gavin.starr

im sure there is a law here as i seem to remember looking into it if you kill a cat and its got a collar its up to you wether to inform the owner or not, but if you kill a dog you must inforf the owner or the local police so they can contact the owner. when i had my calibra i killed a farmers dog as it ranout from a side entry to a feild down a country road, i hit the dog at 60mph i had no time to react, i ended up some distance down the road half embeded in a hedge, i had completle totaled my front bumper, passanger headlight, bent bonnet, passanger side front wheel arch, all of the lower skirts, ripped off my oil sump, took out my left hand wheel like you see them in rally crashes hanging off, and sheered the majority of the bolts holding the exhaust together under the car. the dog was a complete mess (died on impact unfortunatly) which in turn put me into a state of shock for a week as i came close to flipping as i tried to swerve. i felt so bad for the farmer but he in return for me, he was very appologetic and offered to pay for the damage but it was clear from the damage that the car was a right off so that was that, i put in a claim which ended up being paid and i got enough money to buy another calibra. but im sure there is a law that stated its not your fault if you hit a dog if it is not kept on a lead and is therefore the owners responsibility. i know you might feel harsh going back and asking the guy for some form of compensation for the damage but at the end of the day it should not have been out on its own, and is therefore his/her's responsibility. go down to your local police and ask if there is anything that can be done, at the end of the day the owner should be gratefull that you didnt kill his dog and should give you something towards the damage, as it isnt fair towards yourself to have to pay for damage that wouldnt have happened if his dog was'nt out unattended. gav

basicaly about a month ago i built a new pond, i used to only keep goldfish in the old on, but i decided to get some koi in there as well. the pond is well within the sufficient size L 3.5m x W 2.5m x D 1.5m so it is plenty big enough. i keep the pond well filtered and the ponds water is circulated every two hours through the filter and the UV bulb. over time the fish have developed the waxy looking scales and one is worse off than the others as it is starting to effect the fins and guils too. i have been able to get them out today to take some pics. if any one knows what is wrong could they please let me know as i want to get them back to a good bill of health asap. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3825589563_5de830e1d7.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3825594081_80a222852a.jpg cheers in advance gavin

just thought that some one with a wide arch body kit could possibly pull it off ?

just trying to see if any one has done a simular spray job, seeing as the cars a similar in shape. i just thought i would look pretty good.

as i too have one spare its not in the best condition but it will still work

ttc mode i have reacently changed to hybrid turbos last weekend and upon completion i found that one of the vsv's ebv on turbo number one was shot. the answer im after now is that are any of these vsv valves required to run in ttc mode. the only reason being ive saved up for 4 months to buy the turbos and now one of the vsv's is dead i still cant drive it . gav

any ideas fella

ive just swapped my tubbies over to some second hand ones last weekend and when i plugged them all back, one of them decided not to work. i have no idea as to what they cost so how much are you after for the set. cheers gav

one vsv gone so going to replace the lot for peice of mind, any one got a set going spare or can anyone get some new. 2jz-gte jza80 twin turbo j-spec. ta gav

just checked them all an found one to be faulty / caput so hopefully this is th cause of the problem. does any one on here have a working second hand set or know some where that i can buy new. are these valves cheap or expensive if there not oo bad a might replace the lot. cheers fella gav

oh and another point i wanted to add is that i get no boost from either number 1 or 2 in first gear, say i set off from a set of lights it travels all the way through first gear with nothing, once i get into second gear there is nothing from turbo 1 and then a kick comes about 4500 rpm from the second and so on through the rest of the gears

ok cheers fella i will take a look tomorow

after loosing boost on my second turbo i decided to buy a new to me set from michel lane on friday. (there was no ceramic left on the turbo at all when i inspected it, hence th loss of boost in tubby 2) i have grafted my arse off this weekend to get them on, now that they are on i have no boost coming in from the first turbo:banghead:, am i now right in thinking that my vsv's may have gone as well or would that not be the case. what do i need to be taking a look at to solve the mistery. gav

how could i miss something so obvious. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14100315@N04/3785322365/ fixed now we hey

wish it was that easy, it going to take me at least another 2 hours to finish it now. my fingertips hurt [sAD][/sAD]

i wish i could gain acess to put a nut and washer on it because its the top cooland pipe flange for the turbo closest to the bulkhead. not happy with myself just finished athe rebuild fired it up to get to temp and descoveed a hissing noise:(

picture i taken from a cheap endoscope its good for spotting things/not really for taking pickies

you all know what it is.

nope guess again

well pissed off with myself can any one spot what is missing from this piture. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3785005415_9c9bd23130.jpg

done my heater matrix too last year some time. thought that was easier to do than the turbos. cant wait to get it all finished

just been changing my stock turbos over this weekend from my broken stock j-specs to my new ones from michel lane. should finish them tonight but boy no one could pay me enough to do the work again. cant wait to get the supra back on the road again its been far too long. gav

mine is alargehampton

11.10.09