Silverback

Quoting Roadracer1977: Maybe... but it's getting collected on Thursday, then I'm off to Egypt for a two week diving holiday... So not for a while yet! You should have said, I would have been more than happy to look after it for you 😬

Daniel - I am heading to Bedford soon to be tested if only to get an idea of noise. We were going to test it with Andy's noise meter at North Weald but in all the excitement of the day I forgot You are welcome to join for the blat there and back (is likely to be a weekday though). Does anyone know if they do both the static and drive by tests on a turn up - I remember having my Impreza tested up there (years ago now) and one of the instructors took it out on track so that static and drive by could be checked.

Quoting Martin Jeffrey: FIRST STONE CHIP *eek* You'd be shocked at my post North Weald wings then but that's what enjoying the car and resprays were made for Daniel - great blog article and see I can be buying a few cleaning products from the link...tempted to go aero but worried I will never look back! Will our cars ever meet?

Quoting 7 wonders of the world: You can still put a thermostat in the scavenge line of a DS set up, I'd certainly look toward adding one, take a look on Think Automotive we get a club discount with them too Thanks, will have a look.

Dry sump. Looks like what I see during varying weather (cool air startup all the way through to scorching days) is perfectly normal behaviour from the oil pressure gauge...just me taking my time to get used to my 7.

My first spot while driving mine! Thanks for the wave

Thank you - I had my girls overnight so was unable to make it. I love this community

JV - thanks, yes found I had M6 x 16 but managed to get some M6 x 20 cap hex stainless from screwfix and used thread lock with fiber washers on the top (will remember on the underneath too next time). Interestingly the cover (regular non CF) was already slightly cracked around the hole on one end so I can see me changing the coil cover to an alternative at some point. Old style loom. I don't have the coil wiring grommet, thanks for the info - will source once (any rough idea of size?) Thanks! Matthew Edited by - Silverback on 19 Jun 2014 09:11:13

Quoting chris956: Was the car or has the car ever had a geo done ?? No, brand new new - I plan to do a couple of driver training days and track days to establish a 'baseline' and then likely get the geo done so I can understand the difference and how I might want to go from there.

Thanks, am going to keep an eye on it. Ambient temps are all over the place at the moment for my blasts...autumn one minute and raging summer the next!

Light work =

I misread the gauge the first night - moves between 4 and around 5.5 under load so sounds about right.

That's a fair trade so I don't keep coming up with noob questions, alas I have my girls staying with me tomorrow night. Passenger rides next time, I promise! Figured out the windscreen fluid under acceleration was from the washer jets http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y482/mlarbey/A%20new%20R400%20finds%20a%20happy%20home/50E1FFDE-73E8-4C25-BD82-21BC56FC888C_zpsa75lqsyy.png Also would appear that normal idle on oil pressure is around 2, with cruising at operating temp around 4 and this rises to around 6 under load (before easing off again) which I figure is 'normal' behaviour. Back to S&C on Sat to have reverse light flicker (probably switch) looked at as well as their view on diff noise/vibration and a few other bits and pieces. Edited by - Silverback on 17 Jun 2014 23:33:13

OK, just bizarre that I do a search for M6 bolts on the car builder site and it goes ahead and suggests I might also be interested in a windscreen washer non return valve. Given I worked out that was exactly my issue with fluid on windscreen tonight, that is just so spooky the website 'knows' what I need?! http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y482/mlarbey/A%20new%20R400%20finds%20a%20happy%20home/50E1FFDE-73E8-4C25-BD82-21BC56FC888C_zpsa75lqsyy.png

Car builder solutions sounds a good place to start, will just ensure the other is tightened for now while I wait for delivery

Huge thanks for the info Yes the remaining one has torx head Just need to work out where to get one locally... Edited by - Silverback on 17 Jun 2014 22:54:24

Got home from a brief blat tonight to further investigate some gremlins and discovered I am missing one of the coil cover bolt and washers. The other was loose so either the lost one has worked itself away or was absent from when I picked it up. http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y482/mlarbey/A%20new%20R400%20finds%20a%20happy%20home/76716865-6C12-4B0A-86C9-F025F7E88301_zpsylvwkiuw.jpg In any case, can anyone help by letting me know what type of bolt/washer I am looking for and where I can go pick one up (I assume Halfords wouldn't have that type)? This is for an R400D Thanks! Edited by - Silverback on 17 Jun 2014 23:22:24

Thanks for the comments!...after driving more (nearly up to 350miles!) I suspect that some 'observations' are 'technique' related but will be heading back to S&C's on Saturday to have them look at the reverse light issue and will mount the go pro on the bonnet tonight to view where the fluid is coming from and check if it is washer fluid from the jet nozzles. Am assured the diff noise is just that (LSDs being more noisy apparently) and nothing untoward so for now have solved with my trusty Klipsch which I find sit nicely under my buff in beanie mode 😶‍🌫️ Oil pressures seemed a bit 'different' last night - nearly up to '7' on the gauge for the first 20-30mins (air was colder than at the weekend, around 13 degrees) before settling down around midway...in the early minutes it definitely rose under periods of acceleration however I assume that (a) this is normal and (b) the gauges/senders are a bit 'basic' in terms of what they actually convey

Looks like it will be going back at some point as I also have the 'reverse light being triggered when changing down gear' issue which I see via serach that others have had (adding a couple of washers to the switch will fix). The map or TPS definitely needs looking at as low speed in 2nd/3rd gear was giving a bit of hopping (clutch in and/or change gear stops it). Well aware that this is all part and parcel of ownership, had a lovely blat this evening

Yes, I think that is the possibly an issue as I have very few baseline reference points other than a few quick test drives and a day with a roadsport (125 or 140 I can't remember). Obviously the power and general setup to an R400 will be different but I wasn't expecting to have to drive around the basic setup but again that may just be my style needing to adjust. Something that meets and blats with others will no doubt help to improve.

Loving my new R400 picked up from Sevens & Classics on Friday. Have noticed a couple of things which given my lack of time with Sevens I can't tell are specific to my car, a case or TADTS or should be fixed (either back to dealer or choice to upgrade) or simply my lack of time, experience and 'technique'. I have seen quite a few search results for most of these but nothing conclusive: 1. Fluid on windscreen under moderate acceleration (I think this is windscreen washer fluid due to full reservoir) 2. Stiff gearchange particularly 1st to 2nd and then onto 3rd - almost impossible to shift quickly while using any great amount of acceleration. Blending the throttle in slowly during the change seems to improve this, but driving like there is a an egg under your right foot that you don't want to break seems to go against the character of the car somewhat 3. What I would call excessive noise and vibration on the overrun from the diff, particularly when coasting down in 3rd or 2nd 4. Difficult to get driveability without anything other than 75% to max throttle. Part throttle in 3rd or 4th between 3 and 4K revs inevitably will lead to a bout of kangaroo hopping Have to say that I am only ever using between 4 and 5K max revs while running in. Overall I am loving the experience but not sure if I should be expecting more driveability as standard (ie. there is something not right with mine at the moment) or just that they are all like that and my choices are to accept or spend money on specialist services like remaps etc. Thanks [edited to say 'max' revs rather than 'mad' revs but equally probably true!] Edited by - Silverback on 17 Jun 2014 12:37:56

Quoting Roadracer1977: Quoting Silverback: All going well I might have some time in the evenings next week for a little joint blat if you fancy?Yup - blatmail me and we can meet up Edited by - Roadracer1977 on 10 Jun 2014 21:57:07 You have BM

Nice first blat videos I will have to find other roads near to me for video purposes otherwise will be a bit boring to see the same ones, albeit slightly different interior and bonnet colour (and more hair!) All going well I might have some time in the evenings next week for a little joint blat if you fancy?

Brilliant update on the blog - patience has paid off and may the smiles continue! See you in a few weeks