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Ya think. Phil

From a technical hydraulic engineering perspective that's not quite true. Any restrictor in a simple hydraulic system will only have an effect when the flow rate is high enough for the restrictor to have an influence. Plenty of systems have restrictors and hydraulic fuses in the system that have...

Well thats perfect then. Access the interior of the headlight assy via the LED ECU, dry it out with a heat source and re assemble. Fixed. Phil

I've had this issue on motorcycle headlights albeit not LED type but large plastic lenses ( Ducati 1198) and the fix is to remove the lamps and use a heat gun or hair dryer and dry them out then refit the lamps and they are fine. In the case of the Supra I'd drill a 10mm hole somewhere discrete...

I honestly don't know precisely why CDV's are fitted. Some are a simple restrictor and hence operate in both clutch engagement and disengagement modes and some are a check valve restrictor style that operate in the clutch engage mode only. I've looked for information on their function but only...

Well from an engineering perspective it may be a case that with the original bolt assembly there's not enough headroom in the bolt spec to cope with the typical home mechanic instillation torquing tolerances. So installed and torqued correctly it's adequate but the replacement of the plated bolt...

Well you messed up on two counts then. :)The idea of winglets at the tips of a wing is to eliminate wake vortices. Thats why commercial jets and other a/c have them these days. Eliminate the wake vortices, which reduces the drag and the fuel burn so on longer flights you can increase your...

I fitted the ZL1 rock guards today rear wheels on and used the tool mentioned in this thread post #106 along with a Snapon 1/4 drive ratchet and 8mm socket. Absolute piece of cake, 5 min a side, no swearing. Phil

Umm. Phil

Umm. Phil

Now thats funny. Heel and toeing is another load of road drivers rubbish people go on about driving their road car. It's a totally useful and necessary basically mandatory thing on a race track where you are braking hard with a ton of brake pedal pressure that gives a solid pivot point for the...

Not sure my shifting is done instinctively and I have no issues. I shift it fast and don't hang about getting the process done is about all I can say. Then again after over 50 years or riding big sports bikes on the road and track I learned on a forum recently that about 30% of the riders there...

Every mechanical device has it's variations but in this case I think it's more to do with whats going on between the ears of the drivers than whats happening inside the transmission. Phil

Of course the shift 1st to second feels different and not quite as slick as the 2nd gear onwards shift, all road ratio transmissions do. Look at the ratio jump from 1st to second, 4.11 to 2.315, second to 3rd 2.315 to 1.542, 3rd to 4th 1.542 to 1.179. The bigger the ratio change the harder the...

I've never read so much gear change clutch technique navel gazing in my life. I just get in the car and drive the best clutch and transmission I've ever used in 50 years of driving. Phil

My son has a Falcon XR6 with a Barra engine. BMW copied it to create the B58. Very hush, hush business, don't mention it to anyone else. Phil

Well it doesn't sit outside the body line width wise but it "may" at the back. I'd need to drop a plumb bob from the wing aft edge to see if it projects beyond the rear of the car. I'm guessing you are from Adelaide? Thats the place where if you fit a std Monaro bonnet to a VX or VS Commodore...

The heading of this thread reminds me of some sage advice I received some years ago. " if you feel like you're being used, then you probably are". This advice has served me well over the years. Phil

This is alway a major problem with technical issues on forums. Someone comes on with a technical issue, people offer advice and await the outcome so everyone can maybe learn something and then there's either no update or just " took it to the dealer and they fixed it" without any specific...

This is correct. Here's a tip when tightening V band exhaust or pneumatic ducting clamps. I spray some WD40 on the inside of the clamp faces to help the interface between the clamp flanges and the pipe flanges slide and not grab as you tighten them up. It means the clamp will tighten up smoothly...