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  1. Best and Worst....be honest

    in Modifications and Power Tuning

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    I remember those from a while ago, think they were on ebay.

     

    The thing is the noise is all good when slowing down at the lights, until you set off again and the person jogging next to them out runs them and people realise there isn't a turbo there. Then everyone just laughs.

     

    Tell him to mount a 4L V8 over the rear wheels and make it rear wheel drive and i may be more interested :blink:.

  2. Avon ZV-R tyres

    in Tyres / Wheels

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    I had some p6000's on my car (still have 2 at the front) and had 2 goodyear f1's put on at the back as they were wearing down.

     

    I much prefer the goodyears and am not much of a fan of the pirellis. The Goodyear F1's are good in the wet and the dry, many tyres only seem good on one or the other. However all cars and tyre sizes differ so your probably best off asking other owners which they prefered, especially if they have had a few different sets on the car over time.

  3. Ht Leads

    in Modifications and Power Tuning

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    Someone showed me a picture on another forum of a week old set of magnacor leads with the ends already disintegrating.

     

    The advantage of the toyota wires is that they are already pre fixed into the holders so you literally bolt the holders in place and fit the ends on to the distributor and spark plugs.

     

    The benefit of the magnacours is that they are cheaper, but the downside is they are thicker than the toyota leads so are harder to fix in place, and you certainly dont want them coming loose where they run over the cambelt. You have to remove the guides as they would get in the way, and you have to lay all 8 in the right order from one to 8 with 2 cables from each side going to the other, and of course they are all different lengths so you have to make sure you get the right one.

     

    I may get a set sent over from america, as you save about 50 % or pay about the same with a set of 8 spark plugs (£6.99 each over here) and well as 2 caps and 2 distributors as well, so quite a saving over the uk price.

     

    I need to change the brake pads though, anyone know anywhere that sells ebc red stuff cheaply, the pads i want are £90 for the axle set (all 4) i think DP31007 are the right ones.

  5. Ht Leads

    in Modifications and Power Tuning

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    I think the leads that are bust come from the drivers side, so i'll need to remove the air intake etc and all the stuff fromthe drivers side as well. As it will take ages, i'll get a new set of leads i think and then i can just swap them over while i have all the bits off, rather than having to do it twice. I best speak to Toyota and find out how long it will take to get a set.

     

    Thanks for your reply ;) .

  6. Ht Leads

    in Modifications and Power Tuning

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    If you changed over one side of a v8's spark plugs, (4) With ngk bkr6e instead of the bkr6ep plugs, (one grade lower, bkr6eix are the top ones) that were in there before, would that make any difference to the running.

     

    Now considering it is a 15yr old car, and the wires say on them 1991, so either wires from 1991 or a replacement set for a 1991 car which it is. And maybe someone bent the wires quite a bit as there are so many pipes around and someone was getting p**sed of with them not going into place. Is it pretty likly that one of the ht leads has been ssnapped inside. It doesn't quite sound right when you drive, and possibly seems down on power, but could the spark plug so this rather than the ht leads, as the ht leads from toyota are about £150 iirc, and i need to take the other half of the covers apart to check the leads, which would take me ages.

     

    If they need changing then i will change them in a few days, just waiting to get the money to pay for them into my account, but i dont want to brake anything, or buy them if they are not needed. ;) :lol: :lol: :lol:.

  7. Anti-roll/ Sway bar replacement

    in Suspension

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    I need some new brakes. You can bolt uk supra mk4 4 pots directly on, just needs a slight bit of the brake shield moving as they get in the way of the disk or something, iirc.

     

    Also you can use i think it is mk3 ls400 brake calipers, they are also 4 pot like the UK supra brakes, but i think they are slighlty less powerfull but they also weigh alot less, and are in less demand than UK supra 4 pots which alot of jap import supra owners seem to upgrade to.

     

    I'd like to change them but you need bigger alloys, and i cant afford them as well, and have just put 2 brand new f1's on these tyres, so i think i will replace with the factory parts and have the calipers checked to make sure they operate smoothly as they have a habit of siezeing apparently.

  9. Clonk, clonk

    in Suspension

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    34? :lol: :lol:.

     

    Also, i got a little compressor from homebase, it is a stanley one designed for hobby use, so is only 6L but has a 2hp motor, not sure if that is enough for a blast on an air gun, but you can get a nail gun :o.

  15. Tyres

    in Tyres / Wheels

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    Not sure what Heel and Toe patination is :rolleyes:.

     

    I only had them on the front. The rears didn't need replacing really they were 3.5 yrs old and had gone down only about 1.5 - 2 mm over 35k miles. Maybe another year or so before they started to age too much and need replacing, but they were ok at the time.

     

    I mean, yeah , i knew to only use them on the front :rolleyes: :( :rolleyes:

     

    I want to get some new (well 2nd hand) alloys at some time for my car, maybe have them refurbished black to give a more stealth look to the car :lol: , whilst being big enough to fit over supra / ls 400 4 pot calipers at the front.

  16. Tyres

    in Tyres / Wheels

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    I liked the Goodyear F1's i had on the front of my old astra, much better than the standard michelins and cheaper too. The wet performance was so much better they made the car much safer in the wet if you ever had to emergancy brake or do an evasive manouvre. I will most likely get them for this car when they need changing or i get a new set of wheels and tyres for it.

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