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joey If you pick up a BMW or Merc. master cylinder from the wreckers unless they have been sitting around for a long time, they are likely to be ok. Nevertheless, you would be wise to rekit it anyway. So job 1 is to find out if the kits are available and for what bucks? Before rekitting, you may wan...

My run in technique is : 1 Use a monograde "engine running in oil" (I use Castrol) 2 Use a dyno with progressively increased and varying loads for about an hour with some shut downs and checks along the way for oil pressure and temps using master guages and adjust tuning as needed. 3 If al...

jrreeve,

How about some clues like what is the substance that appears to be clogging up the works?

Is it rust, contaminated fuel or what?

Zambon, Mate, this is a HUGE topic but for the sake of a quick overview here are some hints:- Just like there a different tyres for different applications eg snow, mud, dry, race, street etc there are different exhaust system requirements depending on the application. Your job is to make some concre...

Hey Que Boludo, How do you find the 47% slippery around corners? Do you find that it pushes just a bit too hard in corners at the limit- particularly after the apex on the way out of the turn emphasising the understeer? Would be interested in your opinion. BTW, what size front & rear sway bars a...

My long term waxing solution (if you could call it that) is to paint the plastics by integrating with the body colour or a matching one of your chosing. This is more of a long term strategy to preserve the plastics from ultra violet ray breakdown. After all, if the idea of waxing is preservation, th...

Hi Matt Geez mate, if I ever saw a mistake in slow motion, this has to be it. With people in the know, you have a very desirable car and worth every cent. Ask yourself this question: How much is the alfa going to be worth as a collector's item in 20 years time vs the Prius? The name Pirus alone woul...

joey

IF you want to experiment with some fine tuning on boost and pedal travel, I would suggest a 25 mm MC and the 2.0 ATE servo. From memory (dare I say it) an early Nissan Patrol MC is about the right one. Sacrelidge I know. Just don't tell anyone you got the tip from me !!

joey My contribution to your questions is limited to this. I run the standard GTV6 callipers but use the original GTV2.0 master cylinder and ATE booster. The perfomance of the brakes is almost identical to the previous 2.0 litre set up in street application. Front to rear balance remains unchanged. ...

Mats Apology accepted without reservation. I am happy to see that you have also got right back on track with the technical debate which this forums is for. ..and yes, I do agree that there are "horses for courses" . Notwithstanding I keep this engineering funadamental in mind, "the fe...

Mats I respect your entitlement and that of others using this forum to express whatever opinion they have that may agree or disagree with me. I have gone out of my way not to publically denigrate any contibution made to this site as it serves no public purpose- no matter how much I personnally may b...

Agree with Al's advice. Typically happens when the car has been sitting around and especially in humid conditions like during the wet season. Another option is to jack the rear of the car up and place on stands. Fully engage the hand brake.Fire up engine in 1st gear or at least crank it around a few...

Scott, Just for the record I need to clarify my previous suggestion. When I said the fix was to stainless sleeve, I was referring to the hand brake section specifically within the caliper . I can see now you could have interpreted my comment as applying to the main piston and cylinder section which ...

Greg One of the key problems in the hand brake area of the caliper is corrosion. The reason why they leak is often due to this. In any rebuild you undertake, my advice is that you get the callipers resleaved with a stainless insert here. It's what I did on all of mine. Not cheap but no come backs ei...

Hey VinnyM, Mate, I am just a bush lawyer but it seems to me that you should pursue a few issues here for adequate compensation. If the situation was as you claimed it was, then here's some pointers:- 1 My understanding is that your lady friend was in the car with you at the time. She is your materi...