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Its on a 2 piece shaft on the drives side same as a later 172/182. Distance from the gearbox to the bearing is fixed by the shaft and bearing carrier on the block. All the movement/slop and articulation is done after the bearing? I need to gain more space/travel after the bearing to the hub...

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Yep :giggle:, for some reason my head isn't processing that the inner shaft will effectively be a touch shorter after the support bearing and allow more depth/travel for the outer half of the shaft. (too little sleep to much medication :D)

free weight saving, in the bin

So I've done some bad maths and I think I can gain and extra 12mm of plunge by swapping the cup and spider off the GT shafts to the DCI/172 shaft on the drivers side. If someone could agree with me that would be great lol compared between the 2 the GT cup sits 5mm further on the shaft to start...

Yep you were the closest 👍🏻 I will have a look through the garage and find something you really don't need from my piles of crap 😁 pm me an address

Totally forgot to go back and check who was closest 😂

so will this allow the spider to sit further into the joint as such then or the spider further down the shaft? I will definitely take a look, I have a few spare shafts in the garage so will see if its on them, and my shaft uses a 172 outer half shaft so should be as you described (y)

I didn't even know there was one in there, but I will take a look for sure, do you have a pic of what you mean? Free is good (y) :D

big thanks to @KitsonRis for sorting me out with his spare old wishbones (y) I should be able to make something work with them, cheers

I had a vibration issue that seemed to happen when turning slightly and during compression on the back lanes. Initially I thought it was a joint on the driveshaft giving up. Then it wouldn't do it when just turning on the flat so I thought it was a plunge issue. Raised the suspension 5mm and...

Cheers @KitsonRis So they look very close to bolt on compared between each other, maybe a slight difference in bushes. length though..... the rs133 wishbone looks near to 35mm longer. way too much for me to use, i need to gain 10 maybe15mm or loose that length from a shaft.

are you sure its not just the turn assist lights working? it illuminates one fog light as you turn below a certain speed. could be a stalk issue if the dash is changing at the same time though.

legend thank you (y) now who has some 172 wishbones to compare with :D

@Twingo 1?? I know you are a busy chap but could you get me some measurements off them if you get chance? between the bushes, inside to inside and outside to outside and centre line of the bolt holes up to the centre of the ball joint please?

172 wishbones are the same width as GT items just have more castor. i have them and a 172 arb fitted rs133 items are aluminium but pics make it look like they fit the same, they don't have provisions for the arb though. im assuming the extra width is in them and not the subframe itself..... a...

So back with a little bit of work on the car, namely looking into the driveshaft issue I have/had. I was unsure if my driveshaft was knackered or if it was bottoming out under compression, removing camber and raising the ride height 5mm seemed to cure it..... Whilst chatting with Chris he...

Yeah stock and pretty much all it will give I guess. You can run 19 20psi sometimes. Im told they will do around 260 to 280bhp generally with the bolts ons and a map and im getting whats was expected. With an Rs250 turbo fitted it'll give some more on top of that

£4999.99 🤔 Came in the laguna gt 205 I think that came in both saloon and estate versions. Not sure if the espace/aventine also had the same engine. Then the meganes. If its a 160 to 170bhp 2.0ltr turbo its not the one you want. If its over 200bhp it should be 👍🏻

Aww thanks 😊

I'm still snigger like a child everytime I pass the shop, we also have a Steve Gooch estate agents Thank you 👍🏻

We have a max boost of 17psi (y) the cooler works really well and intake temps were good thus not needing to go too wild with the boost pressure. The whole setup worked quite well actually.

do it @RustyMojo , don't mind helping out, start with a GT though as it has the ecu you want (y)

its very wet, its was loads better yesterday in the dry so hopefully with a decent alignment and some good rubber it will be abit easier to drive in anger

So I got a little footage earlier for you all, nothing worth while though so once the tracking is done and I've sorted a few niggles I will get some more. I want to do a run on the same stretch as my old acceleration video from when it was still a 1149cc. Here's some general waffle and bollox...

how deeps your wallet..... ;)

ill pm you

creasing lol

I need to get it on some scales really but I'm sure it was 950 to 980kg new, heavier engine now but a few bits missing too. Got to be close to 280/290ish bhp per tonne 🤷🏻‍♂️ I will tally up the cost later on today, the mishap with the box bumped the build cost up and mapping wasn't cheap but...

I've created a Monster! Wow what a day, a long day. The car, pretty much untested was given a 140mile run up to Runcorn to see Chris @ EFI Parts. It got there so that was a decent start. After some calibration writing and building from the wizard we started to do some runs but things weren't...