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bobhatton wrote:Magic Beans wrote:
I'd love to but it seems they don't need any new members, as they thwart my efforts by not confirming the account![]()
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What was the outcome of the discussion?
Get Bob and Steve to sort it
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Yeah righ
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bobhatton wrote:Magic Beans wrote:
I'd love to but it seems they don't need any new members, as they thwart my efforts by not confirming the account![]()
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What was the outcome of the discussion?
Get Bob and Steve to sort it
Magic Beans wrote:What are people's thoughts on the various types of body braces that are out there? Things like these www.ultraracing.com.my/Catalog.asp?Bran ... 2&pageno=1
ashman wrote:Why would under body braces only be a benefit with coilovers?
If you're going for Whitelines then best to have front and rear, the idea is to adjust therelative
stiffness of front versus rear to tweak your handling
Nic wrote:Magic Beans wrote:What are people's thoughts on the various types of body braces that are out there? Things like these www.ultraracing.com.my/Catalog.asp?Bran ... 2&pageno=1
I'd always go with a welded brace as structurally they are more rigid than a bolted design.![]()
The Ultra Racing braces look like they'd be quite rigid and seem good value for money.TRD braces are very good but tend to be quite heavy.
The EMS Powered aluminium braces look well designed but are expensive.
I've always used Carbing braces, they do a number of different ones for the MR2, their aluminium braces are very light in weight, rigid and the quality is superb.
dawesy wrote:id say get the under trays and arch liners back in, shouldmake a large difference and yeah dropping the front tyre width will help too.
i have all the stock trays fitted and a greddy front splitter, yellow billies with eibach springs and mines rock solid to well over 150mph(private road tested of course)
nickg07 wrote:Just had the rev 5 speed flaps or stone deflectors as Toyota call them fitted.Seem to make a small difference at 80 mph but it could be a placebo.
ashman wrote:Have a chat with Patrick mate, most of the Championship cars run without the front plastic in place to get as much airflow around the brakes as possible..
.granted they ain't running 120mph+
(often!), so straight line high speed stability may be less of an issue to them, but still- potentially some useful information there
Magic Beans wrote:Well, it's been a while and a long cold winter, however it's finally time to wipe the dust off an get cracking on some of these tasks I've got lined up.
The new tyres are here so while the wheels are off I wanted to install the arch liners I've acquired.Due to the wide arches I'm sure there'll be some fettling required to get them fitted properly but I'll deal with that when the time comes.
I do have one arch related question though.
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Is there any logic/benefit in sealing the arches around the areas they join the bodywork etc? I know they're held in place with fixings but I was wondering if there's anything to be gained in completely sealing them I.E.running a bead of silicone around the joins? I wasn't sure if it might affect/improve airflow or isolation?
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Just something I thought of over the last few weeks and wanted to get thoughts on whether I'm way off in my thinking![]()
Magic Beans wrote:Which area do you mean Bob? The void between the inside rear of the bumper and the arches?