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dr_broon

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  1. aye - I've been paying attention to it and am being more gentle with the clutch (must see if bite point can be changed) and it's much better. you've got me thinking though about the lsd... get full on gran turismo
  2. You mean like this - Almost 12 hours of machine polishing to achieve this oooo yeah.... that's the one just been spying at the other pics on facebook, and the accord looked mint! also a reg neighbour to my car... just 53 down the road
  3. true, but 1st gear doesn't go as far as it used to these days... aye, was thinking of lift off oversteer, but it was happening after changing gear, but you're right.. once the wheels spin up in 2nd and it slides, i probably do take the gas off quick.... that'll do it then it's a booger that the clutch bites so high... it was easy to do quick changes and modulate it when it was right down low. and it's so light as well. wish I'd got an uprated clutch now... if I'd known how light this one would be I would have. you can say that again
  4. my deck's pirates black, so i know what you mean.... though it's never looked like that!!! even keeping it clean is a 'mare! but when it is clean and the purple comes out.....
  5. yeah - had someone telling me at the weekend saying that it's lost money blah blah blah, but only if you plan to get rid of the car soon
  6. I'd noticed that the front end felt like it was struggling a bit after the work, so stiffened the front dampers - I'd assumed that this had upset the balance a bit, but it sounds like not. Thinking about it, it normally breaks traction when actually changing into second rather than out of first... it can easily wheel spin when putting it into second now, and the new clutch bites much higher up than the old one (right at the bottom) - I think that this is probably making me dump the clutch quicker, and upsetting the balance. need to relearn the car a bit I reckon, after 6 years of how it used to be.
  7. you can take her for a spin bud been a while since i checked tyre pressure come to think of it... good shout
  8. so since getting the gearbox done, if I'm accelerating hard and turning (like pulling onto a roundabout) I've started having a big drift / oversteer changing from 1st to 2nd!!! it's a bit nuts think i need to stiffen the shocks at the rear a touch...
  9. ah cool - will keep an eye open for them, cheers Dave Mate, my standard box is 3k rpm at 60mph? Problem is, almost all other cars are 70mph at 3k rpm, so makes the mb6/mc2's a bit high reving for motorways. On saying that, Dawns deck (1.6) is exactly the same......3k at 60mph I used to get 56 at 3k? (never like to go past 3k on a morning until she's warm, and used to get cars sat behind me).. not much difference to standard, but better than the s80
  10. awsome work on the detailing.... and the type r paintwork looked just
  11. shadz, this is looking nuts! awsome work fella
  12. 99p too, and all his own teeth cheers... it's brought me smiles can't beat a bit of old school rave
  13. so i finally got around to popping in these door cards (a few weeks ago) from the mg - wish that the rear doors didn't have manual window winders looks much better, and there isn't too much of a clash with the ones in the back.
  14. had a drive down to darlington tonight after work to do an ebay collection (baby, not car) - about 70 mile round trip... took motorway there, and a roads home.. lots of slow drivers that i had to overtake - and a bloke in a golf GTI that tried to overtake me on a roundabout with only 1 lane exit!!! - TRIED... the look on his face when he had to slam on the brakes and slot in behind. he was fuming! didn't see it for long though I love my gearbox
  15. 6/6 when you include the 4-1 mani and de cat and new wheels in the maybe a bit more section! 1"£££$££"!!
  16. need to get some more vids done from a better angle, and an overdue outside one
  17. 5th still pulls nicely on the motorway. when I change to 3rd from top revs in 2nd (60mph... on the motorway of course) it pulls even better and takes off (for 10mph to 70) will try and get some more vids of different stuff
  18. righty-ho... quick vid from today... change down to 1st, round a junction, floor it through 1st and 2nd to 60, then up to 5th. quite a slow change from 1st to 2nd though http://vimeo.com/49516181 can't embed vids to save my life...
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