Spac (@Spac)(Spac)

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• Stymied by the inability to travel problem again.

  in El Wifeo's Mirage Rally car (aka Mirage Rally Car, Take2). Comment by Spac @Spac September 27
• Yeah, so one of the things that is great about this forum is that it avoids the dumbest parts of FB - including the sedan vs wagon crap.

  in P80 Platform 6 speed discussion Comment by Spac @Spac September 26
• A little off track of the massive thread hijack, but hopefully this can add some useful information to the whole discussion. Particularly regarding the shifter mechanisms. Box on the left if a C30 M66, box on the right is a first generation S40 T4 M56. Renault/Volvo M5P lurking in the background, FWIW. First photo from…

  in [VIC] M66 Short Ratio Gearbox $400 ONO Comment by Spac @Spac September 23
• Finally got around to finishing the Evo Bilstein coilovers. More generally, I have had the somewhat awkward realisation that I have the majority of the parts required to build another Mirage race car… and then another one. And sill have enough parts to build the long- planned S40 race car… 😳 I have been furiously…

  in El Wifeo's Mirage Rally car (aka Mirage Rally Car, Take2). Comment by Spac @Spac September 19
• Couldn’t handle the flaky, stone chipped white grille on the 190E. No good before photos because I never think of them until it is too late. Tried the “aqua blaster” (wet bead blaster), trying to avoid chewing the plastic too hard. It worked pretty well. But the corners were impossible to get clean. Then I tried with the…

  in Spac’s Adventures in Mercedes (was "CL203 daily") Comment by Spac @Spac September 19
• Thanks… A big list of things that I don’t own!

  in Coil ID? Comment by Spac @Spac September 19
• Four pin.

  in Coil ID? Comment by Spac @Spac September 19
• I don’t know about this era of Whiteblock, but it is reasonably common for an early one to collapse the piston rings when overheated.

  in C30 last rights? Comment by Spac @Spac September 17
• Valve stem seals won’t go from fine to f$&ked quickly, and definitely not to the point of making it run badly. Your description says that it is NOT the valve stem seals. Pulling the spark plugs will give you a hint - one plug that is particularly dirty/oily or conspicuously clean is a hint to the actual problem. Do you…

  in C30 last rights? Comment by Spac @Spac September 17
• Did a bit of investigation with half shafts today. Nothing conclusive yet, but getting some things clearer… The gearbox end is the same between auto and M56 - all three diameters, and spline count. The wheel end has either of two diameters - 26mm for NA, and 27mm for Turbo. The 26mm is the same as Mitsubishi Mirage/Lancer…

  in Know Stuff About first generation S40s and V40s Comment by Spac @Spac September 16
• Yes it is.

  in Big S40/V40 clean out. Four cars, lots of parts Comment by Spac @Spac September 15
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