Stijn!!

[HHI944]

This isn't the cars fault.....I have a very good idea of who did this and the sidewall puncture I had on the Landy....

[svandamme]

[Geronimo '74]

This isn't the cars fault.....I have a very good idea of who did this and the sidewall puncture I had on the Landy....

Omg say it aint so...

Install a camera, catch her redhanded.

[HHI944]

I was actually just looking at one of those black box cameras....

Stijn, you are one funny sob

[svandamme]

sob is quite factual really , mummum can certainly be classfied as one

[vas930]

Originally Posted by svandamme

And it begins...

hehe

[HHI944]

[HHI944]

The one in the Landy was very clearly done by a knife....this one has me baffled a bit.

[HHI944]

Howdy vas! How're thongs?

[HHI944]

Sonofa....that should be things, not thongs!

[vas930]

Originally Posted by Flieger

Yeah, but I am not feeling argumentative tonight so I won't try to convince Vas. He would need a new first anyway and that is out of the question since it requires a new mainshaft as well.

Thats cool, Max.

I had a long talk with GT (Matt).
I understand what you guys are saying.
But its not going to close the ratios as much as I need.
Max I would not doubt you.
You know more than me on the subject.
However arter talking to guys that race these thing and the trans guys.
Changing the gears is the only option.

[nynor]

joe, that picture looks like you hit some road debris. really. or she used a hammer and chisel.

[RKDinOKC]

That redhead back in town?

[RKDinOKC]

Had a beer can I hit cut a tire like that, but the slash and resulting flat was pretty much immediate.

Used to find straight pins in the sidewalls of my slow leaking tires. Guessed someone where I worked didn't like me. Stopped after the word got out that I had money for sports cars because I was single and not way over paid. Sometimes the rumor mill is a good thing.

[GH85Carrera]

Yea, I would have to agree with road debris.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by vas930

Thats cool, Max.

I had a long talk with GT (Matt).
I understand what you guys are saying.
But its not going to close the ratios as much as I need.
Max I would not doubt you.
You know more than me on the subject.
However arter talking to guys that race these thing and the trans guys.
Changing the gears is the only option.

I will defer to Matt on this. When you change the gears you can change each rpm drop individually, rather than reducing them all by a certain percent. And the amount you can reduce them with final drive changes is limited.

My point was more that changing the final drive does change the rpm drop between gears, since it sounded like you were saying that it did not do so at all.

[Flieger]

Both cars now have slashes in the sidewall? Or was the Landie done prior to buying the Jag? If it happened with the car sitting it was a slash. That is a big gash and it does not look like a tire failure like delamination or something that would start with a bulge.

[MarkRobinson]

Originally Posted by Flieger

If I had that car I would not let her sit like that on it.

A friend of mine has this exact car in race form (Jag XKE coupe, white cream '67 coupe (not a 2+2): sitting for 7 years now with engine ready to go back together: he's lost interest: should probably sell it. :/

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by MarkRobinson

A friend of mine has this exact car in race form (Jag XKE coupe, white cream '67 coupe (not a 2+2): sitting for 7 years now with engine ready to go back together: he's lost interest: should probably sell it. :/

That would be a neat toy, but a likely money pit.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by Flieger

Both cars now have slashes in the sidewall? Or was the Landie done prior to buying the Jag? If it happened with the car sitting it was a slash. That is a big gash and it does not look like a tire failure like delamination or something that would start with a bulge.

The Landy happened late last year while sitting in a parking lot. I noticed this when the tpms told me pressure was low. Took it by the dealer, they're ordering the tire and covering the cost because they aren't sure it didn't happen on their lot. The tech said it should be ok to drive on until tomorrow as long as I stay off the interstate...