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by BenF
Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:57 am
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: Potential downtime - next 48 hours
Replies: 37
Views: 16073

Re: Potential downtime - next 48 hours

:+: That'd be the reason why - spammers have their accounts and all sent PM's deleted
by BenF
Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:39 pm
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: Potential downtime - next 48 hours
Replies: 37
Views: 16073

Re: Potential downtime - next 48 hours

Andy, all is working fine and has been for a long time ( more than 1 year ) . I've been puzzled by your post and have had a nose through the server logs. The only email that's been sent to you today left our server at 02:48:29 GMT, all looking OK - is this the message you meant? Could your ISP be fi...
by BenF
Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:40 am
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: Problem posting feedback
Replies: 9
Views: 2402

Re: Problem posting feedback

Sorry folks, a change I made broke it but John was on the case :+:
by BenF
Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:43 pm
Forum: Motorsport and Trackdays
Topic: Exhaust fabrication to meet Track Day regs.
Replies: 57
Views: 15105

Re: Exhaust fabrication to meet Track Day regs.

i would not recomend using them, things tend to go wrong Who ? H&S? Their exhausts have lifetime guarantees, and I needed a little welding to the Y join after about 4 years which took ~ 3 hours to get the back section off, welded up and replaced - which they did FOC. Given the Mileage, number o...
by BenF
Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:50 pm
Forum: Motorsport and Trackdays
Topic: Exhaust fabrication to meet Track Day regs.
Replies: 57
Views: 15105

Re: Exhaust fabrication to meet Track Day regs.

Late in on this - but I saw Hayward and Scott got a mention earlier. Would highly recommend their MK2 turbo exhaust - Myself and John Juck many years back were the first two people to get a trackday friendly 98dB exhaust made up. Good sound, great quality. Pics / info / soundclips here : http://www....
by BenF
Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:39 am
Forum: Modifications
Topic: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1009

Re: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?

Perfect Touch - I'd heard their star unichip mapper had moved on? TBH - they did the current map, and the boost increase. The current map is fine on full throttle - but moving from part throttle to full throttle there's a noticeable step in torque at one point as you just cross into small amounts of...
by BenF
Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:34 pm
Forum: MR2 MK3 2000-2007
Topic: Warranty Help
Replies: 28
Views: 6872

Re: Warranty Help

Odd place to get rust - checking my '03 car doesn't have any significant rust apart from the odd stonechip that needs priming / touching up. my Old Mk2 also did well - it was only my Mk1 that needed attention in the usual places. You got any pictures of the rust? You may get some help from Toyota UK...
by BenF
Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:32 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1009

Re: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?

Redline Tuning Unit 4 Heron Court Cranes Farm Road Basildon http://www.unichipeurope.co.uk/dealer-network.asp Cheers! It looks like either them or Perfect Touch. Anyone used Redline Tuning? Stuff up on their website reads well, but it looks like they mostly specialise in Fords / Peugots :? FWIW Mil...
by BenF
Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:28 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1009

Re: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?

RobCrezz wrote:I think Engine Advantages in Witham do unichips, not sure about how good they are though.


Sadly, they're gone now, as well as the rolling road. That was one option but I hadn't heard of them doing any MR2s.
by BenF
Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Modifications
Topic: [Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1009

[Mk3] [Turbo] Recommended Unichip Mappers in Suffolk / Essex / London ?

I'm interested in getting my Unchip on the Roadster remapped to make the on-off boost transition more progressive. I've previously had it mapped by Rob at Perfect Touch, but understand he's gone? The only tuners I know of are Torque Developments in the Lakeside / M25 area - but I don't know who does...
by BenF
Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:22 am
Forum: MR2 MK3 2000-2007
Topic: What wheels are people running on the Mk3?
Replies: 5
Views: 2237

Re: What wheels are people running on the Mk3?

Fantastic basically - I'd recommended them unreservedly, and I'm a picky bu88er normally. By far the best tyre I'd driven, wet or dry. The only fault I could put on them ( and its not a major one ) is as they wear down you get more tyre / road noise, and with the tread pattern on it can sound like a...
by BenF
Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:00 pm
Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
Topic: mk2 turbo-gearbox oil level.
Replies: 2
Views: 266

Re: mk2 turbo-gearbox oil level.

How'd that happen? Did you fill the gearbox on a slope ?

Obvious thing to do is get the car flat and remove the filler bolt and put it back in when the oil has finished coming out.
by BenF
Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:08 pm
Forum: MR2 MK3 2000-2007
Topic: What wheels are people running on the Mk3?
Replies: 5
Views: 2237

Re: What wheels are people running on the Mk3?

I'm running the post facelift 15 / 16" alloys, but only so I can get the Lotus Advan Neova tyres that were fitted to the S1 Elise - they're shockingly good tyres. If I was wanting a set to 'play' with at normal road speeds, and also for track use - the early 15" standard rims with Toyo T1R...
by BenF
Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:02 pm
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: Slight Server slowdown and Downtime 18/1/10 or 19/1/10
Replies: 1
Views: 1419

Re: Slight Server slowdown and Downtime 18/1/10 or 19/1/10

Update - our hosting providers have confirmed it looks like there's a problem with one of the disks and are investigating further.

I'm just waiting on confirmation as to if/when the faulty disk is to be swapped out - it is now more likely to be later this week.
by BenF
Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:49 am
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: Slight Server slowdown and Downtime 18/1/10 or 19/1/10
Replies: 1
Views: 1419

Slight Server slowdown and Downtime 18/1/10 or 19/1/10

Folks, It looks like one of the pair of disks in the IMOC server is faulty - but as they are a RAID 1 mirror the remaining disk is keeping the site running normally. You may notice a very slight increase in page load times at lunchtime and through the evenings until the faulty disk is replaced. I'm ...
by BenF
Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:06 pm
Forum: MR2 MK3 2000-2007
Topic: Inter-changable Parts?
Replies: 13
Views: 3753

Re: Inter-changable Parts?

Yep, rear pads are the same.

Front pads are shared with the Yaris 1.3 VVTi :oops:
by BenF
Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:57 pm
Forum: Motorsport and Trackdays
Topic: Turbo mpg on track?
Replies: 12
Views: 2032

Re: Turbo mpg on track?

Easy single digits on my old turbo - 5-8mpg depending on the track and layout. Roadster seems a little less thirsty but still around 10-12mpg ISTR

I'd arrive with a full tank in the morning and need a refill at lunchtime after ~3 track sessions.
by BenF
Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: Motorsport and Trackdays
Topic: Anyone fancy Snetterton this Sunday? [29/11]
Replies: 7
Views: 1246

Re: Anyone fancy Snetterton this Sunday? [29/11]

Actually very temped - but I don't think I can make this Sunday ..
by BenF
Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:17 pm
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: IMOC Website - Possible short outages / slow page access 30/10
Replies: 1
Views: 1594

Re: IMOC Website - Possible short outages / slow page access 30/10

Now Fixed - I don't think this would have impacted us anyway : Towards the end of last week we emailed you regarding a networking issue which was affecting some customers. This exhibited itself as packet loss leading to slightly degraded website performance. We are pleased to say that this networkin...
by BenF
Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:17 pm
Forum: Club News and Announcements
Topic: IMOC Website - Possible short outages / slow page access 30/10
Replies: 1
Views: 1594

IMOC Website - Possible short outages / slow page access 30/10

Just FYI - looks like our hosting provider has a problem with their network this evening. Impact is that very rarely case you may not be able to access the page you request - a 'reload' / 'refresh' should sort it out. For the last few hours we have been experiencing intermittent packet loss on one o...

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