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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Ree » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:57 pm

Are you coming up for it, mate?

If so, are you staying at the same resort of most of us? If so, Ill see you there :)

Just had a wheel alignment done, had my set of track rims balanced up, fitted new turbo oil feed line, installed new spark plugs, positive battery terminal protector, and recalibrated my wideband.

Almost ready for the big day :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Lith » Wed Jan 22, 2014 7:00 pm

I am going to it, but not staying at the resort - doubt I would be welcome haha. Just going to pop in to the track for a while to check it out, a few mates are racing. Will see you at the track though!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Ree » Wed Jan 22, 2014 7:53 pm

Doubt you would be welcome? Im intrigued haha...did you get "all rock star on it" in one of their rooms one time, and now have a life time ban?

Good stuff, will see you at the track anyway :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby wde_bdy » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:12 pm

Put it on the trailer, time to go back to the panelbeater to finish front suspension. 8)

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby 2jayzgte » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:55 am

Fluid service trans engine brake fluid.

New Brake Master Cylinder.

Trying out Ferrodo R compound DS 3000's for the first time anyone had any experience with these???

Taupo track-day here we come.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby CAMB01 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:39 pm

2jayzgte wrote:Fluid service trans engine brake fluid.

New Brake Master Cylinder.

Trying out Ferrodo R compound DS 3000's for the first time anyone had any experience with these???

Taupo track-day here we come.



Yes I used DS3000 pads at Manfield in the EVO. Cooked them after 3 laps
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Ree » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:52 pm

Better hang onto Shamils pads, just in case yours dont last, Coryn.

I will have a spare set of average pads there as back up, should your ferrodos catastrophically turn to weetbix.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby 2jayzgte » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:18 pm

CAMB01 wrote:
2jayzgte wrote:Fluid service trans engine brake fluid.

New Brake Master Cylinder.

Trying out Ferrodo R compound DS 3000's for the first time anyone had any experience with these???

Taupo track-day here we come.



Yes I used DS3000 pads at Manfield in the EVO. Cooked them after 3 laps


Cooked them surely not a new set of pads after 3 laps.They are rated to 650 degrees C.

Cooked them where they falling off the backing plate if so thats a worry.

I can see fluid getting cooked after 3 laps not pads though can't say I've ever come across many who have done that.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby siren676 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:30 pm

Went to zebra car parts and got a rear engine mount then dropped it off at a mates to get some urethane bushes put into it :twisted:
Started to get sick of the engine rocking around while idling along in start stop traffic
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Mr Ree » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:27 pm

Secured rear wing blade to stop it drooping under load, changed PS fluid, remade throttle cable bracket, installed +ve cable for baby sub woofer amp, replaced park light bulb, packed spare pads, rotors, oil and brake fluid.

Roll on Monday
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby 1I1 » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:49 pm

Made it a tiny bit louder...

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby 1I1 » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:50 pm

And yes it has been shortened up and the muffler is back on.. its far too loud for the street lol
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby siren676 » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:59 am

Yesterday changed out the rear gearbox mount on the starlet to a urethane one from molex. Would have been a lot easier if one of the captive nuts hadn't broken its weld while I was trying to get the old mount out.
Shifts a lot better and engine doesn't seem to bounce around as much. True test will be on the drive to work.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Lith » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:41 am

1I1 wrote:Made it a tiny bit louder...


Actually sounded pretty damn decent on the track too :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:57 pm

Finally deregistered mine/Malcolm's old ST185 :lol: Last WOF was issued October 2003. Been on hold since, sold for parts like 6 years ago :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Grrrrrrr! » Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:06 pm

Stripped another 3sgte donor motor.

Another 3sgte, another load of fail.. gen4 pretzel conrods and head location dowel not locating.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby 85AW20v » Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:00 pm

Pulled off gearbox and flywheel as clutch needs replacing. Waiting for someone to sell me a blacktop flywheel to replace the silvertop one. Will also be changing the starter motor to the intake side as I've got the bits to do that.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby CAMB01 » Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:34 am

Sanded some bars on my rollcage. Got bored so decided to do some head porting, then got bored again and decided to figure the wiring issue on the Mirage. Got stranded on the side of the road for 20 mins when it died lol. Eventually got it going and raced back to the shed before it could die again.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Leon » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:24 pm

Replaced spark plugs on the 2002 Corolla.

Discovered one plug well very oily. So I'll have to do the rocker cover seals at some stage I guess.

Repco card got me 50% off iridium spark plugs.

Having spent two hours getting cheap and nasty tint off the rear door windows of the Corolla, the car smells like tint adhesive. What a horrible job that was!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Kiwi-Corolla » Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:49 pm

Installed a Pivot Speed Meter and put on some 'TWINCAM 20' stickers that arrived from Australia the other day (after putting them on I decided that I wanted them a little higher so have some more on the way :roll:)

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