bally4563

Some water additives to control leakage in rads etc are very similar… hope I’m right, and OP sees light at the end of the tunnel rather than oh! fek !

21 hours ago, bally4563 said:

Ordered up a pair of performance Green cotton air filters  

£110 seems reasonable as standard are circa £40 plus each

Arrived today and from the look and feel, they appear to be very upmarket at that price point if any peeps are thinking about changing, definitely give them a look

I read somewhere that some additives have a film within them that dissolves over a period of time , again the OP says it rubs away between his fingers  I don’t know of any non ferrous metal that you can rub away …. Unless your Dynamo !!

15 minutes ago, 832ark said:

That’s interesting, if you rub it it basically dissolves to nothing although I did find one tiny sharp piece.

Just saying if it was a con rod bearing or crank bearing, I would not expect to see slivers of material more sparkling dust , and the fact it rubs away between your fingers , hopefully if I’m right you owe me a large drink !!

43 minutes ago, Patt said:

The K&N cleaning kit , is by far the best and easiest to use too 😉

But not on OE which they look like , possibly released 2 HP 😂😂👍for changing out !

I reckon it’s an additive  the fact it basically rubs away .. I hope so for you from my arm chair diagnosis 

29 minutes ago, Jonners said:

yup mine were similar!

 

@Jonners yep minging , no bad thing to replace 

17 hours ago, bally4563 said:

Ordered up a pair of performance Green cotton air filters  

£110 seems reasonable as standard are circa £40 plus each

Certainly do no harm swopping these out!

I get that on a MX5 slow enough already why would you want to add more weight!!!😂😂😂

Am I reading this correctly ? The engine has already been rebuilt? If so how did it fail and more so is what you are seeing the fact it was possibly not really flushed if so no worries, may consider doing a oil flush treatment?

16 minutes ago, Jonners said:

I noticed a distinct change in induction noise when I fitted my K&N filters. They seem to have bedded in now, or maybe I've just got used to the noise!

See if these have the same effect on yours! 

16 minutes ago, Jonners said:

I noticed a distinct change in induction noise when I fitted my K&N filters. They seem to have bedded in now, or maybe I've just got used to the noise!

See if these have the same effect on yours! 

I just was changing out as I could see no record off them being done and just as a small hike in from a standard  price I thought I would give these a go ,interesting to find out if there’s a bit more induction roar

Ordered up a pair of performance Green cotton air filters  

£110 seems reasonable as standard are circa £40 plus each

11 hours ago, Jonners said:

The cat is out of the bag!

 

Definitely not a myth ! I’ve seen it in the flesh and very nice it is too!

1 minute ago, bally4563 said:

Forget Numeric tried them lost quite a bit of money flogging them on  not right for a Boxster as the amount of turns needed to connect them up made them improbable regardless of how I tried several different routings save your money and just go with fresh cables

The 5 speed responds well to new oil ( Getrag box ) however the 6 speed is the ( I forget at the mo ) different manufacturer total placebo effect possibly but have felt better for a oil change , and certainly can’t do any harm for 2.5 lt of 75/90 for £30 odd quid?

9 hours ago, ATM said:

I've seen some comments from people swearing that fresh fluid improved shifts. But I have never experienced that. In my view the only way it would make a big difference was if the old stuff coming out was complete doggy do do. I try to keep on top of fluids as its easy to do regularly at home. If you shift feels a bit stiff ghe new cables could help. Everything underneath these cars get turned into cheese by our wonderful climate here in UK. So if your cables are original then they are probably gunned up with crud and possibly a bit rusty inside too. I was thinking about trying numeric cables but I believe the stiff metal clips transmit a lot of gearbox vibrations into the c*ck pit. Where as the standard cables have plastic ends which are not as direct but much more civilised. 

Forget Numeric tried them lost quite a bit of money flogging them on  not right for a Boxster as the amount of turns needed to connect them up made them improbable regardless of how I tried several different routings save your money and just go with fresh cables

16 minutes ago, Bike Loon said:

Sunny Bank Holiday Saturday at work... so what do you do? Give the car another coat of Nattys of course!

 

Check that reflection

43 minutes ago, Bike Loon said:

Thank you, I will give that a go, its definitely better

43 minutes ago, Bike Loon said:

Thank you, I will give that a go, its definitely better

50 minutes ago, iborguk said:

One of mine was bald on the 987.2

i gave it a new syrup using a similar kit. Not perfect but much better than it originally looked.

 

 

When I’ve done them , I sanded them back lightly, and they came up as new

there you go

Just now, Bike Loon said:

You mean for the window seal? Funnily enough I did look at the cost of replacing it but the new part is over £900! How do they justify that!

Any links to the flocking kit mentioned?

Just now, Bike Loon said:

You mean for the window seal? Funnily enough I did look at the cost of replacing it but the new part is over £900! How do they justify that!

Any links to the flocking kit mentioned?

Just go on e bay and type it in they come in several sizes,  you don’t need much and as I said it’s very effective 

On 3/22/2024 at 11:06 AM, Mattman42 said:

Half a job - look at the state of this 🤣

Look into one of those re flocking kits , I’ve used several times and very effective 

8 hours ago, moonshine said:

Got round to cleaning up and painting the disk rotor bells with silver hammerite smooth. Looks so much tidier!

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Very nice , but in normal parlance, we tend to call them brake discs…. Just saying 😂

12 hours ago, bally4563 said:

Not today but in the morning , track rod ends , booked in for a alignment on the 12 th , as I have gone right through the suspension on this , just thought as I have replaced an awful lot would be mad just not to swop out the end’s before getting the alignment done as there is no indication they have ever been replaced and approaching 100 k … preventative ott ? Will know more in the morning 😂

Well that was no bad thing, sloppy but no play, so definitely worth doing at £20 odd quid each

Not today but in the morning , track rod ends , booked in for a alignment on the 12 th , as I have gone right through the suspension on this , just thought as I have replaced an awful lot would be mad just not to swop out the end’s before getting the alignment done as there is no indication they have ever been replaced and approaching 100 k … preventative ott ? Will know more in the morning 😂

I again jacked plenty of these up , and I can say I’ve not seen that before,not to say they do but have probably worked one way or another on at least 20 plus and that’s a first, think I would be giving it back and a refund 

Lucky for you they are only slowly closing !!

Consider changing a generation and look for a 987 Tip ?