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Maybe Paul has a "tickle Janika" button hidden under the desk... and it does something with her chair

That's impressive! Any idea how fast it gets up to on the straight?

Looks well stripped. The parts will be somewhere.

Oh well, I figure if the hub fits properly and has been pressed in without damage, then the bearing will be held together by the friction of the pressed in hub... so if there is play after install, the hub may need replacing.
If there is play after use, then either the bearing is worn, or the hub is ...

Lloyd wrote:No, we're all talking about front bearings in a FWD.

...So when you install a brand new bearing in a front drive you can feel play in it before you put the hub nut on?

But the cv nut holds the inner races together and holds the flange in place, you will always have play as there is nothing to keep it intact. If you were to leave the cv nut off and drive down the road the wheel would fall off.
Yes the CV nut is required to hold the bearing together while driving ...

Why would you take the hub nut off and wiggle it? That's the only thing actually holding the 2 inner races together and stopping play in most cases. Almost any FWD that you take a hub nut off will have play.
Not in my experience, note i'm only wiggling it by hand, not with any weight on it or with ...

Good pads and braking setups will always chew disc's. Generally it is accepted that for every set of good pads you'll go through 1-2 sets of rotors.
Agree. What's people's problems with replacing disks? Disks are just a consumable just like the pads.

I run DS3000s on my corolla and are on my 4th ...

I usually check front drive bearings by taking the hub nut off and wiggling the wheel around. Sometimes the bearings can be worn but not easy to feel with the hub nut done up tight.
If the bearing has gone after 10,000km the hub nut may not have been tight enough.

Had this problem in my AE82, but it never turned over properly, just clicked.

The problem is that there is no relay to the starter solenoid, so all the little wires going via the key barrel with old plugs introduce enough voltage drop that the solenoid never fires properly.
I fixed it by putting a ...

Stink. I'm looking for a way to use some old semis on the drag strip. Unfortunately they are much harder than they use to be, and a stickier tyre would be good for the 60'.

Anyone else used anything to soften tyres?

Did you end up getting anything? and did it work?

If you want it cheap then doing it yourself is the best option. A light that sticks on the inside of the window can be bought from Repco/Supercheap.
I put one in one of my cars a number of years ago, it's an easy job.

Buy a brake pad compound that works when hot, like a proper race compound. I wouldn't think that the actual brakes need replacing though.

And flush/change all of the brake fluid - very important!

Have you tried a mag wheel cleaner spray? I use them all the time, it seems to dissolve the brake dust OK.

Last one I got was Repco Eclipse Wheel Cleaner contains " <10% Oxalic Acid"

Just spray and walk away... then hose it off within 2 minutes, and maybe scrub while hosing

Would be good with rules about how to post in it... like make model colour must be in title so make searching easier.
photo preferable, list of distinctive parts, chassis number, other numbers etc. in body of message.
no "gutted bro" posts etc.

It might help people who are buying parts if there ...

its purely a track/event car rather then trying for cert and road use. obviously the wieght is low which is the upside just dont know to much about the strength/durability
If you don't have the engineering background to work it out, don't do it. You will end up risking many other people's well ...

I have a similar thing in my EVO. new rotors and better pads has helped a lot, but it is still there once things get hot.
At this stage I am wondering if any play in the wheel bearing can affect it. I haven't replaced any ball joints yet, so don't know if it could be that either.

@ Redmist's question. Is it possible that more than double the air makes it into the cylinder with the NA vs 1 bar boost comparison?... and could this be tested by measuring fuel used on each setup vs O2 exhaust readings?
I never studied anything in this area, so don't know.

Edit: does an ...

sergei wrote:torsen is much nicer than plate on FWD.

Agree, plate is good when you have good tyres on a good surface, but not so good for all types of road driving.