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It does but it puts the rain tyres on automatically.

Just did a 2:17.442 but I screwed up the middle sector and lost half a second and didn't do too great in the last couple of corners. *flaps* I know I can get down to 2:16 but I just don't have the patience right now. :lol:

My KTM has 435bhp, 305lb-ft of torque and weighs 899KGs. Fully locked diff and I can still power out of most corners at full throttle without it wanting to spin.

And do what with it? Make a vacuum, which didn't work for me even when using 5mm internal diameter tubing on an 8mm bleeder head. It pulled brake fluid from the caliper and also air from outside of the caliper so I ended up with more air in the caliper than I started with.

I also didn't need to go anywhere to get anything for this or buy anything. :hmmm:

hassan, mau and cal can't read. :lol:

I'm sure they'll not get missed out this time but in future people probably will if they don't follow the rules!

Tried bleeding my brakes using the one man gravity method where you just crack the bleeder nipple open and let the fluid slowly drain out. Usually works flawlessly but this time my pedal was spongier than a sponge.

Then I had a thought, which was painful when I was washing my hands. Wonder if the liquid soap dispenser would be suitable to create a vacuum to pull the brake fluid through the system. So I took it out of the soap and put it into one end of some clear 5mm tubing and put my thumb over the end of the tube and pressed the dispenser. By gosh, it created a vacuum and tried to pull my thumb into the hole with no air leaks anywhere!

Tried it on the car but it didn't go so well sadly. But because the dispenser has a one way valve in it, you can press the brake pedal and fluid will come out of the dispenser, but air will not go back in.

1. Get some clear PVC tubing (fish tank tube/washer jet tube)
   
2. Cut it into 4 pieces and place one piece over each bleed nipple (hold the end in boiling water to soften it so it's stretchy before placing it on the bleeder, it will go on easy then try to shrink to it's original size once on the bleeder when it cools down creating a good seal)
   
3. Place the soap dispenser in the other side of the tube on the brake you're going to bleed (check vehicle manual for the correct bleed sequence)
   
4. Open the bleeder slightly, just enough for the fluid to come out. (only slightly so air doesn't get into the caliper past the thread)
   
5. Take the brake fluid cap off and ensure it's topped up throughout so you don't pull more air into the system
   
6. Pump the pedal repeatedly, slowly
   
7. When the fluid in the tube has no bubbles in it, close the bleeder and move the soap dispenser to the next tube/wheel
   
8. By using 4 tubes you can then go around all the wheels again quickly without having to play with your nipples again. :nods:
   

No more moaning assistant saying that their leg aches pressing the pedal for you or pints owed to any mates. From now on, bleeding brakes will only take 5 minutes for me to do.

I amaze even myself sometimes. Hopefully this helps somebody out. :)

I do push quite hard but imo that is the only way to get better. Before the time trials I'd only really tune the ride height, spring stiffness, camber, toe and downforce and wasn't very good at it. But Now I tune everything and I'm still learning things about tuning in this game. Find it kinda fun which is odd as it used to bore the hell out of me.

Just a shame my pictures aren't that great. :lol:

But then who would push you to push yourselves? :(

Motors TV is channel 240 on Freeview but it can take about 30 seconds to load as it's not a normal channel. More like a red button thingy.

Just wait till I crack 2:16.*** if I get chance to do another lap. :p

And from what I remember the BAC Mono was faster at S720 but couldn't use that for the league as it didn't have the front Forza aero upgrade option. :( But I do love my KTM

2:17.740

Oh, well hello there.

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And here are some shots from my fastest lap so far on the turboduck time attack this week. Had a little incident with a puddle near the end and got very lucky that I didn't touch the grass. :eek:

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Oooh Max Payne. Might have to dig out the DVD for the first one now!

For me it'll be Forza. Number 1 spot, you're mine. :cheeky:

And probably some Battlefield 4 with my bros, BRO.

And if Tuesday counts as this weekend (does in my head), The Division. :nods:

And because lines, and ands are so cool, have some more.

I really don't think so. They can try and most probably will try hard but I doubt they will succeed in their plans apart from maybe with some small companies.

Really don't think anything could knock Steam from their spot, or even slightly wobble them.

Better picture. :) Can't believe how shiny it is for a 13 year old car. It'll be getting a good helping of carnauba wax when I get it too.

But the challenge would be slightly crazy, thus fitting in with our ethos. *ponders*

I don't feel your pain. :cheeky:

Had good fun tuning my car and lapping it in the rain. Have to learn where the puddles are though. :eek:

For the first issue, there's a word in the URL that's being caught up in the swear filter. PM me what the word is with an extra symbol in it so I can let D know, or PM him yourself but tell him why you're PMing him so he doesn't ban you. :p

Were you doing an quick edit without it loading another page when doing the link for the second time? This may be the cause of an issue as it will require a page refresh to work properly. I'll do a bit of testing to see if I can replicate it.

The copy/paste thing sounds like a formatting problem where your browser copies the format from scsblog and tries to replicate it in BB code. This usually doesn't end well for me so I use the basic text editor rather than the what you see is what you get editor(top left button in the post box)

:damnit: I was beaten to a helpful. :(

It's ugly and I hate it.

Poor CLR. :(

It's not the prettiest thing but I'm sure it could be worse. And if it's for safety then I'm all for it. We've had a few near misses in the last couple of years with cars going on top of one another and also Bianchi.

Nice pics and stop making me want to The Crew. :(

That Moon. :eek:

If you pay full price for the game I think you get everything they release for it in the future. Or you can buy the launch game at a lower price and then pay for each extra thing they release.

Doesn't sound too bad for the first option but I'd still be a bit weary of it.

Got Scatman John and Frontier Psychiatrist which you forgot!

Also need to add the Rihanna Duck song. Quack quack quack quack quack quack.

Not sure how this will go, or if it will even go at all. But all I can do is hope that Myk doesn't get drunk when in charge of Spotify. :eek:

Some of the songs in this will probably be NSFW so please do bare that in mind. But we're trusting you to not add anything too over the top otherwise the thread will be removed. Be sensibly stupid!

Spotify Desktop App Link

Spotify Web Player Link

If you don't have a Spotify account, you can create one for free and I believe you'll be able to listen/contribute to our playlist. Please correct me if I'm wrong though...

It's time to post your road trip playlists because clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right. Here I am, stuck in the middle with you. No matter how good, or how cheesey we want your tunes. If you post yours it'll look like we'll have ourselves a turboduck convoy. No matter how odd or terrible it may sound.

Here's my work in progress. It's a proper road trip playlist with songs all about driving. It's currently only at 13 songs but it will slowly grow for next years MG convoy around London.

FRL on Spotify

Let's get this thread on the Highway to Hell. Yes, I'll stop with the terrible unfunny lyrical inclusions now. :)

My new car to be.

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Can't wait to get my hands on it now. But it probably won't be for a couple of weeks until after my trackday. I'd love to take this one on the trackday but it's got new brakes and tyres so I don't want to track a car where the brakes and tyres haven't bedded in as that would be quite expensive to fix...

Why am I replacing my MG TF with another MG TF? This blue one is the VVC model so it's more powerful and gives me an extra 500RPM to play with. It has 304mm disks up front with AP Racing 4-pot calipers (over my current 240mm disks with single pot sliding calipers) to go with the extra power. Bigger and nicer looking alloys (brand new) and a brand new roof with glass rear screen. Leather seats that aren't collapsed like my current drivers seat is.

It's also had a lot of work done to it such as new front wishbones, track rod ends, anti-roll bar and bushes along with new stainless bolts for everything so working on it in the future will be a doddle. Sure, it has 20k more miles on it than my silver one but it looks like it's been well looked after and as long as I keep on top of maintenance I shouldn't have any issues. The K series engine has been known to do more than double this mileage with no major issues.

It's a much nice colour. My current one still puts a smile on my face almost every time I drive it, even after 2.5 years.

I could upgrade my current car to this standard but it would still be silver and would end up costing more.

To do list:

Front splitter. This does actually help keep the car stable at speed as the front end is very light

Adjustable Spax shocks/maybe lowering springs (depends on the clearance between the splitter and local speed bumps)

Modified seat base/springs to make it lower

Engine remap. More power, more torque, better sound and much better drivability. Was the best thing I did to my silver one.

Black tail lights

Might paint the exhaust and other chrome bits black too. Along with making calipers blue rather than red.

Maybe subtle black stripes. Seen them on quite a few TFs and they look quite nice if done properly.

Heated windscreen

Slimline subs for both seats so I can hear/feel the music over the engine on motorways

Daytime running LED sidelights. Don't want anyone pulling out in front of me!

May be tempted to get a spoiler on it from the trophy version of the F. Still not sure on this though

They lied in their article. They have included the epic full ribbon that has the infield section. I've not been able to find a video of it yet though but here's what the layout looks like.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Virginia_International_Raceway_-_Grand_West_Course.svg/2000px-Virginia_International_Raceway_-_Grand_West_Course.svg.png

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It really does look like that. Would be amazing if it is. :lol: