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if you drive too fast for the conditions then it's likely that you will loose control of the car. It's not particularly difficult (imo) to control the back end of a rev2 tubbie, though I have 30 years experience of rear wheel drive cars (including some with 'lively' handling. Book yourself into a sk...

Can you not see that the road is covered in diesel, water and ice which the council has FAILED to grit properly?

air leak on induction system will do that

I would (respectfully) suggest that (particularly if your experience is with FWD hondas) that any money you spend on tuning at the moment should go on a decent set of 15" tyres. Get a good bit of RWD experience under your belt before spending money on other mods: its easy to waste cash on modif...

Toyota Vacuum switching valve :mrgreen: you did ask #-o use the search function at the top of the page to find info out like this . here is a link to such related http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=136034&highlight=tvsv Shouldn't that be Toyota Variable Induction System?

Although its now excluded under the regulations, a few years ago 4wd was legal in f1. AFAIK there was only ever one occasion when a 4wd car won a gp.
All because of power losses and weight.

11.75 mm......

the tyre width is 235mm
a '40' profile tyre has a height of 40% of the width =255*0.4=94mm
a '35' profile tyre has a height of 35% of the width =255*0.35=82.25mm
difference is 94-82.25=11.75mm

expect the handling to be severely compromised

why do people always fit boot racks the wrong way round? The raised bar is not to stop stuff falling off the back of the car under acceleration, its to stop stuff sliding forewards under braking (a much more violent force)...

I've read that some unscrupulous souls bung a load of toluene in with the petrol to achieve an MOT pass. I couldn't possibly condone such disgracefull behaviour. Toluene is available in 5 litre cans from your local car paint shop.

have you changed the wheels/yres since the last MOT- perhaps you have the wrong rolling radius on front/rear causing the headlight aim to be wrong?

Brake lights:it's unlikely to be anything other than the bulb, but have you changed the light assemblies? if so it could be a dodgy connection at the loom, but I'd try a new bulb first. Headlight aim: most MOT places will adjust this for you for a minimal charge, which may be the easiest solution. B...

Rolling roads are not particularly accurate or repeatable. THe flywheel figure is little more than a guestimate since the wind-down resistance of a worn drivetrain is never the same as the wind-up resistance. In my opinion any tuner that quotes a figure as specific as 299.7 hp is misleading you: its...

yes thankyou and i thought it was utter crap. the TC is a hinderence and a restricion. it does not just "stop the wheels from spinning" it bloody cuts the power to a stupid level and takes ages to react. its ok you stick to your 15 year old TC :mrgreen: Perhaps the example(s) you have dri...

traction control on these it utter utter crap. and your right, your right foot reacts quicker than that, then when u do want the power back to correct its still closed (butterfly in tb) keep it turned off ;) I wouldnt expect to 'want power back to correct it', sounds like a good way of correcting i...

traction control on these it utter utter crap. and your right, your right foot reacts quicker than that, then when u do want the power back to correct its still closed (butterfly in tb) keep it turned off ;) I wouldnt expect to 'want power back to correct it', sounds like a good way of correcting i...

If it's worse when damp then the fault is electrical, and probably on the HT side. Next time the fault is showing up try selectively spaying the ignition system with WD40. When the fault goes away you have found the problem. The coil (together with the ignitor) is on the engine/boot bulkhead.. just ...

Slarty wrote:I'd say yes, it's possible. Can't say as I've heard of the king lead failing though, as it's not in such a hostile environment as the HT leads.

but the king lead IS a ht lead...and it carries 4 times the electrical stress carried by the plug leads, so yes it can certainly fail/cause misfires.

I stand corrected!

I think the cruise control option is fairly rare (I have not seen it on any of the 20-ish cars I looked at buying). The traction control system is pretty basic, it does not seem to react much faster than my right foot I think its well worth having as a safety feature, but I don't think it's going to...

I have had 2 rev 2 GTS models, and looked at perhaps a dozen cars each time I ought one. As faw as I could tell the only feature that GT's had, and which was absent from every GTS I saw, was the electricly folding mirrors. Both my GTS cars have had steerable fog lights, 1st one has reccaro seats/ al...