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  1. PhillipM

    Subframe to chassis link rod... thing...

    As someone else said, the fastest way is just to weld a nut to it, the heat will expand it and crack the rust seal at the same time, it'll be a lot faster than a easy out, etc.
  2. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    As the design is at the moment it couldn't be easily moulded without some hassle, as it has sectional changes throughout that result in quite a lot of undercut areas on both sides - I'd have to revise it, but I don't think that really makes sense at the current numbers.
  3. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    That's great news, hopefully was just the rubber remains in yours stopping it going up tight then. I may have to think about buying a few housings and offer them pre-fitted on the production ones, just to make things easier for people needing a fast swap. I can just sandblast them up here in...
  4. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    Great, what was the fit like in the mounts? I have revised them and made them a little tighter fit as I did have one - sysaks - that wasn't as tight as it should be - although everyone else's has been good.
  5. PhillipM

    Running with no PAS

    Depends what you're building the car for, you'll get a lot more feel and feedback without a PAS rack, so if it's just a fast road/track car, it's great, more fun. If it's a daily driver for shopping then it'll can get a bit tedious. If it's a race car, keep the power steering, because being...
  6. PhillipM

    Ankerman angle

    You go too far out with spacers you'll start putting a lot more load on tie rods, rod ends, etc, the steering will kickback, it'll tramline, and any braking or grip imbalances will pull the car from side to side.
  7. PhillipM

    Ankerman angle

    It's your scrub radius that's the main issue, not Ackermann, although as with everything with suspension, they're slightly inter-related. Ackerman is only really going to affect steering effort at low speeds with loads of lock on (parking, etc), it's not really something you need to touch at all...
  8. PhillipM

    Running with no PAS

    If you're going to do it to a PAS rack you need to weld the shuttle up and take the ram off completely, it'll be a POS otherwise.
  9. PhillipM

    Higher amp alternator?

    Yes, they're a common design, I've had a 110 rewound to output 155amp before for racer. There's not many places left doing it now though unless you do it yourself.
  10. PhillipM

    "Jason Plato mechanic" built 182 Kangoo

    I'm in Cornwall, I have to stand on one leg, pat my head and rub my stomach to get a phone signal for 'net... I swear someone asked me the other day what Google was.
  11. PhillipM

    "Jason Plato mechanic" built 182 Kangoo

    I dunno, it explains a lot of the crashing...
  12. PhillipM

    "Jason Plato mechanic" built 182 Kangoo

    I dunno, it explains a lot of the crashing...
  13. PhillipM

    Brake bias

    You should bleed it with it screw fully down just so you don't have any chance of the piston moving and trapping air, or vacuum bleed it. I'd be checking the rear brakes too, sounds like a sticky caliper or someting else going on.
  14. PhillipM

    Brake bias

    The inline ones, not a bias pedal box? They're not a bias valve, they're a proportioning/pressure reducing valve, so it shouldn't have any influence on initial bite unless it's plumbed in wrong (has someone put it in the front line?!) or has no preload in the spring.
  15. PhillipM

    KAM Racing - go silly or dont bother project build

    That's pretty good, friend of mine took his old Simca to be acid dipped before I welded all new parts in and the guy refused to lift it out of the tank because it was bending every time they tried there was so little left...
  16. PhillipM

    Impact Gun...(again)

    Generally the shock loading of a gun is less likely to shear a stuck bolt than trying to gradually load it up by hand will.
  17. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    I'd love to go cheaper, but unfortunately with the simple solid poly cast ones they can probably turn out 50 of them in the same time it takes me to make one, not even counting the oven time. I don't think there's any problem with giving the usual 2-year warranty against defects or faults...
  18. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    Right, instructions are done, I think they're relatively straightforward, I'll post them up later so people can see if I should add anything (I guess bolt sizes and torque specs for the housing might be a good idea)
  19. PhillipM

    Impact Gun...(again)

    The thing to remember with the big guns and especially the wired ones is that they're so bulky that you can't get them in most places, I've a little Makita (281 I think) which is more powerful than the big Clarke or similar ones even though it's half the size and compact enough to use in the...
  20. PhillipM

    Melted Brake Boots

    You'll cut 0.5 or 0.8mm shims with tin snips/aviation shears by hand easily.
  21. PhillipM

    Jack, stands

    I've got an SGS jack, it's been a complete piece of crap, it's forever creeping, sometimes it drops, it went back under warranty and came back and was good for a couple of weeks and then back to the same - the bolts all come out because they're not locktited, and the release valve just sheared...
  22. PhillipM

    Harness Bar - Off the Shelf or Custom Job?

    Don't know where you are but I can do you a custom harness bar in CDS or T45 if you're local.
  23. PhillipM

    Melted Brake Boots

    Those thin titanium or stainless shims you can get to fit behind the pads help a surprising amount too - we melt the grease out of the CV's - it pours out like gearbox oil - before it melts the boots in the calipers with the buggy, using stainless backing pads instead of steel.
  24. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    Yes, I've already made a pair and tested them, they can still be fitted by hand albiet a bit harder to do, in a clean dry housing, so all good there. A bit of water alone is enough to get them into a housing with rubber remanants. I'm in the middle of trying to write some idiot-proof...
  25. PhillipM

    What have you done to your car today ???

    This was a Peugeot I'm afraid though, it's supposed to come straight out :D
  26. PhillipM

    What have you done to your car today ???

    If it's any consolation I went to remove a faulty rear ABS sensor, which is a single M6 bolt and just pull out and clip in a new one.....and it resulted in me having to take the entire hub off, brakes, etc, weld a nut to the now-demolished siezed little bolt, and then beat the plastic ABS sensor...
  27. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    Will do, It's a little frustrating, but it's just a waiting game at the moment. I could just do a group buy now to be honest but a little extra testing never hurt anyone :D Well, apart from my material stock levels anyway.
  28. PhillipM

    Uprated poly exhaust mounts - how many interested?

    It's going to depend on numbers and any revisions, and what Kev needs to hit if he stocks them (and retail packaging costs, etc) - but I'm looking at around the same price as the Powerflex options at the minute - and hopefully just below. I'll try to update on price this week.
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