Scooby Pete

I bet the rad had a pin hole in it. Mine had a pin hole in and I never saw it, took a garage to spot it for me.

Good news :)

I've always dipped the clutch when I start cars, as well as taking the load of the engine it ensures the gearbox is disengaged from the engine so if it's in gear you won't lurch on starting , handy for bank job getaways :) With the newer cars you have to dip the clutch to start the car,

Re driving your car on track agree, however I doubt Tiff seldom drives his own cars on the track, most racing drivers don't even think about it.

Just been attempting to swap my discs and pads and had real trouble getting the bolts that hold the caliper to the hub off, so much in fact I went and bought a beefier 1/2" drive ratchet to give me more torque than the the 3/8" ratchet. Yes I know they shouldn't be that hard to get off, I was hoping they were just rusted, no such luck. Both threads on the calliper are threaded :( Now as far as I'm aware, you can't thread a bolt by undoing it. This means that it was either done at the factory or some numptie needs to back to school to learn how to do bolts up. Only attempted the n/s so far and think I may as well leave it to my mate who is going to fit the braided hoses and bleed the system for me. Upshot is the car is now off the road and will prob have to pay to get it recovered to my mates garage on top of paying to get it tapped and refitted.

There's no doubt the games are getting closer to the real thing, but they always seem to be faster than real life, maybe it's because the game generally uses ideal conditions for the track temp, air temp ect. As to the feel of the game v car I agree with what they say, although the game does very well creating the illusion of feedback, (even without a force feed back wheel) you will always be that half second behind in reacting to spins etc. In the game you are relying on visual clues rather than real life seat of the pants feed back. In a real car you can feel the grip starting to give and react. Rather than seeing it go and reacting. However with practice you get to know the limits of the in game car and can set the cars attitude to counter it or negate it, as it's always going to be the same conditions in the game. I find that in the games you tend to drive more on the throttle than you do in real life. In real life track conditions can change quite a bit with track temp, air temp during a race, not to mention dirt and gravel dragged on to the track makes it a much less consistent environment. Over all as good as the games are they will never substitute for real life, unless someone builds a holo deck :D

Well I make it 2 for Facebook, thing is though how many Facebookers haven't joined the forum, and how many forum bods have joined Facebook?

Depends on how bad the pistons are when you take them out, if it were me I'd buy new, can never be too careful with brakes.

Not much else unless you want 6 pots, was going to suggest the 4pots if you had already done that.

Turns out it's not ring land failure, the bottom end has gone.

Yeah sounds like its stuck, maybe a good time to upgrade ;)

Just got back from ATS.

Welcome along :)

Had the discs and pads for a while, they arrived a cple of days after I ordered them. I was planning to do it myself, but the weathers so bad I can't do them on the drive way. So I'm getting a mate to do them same time as the 60k service.

Got home and found four large boxes had be delivered. Sneaky peak.

Also why would you need a Subaru approved remap for a Porsche engine? Think the ads got some billy bullish!t in it.

A Car museum in America looses rare 8 Corvettes http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/02/corvette-sink-hole/

Welcome to the club :) Being honest if it were me, cosmetically I'd swap the rear wing for stock spoiler, get rid of the shark fins and change the wheels to 18". Any plans for power mods?

That's just down to the grin factor :D

Never found that Migg's, I always brim it for a full tank. The bit that holds the cap to the car has snapped so I put the cap in the trigger till it clicks, then top it up letting the air pockets out, filling it till it reaches the very top. You gate a fair few extra ltrs in the filler neck.

Good write up but..... :p

Bitman did you make it to,the meet I left abit early so may have missed you. There were a few fellow Fozzie's there :)

My classic was a JDM so ran it Tescos 99' the hatch sees nothing but Vpower, I get better mpg in the 2.5ltr hatch than I do in the classic by at least 2 mpg. I average about 21mpg with urban driving. Check you tyre pressures, if they are bit low then they will screw your mpg quite badly. I run 32psi front and 30 rear.

I forgot all about it, I'm off tomorrow but will email discovery and see what they say. Deff won't be HD though :( that if I can get hold of them.

Colin and Richard tbh. After watching them slide the cars around the rally stages I was impressed with them and always rubber necked when seeing one on the road. Mine was an impulse buy, my pug 205Gti was on its last legs, I got a bank loan and thought hmm I fancy a Scoob. A local guy to me offered me a scoob and it was after being given a blast in it by his dad and seeing the smile on my mates face when I turned round. He then said "you should see the smile on your face Pete!" I didn't really need any more convincing. That was 12 years ago! Maybe one of the welsh Scoobies owners is near you and can take you for a blast in one?