Gransport Set Up

mjheathcote · Apr 16, 2016

alfatwo said:
How about the diameter of the standard 4200 bars Mike, its only been a week or two mate!

Dave

I'll have a crawl underneath with my digital calipers today.
Interested myself naturally too!

drewf · Apr 16, 2016

CatmanV2 said:
You're not wrong! So is the paint shop. It might be another *month* before I get my car back

Seriously, about the tie-rods. They were created by Craig, a member and highly skilled chap in Boston, MA. For business I tend to get over there every couple of months, so have bought some back for members. I know Matt has the latest set. Drew F used to have some . If you want me to talk to him, let me know

C

Sorry - been a bit busy racing, so not on the board quite so much at the moment.

Yes, I have a brand new set of Craig's tie rods on the shelf in the workshop. They are available for someone who wants them urgently.

porsche girl · Apr 16, 2016

I have PM'd you

Felonious Crud · Apr 16, 2016

MAF260 said:
I'm going to Vegas in 3 weeks and have extra baggage allowance. I wonder if the anti roll bars and springs will fit in my 2nd case?!

TSA will tear it apart. They attacked my box with the disks in and then set about my other checked-in bag for good measure.

CatmanV2 · Apr 16, 2016

This ^ Tie rods Cut the bloody TSA approved lock off. Which reminds me I need a new one before I go to Texas

C

Felonious Crud · Apr 16, 2016

CatmanV2 said:
This ^ Tie rods Cut the bloody TSA approved lock off. Which reminds me I need a new one before I go to Texas

C

They always seem to do that. TSA approved is bollox. They just go straight in with the cutting tools and hack things apart regardless. Buggers ******* a brand new suitcase with a built-in lock the last time.

drewf · Apr 16, 2016

porsche girl said:
I have PM'd you

So I see!

drewf · Apr 16, 2016

Felonious Crud said:
They always seem to do that. TSA approved is bollox. They just go straight in with the cutting tools and hack things apart regardless. Buggers ******* a brand new suitcase with a built-in lock the last time.

I stopped locking cases ages ago, and have the combination set to 000 with it written against the selectors. As you've discovered, it's an absolute waste of time and money bothering to lock them. There's ever decreasing levels of manual handling now, which is a Good Thing in many respects - the machines tend not to steal things out of the cases for one.

Felonious Crud · Apr 16, 2016

drewf said:
I stopped locking cases ages ago, and have the combination set to 000 with it written against the selectors. As you've discovered, it's an absolute waste of time and money bothering to lock them. There's ever decreasing levels of manual handling now, which is a Good Thing in many respects - the machines tend not to steal things out of the cases for one.

Locked or not, they still take a machete to it!

DPS20K · Apr 16, 2016

Agreed, no point locking them. I just cable tie them closed to stop any casual theft or anybody slipping anything in!
Had one case opened by the authorities and they cable tied it shut again for me.

CatmanV2 · Apr 16, 2016

Felonious Crud said:
They always seem to do that. TSA approved is bollox. They just go straight in with the cutting tools and hack things apart regardless. Buggers ******* a brand new suitcase with a built-in lock the last time.

Right. Cable ties it is next time. That would totally **** me off, and I assume you have no recourse, so expensive as well?

C

Wack61 · Apr 17, 2016

How does it work at customs, that hernia looks painful , do you have anything to declare

Do you just blag it and act dumb if they stop you , I've bought watches and camera gear through before but never anything as obvious as brake discs

CatmanV2 · Apr 17, 2016

There's nothing illegal about bringing brake discs through. Not sure if they are outside the personal allowance level in terms of value, though. If you get stopped you just explain that they are car parts and off you (should) go.

I've brought two sets of tie rods, a strut brace for a Chrysler 350 thing and a set of these once (not all together)

http://www.everythingwingchun.com/B...tabber-12-440C-p/bjd-mp-wc2-s12-440c-hg-b.htm

C

Felonious Crud · Apr 17, 2016

CatmanV2 said:
Right. Cable ties it is next time. That would totally **** me off, and I assume you have no recourse, so expensive as well?

C

Well... the contents were totally undamaged but of course no one is actually responsible for the bag and the TSA is entitled to do whatever the h3ll it wants (which I'm ok with - if they think something's a threat I'd hate for them to be prevented by a small plasticky lock from investigating it). Damage to the box with the disks in didn't matter - the box and polystyrene packaging were going in the bin anyway. As for the damage to my bag, the airline did eventually grudgingly replace it. In general I'm a carry-on kind of chap, but in this case I had one bloody great bag and a 20kg cardboard box wrapped up with packing tape, plus a rucksack, so decided in the end to check all bar the rucksack.

Don't ever under-estimate how big and inconvenient it is to carry car stuff 5k miles. I won't. Not again.

CatmanV2 said:
http://www.everythingwingchun.com/B...tabber-12-440C-p/bjd-mp-wc2-s12-440c-hg-b.htm

C

Butterfly swords? Just swat them away if they annoy you. Or try this: http://viz.co.uk/insect-hammer/

philw696 · Apr 17, 2016

When I left the UK for NZ it took me 2 days to pack my hand tools to start work here with and I contacted Air NZ letting them know and paid the excess baggage up front.
They knew I was coming one way on a residence visa etc etc.
I was still taken to a special room where they opened the lot and said you must be a mechanic doh !
Had to try and pack it back up nearly missing the flight stress or what.

CatmanV2 · Apr 17, 2016

Felonious Crud said:
Butterfly swords? Just swat them away if they annoy you. Or try this: http://viz.co.uk/insect-hammer/

After hundreds of years, why didn't we think of that?! Tell you though, some of those Chinese butterflies are right leery!

C

steamer · Apr 18, 2016

My car felt exactly as you describe - not that I'm an F1 level driver or anything.

Chaps on here recommended starting with a matched set of tyres and geo set-up.

I went for the F1 eagles and Emblem did the set-up.

The tryes transformed the ride quality and the car feels much more stable with less of the initial oversteer low speed feeling.

Still quite soft and rolls.

Money well spent though.

porsche girl · Apr 18, 2016

Thanks All.

I have a set of rear toe links on their way (thanks Drew) and when they arrive i will decide where to go for the set up. I am tempted towards TDi in Lakeside. Sam Borgman there is a proper chassis guru and he know's a heck of a lot more than i do about vehicle dynamics. They will match the geo to the tyres (Pirelli) and hopefully will be able to give me more of what I am looking for. The only problem will be parts. I doubt they have any maser bushes in stock so it might be cut and come again. The other option is Roberto in Halstead. Good guy though he most certainly is, he is not a chassis master.

drewf · Apr 18, 2016

You're welcome. Should be with you tomorrow, Wednesday latest. You might want to consider getting hold of a couple of the splendid sockets Newton (2b1ask1) had made - your garage will thank you for it

Felonious Crud · Apr 18, 2016

I'm watching this thread with interest, as a novice watches in wonder as someone who knows what the h3ll they're doing does something impressive. I'd like to take my car for a proper geo setup but fear I'd fall at the first hurdle. "What's your driving style like?". "Er. Erratic? Inept?"

Regardless, I'm pretty sure the slight rear skip on gearchange under hard acceleration suggest something slightly out of line.

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