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  1. Fatman

    Homemade h pattern gearbox to sequential paddle shifter

    Highly impressive, definitely keen to see some flat out bang shifting! Well done!
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    The best ET for 15" wheels?

    EP70's are different. Smaller guards (by quite a bit) compared to the EP82/EP91.
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    TEIN Super Street Coilovers - bump stop split

    The bumpstop is split because your shock is leaking, not the other way around. Damper has failed, resulting in you hitting the bumpstops (probably quite hard) They will need a rebuild, especially given the state of the other bits you've mentioned. Teins are rebuildable but I'm afraid I couldn't...
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    Need help please!

    I have run a set of 15x7 TE37's +35 offset with 205/50/15's at a very low ride height with zero rub issues. Unless your offset is too high (40+) and was rubbing on the strut I can't imagine you are going to have any trouble at all. You need to find out the offset of the wheel, this will be on...
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    Spuddy's ECC Tuned 570BHP Starlet (Highest BHP Known 5E)

    Good stuff mate! Very cool seeing somebody push the boundaries. I hope when you did the gear ratios you tried to eliminate the huge torque hole between 1st and second gear? If not, make sure you're hitting your limiter in 1st. It's absolutely key to getting a good time out of these. I think I...
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    jobs what does everyone do??

    Data centre technical analyst for a large insurance company, primarily dealing with big storage and backup strategy as well as physical data centre services around Australasia. Or as I would put it for somebody I just met, "IT stuff".
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    Toyota starlet ep91 map sensor

    Why do you need a fuel cut defender? Also, what type is it?
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    getting the turbo to spool sooner

    That's likely to be a resonator, a type of muffler. It's likely to be straight through with virtually no impedance to flow. It will help a great deal with drone.
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    'Aggressive clutch' killed my new forged engines thrust bearings?!

    It was largely resolved in the latter engines from design improvements. I do not mean to say this is what happened to your engine, more that it's within the realm of possibility that a clutch can contribute to this type of failure. The commonly held (going by responses to this thread) belief...
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    getting the turbo to spool sooner

    Bigger engine, Higher static compression, huge exhaust, decent tune. 10:1 5efhe + ct9b results in 0.8bar at 1400rpm but still runs a 12.7 1/4 mile ;)
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    'Aggressive clutch' killed my new forged engines thrust bearings?!

    Aggressive clutches can and do cause wear or even failure to thrust bearings. When a clutch has a high clamp pressure plate fitted, the force required to disengage the clutch is increased in turn. When you apply that force via the clutch pedal acting on the fork you are potentially applying many...
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    Big problems with Competition clutch and/or gearbox - advice needed ASAP!

    Do competition clutches provide a release measurement? Often (good) aftermarket clutches, especially those with increased clamp loads and repositioned fulcrum points will give you the travel required at the pressure plate to fully disengage the clutch. Bizzarely, additional travel beyond the...
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    Finx cracks into the 12's with stock turbo/stock interals! UPDATE: Now 12.74!

    Finx has just smashed his PB once more running a 12.740 @ 105.94 MPH off a 1.939 60ft time. Still stock standard turbo and engine internals. I'm sure he'll post up some more details shortly.
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    Finx cracks into the 12's with stock turbo/stock interals! UPDATE: Now 12.74!

    Hoosier 225/50/15 DOT rated drag radials, these are the 'street legal' option - not a full slick by any means. They seem to work very well with big burnouts! If you store them correctly they last very well. The particular pair that ran the 12 second passes have done 150+ passes and are very...
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    Finx cracks into the 12's with stock turbo/stock interals! UPDATE: Now 12.74!

    Now equipped with a 2.5-3inch side exit exhaust and some 16kg/mm rear springs to control squat the EP71 Turbo S set a new PB with a 13.01 @ 103mph at the 4 and Rotary Nationals 29th Jan. So close! We headed back to strip yesterday having built some additional circuitry for ECU controlled...
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    Finally took the car to Santa Pod!

    Another thing you could look into is a traction bar style setup running an additional rose jointed arm from the front crossmember back to the a arm. This gives the Wheel some lateral stability as it moves trough it's compression arc and won't let hop get started. For the power levels you're...
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    Finx runs 13.10 with a CT9b!

    Turbo is flowing all it wants to, boost actually tapers off to 0.5 bar high in the rev range. We have a plan to try and somewhat correct this, but the reality is the turbo is giving all she can. Will definitely turn a 12 in the next couple of months if nothing breaks :) Trapping 104mph on a CT9...
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    forged 5e on standard management

    Will be fine, however best to get the AFR checked out with a wideband to ensure there's no odd lean areas. Shouldn't cost much.
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    self map ecu

    This question comes up quite frequently. Here's the definitive answer: They do NOT 'self learn' or 'auto tune' or anything of the sort. Like any factory ECU they contain fuel and timing maps, they choose what map to run based on the input of the sensors they have access to. MAP (boost...
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    exhaust from ep82/91 onto a ep71

    Substantially different, don't expect it to work easily. Hangers are in different locations + from memory the path it takes is slightly different too.
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