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Thanks for that, managed to get all wheels and brakes on at the weekend, didnt realise at first that the 1st set of billys i had purchased had lowering springs and it was way to low on the backend for me so i swapped for some new billys i got about 3 months ago and have the stock springs which makes it look loads better now, just concentrating on prepping the stillen. will update pics soon

ive seen a few of the older types of mini estates knocking around recently and very tidy, looks like the new generation saxo boys to me....lol

Heres a few pics of honda's f1 museam.

i very much hope so colin, she needs to see a bit of this summer at least just i keep getting carried away, just had front and rear hubs blasted and painted with new wheel bearings all round, only thing was i broke the abs sensors getting them out and at 90 quid a corner its a bit expensive when you also need new tyres....!

thanks for the comments guys, has taken me a while, especially to get a really good finish on the calipers,wasnt sure about the wheels at first but theyve grown on me a bit. hope to see them off the ramps this weekend and see how the billys hang.

just thought id post up a sneak preview of my new rims with the painted calipers and disks,the guy who fitted the tyres balanced them up and put a couple of weights near the front of the rim and wanted to check the clearance, which was thankfully ok. hope to be on the road soon, just my rear ones need fitting now....oh ! and front bumper needs painting...lol

i may have the arm and bearing here with hardly no use. andy

i presume you have gone through the bleeding process and got all the air out of the system? having air gives a kind of rumble sound not a squeal,i just had an issue with mine squealing and tracked it down to my billet aluminium p/s pulley which had been machined with quite sharp blades not like the stock one which is more rounded, check bleeding again to be 100 percent if your unsure as it is easy to illiminate.

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i dont have an aftermarket tacho which is a bit of a problem to find out using a possible signal, just thought someone would have looked for me by now tbh.....? thanks for your input anyway jake

yes but if you dont know what the motor is reving at how am i supposed to set it up correctly,the only other way and im not sure it is possible to do it is attach an aftermarket tacho to the negative side of the coil or im sure theres a parallel feed to the diagnostics plug in the engine bay(poss black and white wire) i could use but i do not have an aftermarket one and im not totaly sure it would work anyhow as the coil and packs operate differently to the standard distributor, its a very simple request, im sorry i just need conformation.

someone please.........

nice one not tried that yet but dont give me any ideas nic!

Shouldnt do mate, you just have to make sure its correct before making the last push else it will overead, its tricky but ive done many before

Hi simon, yes you cant set the thing up with the power off definately as you stated, if you set it when its off the preload will kick in and it will set itself to around 2k,what you need to do is install the pannel without the needle and turn the ignition on,once it has power it needs to be pushed on at marker 1 or 2 this is what i need to know, but preferebly from someone who has completely stock dials....there must be someone?

I would rather no do it that way as your then fudging the tacho itself to read what you want, the tacho has a preload when it gets a voltage feed as you may be aware, although there is no actual signal from the ignitor or ecu it still gets a power source which causes it to shift the needle to a position being either marker 1 or 2, I have had to change this as my old n/a one does not work the same as the tt as the signal is from the ecu not the ignitor, and with it being a new engine it does seem to be idling higher than usual as i can tell from the engine note once the thermostat has opened at warm idle, im gonna get her tuned anyway so i dont want to fudge the reading as it were. As i never saw the tickover before on this motor i just wanted to know where the rev counter sits when the ignition is turned on and the preload is activated, the engine must not be running though. any helpers please

original toyota billys do have the toyota factory sticker on, got a full set myself....

what if i never saw the tacho before i installed the new one? n/a tacho is different to the tt, any pics would help please

Just wondered if anyone could post up a close up pic of where there tacho sits when the ignition is turned on and the engine is not running...silly question i know but wasnt sure if it was dead on "0" or next mark up. cheers andy

engine mount/s ?

I tried them both, fidanza billet flywheels are a very good quality and rated for me, didnt like the puck clutch system though, they were very much on off type feeling and in daily driving youll be walking funny after 3 months. id go an rps clutch all day although the "max" is a puck type clutch as i recall, it is sprung so a fidanza flywheel should be ok.

The best way i found was to jetwash inside for about 10 mins till it was super clean making sure to go up from the bottom aswell,also leave it a few days in a warm place to get all the water out,as i didnt want to damage the filter in any way.

might be of interest to someone here. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-SUPRA-TWIN-TURBO-REAR-BRAKE-CALIPERS-UK-MODEL_W0QQitemZ170117634847QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10428QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

rear is different

I have also dealt with him and hes a genuine good guy, my supe also needs re gassing so expect another call ibrar....