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went to service my rear calipers after the car has been off the road and 30 year old bleed nipples were badly worn. I was just able to remove them but didn't fancy having to do it again. Purchased these off Ebay...

Finally replaced my worn tailgate struts. Sourced aftermarket struts from EBay that fitted perfectly. They were made by a company called Tristan, £23.83per side. The company is based in Latvia but used them before. part numbers: 90450-50C00 90451-50C00 Took 5 minutes to change and the car...

Thanks to great help from Andy and George (Fubar and Pobody) the engine and gearbox is now back in the engine bay. Just got 101 parts to re-fit but pleased the project has some momentum again. Jim

feed me now :) We've been in the new house 10 months and I had my first blissful afternoon in the garage. I've made a working space, fixed the lights and the engine/box are ready to go in, hopefully next weekend is D-Day

A good news story for a change. It's been a long time coming after 2 dead ends culminating in me starting from scratch the 3rd time but there is nothing left to do on the engine except stick it in the car and run it in. Long story short: The bottom end has been rebuilt with the PAR rods again...

My engine build is coming to an end. I dropped by the shop last week to talk camshaft timing/setup with the builder. A couple of queries. He checked the duration of the cams that were bought by the previous owner (many many years ago) which I'd always assumed were the 260/260 kit. He found...

I've been thinking about heads again now my 87.5mm bottom end is finished. A standard bore is 86mm which means the shape of the head will also be 86mm My HG is 88mm and if I find a clean standard shaped head there will be a 0.75mm lip between the head bore and the cylinder bore? This sounds...

Picked up my re-built short engine today from the Engine builders, only took 18 months to sort out! Re-built using Supertech 87.5mm pistons. I just need to sort out the head now

and Pistonheads kindly remembers the original :thumbsup: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30929

http://bndtechsource.ucoz.com/index/tire_data_calculator/0-20 If all you want to know is whether a tyre swap will rub your arches or change your speedo this is not the site for you. If you want to understand how the tyre contact patch changes with alloy size, pressure, load and many more...

For a 400hp engine, a 3071GT turbo probably needs to operate at 1.5Bar give or take. I understand a 3071GTX gives comparable performance to a GT until you start to operate it at higher boost levels so it would also need to operate around 1.5bar? My 3071GT is .64ar so is known for its spool, I...

Generally Nankangs make me feel :evil: When they first came to UK I saw so many dangerous failures that made me feel they should never be allowed near a car let alone one with any performance. I saw this http://www.nankangtyre.co.uk/news/7-nankang-ns-2r-delivers-ultimate-on-track-performance...

Not a very exciting thread! I know I'll get straight answers here. I need to get the 19" wheels on my other car fixed as they bend and crack at the hint of a pot hole. I was just going to get them sprayed as I wasn't that fussed but powder coating is not much more. I've had wheels powder...

The link below is to the results of tests done by RoSPA in 2005: http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/tyre_tread_depth.pdf Their conclusion is not very exciting, when tyres get below 3mm then wet weather performance drops off. What I thought was interesting is the graph. Although not said, I...

Just checking whether I need to replace my ARP rod bolts? As they weren't measured before they went in it's difficult to say if they've stretched. Therefore it's impossible to know if they've stretched. £50 for a new set so am I being overly concerned?

This is for Andy who I'm helping with his Nistune but thought it would be helpful to others. When changing injectors you need to know the injector size and new latency. This website provides the nominal flow and latency for a range of common replacements...

Just visited the engine builder. The head I got has pressure tested okay and the cams rotate cleanly. He sorted out an issue with the head studs and when cleaning in the port area found this small hairline crack in the combustion area on 2 cylinders. Both are small and no signs of det so the...

The last time I rebuilt my engine I assumed the OEM head gasket compressed to a 1.2mm thickness. I think this was because HKS etc were selling 1.2mm as the "standard" replacement gasket Reading around the internet on SR20DET rather than gtir, nowadays 1.1mm seems to be what people consider OEM...

Introduction ========== Below are the specifications obtained from a fellow member for the NME Group A specification Pulsar used for Tarmac stages. This is a work in progress. I will try to add some comments for explanation and a few blanks for further information.

I've got some 86.5mm pistons to fit in the block. As they are American they are sold as 3.406" These are the only spec details I can find. I would assume the pistons are designed to fit a 3.406" bore size (85.5124mm) so that is the spec I should give the machine shop? I suppose this could...