will

Damn right I did. Would hit this in an instant if it wasn't in blerry Wellington. Problem with living at the top of the island, everything is so far away..

Emma, something to do with the saddle, you, blonde etc etc went through my senile mind.. if i posted it here I would be banned for life.. hahahahahaha... hahahahahahahaaaaaa graham, really dig the colour of your chair, almost matches your hair..

Your '87 should have 1.1 which has sensors on the bellhousing, best check that out before you buy a box. Will

Pity, only have sunroof model.

If you can't open the doors even from the inside, it means that your deadlock system has activated. It is possible that the control module has failed and activated the deadlock but that would not normally affect the driver's door from what I can remember, only the 'slave' doors. I would suspect the door lock mechanism has failed rather than the module. To get to it, you will need to remove the drivers door panel and remove the lock from the inside, which is not difficult, you just have to remove the 'U' retaining clip. The deadlock mechanism can break (has a lever and spring that fails), resulting in a siezed system. I have had several do this. Will

yours have a sunroof?

Hercules was recently awarded the honourable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's standard 200lb limit. Hercules owner Mr Flynn says that Hercules weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just grew" .... and grew... and grew... and grew.

Hey big fella, imperial definitely has a place, even with BMW fanatics, ever heard of anyone talking about a 152.4mm dick???

PM'd Will

Blown?? Doesn't look blown to me. Maybe in his dreams??? Horns go with the airhorns methinks.. rednecks delight !!

wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. worth nothing imo.

.. and flown by one careful owner...

I would second this, a decent panelbeater will have all the specs for proper alignment of the car. He might not even have to put it on the chassis machine, I would suspect that the upper mount for the strut has had a whack/whatever and a simple measurement across the towers would confirm if the gap is too narrow/wide. (will be too narrow if you have excess negative camber). You may have to travel to find a decent one however. A lot of so-called panelbeaters out there are just spare parts fitters with no idea about how to check/align a bent car.

I was thinking the same thing, will attempt to check it out with my fleet sometime. I would think the diff mountings vary on the subframe. I am pretty sure the arms are the same between drum and disc as I have on occasion simply swapped drum for disc without changing the subframe and havn't noticed the wheel move further to the rear of the wheel arch.

that is a 525 not 535 btw.. not worth anywhere near what they are asking imo.

and us convince you to put a chook motor into your Camaro..

Simple check... measure from the rearmost mounting bolt hole to the centre of the output flanges on both diffs, the measurement of the medium case is bigger by about 20???mm (can't remember exactly what the measurement was ), so, if you are using a small case subframe and put a medium case into it, the alignment of the sideshafts will be worse by that amount horizontally. Check the pic below from Chris, it will explain what I am trying to say. He is using a small case in a medium case subframe, check the horizontal angle of the sideshaft.

Hey, you need to uplift yourself like Gus did and chuck the hammer and get a torque wrench.. After all, you know what the FT attitude did to your ball joints..

fill oil until it just starts coming out of the upper filler plug. Manual says 1.7 litres but I don't know if this is for small or medium case diff. Torques.. 29-36 lb ft

better hide them away, I will come shopping while you are face down in the paddock/waterbed/whatever..

Mate, you should stop making statements like the ones above until you have the facts, and not just read out of a book (like some of the know-it-alls we have on this forum), but REAL experience in the REAL world. Your statement about "breathing" is quite flawed. Exhaust design on a street car is incredibly complicated and is always a compromise. Probably the simplest vehicle to design an exhaust for is a dragster, it is ALWAYS driven flat out so exhaust is designed to work in a very specific rev range for given atmospheric conditions. The basic resultant of any exhaust design is to create a negative pulse at the exhaust valve at the instant the valve opens and this can be achieved in many different ways. A properly designed single pipe system can easily out perform a dual pipe system and visa versa. All good tuners will tell you that the theory is only part of the design, a good dyno is necessary to confirm the design and fine tune it. The WHOLE exhaust is important, right down to the point where the gases exit the system, a bad exit will have a negative effect on the system as will header pies of the incorrect diameter or length etc etc. It is all to do with generating that negative return pulse properly. I will state here that I am positive that most these turkeys you see around with these massive exhaust tips are actually stuffing up their power by ruining the exhaust gases' exit. (I saw this on my mate's dyno many times as he experimented with differing exhaust tips). I was fortunate enough to have a top tuner as a friend when I was racing and spent many hours with him building systems for both my (and others) track and road vehicles. He would always start out with the theory for the particular vehicle, and it was often suprising how much tuning had to be done on the dyno afterwards to get it sorted. 3pedals has highlighted some of the important bits in good design, i.e. collector design, balance pipes etc. The design of the muffler itself is also very important, a so-called straight-through muffler can absolutely stuff up the system if it is designed incorrectly and a conventional type muffler can enhance the performance of the system with correct design. Temperature of exhaust gases also plays a big part in design, larger single pipes run cooler exhaust gas temperatures than than twin smaller pipes, which can have a positive effect on performance, but in a conventional car, large pipes are often difficult to fit in, hence the tendancy to use twin smaller pipes. (as Surge pointed out). So there is no right answer, single system or twin, it will not perform if it is not properly designed. Both can work well.

Looks like a small case diff to me so probably not much use to you if it is the same case as used in the e30, you will end up with the same problems Chris is having at the moment with driveshaft alignment. You would probably need to source a subframe that accomodates the small case diff and disc brake trailing arms to keep the alignment correct. My thoughts anyway for what they are worth. Will

Just for info, received my copy of "maximum boost" today, took less than a week from order to arrive... impressive!! Bedtime reading

word..

Hey HiTower, car long enough for you to fit in!!! bahahahahahahaha