martyjmcfly

You gotta love those damn cubes! :)

Good to hear you liking the brakes cheese! No, Im not saying that Mk4 rear hubs have tapered bearings. I think the hubs I have are machined from rado discs, into hubs, see what I mean? I think its best I get some pictures up to show you, but I cant do that until I get back to the car next weekend, sorry :) Hi guys, i've got the same vented rear 280mm setup as you VRtrickster. Except i just handed the car over to JMR :) As far as i know the rear hub is modified with the discs straight on/off with no bearing type affair - i need to have a closer look myself before Inters.

possibly connects to the top of the oil filter housing, two main ones to the front and a smaller one with less rubber sheilding around the connections behind

Doesn't it connect to the top of the oil filter housing, there are two rubber shielded connectors at the front and a third like that one behind???

i think from memory its on the top of the engine and hidden by the plastics on the chains side, can't remember the part number but will have a look tomo if needed. you loose about 30 bhp if its knackered. Crap fuel economy i reckon is lambda related

Hi there - next port of call is the G40 sensor, its only 20 odd quid. I had poor performance, changed it and all fixed. How recently was your lambda sensor changed. I had a new one fitted approx 1 year ago but due to a bodged plug repair emphasised by steam clean it knackered it. I was getting mid 25 mpg. Now shes back to normal :)

Update - all sorted FLIPPING YIPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D The steam cleaning did me favour in that it highlighted a bodge job on the lambda probe loom plug. Some monkey put a speaker connector on the end section. The plastic that holds the proper connector in place was knackered and there is no way on hells earth that the pin on the lamba connector had a proper connection. The wiring was loose going into the plug so water must have got into the plug throught the lack of insulation. When i was speeding up the fuel economy was getting better for F sake :lol: So there you have it job done (during the process of locating said problem/previous bodge all three temp senders were replaced as was the coolant and every sensor plug was cleaned with contact cleaner) :)

try typing in Google "john mitchell racing". All the info is on his web page. John is a cool guy, very up front and knows his stuff. I went to him saying i wanted bigger rear brakes and i now have a car with 288mm rear brake discs. All the engineering/design is his own. Really impressed with my car now. Fantastic :)

I got it steam cleaned as the flipping rad neck exploded and made a mess :) I'm wondering which parts control/affect the idle air/fuel mixture?

Hi all, just had the engine bay steam cleaned and all is fine and dandy me thinks. However, when i started it from cold for the first time i left it to warm up to clear the windows, all seemed fine. A couple of minutes later the engine started to dive really low and just catch itself almost stalling but not if that makes sense. This went on for about 30 seconds and then it was fine. During the extremely low reving action i attempted to rev it thinking it was the ISV needing a clean but this had no effect, it almost did the opposite. When i say low reving i mean how the hell did that engine not stop! The engine stall light actually came on then went out as it recovered. Its lucky i wasn't driving as i would have been in trouble. I cleaned the ISV thinking it would sort it but it still does it. After it sorts itself out the car drives like normal so it must be temperature related and affecting the air fuel mixture at a certain point The searches i've done bring up G60 problems but those idling problems seem to be constant not like mine which is fine after its sick period. Any help mucho appreciated guys!

Has any one tried the Bilstein B16 PSS9 kit - i've heard that this kit is the best. Its fitted to Porkers etc.??? Either way, will H&R ARB's front and rear fit with either KW or Bilstein coilovers peeps?

Would be interested in knowing what price you will be paying for this and is it a 2.9 ABV and are they as good as from when new i.e as VW eith same power outputs etc. Cheers M

Oh damn, i'm going down the KW variant 2 route instead. Its the best long term due to the true anti corrosive parts plus if the Cs going to be made to go faster, the standard won't be up to it. + the rear anti roll bars but not sure about uprating the front one. Talk about turncoat. All these decisions to be made................ and these beers i've had tonight :) All being fitted 19th of this month 8)

Hey Justin, i thought fishing was the reason why you had missed all the Fox Pub West Sussex meets. See you down there soon maybe in a VR??? If you do get one don't take the sunroof apart :) Martin

My Mums got a Probe and i'm sorry but i think its a cool car. She got it brand new back in 1997, its the revised version with better wheels, full black leather interior and with gold body work and i think it looks good :) Driving this in my teens before i had my own car is what got me loving V6's. The engine is sweet and it handles well. Obviously i love the Corrado more but i do have a sweet spot for them. If Ford put a more powerful engine, say 230 bhp or similar to the Fiat Coupe then it would be a different storey - nice one Ford you twats