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Richard, it is possible that bunp starts had a contributory effect if indeed your flywheel is loose like mine was, but it's pretty tenuous. The shocks that need to be applied by the transmission to the flywheel are pretty extreme to dislodge a flywheel. Examples would be a race car curb hopping or accidentally changing from 6th to 3rd. So the sequence of events is shock to flywheel, loose flywheel, vibration making the bolt come out the crank pulley, not very likely in your case I think. Only way to find out would be to split engine and gearbox. Prob not worth it. Graham

Hmmm, your story Richard is strangely reminiscent of my rather more expensive R500 engine failure. In mine the crank pulley did actually come off on track which simply toasted the engine. The interesting part is that we think we traced the root cause to when it had starter probs! The car had several starter motors replaced and eventually a new flywheel (no idea why). When the engine was taken out and split from the gbox after the failure, the flywheel fell off and the bolts holding it on had disintegrated. The trail (as they say) went cold at this point, but it is perfectly possible that a 'loose' flywheel vibrated the crank pulley bolt out. This may all be coincidental, but you may well want to look at the other end of your engine before deciding all's well. I did have a few other symptoms before the failure that in retrospect definitely appeared as the engine was falling apart. I had a nasty missing at about 5k rpm as I assume a resonance was set up with the loose flywheel. I also had troubles with smooth low speed driving. The engine was all over the place in second gear pootling along. I either had to accelerate or take my foot off the gas, part throttle was orrible. A lot of conjecture here and rather way off the 'PC' standard of analytical diagnosis, but we can't all be geniuses(!). Graham

thanks anyway. Graham

I'll take your word for it! Graham

they certainly look higher than those reported by my stack. Mine says 70psi cold at running (not tickover revs). down to 50 ish when hot. Graham

I think mine is behind and below the rad directly above the lower cruciform. Graham

They'll only fit a DD as far as I know Charlie. Graham

4 new completely unused 6.5x13 black minilites (from the Rob Morris purchase). These are fitted with part used 7" Avon ACB0 slicks and come complete with new wheel nuts. £200 the set. Reason for sale - have a acquired a set of SLR split rims for track day use. Graham

are you interested in parting with the race cage (If I can ascertain that it'll fit my car)? If so, for how much? Graham

Kenny, I'm sure I asked last time, but how much are you looking to get for your car? Regards Graham

There is a new compound for CR500s that has been developed for the supergrad racing series which I think is harder. Graham

Paul, which quicklift have you got? Does it get tha front/back high enough to put axle stands in? Graham

change the OP sender. I have done this on three occasions ith the symptoms you describe. They are just not very good. Graham

I think that the R500 is only cosmetically different from the standard bar. Any increase in safety will be marginal in my view especially as it hasen't got a diagonal and isn't bolted up from underneath. Graham

nah, don't be a wuss! Drive there like the rest of us! Graham

preferably not 'used'! Graham

I agree with Arnie (first time ever!), why on earth change from FIA to R500 bar??? Graham

Linn? Graham

fill slowly?

Graham, how do you fit your own tyres? I would like to be able to too! Tks Graham

standard part, fits straight on, need a stronger rear bracket thing which is trivial. WOuldn't expect it to lose power as it's bigger, perhaps even the opposite. Not sure if it was developed for more power or less noise. Graham

I was too loud at CC with my SLR and rather worn out 6" box. Got a 7" race one and it was fine. Depends on how worn out the 6" one is. WHen I took it off, I could tip it end for end and hear the wadding slide up and down! Graham

IME 4 and 2 are fine. They seem to go down much further than that after a track blast. Also the senders are cr*p and read lower and lower over time! Graham

the fan commonly generates enough V's to keep the engine running for a couple of seconds if it is running when the engine is turned off. Graham

as an R500 owner I find this quite hard to say, but...wot on earth is the point of airofool (!) wishbones? What a waste of money! Grahan