Soop Dogg

I don't need to swear at my ex. She's cool with me and my wife. But then my current wife had nothing to do with our break up. We all get along just fine. In fact my wife and my ex-wife have been known to go shopping together.

I don't need to swear at my ex. BUT I DO NEED TO SWEAR AT MY LOCAL TRAIN COMPANY'S WEBSITE!!! f**KING USELESS PIECE OF S**T!!!! WHO WRITES THIS BOLL**KS PIECE OF SOFTWARE??? RANT RANT RANT RANT!!

Ok then, so who's going to be the first one to swear then?

You could have a nice little shrubbery on your side of it as well. (sorry, this is getting all Monty Python now....)

Re the eingine braking thing - why oh why oh why do people think that when you drive an auto, you have to just leave it in 'Drive'?? Angie and myself have both had the back wheels lock up on downshifting in the auto on trackdays. And that was while trying to balance the throttle during the shift to get the engine up to speed for the lower gear. Engine braking? - there's plenty of it if you use the 'box correctly. And as for the speed of an auto around the track - yes, you probably (no - definitely) have more control in the manual, but if the auto is driven well, it can be bloody hard to get past. Angie trounced a guy in an Ulitima at Marham earlier this year. (ok - she nearly binned it a few corners later hence allowing him to get past again, but she was trying to get past him for a couple of laps as he was holding her up!) Edit: can't believe I posted on an auto vs manual thread!!

I work in insurance and the Skyline is heavily loaded because there wasn't an equivalent UK model, so spares have to come half way across the world making them very expensive to repair.

I'll PM you this evening.

Might be thinking of selling mine. They're Braid Interlagos and in extremely good condition. No kerb rash whatsoever and the tyres are all good or very good. I'd have to work out a price though. They cost me about £2500 with tyres

I know how infuriating this is for you guys, BUT - read your tems and conditions as soon as you take out the polciy. (or preferrably before) This is a hard lesson to learn and I've done it myself years ago. Nowadays I read all the small print and make sure I'm happy with it first. It's all in there for you to see. You can't blame the company if they informed you and you didn't bother to read it. Virtually all insurance companies have this sliding scale of rebate amounts which is different depending on how long you have been on risk. And this is not necessarily down to Sky as they are only the broker, aren't they? Often these amounts are determined by the insurer who underwrites your policy. One way to get a pro-rata rebate from the insurer is to say you're buying a car they probably won't cover. e.g. some insurance companies won't insure a GTR34 Skyline or a Corvette convertible etc. As THEY are the party who want out of the agreement, they have to effect the cancellation, not you. As the sliding scale thingy only applies to the situation where the Policy-Holder cancels their policy, in this type of case they normally pay you out pro-rata for any outstanding amount still 'unused' on your policy. As already said, you could say you want to insure a Corsa from now until renewal. They will then recalculate your premium on a pro-rata basis returning any excess payment to you. Then once you have received this amount, cancel the insurance on the Corsa which of course will be a smaller amount of premium to lose.

These have now been sold. Thanks everyone for your enquiries.

Nobody want these then? You can see form the pics how clean they are. Want to get these out of the way, so the first offer over £200 will buy them. (This will include postage) If that's not cheap, then I don't know what is!

Or have you been doing alot of short trips? It could just be condensation....

Right - here you go. Finally I got the pics! Hope this helps.

Thanks for that Martin. Sorry about the confusion re MKIVStore.

There isn't a name cast on the cams I'm afraid, but then I haven't seen a set of HKS or anything like that out of the car in the past anyway. Sorry, I didn't get the pics up tonight, I had to go out. I'll do it tomorrow I promise! I'm waiting for Lucifer to get back to me with some details.

I can put some pics up tomorrow night. As I never fitted them, I'm not sure on the power gains - apart from which it would probably depend on what else you have fitted. To be honest, chasing the last few BHP is not what cams are really about - they're more about stopping the engine running out of power in the upper areas of the rev-range by allowing a bit more volume fuel/air mix into the chamber by having higher lift, and letting this increased volume of fuel/air mix enter the chamber for a longer period with increased duration. So, the power will continue higher up the revs, which in top gear will see some extra horsepower, but you'd be better asking IanC for more info on quantifying this, I'm afraid. He's done quite a bit of tinkering with cams and looking at the effects on the dyno graph.

I'd have thought the problem was getting it to work ABOVE 70. It normally has a lower limit of 40kph and an upper limit of 110kph. If the speedo has been converted, but the feed wasn't connected into the Cruise control speed signal input, then it'll still be working on an upper limit of 110kph. (Around 70mph) Does your cruise work as low down as just under 30mph? If it does, then this is your problem. It's still getting a kph signal.

When was this then? Could have been us, but more likely SecondJump.

Yep, that's for the pair. Just want to get rid of them now as I'm not going to be using them.

I have a pair of used but polished 256 cams that I bought from MKIVStore about a year ago and never fitted. They are pretty much new. In light of the fact that I am selling up in the near future, these are now for sale. They were oiled etc when I received them, and are still wrapped up from then, so they are still in the condition they were in when they left MKIVStore. Looking for £225 including insured postage.

Right - change of plans! We're going to keep this car until we've had the new one for a while as we aren't in any rush to sell. I'm keeping quiet about the new car, but I'll post pics when I get it. Oh - and it ain't a Supra! In the meantime, I guess I'm taking this one off the market unless someone is desparate for it. It's taken too much of my time and effort to get it the way it is now, to just let it go in a hurry. I'll see if I'm happy with the new car first. Might be willing to part with some of the spares now though!!

Well......I have something lined up, Ernie! I'll let you know what it is when I get it. (Wanna buy a nice 'oil-slick-black' Aerotop in the meantime?? :d ) Alex - thanks for the bump, mate! And you know I'm not sure I want to sell it, but then you're also one of the very few people who know what our next toy is! (Ssshhh....)

Added an ABS pump to the list of spares! (I can see this being a regular thing over the next week or so!! The buyer might need to make 2 trips....)

Angie says you're all a bunch of b@startds and she won't be telling any more jokes. (You'll be glad to know!) In fact, she's putting her car up for sale alongside mine in protest!

Hope this isn't a repost - did a search and couldn't find it. Enjoy! Who's up for this challenge? Might cost a bit! CLICK