Chris Wilson

I have two, both used, but in excellent condition. I won't guarantee a used pulley, but at £65 each plus £5.80 insured P&P they are a lot cheaper than a new one.

Is it a two or four stroke?

It doesn't have a third world flag sprayed on it though....

They sound very cheap, considering a stock MAP sensor from Toyota is over £300. I would say you definitely do need to replace it. Do you need the FCON though? I don't know the spec of your engine, would a stock ecu run it?

F1 only do a single round in the UK and Silverstone have a noisy day allocation for racing, but not track or test days. BTCC is silenced.

They don't, most race series now run to the same noise limits as cars on track days. Blame the government, the EU `uman rights act, and circuit owners for not fighting noise restrictions by pooling resources and having a proper court case. Most objectors to noise from race circuits are "incomers" who chose to buy properties bordering circuits at their perceived market value, then decided to object about noise levels, possibly with compensation in mind... You can't beat them (at least not until we get a dictator in here to sort the stinking mess the country is in), so if you love driving cars fast, and value your licence, it's best to keep the blood pressure low with a decent exhaust and intake system

Most of the time yes, but they have the occasional noisy day with no limits at all. They are fairly dear though, from £295 to £445 depending on the organiser. Apart from there you don't have much choice other than running something pretty quiet, exhaust wise, with a proper wastegate set up.

He abused it This drifting lark is to cars what rape is to women.

Castrol / Girling Red Rubber Grease. You can buy it off Ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CASTROL-GIRLING-RED-RUBBER-GREASE-BRAKE-GREASE-BEST-/400085380144?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item5d26f26c30

Whatever Nissan recommend for basically the same box in R34GTR Skylines, or BMW suggest for some of their cars with a similar 6 speed Getrag. If I had another Supra and it was a manual I would run Neo gear oil in it if it was driven on track, or Motul Gear 300 if it was mainly just a road car. Neither are recommended by Getrag or Toyota, and others should use them at their own risk, but I would be 100% happy with either of these in my own Getrag V16* box.

These Welshmen seem to get a bit uppity over things, don't they

http://www.trackdaylist.com/ Plug in Car, Donington (or wherever) and Track Day and it lists all upcoming events save some run by the circuits themselves. There's nothing scary about a track day, 95% of them are very well run and there will be plenty of other first timers. An N/A auto will be perfect, no worries there. It's NOT a race day, overtaking is by consent only, on the left only, and usually on the straights only. You are actively encouraged to go no faster than you fell comfortable with, and there are nearly always instructors available to sit in with you and give advice. Donington is a pretty safe circuit for beginners.

Donington or Rockingham would be fine with me. I think Rockingham are fairly relaxed on noise, but certainly screamer pipes and Nur Spec R's on singles have not a prayer.

I can understand your concern, but I haven't touched a drop today. It may be the effects of an excess last night though.... I'll reattempt it: It's not got that red Toyota coolant in it, has it? The chemical that cause the colour change when the coolant becomes acidic can cause a combustion gasses in the coolant test to give false positives. The chemical itself can cause an indication that gasses are present when they are not, if it gets drawn into the tester syringe with the test fluid. Now, talking of drink, what time is it? Oooh, three minutes to opening time :)

I am up for it if I can bring my Skyline? But not Llandow, too small and tight, needs to be somewhere I can get it in top gear IMHO best to just pick a date at a track event run by Bookatrack, or Javelin or whatever that's open to all and tag on to that. You won't get anything like enough Supras to single book a proper circuit for reasonable cost.

The hoses should pressuise enough to be hard to near impossible to squeeze flat. The system should see 1 bar without the cap opening, which is quite a bit of pressure. It's not got that Toyota red coolant in it, has it? If it contaminates some combustion gas colour change liquids it changes their colour by itself. You may be worrying needlessly?

Combustion gasses entering the coolant. Usually head gasket issues, but other possibilities are a cracked head, or a cracked block, or very very rarely a cracked turbine housing on a water cooled turbo. Obviously very high coolant temps will cause expansion and pressurisation up to the blow off pressure of the rad cap. Temp related issues should be obvious by abnormally fast rises in coolant temp. You should be able to isolate which cylinder the head gasket has blown on quite easily, a worthwhile check if the blow is tiny and might be hard to spot by just looking at the gasket after disassembly, or it will help when looking for a crack. A cracked or warped MKIV head is a scrap head though. An old map sensor and 5 volt power supply, connected to a scope can be used to see pulsation pressures in the coolant with a bit of fiddling, if you like gadgets. Removing a plug one cylinder at a time until the pressurisation ceases is quick and easy, sometimes just pulling a coil pack connector to stop combustion pressures in one cylinder is enough to see where a gasket has blown, or where a crack is. Have fun

If it doesn't invalidate your insurance I'd remove the thing and put it back to stock without an alarm at all for a while and see what issues disappear..

Very clever..... I'd be wary of any brake fluid you buy off me in future

You are correct, I have just added another one I do occasionally move stuff into folders on the desktop, but not often enough!

Yes, that's why his have such nice flat faces.

My racing snail is not winning races any more. I decided to take his shell off to reduce his weight and make him more competitive. It didn't work! If anything it's made him more sluggish

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Are you sure the thing hadn't had a gasket problem earlier and over pressurised the system, maybe with a higher than stock pressure cap on it, thus splitting what was probably a less burst proof than ideal hose? I would wager the burst point of an aging stock rad hose is higher than most new el cheapo silicone ones. It ain't going to fix itself mate.... We all have jobs in like this every now an again I can't believe a head gasket would fail in seconds.

Didn't realize that Simon, sounds more like an ignition switch fault, to be honest.