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by matt
Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:27 pm
Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
Topic: Front Driveshaft Rattle
Replies: 29
Views: 23055

Hey Scott has the cause of that bloody rattle finally broken so you can fix it? or have you had succes with another driveshaft? or another solution found??

Matt
by matt
Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:52 pm
Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
Topic: Random Vibration
Replies: 12
Views: 9391

No, that CF one is really for racing If you are going to take the driveshaft out yourself follow the instructions on the technical page, you just need to make sure you mark the driveshaft alignment with fast drying paint at the front guibo to "flywheel",rear guibo to clutch assembly yoke, ...
by matt
Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:05 am
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: LENZ
Replies: 24
Views: 19232

Hey Jose 76 its a 7 series BMW E 32, 25.4mm ate but only 2 ports
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more stuff in thread- Brakes-Brake booster and MC solutions
by matt
Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:34 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: Supercharged 2.0 TwinSpark.....
Replies: 33
Views: 21956

Geez sometimes i think this site is taken a little too seriously :o i posted that pic because i thought how the SC was mounted might be of interest, not the fact its a second hand toyota blower thru carbs :D ................
by matt
Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:25 am
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Julian- Taking an extended Leave of Absence
Replies: 19
Views: 14453

Yep the next ten years will be interesting times indeed, i guess at the right time Boeing will make its move, the gambles of old like the money/risk taken with the 747 aren't just done today :? Thinking of risk i saw a video of when Boeing introduced the 707 and at one of the promtional displays the...
by matt
Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:44 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: Supercharged 2.0 TwinSpark.....
Replies: 33
Views: 21956

This guy Colin Byrne in OZ has done this with a SC from a Toyota MR2 into a 105 Might be of interest, plenty of pics including mounting etc, its also intercooled and retained the Dellortos, it must sound awsome! http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3296/SCTopMount.jpg Look at this site http://gtv.ecod...
by matt
Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:44 pm
Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
Topic: Major Safety Issue
Replies: 2
Views: 3609

You would definately be having a bad day there MD, have you relocated clutch and brake lines out of the driveshaft tunnel and if so any pics, just wondered best way round it. Has the driveshaft still held together in that photo in terms guibo bolts to clutch yoke or has it sheared completely at the ...
by matt
Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:18 pm
Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
Topic: Random Vibration
Replies: 12
Views: 9391

Yep i agree Jes just a matter of time........... trouble is those guibos can look ok on the car because the rubber is compressed a bit making cracking harder to see but if you had one off the car and flexed it a bit in a vice or ya hands you'd see those cracks much better. Come to think of it not mu...
by matt
Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:17 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Julian- Taking an extended Leave of Absence
Replies: 19
Views: 14453

Interesting info there Merril, what rumors are there inside Boeing? Was the Sonic Cruiser just "smoke and mirrors" to direct attention away from the A380 maybe? and why hasn't Boeing decided to compete directly against it with the 747 X etc? Are 777ER etc "hub busters" really the...
by matt
Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:48 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: LENZ
Replies: 24
Views: 19232

Excellent, great to hear your positive results :D
by matt
Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:21 am
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: LENZ
Replies: 24
Views: 19232

that is one great 75/Milano Lenz, with the new brakes did you change master cylinder too? I'm curious if you used that 25.4mm BMW one and your results.
Thanks Matt
by matt
Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:20 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Julian- Taking an extended Leave of Absence
Replies: 19
Views: 14453

Excellent!
by matt
Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:07 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Julian- Taking an extended Leave of Absence
Replies: 19
Views: 14453

Geez 787 need to work for Air NZ for that, ATR use alot of composites....... as for the Dash.....-400's are the future here, 360kts is up there for a turboprop, but M.89 727! now they just don't build them like they used to 8) Now where's Julian, here's an old photo of my first job flying Cessna 210...
by matt
Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:15 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Julian- Taking an extended Leave of Absence
Replies: 19
Views: 14453

Hi fedezyl, i've been on the Dash8 a year now too, 767 sounds great, especially trips to milan, i bet plently of alfa parts will be comming back with ya :D Those trips to East Timor where great because we would fly 3 times a week out of Darwin at 7am and be back by 11am, the company only had an inte...
by matt
Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:26 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself - Gallery
Topic: Julian- Taking an extended Leave of Absence
Replies: 19
Views: 14453

Hi Fedezyl, l'm working for Qantaslink out of Sydney, they operate Dash 8 -100,-200 and 300's with 7 Q400's on order. We go all over the east coast with Lord Howe Island & Mt Hotham(Ski fields) being the more interesting ports. Before this i worked out of Darwin as a Beech 1900D Capt' going to a...