Aidan's loose oily bunghole actually runs a track lap
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T5 has a bit of shaft play. Internet says its ok though.
I'll replace the bearing when i swap input shafts though I think
T5 input shaft play - YouTube
I'll replace the bearing when i swap input shafts though I think
T5 input shaft play - YouTube
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Had another track today. RS3's were epic. Barely wore, were pretty much just as fast as the z2*s. Same fastest time, 32.4. Still too slow.
Had an issue in the second session with the car cutting out and dying. Turned out it only cost a cent to fix.
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Got a package from @Savington. No wax sealed letter though :( bummed.
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Had an issue in the second session with the car cutting out and dying. Turned out it only cost a cent to fix.
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Got a package from @Savington. No wax sealed letter though :( bummed.
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Which style input shaft bearing does that tranny have? Not that it matters much since you're replacing both the input shaft and the bearing you might as well replace the inputshaft bearing retainer so you can go with the cobra/z spec bearing, When I had to take my input shaft bearing retainer off to cut it down for the release bearing I was very pleased to learn that my rebuilt tranny was rebuilt to the cobra style one.
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I saw one of those pop the shock top hat through its front shock tower a few track days ago at Thunderhill. Hit a bump dropping off the end of an exit berm -- didn't seem like too hard a bump, but it broke lots of stuff.
Was very sad seeing it pulled onto a flatbed 2 hours into 8 hours of open track time.
Was very sad seeing it pulled onto a flatbed 2 hours into 8 hours of open track time.
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RS3's kicked ***! I can still see the lettering on the inside tread. Same time as the star specs. These are going to last so much longer.
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Huge shoutout to @thumpetto007 for the pyrometer. Helped me get my tires set up correctly so they don't wear like **** again.
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Huge shoutout to @thumpetto007 for the pyrometer. Helped me get my tires set up correctly so they don't wear like **** again.
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Had an epic day at the track today. Will post more videos and pictures tomorrow
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Manifold jig showed up
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Can you guess which rod is ebay and which is eagle?
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Manifold jig showed up
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Can you guess which rod is ebay and which is eagle?
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