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Fark my car was miss firing badly yesterday gave it abit of punch on 3rd gear. Got the sparks regapped with Hitman earlier in the month but now same problem came back :laugh: Was keen on joining for this but now cant be sure the car is up to the task . .

Ye factory coils with new platinum sparks gapped to .8 Probably get them down further to .6 might help? Also so might need to check if the coils are cracked. Due date is coming closer and I hardly get time off work to bring my car get fixed :P Will see if I can just pay first then take it to Hitman for another look.

I was over at 'Gordon Levin Tyres' yesterday (Emu Plains - discount for SAU members) and he mentioned that their are 2 big race meetings on this weekend (EC + Wakefield) and said that early next week he will have plenty of Semi + full slick 2nd hand tyres for sale.

(He also mentioned that he offers a free tour of his workshop after business hours for car clubs going through all the technical things like tyres, alignments, camber etc etc for free - might be a good idea sometime in the future).

I was over at 'Gordon Levin Tyres' yesterday (Emu Plains - discount for SAU members) and he mentioned that their are 2 big race meetings on this weekend (EC + Wakefield) and said that early next week he will have plenty of Semi + full slick 2nd hand tyres for sale.

(He also mentioned that he offers a free tour of his workshop after business hours for car clubs going through all the technical things like tyres, alignments, camber etc etc for free - might be a good idea sometime in the future).

Hey ben,How much tread do you think will be left on the semis?a little or allot?

put the tour in the newsletter after we go.

I was over at 'Gordon Levin Tyres' yesterday (Emu Plains - discount for SAU members) and he mentioned that their are 2 big race meetings on this weekend (EC + Wakefield) and said that early next week he will have plenty of Semi + full slick 2nd hand tyres for sale.

(He also mentioned that he offers a free tour of his workshop after business hours for car clubs going through all the technical things like tyres, alignments, camber etc etc for free - might be a good idea sometime in the future).

That would be GREAT!

Very very very keen to learn about camber adjustments

Well done Ben!

Yay I just transferred the money. Umm my car is completely stock and I have only been driving manual for a few months so I'm probably going to embarrass myself and get the slowest time ever. No one is allowed to laugh at me or I'll cry lol.

Time for me to learn more about cars and driving on the track :P

BWA,

Most people own performance cars, and never really understand why they bought them. You are about to find out! I look forward to seeing the ear to ear grin you will be wearing.

Well I decided before I got my car I would go in all different events like track days but just didn't know when. But I figure I may as well sooner rather than later, that way I will be really fast by the time I turn 21.




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