timrud_
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Was in 2nd gear, it came on boost.... then bang! Was stuck one an unphill one way street. Had to stop traffic and roll back down, what a nightmare! Mate in his RX7 towed me home, quite a sight!
They were uprated ones, ment to be pritty tough! Rang Cossvaux and straight away hes doing me a pair for nothing as he has some stronger ones now. Nice one! 
Get my spanners out after work and swap them over!
[Edited on 15-10-2004 by timrud_]
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Siberia
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was it the shaft or the CV? i always tought a cv would let go before a shaft would...
id say it will be the first of many with the crazy power yer running... stock up on them
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Nismo
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so the RX was allways in front , pffft nothing new there 
good on cossvaux though
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timrud_
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Yep, shaft has well and truely snapped (and twisted). I'll take a piccy on my phone and post it up later! Its the shorter one to the passenger side.
Lifetime Guarentee on the shafts, so everytime they break I'll just need to swap them, can't say fairer than that! This shaft has lasted since April-ish (but it's not been on the road all the time!), hopefully these stronger ones will stand the test of time (and power) a bit better!
Deffo top job Cossvaux!
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timrud_
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Nismo its the only time that Rex will be infront of me LOL 
Joking aside, its an immense car and deffo one I'd like to own one day!
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Nismo
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beast from the east , its ok as i ill keep the rotary name going no one passes me without a good reason
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timrud_
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Right, heres a couple of pics, comparing the boken one to the new one....
I did take of pic of the car now on black wheels (looks hard as nails LOL) but my camera phone is crap and its come out too dark to define the detail!
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timrud_
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You can see the new one is a bit thicker, hopefully will be tougher!
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Siberia
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 jesus that must have taken some force to do that
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timrud_
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Replacements are free as long as they keep breaking, so I'm not complaining!
I'm pritty confident the new ones will be spot on, they are slightly thicker and have been heat treated in a different way.
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langey
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what engine you got?? and what BHP is it??
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timrud_
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C20LET, plenty of mods.... on spec should be 320bhp-ish, weather it is I don't know (or care lol). When it was raining my mate took it out and was amazed how easy it span in sixth. Even on a bone dry day if you spoon it down it will spin to about 6500 revs in 3rd before truely gripping. Obviously a competant driver can get it gripping in 2nd with sensable application of the throttle.
Bigger injectors and more boost when this is fixed, should keep me happy for now.
[Edited on 15-10-2004 by timrud_]
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Kerry
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hi tim 
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timrud_
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Hi kerry, still got that jap thingy? LOL
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Kerry
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yes i have the jap thing and also got a nova gsi to run about in 
stil havin fun in the car i see
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timrud_
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Fun when its on the road that is!
Had it off road for a month to do loads of bits, first night back (Sunday) it spat its fan belt out, then last night it did this LOL
But it all is erased from the memory when your flying by allsorts in it!
Both your cars running ok?
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Kerry
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yeh novas great as i can work on the pulsar and not put mileage and wear and tear on it...even though weather makes it dirty when im not even going anywhere in it 
nice to take it out once a week makes it feel faster not driving it every day
i know andy hamilton with the 1.6 beast on here used to have problems with his car eating belts, actually it was alternator 
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timrud_
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Its only done the fan belt once *yet*, if it does it again ill investigate more!
Corsa doesn't get driven often, makes it a lot more special!
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Siberia
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do u have an lsd planned?
spining in sixth
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leeshez
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Ouch painfull
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Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
his car eating belts
That is to do with the revs he runs IIRC.
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timrud_
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Mine deffo does not run silly revs, doesn't get upto 8k.
Its a bit hairly when it spins in 6th, as obviously your going some speed, and it drifts you over the road (usually to the left as one shaft is shorter).
No LSD planned, you can adapt your driving style to get around the spin, you just need to be sensible!
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FlamingCorsa
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i want your car sounds fun controling wheels spin, i have to try hard to get wheels spin in 1st never mind anyother grear - lol
can i borrow a few of your bhp's please, ur gready having over 300 - hehe
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quote:
Originally posted by timrud_
Mine deffo does not run silly revs, doesn't get upto 8k.
Its a bit hairly when it spins in 6th, as obviously your going some speed, and it drifts you over the road (usually to the left as one shaft is shorter).
No LSD planned, you can adapt your driving style to get around the spin, you just need to be sensible!
Quite easy to do to be honest, just blip the throttle when lifting away.
If an LSD could talk and every c20let owner in the country had this talking LSD for a while, it would come away everytime and say ' Chuffin hell, I've got an easy life, when do I get the hard jobs? '
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timrud_
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FlamingCorsa, I'll swap cars with ya then LOL
Venom is right about the LSD, seems a proper waste of money to me. I know the first way to improve my traction is to get a decent suspention setup. The difference between my car and the Nova van running slightly less (but weighs less so we the same) is a lot, that grips much easier, only difference is 205 instead of 195 tyres and much better suspention.
I'd only ever want a diff (and it'd be a mad plated one, not a quaife one) if I took 1/4 miling seriously, I'd deffo be looking 12's... but it doesn't interest me at the moment!
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