TRACKDAY AT ZWARTKOPS:

strut bars dont help body roll.

anti-roll bars help body roll.

strut bars help to stiffen up the chassis, thus helping to eliminate changes to suspension geometry in cornering!

a stiff body will still roll???

Strut brace help eliminate chassis flex, chassis flex adds to body roll.

Ya bla bla....go and argu sumwhere else..... 😉

Thanks for the event guys, it was great being there again with the gang, Toby, hope you get sorted fast and I want to join the track sometime....it was great seeing you on there.

Guys, you don't need to convince me of the poly bushes and the like. I know from driving the S2k how much better it can get. For now, I want to enjoy the SX for what it is, and maybe someday I'll improve upon it. Driving it stock was a goal that I managed to accomplish, and I won't forget it. For the price (even back in the day), you get a really AMAZING car.

toby, you mentioned tires squealing.

i take it that it was understeer?

anyone manage a little bit of sliding, even if it was not deliberate???

It wasn't understeer, the car turns in surprisingly well. I would think I was carrying a lot of speed into the corners and the tyres were reaching the limit of their grip. The tyre squeal was while driving through the apex of the corner.

There was no sliding, not even unintentional. At first Barend thought I was drifting when he saw the trail of smoke I was leaving behind, then he realised something was wrong 😂

And that something would be... a hole straight through the number 4 piston 😢

Stupid piston...

Hi there gents,

It looks like i've missed a good fun day again 😢 , but unfortunately my car is still not back from the panel bulshiters 😳 and i couldn't convince the wife i was gonna go to a Nissan track day with my company Toyta Yaris T1 😮 ...

Nice writing there Toby and sorry to ear about your car, stuff like that is unfortunate but bound to happen, maybe your leaking injector caused the trouble, anyways shout if you need second hand parts (i've got my old blown block).

I really wanted to join you guys and have a good time talking SX lingo 😂 .

Toby wrote:

And that something would be... a hole straight through the number 4 piston 😢

Stupid piston...

leaking injector = less fuel into cylinder = lean = detonation (well thats what I think anyway) not to mention the fire hazard
what killed my first engine was leaking injectors.

Toby wrote:

And that something would be... a hole straight through the number 4 piston 😢

Stupid piston...

Not stupid piston but maybe
Stupid leaking injector
Stupid too much boost
Stupid tired fuel pump
Stupidly not tuned properly
Stupid wrong spark plugs
I could go on
Definitely not a stupid piston

Yeah i wanted to come and Pillage Qwerty's car but unfortunately worked Saturday Sunday and Monday in fact worked till 10 tonight as well.

>Not stupid piston but maybe
>Stupid leaking injector

It leaks about 2 ml of fuel after about a week's driving, so no, I don't think so.

>Stupid too much boost

Standard boost, I don't think so.

>Stupid tired fuel pump

New high flow fuel pump tested to make sure the return line has fuel flowing even at full throttle.

>Stupidly not tuned properly

Possibly, it showed signs of over-fuelling though, not under-fuelling. Little puffs of black smoke on full throttle, but mostly no smoke, and exceptional fuel efficiency (550-650km to a tank)

>Stupid wrong spark plugs

Standard NGK spark plugs

>I could go on
>Definitely not a stupid piston

Maybe not, I didn't mean to say that it's definitely the piston, but it would be on my suspect list as it's an unknown make and was custom made.

Sorry to hear that Toby.... 😢

Wow wow....Time out guys...take a deep breath... and stop...Ok this things happens all the time even with the best tune/best injectors/Ross, Wiseco, JE, Titanium whatever pistons or parts you use or spark plugs it happened already to the best tuners in the world.

Now instead of hammering Toby with what my have caused the problem how about using the same energy and come with a solution to fix is car 😂

Just my 50 rands on it..

Thanks Bruno, sorry if I came across as rude - I was just responding to the possible causes, wasn't trying to be rude 🙂 There's only one way to fix this, pull engine, rip it apart, and rebuild... again 🙁

Bring a spanner braai, when, where ? 😉

On that note... Found new Pistons by Adams advice from Monday.

Engineers said they would redo engineering and refund pistons if
* There modified pistons material thickness was too thin
but in all other cases they will not do refund.

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Sorry to hear toby but thats gona set u back again a few peenys but when was this track day

but when was this track day

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