Yeah we confirmed theres not meant to be a ball bearing on the spring.
Well that was fun....
Skid pan day.
Broke down 3 times within a 20 min drive from home. Didn't get to the skid pan. Lost 3 hours by the time I finished fixing it the third time and went home.
No dramas all the other times I drove it since the oil cooler mod last weekend. No dramas once I'd given up on getting to the skid pan.
The hose running to the oil 'in' port on the engine came off 3 times... Twice on the ebay fitting, once on the aeroflow taper fitting going to the remote filter housing.
I was watching the oil pressure like a hawk from the moment I started the car so I caught it quick every time. Hit 80 psi under load getting onto the freeway.
Engine off strait away. Re-fit the hose end fittings. Refill the oil.
3 bottles of oil later.. lol
The third time was fun, that was the aeroflow one pointing at the extractors. Nice cloud of smoke.
Tell you what tho, the cheap eBay fittings are great once you throw away the outer shell and chuck a hose clamp on instead.
$320 for 2 skid pan bookings.
$200 for 3 bottles of oil.
0 skids
Just another day in Motorsport.
Also, my missus was pulled up Infront of me in the R34. On the side of the Logan motorway... With a mighty car mods chop sticker on the back of the car. So yeah we got some love from all the hoons, MCM fans, falcons, commodores and imports etc driving past. Lol