Lauren

Welcome aboard Ivor and Elaine. The Grasshopper meets are well attended so you'll have fun there. Rob loves cleaning so I am sure he can give you some tips. Any plans to play with the car?

A bit last minute.com but thought both my cars are clean so going to take them both over tomorrow. If anyone fancies it, see you there? https://www.facebook.com/events/274908926200239/ It's at the West One Retail Park near the Trafford Centre. Eccles New RoadEcclesSalfordM50 1BD http://www.visitmanchester.com/what-to-do/shoppingcentre/MAN-23721_westoneretailpa 1. Lauren 2. Mark (AE86) 3. 4. 5.

Welcome aboard. Plenty going on in the south west and Birmingham area if you want to meet up with like minded members. Any plans to play with it at all?

Tuning Developments do an unequal length manifold and are in the UK.

Welcome aboard, there's a few members around the Stoke area and a number of us in the midlands and NW. Look out for social meets and there is JAE but you need to get booked on by this weekend, if you fancy throwing yourself into the whole club scene!

I should add though you are talking Arc seconds here which is a very small amount. Had mine done today on the AE86 and watching Gary give the car a shake shows how fine a level of adjustment it is. So I wouldn't be too worried at all. It's within spec.

Not hugely so, but it's more that it just takes a little bit of effort to equalise, so why wouldn't you? It looks like there has been no adjustment to the rear toe here. Same at the front, it's important to equalise between axles. Gives a better steering feel as you equalise the length of the track rods on each side. Just seeing it in the green is not enough for me I admit. But I used to do geo setups on Elises etc, I just took my time to always equalise the toe between each side. I didn't have fancy machines though, but would measure to a centralised datum point on the car and cross check it.

Yes, should have the rear toe equalised which would sort the thrust angle. Needs to be equalised between sides.

Welcome aboard. Lots going on in the scene. A few of us do get onto the mainland, though I admit I've not yet got as far as Spain. There are plenty of options with regards to tuning. Maybe you'd fair better getting parts from the UK, as at least you won't have the customs issues should your current manifold end up going back to the US.

Interesting stuf and a blast from the past. Litchfield and Sumo seem to be going nowhere with tuning stuff for the car these days. I had to laugh at the Litchfield handling pack. Possibly the worst thing you can do to your car handling wise! Also interesting to see Adrian's car earlier on in it's life. I remember when it was virtually stock.

No worries, Neal. I would say if you want to work on more advanced techniques in terms of fast driving, Simon's your man. He's local too. Also you may want to consider getting some drift instruction. I found it useful as it's all car control and you have to learn to balance the car when it's going sideways, which does take a bit of practice.

It is tricky to get the rear camber set with those offset bushes. I have the same issue as it takes a lot of messing about to get them accurately matched. I've wondered about adjustable lower arms many a time.

I don't think there is. I could be wrong of course. Just book on to trackdays and book tuition. If you want, I can put you onto a friend of mine who is very good. But you'll need to be serious. http://www.simonmason.com/coaching-fees I've been helping out members with some pointers at track days. I'm not an ARDS instructor. I considered doing it back in 2004, but daftly decided to be a social worker instead! So I'm happy to give some tips on technique and all that, but if you want someone to spend at least a day with (which I would recommend), just use a reputable track day operator and book instruction for the day. I think one-to-one training is better as it focuses on what you need to and at your pace. I think the CAT driver training would be great for the basics though, so it depends what you want out of it.

Please put up an actual price. This is not the place to link to ebay auctions.

You need to post up a price and picture to sell on here please.

I would guess that Yoko will bring out a newer version in time. But they work well, so if it ain't broke... I would always be wary of using F1's. Had too many problems with their lack of ability to cope with heat on track and their jelly like sidewalls. A good road tyre for average driving, but no more than that. I would expect the Michelin PS4's to be good and maybe the PZero's too. But I think I will likely use the V105's until they are no longer available. They just work so well with the car. Funnily enough I'm having a set of PS3's fitted to my AE86 (15" rims don't offer many options) as the best tyre I could get in that size.

They're okay. It depends what winter weather is like. I ran winter tyres for two years and then last year had Yoko's on the front and Conti's on the back (couldn't get Yoko's at short notice and I fancied trying the Conti's). Given our mild winters I don't think it's an issue. I certainly didn't have any issues and far preferred the control and feedback I had over running winter tyres. Winter tyres are undboubtedly better if it snows (which it rarely does) or when it's below freezing. But the whole better below 7C is stretching it and just marketing ploy from what I can work out. Plus winters are terrible when temps get into double figures. I did struggle a bit on the one day it snowed, but for one day a year or something, I didn't feel it was worth having winters.

Hi Neal. Yeah, Yoko V105's extra load are a no brainer really. F1's are a bit mediocre. Contisport Contact 5's are also good, but overall I preferred the Yoko's so took them off. The Conti's are better off the line, but I'm not convinced about their lateral grip and didn't really like them in the wet. See Richard for a deal on the Yokos. If it's any help, Richard has just ordered 6 today. Two of them are mine. If you're quick...

Please post up pictures. I know you've only had this ad up since April, you must have some by now!

Well, Kev's already got a horribly loud exhaust, so mine is starting as quieter than his was. I don't want mine much louder than it already is really. Yes, Sam, I could buy another cat, or get the second cat out of storage and use that.

I don't think the rate you lose gas, is anything like that. I have a 31 year old car, that at 26 years old still worked fine. I've had it changed to R134a (from R12) and it still works fine five years later. In my GT I've done 89K miles and it works fine. The trouble is with aircon is that you need to use it to lubricate the seals. So the more you use it, the long it lasts. I never turn mine off in the GT. So I do think that you would expect the refigerant to last five years easily, providing it is used regularly.

Yep, we thought his Tomei manifold wasn't cutting it, when I talked to Kev about it before. But obviously he's gone for the TD EL with their remap over what he had before. His figures were low on the rolling road shoot out last time round at TD. You could see compared to mine that his fuelling was on the rich side when it didn't need to be. Quite tempted now, but not sure what to do in terms of a cat.

Mike, speak to Richard (Riceburner on here) at RRG Macc. I'm pretty sure this will be a warranty claim, unless you've got a holed rad or some such. 01625 869900.

I'm not sure it's more likely to happen to you in the next five days. I don't think we know anyone who has ever suffered this issue. I was told the recall was 'minor' and is simply precautionary. I'm on nearly 89K miles and have just driven a 1000 miles to mainland Europe and back. I didn't worry about it.

Japanese cars have always been more popular in the UK, the rise of grey imports in the 90's helped with that. It's simply the ease of having RHD the same as the Japanese domestic market. I have known about the recall for sometime. I will check with Richard when I see him tomorrow. He said there was about a six week wait on parts coming in, when he told me about it.