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Autox at Picton Airport
« on: September 27, 2011, 10:14:14 pm »
My last run of the day last Sunday
One more autox to go.  Car needs TLC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Yi1TLY1Y0
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2011, 06:49:20 am »
nice run
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2011, 07:08:50 pm »
Blur, do they use the same lay-out (cone locations) every time at that strip?
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2011, 08:07:22 pm »
Cool!  What tlc does it need?  Sounds great!
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2011, 09:59:15 pm »
Quote from: No H2O on September 28, 2011, 07:08:50 pm
Blur, do they use the same lay-out (cone locations) every time at that strip?

No, we change it up every time. Of course the shape does lead to similar courses.
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2011, 10:03:39 pm »
Quote from: TopGun on September 28, 2011, 08:07:22 pm
Cool!  What tlc does it need?  Sounds great!

Front brakes are worn out.  Need new pads and finally going to change the rotors after 17 years of ownership.  (should I go cheap with regular rotors, or spring $103 each for plated cross-drilled Zimmerman? Opinions?)
Also have to adjust the clutch linkage.  It gets tighter as it wears and it started slipping on the way home. (actually, if you look closely at the tach it starts slipping about 50 seconds in, just exiting the left-hander)  Hopefully it grabs again after adjustment or it's new clutch time.


« Last Edit: September 28, 2011, 10:11:43 pm by blur911 »
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2011, 10:08:51 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on September 28, 2011, 10:03:39 pm
Quote from: TopGun on September 28, 2011, 08:07:22 pm
Cool!  What tlc does it need?  Sounds great!

Front brakes are worn out.  Need new pads and finally going to change the rotors after 17 years of ownership.  (should I go cheap with regular rotors, or spring $103 each for plated cross-drilled Zimmerman? Opinions?)
Also have to adjust the clutch linkage.  It gets tighter as it wears and it started slipping on the way home.  Hopefully it grabs again after adjustment or it's new clutch time.




Hmmmm...wonder if cheap rotors will warp on you once you get heat into them from Auto-X??  OR...buy your cheap rotors and pads and have them cryo-treated.  They'll last forever...
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2011, 10:13:51 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on September 28, 2011, 10:08:51 pm
Quote from: blur911 on September 28, 2011, 10:03:39 pm
Quote from: TopGun on September 28, 2011, 08:07:22 pm
Cool!  What tlc does it need?  Sounds great!

Front brakes are worn out.  Need new pads and finally going to change the rotors after 17 years of ownership.  (should I go cheap with regular rotors, or spring $103 each for plated cross-drilled Zimmerman? Opinions?)
Also have to adjust the clutch linkage.  It gets tighter as it wears and it started slipping on the way home.  Hopefully it grabs again after adjustment or it's new clutch time.




Hmmmm...wonder if cheap rotors will warp on you once you get heat into them from Auto-X??  OR...buy your cheap rotors and pads and have them cryo-treated.  They'll last forever...

Well, not Chinese white box cheap rotors.  $40 ATE or $70 Brembo cheap.
« Last Edit: September 28, 2011, 10:15:28 pm by blur911 »
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2011, 10:23:11 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on September 28, 2011, 10:13:51 pm
Quote from: rrocket on September 28, 2011, 10:08:51 pm
Quote from: blur911 on September 28, 2011, 10:03:39 pm
Quote from: TopGun on September 28, 2011, 08:07:22 pm
Cool!  What tlc does it need?  Sounds great!

Front brakes are worn out.  Need new pads and finally going to change the rotors after 17 years of ownership.  (should I go cheap with regular rotors, or spring $103 each for plated cross-drilled Zimmerman? Opinions?)
Also have to adjust the clutch linkage.  It gets tighter as it wears and it started slipping on the way home.  Hopefully it grabs again after adjustment or it's new clutch time.




Hmmmm...wonder if cheap rotors will warp on you once you get heat into them from Auto-X??  OR...buy your cheap rotors and pads and have them cryo-treated.  They'll last forever...

Well, not Chinese white box cheap rotors.  $40 ATE or $70 Brembo cheap.

I like ATE Super Blue fluid.  :)

Still wouldn't hurt to cryo treat them.
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2011, 07:54:07 pm »
Just ordered a set of front Brembo rotors, EBC Yellowstuff pads, front wheel bearings, windshield seal ($41, it leaks)
Total of $384.

Trying out Autopartsway.ca, never ordered from them before but the prices made going to the US not worth the trouble.
I'll see how they fare soon.
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2011, 01:18:47 pm »
Wow.  They have some solid prices.  Please update us on how the transaction goes.
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2011, 08:01:18 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on September 30, 2011, 07:54:07 pm
Trying out Autopartsway.ca, never ordered from them before but the prices made going to the US not worth the trouble.
I'll see how they fare soon.

Blur, my friend dealt with them once so far. That experience will be his last. Autpartsway expected him to pay the return shipping when they sent him the wrong part...it cost him $50 return shipping.

FYI, I have since sucked an e-mail out of them admitting that they would pay for return shipping if they screwed up the order.
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2011, 08:11:42 pm »
Nice vid.

I'd like to make it down to Picton next summer, even though it's kinda far (for me).  Too darn busy this summer and used up my vacation days in other places besides Ontario. 
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2011, 09:22:50 am »
Quote from: tortoise on October 03, 2011, 01:18:47 pm
Wow.  They have some solid prices.  Please update us on how the transaction goes.

Purolator just delivered the EBC Yellowstuff brake pads. From the shipping sticker it looks like they were drop shipped from Keystone of Canada in Mississauga.  Interesting.
They were the most expensive item at $129
The pads actually have a "brake-in" coating.

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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2011, 09:28:05 pm »
The rest of the parts came yesterday afternoon via UPS.
So, one good experience with autopartsway.ca

Oh yeah, forgot about this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IojnZSnXts
« Last Edit: October 05, 2011, 09:43:23 pm by blur911 »
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Re: Autox at Picton Airport
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2011, 09:58:34 pm »
Clutch still slipping, no fun for me tomorrow. :(
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