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Saw that on GRM and couldn't resist posting it here.

Very cool stuff.

Really interesting thread that I picked up from the Roadrace-AutoX.com forum.

Quote:It continues to amaze me how little I know about the simplest of things...

Two weeks ago at Firebird, I pitted next to a friend of mine who's a former Pro-Drive mechanic and World Challenge crew chief. After suffering some brake issues, he offered to bleed my brakes with me. I'd already done it and was sure the peddle height/firmness was as good as ever, but I DID have some crappy fluid that needed to be flushed, so we did the deal.

My clever British pal and his crew guy come over with two brake-bleeding bottles. He tells me its best to do one front and one rear at the same time so that the master cylinder piston goes all the way to the bottom of the bore. I nod like I understand what he's taling about and get in the car. So I'm ready for the usual pump & hold, yell & release crap when he says, "Right. Pump away." Recognizing from my hesitation that I am an ignorant Yank who was obviously confused by this simple directive, he speaks more slowly. "Just push the peddle all the way to the floor and release. Keep at it until I tell you to stop." Hard to miss that kind of clarity. So I proceed.

During this process, I notice two things... Thing One: he's got both bleeders on the driver's side wide-open the whole time and there is NO resistance. The fluid's just gushing right out. Thing Two: the peddle travel feels like it is going all the way to the fucking radiator, it is going so far. After it seems like I must have pumped a quart or two of fluid thru the system he says, "Hold it all the way down." He locks the bleeders and they both move to the other side and we repeat. With that done and the new fluid in the system, I figure we're gonna go around now and actually bleed the air out...

He then comes over to the driver's door, looks at me and says, "How does it feel?" I mash the peddle expecting it to be completely full of air from all the open-bleeder pumping. But it is hard as chinese arithmetic and all the way at the top of the travel. I feel like an idiot. All the bullshit I've learned about three pumps and hold, start at the right rear, yadda, yadda, yadda... all of it... is now totally out the window. And the brakes have NEVER felt better.

Fucken amazing.

Thawley

I'm looking for someone with a Tivo, or even better, and DVR that they can output to a DVD or a file of any format.

This Saturday at 10AM on SpeedTV, Sports Car Revolution will be repeating a show that has a short feature on the XR4ti. I'd love to have that for my collection. Might check your listing to make sure the times are the same.

Thanks in advance!

Peter

To all you biker boys: 2 rights don't make a wrong. Don't come on here saying you are going to do illegal shit, then get all pissy when people call you out on it and tell you to shut your cyber pie hole. I donÔÇÖt care if ______ person did ______ stupid shit on ______ drive. If you want to coordinate rides on this forum, OK, but don't talk about stunting around, breaking the law, etc. The next person I see trying to set up a drive saying they are going to do illegal shit is getting banned. The next person bragging about how they did illegal shit on their bike is getting banned. It's not how this club does things. If this reality check hurts your cyber ego / penis, make your own forum. Its not that hard.

Well, I have 48 NASA worker credits up for grabs. That is 1.5 weekends at the track which is a 465 dollar value.

As said before by Chad first 375 dollars takes them.


Nick

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How cool is this, I remember hearing about the original GT350 being rented, and most of them coming back with bald tires and visible numbers on the doors.

Best of all? They come in MM colors only

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/04/11/new_...index.html

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Mk4 Toyota Supra > $3000

Reference series, $60 for the pair and I'll help put them in.

I have a friend whos daughter has an early 90's Subie that needs a timing belt job. He lives in Manassas. Any recommendations for a shop that is honest....She gotcharged 200.00 by a Firestone shop to change the accessory drive belts and then they wanted another 1000.00 to do the timing belt..can you say duplication of labor...anyway this guy can't do it himself and doesn't want his daughter to get ripped again or stranded.