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  1. PhillipM

    What exhaust mounts are these??

    They look like they're from a VW to me: They're off the older transporter/caddy vans, a couple of quid each.
  2. PhillipM

    To gap or not to gap (question to the welders)

    Should be about right, you want the gap for complete penetration into the sleeve at the right power setting for joining the two outer tubes. Otherwise you have to run far too hot and end up with a big slug of material on the outside.
  3. PhillipM

    To gap or not to gap (question to the welders)

    Gap the same width as the tube thickness.
  4. PhillipM

    Can't get the rear wheels to lock up.

    Then just put more leverage in the handle instead.
  5. PhillipM

    Can't get the rear wheels to lock up.

    A 0.625 going to each rear caliper individually is the issue, they'll be much too large with the tiny calipers on the rear. I use that size master cylinder on each rear wheel for the handbrake with Wilwood 4-pots and 320mm discs.... Edit - don't know if the Clio's have the common 30mm piston...
  6. PhillipM

    Can't get the rear wheels to lock up.

    It's surprisingly common, if I'd got paid for everyone I'd pointed out that was plumbed in before a prop valve or the wrong way around I wouldn't need to work again :D The other fun one is people with bias bars adjusted 50:50 as they came from the manufacturer and then the prop valve cranked...
  7. PhillipM

    Can't get the rear wheels to lock up.

    Smaller cylinder in the hydraulic handbrake You do have it plumbed in after any prop valves, etc, yes?
  8. PhillipM

    Brembo convervsion brackets

    Ouch, yes, don't use 7075 where crevice corrosion is likely! At least anodise it... 6082 is far better suited for long term use where a couple of grams don't matter (and a caliper bracket is mainly about stiffness rather than strength anyway)
  9. PhillipM

    Impact of toe / tracking on steering weight

    Toe in usually gives a little more weight than toe out, but not much.
  10. PhillipM

    Thinking of buying corner weight scales - any experience with these lot?

    I had a set of the intercomps and they were faultless, very well machined for heights being matched too so they were usable on very stiff cars like formula single seaters with very low ride heights. I looked at the str's because I want another set but I wasn't impressed enough to go for them, I...
  11. PhillipM

    Camber issues with Gaz

    Someone has done it to use the style of camber bolts with the offset washer on the heads like Jap cars run.
  12. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    Now you know why I have steel benches :D Welder gets earthed to a leg and just slap s**t on top :D
  13. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    Ouch, usually happens when it's not torqued enough so the shock goes through the front jaw instead of the rear. Wooden bench doesn't help though, put a steel plate over the edge of the bench and then bolt down through it to support the throat.
  14. PhillipM

    Gearbox oil

    Yeah, don't use the sintofluid, it has issues in other boxes with yellow metal syncros.
  15. PhillipM

    Kill Switch Resister urgent!!

    If you run without it the alternator will spike when you turn the car off, and if you're lucky do nothing bar spark across the contacts. If unlucky kill the regulator in the alternator. If really unlucky it'll fry the ecu or whatever is the weakest like. You might be able to grab one from RS...
  16. PhillipM

    Gearbox oil

    As above, although the BMW manual box oil is usually okay - in fact one of the BMW oils is what I use for better shifts in some Peugeot and Renault boxes that are a bit sensitive to oils and have brass/bronze synchro's
  17. PhillipM

    My Black Gold (no)mod thread

    Yeah, those cheap cats are shoddy as hell unless you get them red hot - they tend to have very little platinium, etc, compared to a proper one - what I've found helps if you have to use one is to wrap the cat and the pipe in front of it with a couple of layers of exhaust wrap - they light off a...
  18. PhillipM

    Brake fluid

    Should be if they're still sealed, the metal cans are a lot better for storage than the usual plastic bottles that slowly wick moisture through
  19. PhillipM

    Where to buy Powerflex washers

    Cross out '40mm' on the box and write '45mm' - sorted. Same method they're using for fixing Brexit.
  20. PhillipM

    Where to buy Powerflex washers

    :D Nah, I know they do at least M12 x 40mm in stainless 'cause there's a bagful in front of me on the shelf here!
  21. PhillipM

    Where to buy Powerflex washers

    Probably all they are anyway, nip to screwfix for some stainless penny washers.
  22. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    'scuse me, I need a minute.
  23. PhillipM

    Alternative to Powerflex Upper Engine Mount insert?

    Probably better off removing it, fitting a new mount and uprating just the lower torque arm/dogbone if it's still not tight enough.
  24. PhillipM

    TWITCH - Anybody else stream?

    Honestly, the people I do know have loads of people in their 40's/50/60's watching.
  25. PhillipM

    KAM Racing - go silly or dont bother project build

    Think I've said that every month for the past 4 years...
  26. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    That dog was a f**king tool magnet, used to steal anything shiny and put it in a pile outside, like a magpie :D Put a spanner or socket down for more than 3 seconds and it'd disappear into the distance.
  27. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    I'm still looking for a nice x-y machine vice. You can never have too many vices.
  28. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    Yep, old cast iron before the penny pinchers started making the webs thinner and using recycled chinese tin.
  29. PhillipM

    What vice do you have?

    Our dark habits are mistreating old vices.
  30. PhillipM

    How often do you change your gearbox oil?

    Well, guess you found out that the black oil wasn't right then :D
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