Chris Wilson

Piercings are all the rage, aren't they? Call that a cheap one

Seized caliper or caliper slider if J-Spec calipers, see it all the time. Possibly the disc is now ruined as well, the heat will crack or warp them, needs sorting out or boiled fluid and no proper brakes!

Whatever you do be sure it's WELL covered, mapping on the road is a very high risk activity, personally I won't contemplate it, and temporary cover from some unknown broker for that sort of activity would give me the willies. Can't it be mapped on a hub dyno? Then tweaked for cold start and other niceties later?

Self aligning bearing like is used on kart rear axles in an alloy plate slotted for the bearing plate bolts in one axis, and slotted in the other axis where the plate mounts to, er, well, whatever it mounts to Without digitising it all you would have to be both a good measurer with good measuring stuff, and also a good machinist to get it right with no adjustment needed or available. Watch the max RPM limit on self aligners, some are modest.

Was it mainly cosmetic damage on proper inspection? Good luck with it, wish I could help, but I don't break cars, so have no panels at all.

You probably DON'T need tails.

Be VERY careful with rotary wire brushes, a friend of my fathers lost sight in one eye when a bristle flew out and pierced his eyeball. ALWAYS wear decent goggles using when one. They have come up great!

You probably don't need tails unless the actual connectors are worn or damaged. Whifbitz probably don't sell them. If you find you do need them the part numbers are in the thread I linked to earlier.

Only YOU know if they need changing, I haven't seen the car you know...... You were asking about them though!

One of 12263-46010 and one of 12264-46010 (hoses) and whatever connector shells and tails you want.

Just order them from your local Toyota dealer, it'll be cheaper.

I've got a feeling David is running an electric water pump and the pulley that originally drove the impeller is there just to give belt wrap?

Source of spares here Jurgen: http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/37831/nissan_gt_r_3_8_2009_breaking.html

The cam boxes have two breather hoses across the tops of the coil packs, they go hard and brittle and break or split when you try and flex the hoses off, best to buy two new ones BEFORE they break....

It's just the shell of the connector. The actual contact pins themselves are part of the engine loom, a £1000 ish jobbie, or Toyota will sell the connectors with a short "tail" of wire crimped on, to splice into the existing loom. I could get you the part numbers for the tails (available in two different lengths, but not until later. Let me just see if I can find an old post of mine..... Here you go: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?235573-Engine-loom-problem-%28Vid-Inside%29&highlight=tail+connector

Pictures link is broken, should be: http://www.supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?578930-Stephane-GT55-33-updated-pics Nice engine spec, but what ECU is he running?

When it comes to torquing up wheel nuts / studs and brake bleed nipples, it seems people have this "thing* about tighter being better. Brake caliper bleed nipples just need nipping up, especially on J-Spec calipers. A serious grauncnh on the spanner will do some casting damage or stretch / break wheel fasteners

Thanks. it seems OK now here, as well, they must have been using all their antipodean bandwidth watching Weber., racing under team orders

Thanks, least it's not my connection. Appreciated.

Not been able to connect all day, my connection is far from good here, at the best of times, is it me, or their site? Thanks. http://www.motec.com.au/home

It would be the torque converter locking up. It locks up under certain mapped engine load, engine RPM, gearbox tailshaft speeds and fluid temperatures to increase economy and reduce emissions.

Alonso, thanks my friend, a few pints await me at the pub tonight

I would buy a tool cabinet off Machine Mart, get their Pro range, the lesser ones will disappoint, then buy tools separately, sometimes Ebay is a good source for quality used stuff, or special deals on new. the all in one box / tools packages sound cheap, but you get stuff you don't need, and don't get stuff you DO need

Park it in Liverpool, they usual SCRAPE a car for free Around £120 here. You may get a better price if it will drive to the yard rather than them collecting it.

Next time I speak with Ryan I will ask him about direct GPS input to the S8, I was thinking of trying one, but now I have used a customers race car with GPS logging I see how much better it is than remembering to take a beacon, and remembering to collect it off the pit wall when you go home, assuming no one has nicked it. I bought a Garmin 5Hz GPS receiver for my Motec set up in the Skyline, and risked buying what i thought was the unit they used direct from the US on Ebay. £120 compared to Motec's asking price of £380. I managed to get it set up the other day and am pleased to say it works fine. I would try a Google Earth overlay except Motec only offer this with Pro Logging in their data analysis package i2 pro, a £500 a year licence option. I want to find out if enabling Pro Logging in the ECU (a still hefty £500 one off fee) will do the same thing. I am not sure exactly what benefits, other than "looking cool" it has, but it would be nice to have a play with it. Thanks to Wez I am having another play with Race Technology software, but compared to i2 Standard it's a total nightmare to use. I will also have a fiddle with Syvecs logging stuff, but lack data files to play with, and would love to see their track generation in real time use, anyone got any data with this logged? Thanks Tony for the run through, Very helpful. Below is a high speed lap of the front garden, maxing out at a heady 13.5 MPH, in the Skyline