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Took the car and new turbo down to Zak's today for fitting and mapping.

So, on the way down I felt the clutch slip a couple of times. Typical :roll:

It felt fine the last time it was used. That was at Barkston with eight of the usual launches.
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Post by Stuart »

How long has that one been in Gerry? You have to remember your launches are a little harder than normal mate :D

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Oh, it's done very wel so mustn't complain. It's an AP organic. Fitted 3 years ago, almost to the day and done about 40K miles and, as you say a few, harder than normal launches.

Luckily, the wagon I've ben breaking had a lightened flywheel and paddle clutch in it. So guess where that's going next :grin:
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The joys of having two cars the same.........shame my other GTR was nearly empty!!

Was your fitting and mapping abandoned then Gerry?

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Fitting proved to not be quite the 'drop in' it should have been. Being a little bigger it required cutting brackets, bending pipes and fettling of engine block and manifold to get it somewhere near.

I needed to get back for a table tennis match :roll: so left them to it.

Upside, Zak lent me a 'courtesy car' which turned out to be his track prepped classic wagon :o

Downside, the clutch probably won't have enough for the mapping session.

Back tomorrow to see how it all went.
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40,000 miles - that's incredible considering watching your launches - my Exedy lasted 3000 miles !!
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Post by kev@tga »

you certainly got your moneys worth out of that gerry 40,000 miles :o my engine wont even last that long lol :lol:
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It's all down to mechanical sympathy :lol:
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Gerry H wrote:It's all down to mechanical sympathy :lol:
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:-D I'd hate to see you being unsympathetic a car.
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