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    Weight of Car

    The manufacturers are all such fibbers / weasely that I've never understood why the media don't automatically put them on the scales when reviewing / testing - people are interested. I've never understood how Meaden's Fireblade got down to that fabled 369kgs either. Mine is just shy of 400kgs and there's no way I can find another 25kgs.
  2. Sorry to be off topic, but are there any hard and fast rules to damper settings? I've got Quantum's and from day one had them set at "0" - the "softest" on a scale of 0-24. I've recently set them to "12" to see if it makes a difference, but am not really putting enough miles on them to appreciate it - maybe a bit more nuggety, but that's it. Without wanting to get into "Confirmation Bias" what should I expect? e.g. "dial the rears up to 24 and you'll get xx"
  3. I've a carbon fibre rear panel on my car and today noticed cloudy/milky marks around the filler cap, where fuel has splashed. I tried the beeswax furniture polish, but whilst it works wonders on water stains on the arches, it doesn't do anything for the fuel stains. The panel isn't that super thin, hardly lacquered, bendy cf but quite thick, heavily lacquered sheet. Any ideas how to get rid of the milky patches? Thanks.
  4. Thanks Ivaan, there is some adjustment so I'll have a twiddle. I replaced the original non-repackable James Whiting exhaust with an Andy Bates (AB Performance) one last winter because it was struggling with Brands' noise levels. I'm yet to find out how much quieter it is but I notice that Brands' levels have reduced again in the meantime... Hi Simon - I don't think I'm serious enough for a closed loop system, nice as they are! Jonathan - it does have a rev limiter, but it's somewhere north of 12,000rpm I believe. I'm curious why you want to know now! Okay next q - why does the rev counter needle drop momentarily to zero during the shift? I'm thinking it's not good for the longevity of the counter. Does the counter read the spark for it's information?
  5. Laughs. Now you've told me, SM25T... What is the potential damage? All the wadding burnt or blown out of the back? Or more serious?
  6. There's a pressure switch on the gear lever. When you start to pull the lever it senses you're about to change up and kills the spark momentarily, allowing the engine to decelerate enough to comfortably slot the next gear in. All without using the clutch or needing my right foot to relax any pressure. Have I answered my own question? Carbs wide open, fuel and air going in, but no ignition until it gets to a hot exhaust? :-)
  7. As above really. I'm used to the occasional burble / pop when decelerating but yesterday there were a couple of proper 'old-style' BANGS when accelerating hard and changing up - scared the bejesus out of me! Should I be concerned? Will my inside rear arch explode? Has my engine gone out of tune (carb'd Fireblade)? I've recently had a Flatshifter fitted if that's a possible culprit... Any ideas? Ta'.
  8. I might be interested also, Simon. What sort of cost for all the components, and can I still use my shiny QRS dampers? And possibly more importantly, what does it realistically do for the car, apart from sate my upgrade-itus for a few months?
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    weight loss

    Just curious, but does anyone know what happened to Julian Thompson's car? I remember following the build; all carbon fibre this, lightweight that, a bike engine that got damaged during development, and then up for sale iirc. Is it still on the forum? I'd like to know it's still strutting its stuff.
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    weight loss

    Just swapped from dry to wet sump on my fireblade. Weight off 6kg, weight on approx 1.4kg. I wonder if the wet sump carries less oil, so maybe there's a little bit more of a saving that I don't know about. Definitely a sub 400kg car now :-)
  11. Is the individual cars' weight not relevant here? Am I right in thinking a car weighing 1200kgs, at, say, 17psi would be more likely to damage the tyre sidewalls than a car of 500kgs? Same goes for affecting the handling characteristics of the tyre? Mine are 17psi and seem fine (up from the 13-14psi of the old A048's) on a car weighing 475kgs with driver.
  12. Gary Numan? He likes cars.
  13. I do enjoy mine, and in reading your ad I've been chatting to AB about going back to a wet-sump. It's now booked in for August for that and a new exhaust, and I'm thinking of "while you're there's...". So if you don't mind again... - Flatshifter - what do you think? I've read good reports and not-so-good reports. Is it only really suitable when you're on a track day, or does it cope well with on-the-road normal / brisk-ish driving too? Will my standard box survive? Does it require constant fettling once set up? - LSD. James Whiting suggested it wasn't needed as the Blade isn't that powerful and was more about speed around the corner rather than mash-the-pedal grunt on the exit (if I understood him correctly). There have been a few times I've been had the lighter side spinning away, and if I'm honest it's probably more about the donut potential, but I'd be interested to know your view. Once again, many thanks and good luck with the sale.
  14. I'm more attracted by fozzybears' http://www.lotus7.club/forum/sale/rare-james-whiting-fireblade-sale-2001-14000m-two-owners - it's got some nice mods.
  15. I did. I spent £60 on a baffle and reduced it from 105 to 103.5... Will have to look into it a bit more I think.
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