Morpheus

The link is for the NA but both the same aren't they?

Hi Jamie, you guys are into Monster trucks too? I'm in heaven! Got 7 custom built E and T Maxx's I built myself but have other priorities right now, like the engine block on the kitchen worktop! For standard sized servos, I reckon Towerpro are the best value. Tenner each from Hong Kong on ebay and all the power you need. I get everything from ebay if I can and probably did at some point!

Good advice there and I can vouch for the pendulum effect first hand, at very low speed. In 2000 I bounced my 'new' 1986 MKIII Supra 5spd manual off a central barrier on the M1 J8 dual carriage access road in Hemel Hempstead from the roundabout on Buncefield Way (right where the oil depot later blew up, remember?) as the indirect consequence (con-sequence, see?) of clocking cards and their dispicable evil and my General Manager at work and his dispicable evil. Clocking machines are more dangerous than icy roads any day as I've never had an accident on ice or on any other occasion and I intend to keep it that way. It was a combination of many seemingly insignificant factors, all of which together resulted in an accident that hadn't happened before and hasn't since, atleast not to me. I sometimes drive fast but I learn faster! A worn smooth, wet, greasy road populated by oil tankers every five minutes, a dangerously adverse camber coming off the roundabout (uniquely so in my experience), not braking enough due to being stopped dead by traffic and pulling away from standstill for literally months until that particular Sunday morning so I was unusually 'on a roll', running late again and the Manager insisting that if we didn't clock in at or before 7am, we wouldn't get paid the first hour and having just made it the day before at 7am on the dot, I was one minute later leaving the house on Sunday and had caned it the day before (where it was absolutely safe to do so, naturally). Starting to get the picture? Add to that the rear tyres were like slicks for financial reasons, hence Sunday overtime and needing every pound, with nothing but the ring grooves but were still MOT'd, just no cross grooves left, (from which most wet grip comes) and there you have it! An accident waiting to happen, as they say. The corner in question is seriously bad though and tightens suddenly while leaning over to the right. I'm amazed that more spins don't happen there. Looking at the barrier, I wasn't the first by a long way! I even knew before it happened that it was likely once I was committed, just thought I'd get away with it. What didn't help and could have prevented it was also the fact that being generally a safe and very defensive driver, I kept the car in lane making the steering much tighter than it needed to be and causing the back end to break away, to which I responded with braking while facing the left kerb, as you do, (BIG mistake of course!) and oversteering right, into the barrier. The initial point of release was very smooth and progressive, going as I was, quite slowly. Once I corrected it though, due to lightning fast reflexes that it swung round so fast that there was nothing I could do. It would have been better to just hit the left kerb and go off the road. Might not have even damaged it. The car simply did exactly what it was told to do; no more, no less. The front tyres never skidded once, except perhaps when it landed facing 180 on the verge! Speed was about 30 tops, I mean not even fast, just very slightly too fast for that corner in that car with those tyres in that weather on that day with a clock-in deadline to meet 26 miles away in North London and only 30 minutes to get there because this driver couldn't get up earlier to save his life! Fortunately there was nothing on the road at the time, being 6.30am on a Sunday but I even factored that into the equation as I realsed that I hadn't killed the car's momentum enough aproaching the bend and that I might have trouble staying in lane. That was my main concern, being the highly disciplined driver that I am, speed notwithstanding but more on that in a second....... So, Doug is absolutely right to emphasize doing all the braking before and driving through the bend on a balanced and controlled throttle. It's momentum that causes the penduluming rear end as a result of inadequate braking before the corner and too much braking during the corner making the back end very light. You only have to play Gran Turismo etc. to know this but just thought I'd let you know that the physics is real enough alright in practice! The car stores energy which has to be dissipated independently of speed. The two cross over but it's straight line momentum or weight that makes cornering hard, not speed per se which is why cars like my smart Fortwo can corner so fast while being way more rolly polly than my Supra 4, which obviously corners flatter but you don't feel like you'd recover it as easily if it broke loose, which I've not managed yet by the way. Essentially, Newton's first law of motion explains it all or was it the third? My brother teaches physics but I got the looks, so there! Note to self; Better to let it drift wide rather than keep it tight next time, if there's room That's how dangerous clocking cards are! BTW, I don't know about MKIV's but MKIII Supras are tough cars! The bumper cover has a yellow high density foam infill around the steel bumper box section. Very shock absorbing. Hardly felt it. Only bent the left bumper/chassis stay up and back a bit. Had it looking fine within a few months....... Nothing a sledgehammer and a grand cash couldn't mend anyway but I'd rather have spent it on new tyres in the first place, though it could still have happened, all else being equal. So great advice Doug and remember, keep danger off the roads; drive on the pavement!

Hang on, I have a link for you somewhere to a billet steel arm that won't break, apparently! Costly though.......but could save the engine. I also just ordered two Gates racing belts from the States, incase anyone wanted one. http://www.mvpmotorsports.com/Templates/frmTemplateM7.asp?SubFolderID=787&SearchYN=N

BTW, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the stock's you have now (being wht/wht) and many people prefer the stock look anyway, as I've discovered! Keep them in the garage anyway incase the next owner wants them back on. Could be key to selling it for some. I think they look great as they are, fwiw!

Oh yeah, look great in white too of course!

Hi, have you seen Team Dynamics 'Jade R's? 19" on ebay for 700 plus tyres for a set. Not sure o quality but look the dogs in silver or gunmetal. Have 5 spokes and dished spoke as you preferred. Might get some myself sometime........meanwhile here are some white ones in 18" though you can get 19 and 20's http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18-WHT-JADE-R-ALLOY-WHEELS-TOYOTA-SUPRA-TYRES-/110539158300?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item19bca5b31c Included pic of Supra with them on too...

Ok, thanks for your input Gentlemen; clearly the old 'Less is More, English reserve' is still present as I absolutely love it to bits, which is what half of you guys think it should be in, by the sound of it! Certainly attracted plenty of attention already anyway, just not quite the right sort from some but hey, as a deeply spiritual and truly enlightened soul, aware as I am of the 'bigger picture', that we're all 'One Conciousness' experiencing the temporal, relative and often challenging experiment of illusory seperation in human form, I respect your right to your opinions, which are all equally valid, as no-one can see everything in the same way as everyone else, nor should they and I'd be a fool for expecting you to all to like my car; afterall, only a soul trapped in ego would have such an attachment to the material as to take personal offence in regard to what is frankly, 'just a car'. Not being bitchy, I really do mean that sincerely, now F**K OFF AND DIE, HATERS!!!! I mean that sincerely too!

Don't, I was just starting to get over the spoiler comments!

I assume you ask Scott, in reference to wear and tear? Plenty of that but not because of high mileage, just being owned by successive ermmm, tanned Yorkshiremen who never looked after it

Nope, Kahn Racing Wheel, one of those with the shaped grips and straight bottom section that feels like it belongs on my Logitech G25.........

Ok, problem is, knowing which it was, since the seller won't respond anymore. Never got any paperwork except V5C and MOT. Ho hum...... Still, doesn't really matter now as I'll be keeping it until it's worthless anyway, like all my other cars!

Ok, cool, so basically, the mileage according to the NMR (National Mileage Register - HPI operated) from 2002 at import was about 110,000km and it reads 146,000 odd now so if 36k is miles, then (roughly) 62.5% of 110,000km is 68750 miles + 36000 miles in the UK which equals approximately 104750 miles. Phew! By the way, since I'm on the subject, it's been a long time since most of us went to school so if like me you sometimes want to find one number as a percentage of another, say Km into miles as in the example above, divide 50 miles by 80 Km (which is a good ratio but not sure of exact figures) then multiply by 100 and that gives 62.5% from which to work it out, miles being approx. 62.5% of kilometres on the odometer. There's probably a whole forum devoted to this topic but it doesn't hurt to spread things across threads if it might help someone. Besides, it encourages synchronicity and the evolution of The Universe toward order and stability and who wouldn't be in favour of that?!!

I indeed have thick skin (Cabinet Maker/Joiner by trade btw) and thanks for the warm welcome, (to all that have given me one - ooer!) so how do I find out if my odometer has been converted? Must have been when first SVA'd & registered or isn't it a requirement? It obviously agrees with my UK spec. Smart Fortwo as they both clocked Bradford to Hemel Hempstead at 182 miles. Am I right in thinking that the dash reads 'Km' next to the digits unless or until it's converted? Seen pics of 'Km' in LED after the Odo numbers on Jap ones online.

Sorry mate but my spoiler has become an 'in' joke by now so best read the whole thread, or it could look real ugly! Wait for it........

Looks like it needs a bigger spoiler!

I was being rhetorical. How ironic that you have removed all doubt yourself

Hey, I suddenly have a great looking Supra for sale with a really sought after spoiler!

Ok, I'm now a paid up member for 20 years, (which is probably how long it will be before I finish working on the Supra!). Does this mean people will be nice to me now?

Maybe if they did have ABS you'd only have owned one! Hehe!

You want me to pay to be demoralised and insulted? I was doing very well for free, thank you very much! Thanks for reminding me btw, where do I put the money?

It's funny how you can go off some people without even meeting them.......

Hideous? It's a work of art! Perhaps you're just jealous like all the others who've unhesitatingly said they hated it already........

Damn! I was hoping that it was just not working like my AFR gauge but when fixed, returned the ECT function to MKIII Rocketship mode! Much appreciated anyway, thanks Normally I can find anything online but this one eluded me.