Justin

Guys is this on the cards? I was soooooooooooooooooo gutted to miss the last one away with work. Can we have one in 2008? Don't mind helping out with admin stuff. Cheers J.

Right last one now I swear. For a pair of UK Spec rear brake calipers. Thanks humbley. J.

Yup second that anyone? Had a little trawl around but no joy yet.

Forget all that. My boss has got one of these for his Ariel Atom and said he could lend it to me http://www.race-technology.com/main_analysis_software_2_37.html

Anyone got or used one? I know Wez mentioned it before. http://www.performancebox.co.uk/performance_meter.html Would be nice to actually see what a Supra 0-60 is at Pod when doing a 11.65 qtr Maybe a little syndicate of us could chip in for a 'club shared' one and then those people could take turns to book it out from the club for a weekend or something? I could strap it to my dog to see how fast he is too.

For: UK Spec Rear Brake Disks. I want to shop around for them at the various Mr T parts places. Ta Justin

Not that I want to sell or can afford a new car but there will be a time when our Supes will be out of date. What car next for not silly money? I could not see that there would be a car that is fast as hell, looks striking, handles well etc to take the place of the Supe but recently my interest has been tickled by the Noble. In autotrader you can get an M12 for £25K. Shame there isn't a Jap engine in it though. They use bloody V6 Ford Mondeo engines for it. It looks gorgeous apart from the rear end is a bit odd and the rear lights look rubbish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Automotive_Ltd#Noble_M12 Any people not like this motor?

Argh cheers guys. My little 2 year old sang me one soft high pitched line of happy birthday then smacked me one with a badminton racket which was nice.

Anyone seen any yet. Jap Perf, J Tuner, Redline etc?

Hi Mark, Tyres Mickey Thompson ET Streets Boost - 1.6bar

Nah, I've made up my mind. Lose the hi stall and buy some UK brakes on the rear for track days. I'll wait to see how the other boys get on with their £3K manual conversions and if all goes well will join em later. Will be very sad to not drag any more though. I'll do one last one at Pod on Jap Show I think.

Can you update mine mate. 11.65 @ 120mph TOTB6 60ft 1.8

I could but it's easier if you click here. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/torque-converter2.htm No it isn't always revving higher. The best way for me to explain it is like this. Imagine you have a manual transmission car. You have your foot on the throttle with the clutch in full and are revving to 3800 revs, just before 2nd turbo time, then it is up to you how quickly you want to take off. If you want to do a super fast launch then you would let the clutch out quickly, if you want to pull away normally you let the clutch out gently. With the hi stall the car won't start moving until 3800 revs where as before it would start moving at 2200 revs and be bogged down in that horrible sluggish part of your torque curve waiting for your turbos to spool up. Once you are going it is like normal again.

Looking for early interest. This piece of kit was my best ever mod and helped take my 1/4 times down from 13.0 to 11.6 seconds. It is 18 months old. It won't be off the car until October so you can save up now. I am putting my stock torque converter back in to do long track days. I don't have room for a decent cooler in my front end as I have loads of other silly stuff in the places where coolers normally would go so a reluctant sale Collection or shipping on top or I can leave it at Phoenix in Watford who can fit it for you. Best offer wins. I'll close the offer on October 1st. PM me if you want it. No time wasters please.

I've PM'd him already mate but he must be out Jet Skiing or something

Anyone know what all the parts I need are? Calipers - Disks - Pads I'll get from CW What else? Thanks.

Missed you by a day mate. I did Bedford on Sunday an my brake pedal went flat to the floor! Boiled my fluid. I'm looking at getting some Castrol SRF now.

Hmmm what to do.......................

Nice one Brian keep it up mate.

That would be a nice solution. I have a mapped Blitz Access ECU so just swapping it with a stock manual ECU won't do.

Doesn't the ECU pull timing on gear changes etc?

I was thinking about saying goodbye to the drag racing scene. I wasn't going to do any more mods on that score anyway. Now Chris Wilson has told me it would be an idea to lose the 3800 Hi Stall Torque Converter to get back the 50 degrees plus celcius I need for the auto box to do track days. Very emotional to say goodbye to 11.6 1/4 miles but I need to progress and waiting around at Santa Pod for 6 hours to get one run in to then to always be beaten predicatably by the high end jap drag racers ain't that much fun to be honest. Roaring past Porches and Ferraris on a track is much fun plus learning better driving skills is progress. Still thinking about manual conversion but I'll need a new ECU, flywheel and clutch as well as the second hand un-guaranteed manual box and bits.

Wow I'm jealous!

Ah splendid. The Doctor. Chris I've emailed you from work. Look forward to seeing what you suggest. Cheers Justin

Ah nice one Rob yes bigger sump too thanks mate I'll add that to my options shortlist. Blimey I thought I was miffed at going to Bedford to find out the box was too hot. Real bummer to get all the way to Germany then find out!