Scottish Elises

The early S1 type were an M10. By now most people should have uprated to the M12 type. I don't know whether or not they are a high tensile bolt, but you do them up FT (>200Nm from memory). All later S1 and S2 should be fitted with the M12 from the factory. You can tell easily enough by popping out t...

UJI is due a "B" service (actually, overdue by about 6 weeks), and the main extra item over and above the "A" service oil-change is to replace Spark Plugs. Anyone care to recommend a particular type or brand? Also keen to know where I can easily source them in the Edinburgh area - other than obviou...

totally agree with you shug. Its saved me from a few accidents, on road and track. That unsettling feeling where your cornering happily within your limits, and have to lift off / brake suddenly mid corner to avoid an obstacle is what his training is all about. Its not to make you quicker, its to ma...

Yes - I put in about a third of a litre after a KH night and Croft day. I have already asked them to check oil usage - factory had no hard figures but wouldn't be interested in consumption less than 1l/1000miles. Interestingly I think on track it easily performs worse than that, so if all you did w...

:lol: I'm learning.... I got a sticky throttle now and then too. Must-find-bigger-throttle-for-no-money..... Torque is the push from each firing of the cylinder, power is the rate at which work is being done (more-or-less proportional to the rate at which fuel is being burnt). A (old style grinding...

BT will be dispatched to deal with it if you compain about voice quality to bull dog I believe. The reason is that even though the local loop is unbundled, the LLU providers still get BT to deal with cabling issues as they have no staff of their own to get involved. So no, BT won't listen to you, bu...

Nanny measure on a lightweight semi-race car that upsets braking at critical moments? Good idea NOT! :evil: Well the theory is relatively simple - when cornering you don't generally pull on the handbrake - why? Because applying the rear brakes to the point of blocking causes the car to swap ends. N...

Rich, Has your VVC plenum got the relevant blanking plates for the combined MAP/temperature sensor? If you're sticking with the MEMS (no reason not to - it will work at this level of modification) you need to stick with it's built in MAP sensor (fed via a vacuum hose from the plenum) and the temp se...

mckeann wrote:can i borrow it please??? sometime before sunday?? have new nuts to go on. well , i will have

Aren't you in the AA ...

Robin

Ok, does sound like it is most likely just the brake light - phew! Thanks guys :D Mark I think it would make sense for us to figure out whether or not the oil pressure warning is logged as per Lawrence's suggestion. Here's why - if (dare I say when?) our engines go pop due to low oil pressure cause...

I wasn't aware there were two ECUs for the Toyota engined cars. I wonder how they managed that! Any road, for sure the light will come on again as nothing has changed.

Cheers,
Robin

You could book it in for the MOT down here too then you'd be covered to drive down to get the rack fitted. Dan@JPS You have to be careful about that. Yes you are OK to drive it to place of repair/MOT by appointment, but I believe you have to use the shortest route (though that in itself could be fo...

Black country bloke wrote:Coal dust and filth mostly.

Advice to visitors is don't stop here, keep going, it's much nicer anywhere else.

Actually I did the stourbridge ring on the canals in recent years and although we had the odd "ned" incident on the whole it was very pleasant!

Cheers,
Robin

Lotus Exige?

Going to be moving from Bull Sh*t to Sky when I can. Brand new build flats, move from 3rd to 1st floor and line speed drops from 8mb to <1. Nothing we can do sorry after 30 min wait on phones. Is this the training speed reported by the modem or the actual throughput when downloading (e.g. from the ...