Bwarp wrote:Oh my. That Peugeot is fantastic!!

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The circlips on the intake hose in the engine were too small to see with the naked eye. Dropping one was irritating

Awesome! That RC car is insane, what a talent! Ive got a whole collection of self built 1:43 cars, which include a model of every car ive owned and their mods (OCD much?), and a few others that I just like. Without boasting, I think the level of detail I have on some of mine is probably better than ...

So if you do get the super wide wheels, does that make tyres expensive due to the unique width? Nope, most opt for cheaper sizes that dont fit properly (stretched), mainly because the angled sidewalls allow the suspension to be dropped to the point where the tyres touch the arches and there is no t...

Buying an MX5, then hiding the soft top because it looks feminine, is like wearing womens undies under your jeans. We all know the truth

Here's the thing. You can get a reasonable finish with rattle cans, but, it wont be as good (looking or durable) as if you used a spray gun, and by the time youve bought enough primer, and top coat, you may as well have bought some 2 pack, a gravity gun, and borrowed a compressor.

Looks fine to me?

Wasn't heel toeing out on the track. I usually practice when I am just driving around, but most of the time when I get on the track I completely forget to do it, plus I have never really had to in any other car that I have had. I think that a good heel-toe downshift technique will help no end with ...

Get as much caster on the front suspension as possible if you havnt already.

The problem with viscous diffs is that they only start to work properly when the speed difference between the two back wheels is quite high. So for example, they will work well in situations where one wheel is likely to spin up a lot, like on ice or snow, but less well on track where the difference ...

Why not just drive properly so you dont having to keep over correcting mistakes to the extent that you run out of steering lock?

I meant to say as well, I remember the TVR Tuscan race cars used to suffer from horrendous rear axle locking under downshift braking. Mostly the only way to counteract it was pinpoint perfect heel toe braking. It strikes me just how similar a V8 mx5 is compared to a Tuscan Challenge car in layout. B...

Might be the pad material or fluid not being up to the task, or maybe your wheels are quite 'closed' and not allowing much air to circulate around? Car looked to be going really well, nice smooth driving! I think youre right about you having to brake early, and that will have made the brake heating ...

Want one!

There's very little weight to lose up front unfortunately. The only things I can think of that you can do easily would be removing or replacing some of the crash structure (certable afterwards?) replacing body panels (which wont gain much at all) or perhaps ditching the air con (if you have it?). Im...

Ditched the 17s and replaced with 15s. Huge improvement in ride quality and seems to handle better so plus all round Nice work ham, we see that F1 cars do not run licorice strips ... for kaning it I simply cannot imagine low profiles on the road for my one. F1 tyres have no relation to road car tyr...

Totally normal providing it eventually stops steaming on longer drives. Have to say though that 20 minutes is at the extreme end of normal! Like others have said, if youre not loosing coolant (and your sure it's steam and not oil) then it's probably fine.

Looks great, well done on taking the DIY route. However a word of caution: Even though the bar is behind the drivers head, there is still a very good chance that in a serious enough accident (especially a rollover, and especially as you still have 3 point belts) that the driver or passengers heads c...

Yup id use some MDF as well. Make the MDF part (or parts), then cover with some 10mm thick foam. That way when you cover it with the carpet you get a nice soft cover for resting your arm on, and the corners will be nicely radiused.

It was me that fitted the sub behind the dash, half way down this page youll find a pic of the work in progress. Happy to share what I did if you're interested

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Not quite sure what to say!

Transmission losses can vary, and on a rolling road are usually more down to the friction between the tyres and the rollers, which is predominantly affected by the 'road' speed. You can apply any 'guestimate' you like, but the only way to get a halfway accurate flywheel figure, is with an engine dyno.

Itll be fine left open. The engine's insides are expose to some moisture during normal running from blow-by gasses anyway. If you were worried, the plastic bag idea would be a good one, and will help avoid any foreign objects like screws, and cats from dropping into the gubbins.

When I needed one I just made it. Got friendly with a south american car dealer, and he let me use his workshop after hours. Unfortunately on its first outing the wheel hub failed! Luckily I was able to rig up a tree branch as a replacement wheel, and finally made it to Nevada on time for the big ev...

Yup, good scrub with a degreaser (washing up liquid will work), rinse, dry, spray, done.

Furai wrote:Removed the softtop, Feels jumpy with no hard or soft top! Great to have the extra room and less weight!

You thought about fitting the later model side impact brace (seatbelt tower brace)? I did it to my 1990 NA no problems and you can pick em up cheap.