306 GTI-6 in a dress, IMO one of the best FWD cars ever, and the Mi16 kicked the arse of everything in its class for handling and performance. Ive had a GTI-6 for about 6 years now and adore it to the point I dont think ID ever sell it, the missus has a 207 diesel which shes done over 100K in without any issue and the 306 diesels are the stuff of legend. Dont want to keep agreeing with you R_S but Pugs are actually pretty good, and weve not even really mentioned the 205 XS or GTI yet