Jap Devil
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could you let us have your password so that we can see them
or you could make the gallery public
OK.....made it public
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Try TDI...
TDI?
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Anyone know where I can get a coilover refurbed? Seems like a seal on one of my front TRD's is shagged
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My 4-Runner is a LHD and we were travelling in the nearside lane on a dual carriageway (we drive on the right in Nigeria). The puncture occurred on the driver's side rear. No rain for several days.
Any coincidence?
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I had one a bit like this on the 4-Runner in Nigeria last month - a 10mm head bolt pierced straight through the tyre!
Was it a rear tyre?
Yes. Surprising because the tyres seriously chunky GrandTrek's. Fortunately a roadside "Vulcaniser" was on hand to fix it
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I had one a bit like this on the 4-Runner in Nigeria last month - a 10mm head bolt pierced straight through the tyre!
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The autobox on the 300 is good for close to 1,000bhp with the VB upgrade.....so we should be well within the limits
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What's the power target? Seems a bit of a waste putting it through an autobox
Why?
No one has done this before
Anyway, the Toyomoto VB upgrade has been proved to give a 36% improvement in upshift time. In addition we will be fitting a "little something" that shows the pilot the exact point to upchange when the car is in E-shift mode.
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My fave black chick is now in the hands of Prolex for some serious treatment.
Without giving too much away
There will be....
A radical engine rebuild...based upon a 2JZ-GTE
Some serious engine bling
A seriously big supercharger
Awesome brakes
ATVB upgrade
New dials / internal stuff
The rest of the stuff is like "let me shag your daughter" (the pretty one) please
All this equals = the most gay IS in the World
Hows developments going Mike... i am looking forward to the big set-up once Betty is fully dressed.
Work has commenced - a bit of internal bling and some big stopping iron so far!
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This GB has been a bit of a PITA...because it wasn't until I'd fitted these to a member's IS that the dask warning light flagged. I'd had these on my Tubby, but of course the primitive Tub doesn't have dash warning lights....
A lot of it is all done on trust.......
The guys place their orders, I order from my supplier, as soon as the kit arrives I PM people to pay me and send the kit out. Been a couple of misplaced orders, which I replace as soon as I can. This is all a very small sideline to my main job, but I enjoy being able to keep members up to date in the latest LED technology and update the "Lexus Lights" with "Lexus+ Lights" supplied by Mr Morse!
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You've probably also lost any hub centering on the spigot hence the high speed vibe...
No, these were hubcentric spacers from H&R, specific to the MR2
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Fffffinally had my 15mm spacers fitted to the fronts of the MR2 today......
looks real sweet, the wheels sit flush with the arch...but
at heighty mph the wheel gets real shaky!!!!!
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Read and understood.
I'm planning a little jaunt to Europe in August, which will involve a few spins (sic) around a rather difficult circuit in Germany.
Will plan on a visit to see you very soon!
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I presume I'm not allowed to answer, based upon our previous conversations?
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Here's another vid clip...taken in the dark.
BTW the lights pulse simultaneously, it's the low video quality that makes the randon pulsing.
The bulbs are EU legal, in fact Mercedes are fitting these to many of their high-end models.
I wonder again Mike... Fuse and wiring conductivity....Is there a need to up-grade?
The bulbs still take 12v, but draw a much lower current than conventional bulbs - it may therefore be necessary to fit load resistors to prevent dashboard warning lights being thrown. No need to change fuses either.
The Lexus IS requires load resistors, the MR2 doesn't.
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Here's another vid clip...taken in the dark.
BTW the lights pulse simultaneously, it's the low video quality that makes the randon pulsing.
The bulbs are EU legal, in fact Mercedes are fitting these to many of their high-end models.
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These are the bulbs which I've been organising a Group Buy on the LOC forum:
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Ermmm...
The current estimate, based upon the other subject.....
3 years
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My fave black chick is now in the hands of Prolex for some serious treatment.
Without giving too much away
There will be....
A radical engine rebuild...based upon a 2JZ-GTE
Some serious engine bling
A seriously big supercharger
Awesome brakes
ATVB upgrade
New dials / internal stuff
The rest of the stuff is like "let me shag your daughter" (the pretty one) please
All this equals = the most gay IS in the World
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Those look like the Whiteline bolts
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It makes sense for the front calipers to be fitted to the back of the discs as they'll be less affected by water on the road.
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Never thought of that!... I have to ask 'doesn't' all this bother you!.... your job puts you in harms way everyday.. recently you commented of a friend who was shot and killed, how do you remain calm when at any moment violence beckons...
The general idea is not to place yourself in a risky situation in the first place and if things do start to go boobies up, act in a way which will not further increase the risk to yourself.
Example.......I frequently get stopped at military or police roadblocks where the men have obviously been drinking / chewing kat / smoking weed and are out to collect "tips". Rather than have an AK pointed up my nose and dash them $10, I keep a stock of cheapo bic biros in the glovebox and I'll give out a couple of these (in West Africa, the number of biros in one's shirt pocket tends to indicate one's importance), and it works every time!
In general, the West African bad guys want to take your money, not to physically harm you. West Africans have a great sense of humour and it's fairly easy to throw in a few jokes which turn a dodgy situation into one where the risk is greatly reduced. It always makes me laugh when I see a Johnny-Just-Come expat trying to shout and scream his way out of trouble.....it just doesn't work!
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There are three types of dynomometer:
1) Those which measure the power/torque at the flywheel. These are generally limited to the motor manufacturers who will test an engine "on the bench".
2) Hub dynos, which fit directly onto the hub
3) Rolling road, where the wheels turn a set of rollers.
Out of these, the rolling road will give the truest indication of the power & torque as it would be if the car was on the road itself. Therefore values for the actual engine output can only be estimated from the transmission power/torque losses which vary from vehicle to vehicle and manual or auto transmission.
JAE drift video
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Notice towards the end of the clip the sound of thunder! JAE hurricane was only minutes away