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Safe to say that's way past it's best then!

My RX7 did that a few times, but fixed itself. Mazda's wiring back then was weird at best.

No, I knew exactly what you were saying. It's still too high, prefer the transition point in the DC5 (K20?) which like you've said is closer to the actual crossover than the older designs (e.g my H22.) It feels like forever waiting for the VTEC to operate just from 5k onwards, the 800 or so...

I never said he wasn't correct. A little bit high is an understatement.

A little high? I die of boredom waiting for the power to come in on my H22.

Good choice Sir. How are you finding boost?

I'd want all the downforce I could muster given the speed and drops to a potentially fiery death.

Pikes Peak produces the most mental of cars, it's f**king awesome.

Other than the usual rust mine survived 18 months and 10k+ miles. I wouldn't call them shoddy from the set I had, no leaks etc. The damping is poor though, but then this place fits racelands and the like. Go figure.

Sounds like a top mount. As above, this is the only forum I've seen them slated. Had some before and other than being a bit over damped and crashy, I never had any issues.

Some form of spit will beat lying underneath it on a freezing cold floor with all the s**t dropping in your face mind! Welding like that isn't going to be fun. It's not going to have to be massively strong, like you say it'll barely weigh anything bare. 4 of us lifted the Nissan and I'd left...

Yup. No more pikey than rolling it onto tyres I suppose! If you're learning to weld, you could make one?

Not if you get the hubs re-drilled. Which is ultimately a better way of doing it than adaptors really, less stress on bearings etc.

I've seen people use 2 rotating engine stands before now.

Would love to know what the police said to them!

So... Welding, any further up the road on that? Doing a proper stripdown and learning yourself now I take it?

TBH, the post of . was nothing to do with wheels.

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They're a weird bunch. A lad I know, his father has a Sierra Cosworth and Escort Cosworth. Won loads of concourse events with them. He joins the BMW lot when he buys an M3, they get wind of this and ban him from entering any concourse events of their own, they do however allow him to judge for...

Never actually been on it, I'd just heard it mentioned a few times! I imagine they'll not be disgusted at you slamming it unlike the BMW Owner's Club!

Those are cool. Very Zender-esque.

Are you on Retrorides? Might be a good place to source a welder & wheels.

Ah, so that's what they are and what causes it. Explains why I had them on the Nissan after it was painted.

Keeps it out of all the shitty salt that's going to get thrown down over the next few months too.

I still don't understand how you're getting £2k quotes on s**tters. I see it was a 106, there's mistake number 1, a car every young kid has smashed up. You need to be looking at stuff young drivers don't buy. I insured my ex Megane for £500 with no NCB, and I'm younger than you. Bit of a gutter...

If you buy the right wheels, yup. Not that many people on this forum understand that. I'd had the car a long time before I ever clapped eyes on the wheels. When I got them, it was right place, right time. That's besides the point really. I only found out how rotten it was because I stripped it...

To get brownie points? The only way to do that is to make your own supercool blog and rinse social media. I bought the Regas because they're the lightest and strongest forged alloys going. I then had them on my Mazda, and have kept them for whatever I get next. If and when I do sell them...

Frankly I wouldn't spend £2k on a set of BBS. They're not THAT hard to come by.

That's exactly what I'm saying, don't buy cheap crap to get the look, wait and they'll come up second hand and at a good price. You might need to refurb them but so what, you'll only make money on them. You've already done it with other parts which is why I can't understand why you wouldn't...

Took me 3 attempts over the course of a year to buy my Regas thanks to first time not having enough money sat around and second time being messed about by the seller, that was playing the long game. But whatever, I'm of the opinion if you're going to do it, do it right. Who cares if the...