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No more damage, only the suspension arm but that was down to more luck than any thing else

PF 01 is what I run on my BBK. Superb pad

Any body got an old stock top suspension arm lying around ? I require the cone shaped part that is on the balljoint spindle. Cheers, Alex.

Cheers for the kind words guys and girls, will be back out again on Wednesday, you just gotta dust yourself down and get back in the saddle, happened all pretty quickly so no drama. Martin : I have not heard of other Kinetix Suspension failures but I am very rarely on the USA forums. Dan: Yes Kinetix Plenum and now Kinetix Supension failure. I guess that I won't be shelling out for any more Kinetix stuff.

A bit scary, but I live to tell the tale. Well where do I start, okay it was a very wet night last Thursday at Knockhill so it was never going to be a session for quick laps and riding the kerbs. Went down early as I wanted to do some work to the car prior to the track night, so I borrowed one of the new garages for a few hours as it was peeing down. So set to work: adjust suspension settings,check over and greaze up suspension bushes, adjust boost levels, fit new brake pads all round. 6 pm came and it was time to have some fun. Told the Marshalls that I would be running off the racing line for around 6 laps until I bed in the brakes and until I got a feel for the new suspension settings. 6 laps came and went without incident and was picking up the pace nicely but conditions were very bad and water was beginning to lie in the usual places but I have driven there when much worse so no drama there. Caught up and passed a couple of 997 GT3 RS Porkers but I was still off my lap PB by about 7 seconds. Around lap 12 I decided to have 1 more flying lap and then a cool down. So lap 12, was heading up the long pit straight at 125mph and just before the bridge there was this almighty crack and the car veered viciously to the right. (exactly in the same spot where an Ultima had a rear suspension failure a few months back and he hit the bridge parapet and wrote his car off) Managed to just catch it by instinctly flooring the throttle and powered out of it, but by now I was heading towards Duffus at 30 mph to fast, said a very quick prayer but luckily there was no other cars around me so I had the whole track to play with and managed to get the speed down and got round the next few corners and crawled back to the pits. On inspection I found that the n/s/f top supension wishbone had fractured right through, a clean break with no indication of metal fatique. Well I think that I have now used up all my 9 lives and I consider myself extremely lucky to be here to tell the story. I would urge all, when upgrading your suspension to avoid at all costs, anything with the Kinetix Logo. This was not wear and tear but a mechanical failure and it is ironic that I had meticulously checked over all the suspension arms and bushes just prior to the session, furthermore the laps were slow (66 secs) and the kerbs were getting avoided due to the wet conditions. I would hate to even think about the consequenses if I had been in full flight. Some pics for you. THE BROKEN KINETIX TOP SUSPENSION ARM ON THE CAR KINETIX FAILED TOP SUPENSION ARM OFF THE CAR AN OEM TOP SUSPENSION ARM NEW SPC ARMS FITTED TODAY

Then jack it up on the lower spring cradle if you are not comfortable around the diff housing.

Good job that you don't have a puncture on one of your rear wheels on the M6

Spend a tad more and get a low/lower mileage.

I always jack mine from below the spring carrier: At least 3 times a week

Surprised you never had a wee shottie in it Stan.

Hi and welcome to the forum. You in Bournemouth and the car in Lanarkshire ???

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Adam, I have a set that can only be described as new. If you pm me your email addy then I can send some images over. Cheers, Alex.

Hi and welcome to the forum

You have pm with all the requested info.

Ermmmm, you may have a lot to loose. Look forward to hearing from you after you been at the dealers.

400 bhp is the number that gets bounced around, but guys, as you all know tuning and mapping is key.

That works, easily removed when you tire of it.

Please note that this is a single turbo application but I guess that you all ready know this I run the HKS twin turbo set up on my VQ35DE Roadster, Alex.

There are front and rear sensors and it is not uncommon for them to be tight. The front sensors are fitted to the exhaust manifolds and the rears are fitted to the cats. I have all the parts available should you require them. ie manifolds, cats, sensors. All the parts are preowned but are in great shape and will cost you a fraction of dealer's prices. Give me a shout if I can help you further. Alex.

Cheers Martin, I have a brand new ATI C2 Procharger supercharger that is surplus to requirements. Give me a shout if you are interested. As regards a second hand supercharger kit, that would most certainly be the most cost effective route to take and do not worry about a second hand unit potentially damaging your engine as that would not be the case as it is all in the tuning and mapping. Cheers, Alex.

Fairly common issue and usually caused by low engine oil level, but don't tell the warranty company that.

I have these available pre owned at £100.00 each.

According to the official Nissan Service Checklist the brake fluid should be changed at the P2. So I would have thought that the only extra labour would have been for replacing the lines and if you were supplying the fluid then they would be due you money for there own fluid that they never supplied. With the car on the ramp and the wheels already off then I would have thought that an extra hour would have covered the line replacement, say £50.00 per hour, so it looks like they have allowed 2 hours. Repacing the lines and fluid at the same time as the P2 should have been the most cost effective way of carrying out this job. Alex.

Should have said that you were needing a clutch kit. Exedy Clutch kits always in Stock at £295.00 for next day delivery. Nissan kits at £250.00. Alex.