ChrisB

Hey Gareth - have a *super* birthday. See what I did there?

^^ This entirely in my opinion. A large amount of life time is spent in cars commuting - it might as well be zedding - otherwise it's driving time wasted! So it costs a fair bit, but so does anything nice. Drive, enjoy, mod, maintain, repeat in my opinion Anyway it could be worse - I often see swish, German more than any other (usually Mercs and older fast BMWs) broken down on my route - I'm sure they had a nice drive in pious luxury until the light came on and the engine stopped going at the most inconvenient late for work or broken down on the way home

Was 28 MPG to the nearest 0.5 for my 64 mile a day commute, then I started with the *project*.. which meant driving slowly (smooth 2750 RPM max), so I got 31 average. Smooth and slow has since got old, as testing has gone well, and as the *project* has progressed (now with unmapped HFC) it's about 25MPG. When the s/c belt finally goes on... I hope it doesn't go down to 12 MPG on a daily basis

^^ Damn ..too slow again..

Lol GM - good to see your car in it's newly found glory However... watching fruity videos in the quiet of your car with the temp turned up to 25C :lol:

Tee hee..

Blimey - half my car is Mishimoto. I hope that benefit won't attract crashes

Flex: other guy:

- same DNA, all good

Stu:: My fave work iMac is a humble 27" circa 2009 (!). My work mobile mac is a MacBook pro retina A1502. My wife just shelled out on her own new 21.5" iMac... Fuse the above and make it much more... Oh the beauty... 27" retina 5k iMac.... http://www.apple.com/imac-with-retina/

I give you bubble-wrap cat (the bubble wrap came out of a box full of Zeitronix AFR after all)..

Baptism of FIRE today.. Yep the SMF and grippy plate is lovely when in motion - lighter, nippier feel to the engine, but man-oh-man I had a monster of a time in a big M25 (3 hour stop-start ) traffic jam today.. 0-4 MPH is a nightmare without the ability to feather (I tried all sorts of foot/rev juggling combinations) - grab grab clank clank Horrid sounding metal bangs sometimes ...whimper... I do hope this settles down (I'm now approx 600miles on this new clutch). SMF is definately better when the going is good, but DMF and basic clutch could be the way forward for a daily - or if SMF (and stage 2 or more) give up and work from home if the traffic looks like it might be a full-on PITA.. Just so that you all know, cool gear choices are always full of compromise. The tail shouldn't wag the dog though - 3 hour traffic jams aren't every day occurences. Keeping the faith (just)

Soo cute.. Pete But yeah, what is it with cats and boxes? - prefer cardboard to toys - although cat trees are a big hit in our house

I have fond memories of my second Alfa - GTV6 2.5, MY 1985. She was a pretty rwd coupe with a willing engine and lovely steering feel (as there was no power steering - classic). Funny old world but at the time (late 80's) I was torn between the Alfa and a Z (a newer 300ZX was like a spaceship back then - and hopelessly out of budget) but having previously owned an Alfasud, Alfa was DNA back then. Many mods were done - big springs and adjustable dampers on the rear suspension, slightly lowered (fronts were torsion bars ) and hot cams. Sadly she just rusted inside out - inner wings, roof, sills all crumbled to dust. I stored/abandoned her in my drive for years after, before virtually giving away to a restorer for parts For extra kudos points, a gunmetal GTV6 appeared in a Bond movie (Octopussy)

Awesome

I like your reporting and what to expect. I had a horrendous first impression due to a simple clutch pedal adjustment being required, symptoms diagnosed and fixed - which is why we test and report. Once that was done, I then needed to re-train myself in slick gear changes - the lightened fly with its lower angular momentum is really noticeable, so revs drop quickly. Once in tune with the quicker timings (which really only took a couple of good drives), I am really enjoying it. Clutch pedal is lighter too. My car does not have any increased chatter (clutch in or out) stationary at idle I find (certainly not like in your video - as far as I heard on the iPad), but I do get a variably loud meshing noise if I load up in lower gears between 1500-2000 RPM, particularly the step between 2 and 3. This is cancelled by simply changing 500 rpm higher than I used to, in average road driving, and generally avoiding the thrash zone below 2K Interesingly I don't get these noises when cold, so it's clearly tolerances in the gearbox changing when warmed up. My gearbox input shaft has small backlash is in good condition by all accounts, so the chatter must be internal. My clutch is still bedding in but the first gear judder I have is receding nicely at the moment (at time of writing I am about 150 miles in). I find the way to avoid judder completely off the line is to not feather, but grab it lightly by the neck and go, but like I say, my clutch is still learning to behave. Mine is Competition Clutch 6072-2100 and Competition clutch ST flywheel. Good upgrade

Nope, go for it.. You know you want too

Nooo.. nightmare..

Happy, happy

Blimey. Drama, and intrigue.. We learnt the importance of clutch pedal adjustment over the possible red herrings* of air or actuator problems.... I better report for the benefit of others, now there is a happy outcome as I hate it when people start threads with problems then go quiet and never report findings Zeditis results in sleepless nights when the baby is unwell. After the recent fitting, we gave the system a bit of grace to mechanically settle on Wednesday (grabby, judder, instant-clutch as its a new stage 2), albeit, lighter feel with a very close to the floor action (on the previous slave, the setting was always a bit close to the carpet, and heavy). However, by Thursday I could barely drive her - I could not select a gear to get out of works car park without lots of pumping, and a bit of overriding the synchro and at one roundabout no gears except fourth on an upward incline getaway were available (requisite BMW up my bottom too). This as well as randomly stuck half-way pedal, made for commute - thankfully there were no proper traffic jams. Gash-tastic. So we toddled back off to Ross and Family again this morning (colder air - seemed a bit better - I could at least find a few gears), and I was fully expecting that the vacuum method bleed (which it turns out is fine) had gone wrong as normally the two/three man manual method is recommended. Ross examined, and phoned a friend. After about 1/2 an hour (or was it longer - I was holding my breath and might have passed out at some point) of tinkering with the pedal adjuster, a new higher (I term higher as further off the carpet) biting point and positive, smooth action was achieved. Gone was the sticking, and welcome back to the gears.. Clevis pin is fine BTW Who would of thought that *that much* difference would be dependant on the clutch pedal screw. Normally you think fluid, slave, braided line, bleed, pedal travels some way, works ok, end of. Apparently master cylinders never (or hardly ever) fail on 350s, so that possibility only got as far as a dismissed consideration phase. I don't mind it at all if things don't go quite as planned provided they go right in the end I was afterall watching/waiting around rather than the normal leave it with them service, so may have affected completion (generously, all the fitting in the clutch post above (not just the clutch) was in one 4h slot). Repeat fettling was all free of charge too. Good, honest people at Japex - highly recommended I think I will now clock up at least 500-1000 miles before any further progress - except maybe the Z-speed undertray and longer intercooler couplings. ..and breathe.. * not for one moment suggesting that it wouldn't be a nightmare if either cylinders were faulty or air were in the system of course...

What a great site DoogeyRev btw - I got 15 species of funnel but a mixture of very poisonous and edible. On that note I'm no help so I'm out

Lol - knock yourself out as they say on CSI.. Fitting can be done on stands - flat surface is better, but I wouldn't* There are 41 and 52mm pivots. You definitely have one or your clutch wouldn't work Ewan might be able to tell you with a suitable chassis/engine/gearbox/inside leg measurement code number. The little spring clips are re-usable. It's not possible to determine length whilst the bell housing is on the car for obvious reasons. Chromoly is definitely the way forward though * stories of extreme woe are common