Kenshin X

haha.

ok, i brought it to a specialist yesterday. During the test drive it didn't crunch until right at the VERY end of the test drive. I think he did go from 3rd to 2nd then. He concluded synchros but he added they weren't that bad enough to be replaced now. maybe the MT90 needed a bit of "running in" before it starts to work well? then i took it to my mechanic the evening. He drove it and he drove it HARD. No crunching whatsoever but it ONLY did it when he skipped a gear from 4th to 2nd (which is the cause of my crunching) at 70km/hr. He said this would be "normal" because in reality, you are not supposed to skip any gears when downshifting as it causes unneccesary strain on the box. That didn't make sense to me. however i do realise that everytime i track my car, i ALWAYS go through the gears 4 > 3 > 2 but the main reason i do is engine braking and heel toe cuz it looks cool :P i did some googling research and i found this on a supra forum... so, in reality, you really shouldn't "skip" gears as it causes unneccesary strain on the box. This makes sense when the tranny specialist was driving it never crunched until the very end of the test drive. but even then the crunch wasn't that bad compared to what i experienced. but even that when it started to grind, i didn't force it into gear: i just clutched in and out and it slipped into 2nd no problem. so in a way that was "double clutching". no more noob shifting from me anymore. i want my box to last more than 160,000kms lol. hope the 10-20 times grinding/crunching didn't cause that much damage to my box :( well... at least i got the MT90 in there now. which would help with worn synchros. :) coming from a 4spd carby to a 6pd fuel injection i'm still learning even now lol. one of my first threads on this forum was "a strange bouncing sound at high rpm" this was limiter -_-

don't give them to him. He wants to do burn outs in them :P u can borrow mine man wasn't that the oringal plan?

enough guys, thread closed.

no they stock 2000 the max

i want the gearbox! :)

i was pming you but ur fking inbox is FULL would be good considering u went though 2 boxes and didnt even have f/I LAWL :D

i got the 3000 grit from autobahn at the start. but they didnt stock it no more, so i had to order them from england (made in germany) the 2500 i got from a local shop here in sunshine north :) bunnings and masters have only up to 1200 grit wet/dry. even most car auto paint shops only stock 2000 grit.

Ok. I'll try and make it simple. I've asked a few people already but I've decided to post this online to get other people's opinions. 2-3 weeks ago while on the freeway at 80km/hr decide to do a power shift from 6th to 2nd, CRUNCH* now happens most of the time if I'm travelling anywhere from 60-80km/hr from any gear. seems to like it better coming from 3rd gear though. normal driving, gears are smooth. up shifting in lift not a problem. had castrol syntrax + nulon g70 additive since Sept 2011 and has seen one track day and no more than 30,000km. today bought red line mt90 and threw that in but still crunching. although SLIGHTLY better. Does it need to be run in? In need for a gearbox rebuild? If this is the case I'd rather do it once and do it right. rebuild ut from the ground up and throw in better and stronger gears so I know the box will outlast the life of the car. quailfe lsd will be chucked in too... opinion guys? thanks.

no gaps in the arch... <_< lol

man... the height on the website looks ALOT lower than what it actually is in real life... toyota wins the fist gap competition again... <_< bloody false advertising -_-

i was actually not the "tooting" but also use of the word "horn" in the most convenient of places and also the sarcasm of being "fined and loss of derimit points" after HAHA

oh yes! quad tip mutha fockers!!! Nice car btw :)

polish them with glass polish

someone has money to burn.

baby steps!

also I loled reading drews comment the second time

I sense a troll but ill just chime in just in case. I'm with hiro. look for a picture of a horn on the steering wheel. press that. If that doesn't work check your horn fuse. If u just bought it there should be a road worthy certificate or equivalent. did u check over the whole car before buying it? Also before anyone flames her, yes there were some cars (namely my dads te cortina) that has the horn on the end of the indicator. but cars these days are more likely on the steering wheel itself. shouldn't be too hard to find mate.

he hasnt been on the forums for ages. he just hasnt been bothered to come online. just get the skateboard bearings yourself i think i posted a picture above somewhere u get from laverton. then get a few washers to cover the gaps and some rubber o rings and ur set!

u would need to spend abit of money to get the suspension on the sportivo to be on par with a FN2R with just say... coilovers and your usual bars. type Rs are what type Rs are made for: racing.

yum.

don't really know if its common or not man... :( anyways, today i took on a big job on paint correction on the bonnet. i was going to only do a part of the bonnet but what the heck... took me around 4 hours -_- excuse the splatter :P maybe this ain't a good pic either... but when its clean... lovely... now to find time for the roof... <_<