Big thanks to APT, big DOH to Gary!

[andyf]

Woo, have just got back from APT with the car running pretty nice. No more leaking gaskets and it has a curious (and I assume, good) new exhaust note at around 4,500rpm.

Thanks as usual to Gary, Chris and Christian for being a bunch of all round good eggs,

and a very special thank you to Gary who took me out in the Evo ... which really is a weapon on the twisties, but Gary mate, you really need to work on that launch technique :wack: :wack: :wack:

PS, I didn't see any bits of your diff on the way back, although there seemed to be a large oil trail :wack:

[andyf]

hehe Gary if there was a facial expression for what happened to your diff, I think it might be something like this:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6104/image0077xt.jpg

[AntS13]

ohh dear, that sounds painful for the evo!!!

[Gary@APT]

yep wasnt the best timing for it !!!

bloody evo repairs £800 for a secondhand one

[SM]

Ouch !!!

[matt_j]

hehe Gary if there was a facial expression for what happened to your diff, I think it might be something like this:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6104/image0077xt.jpg

eurgh, FOGG, CONTROL YOUR BRAIN YOU MENTALIST:smash: :annoyed: :no:

[matt_j]

sorry to hear the bad news gary, fogg has done this to peoples cars for years.:whip:

[C 'n' B]

Andy, I disagree about the facial expression bit.

Here's my interpretation of a suitable facial expression for this failure.....

http://artscene.textfiles.com/mirrors/GRAPE-DEMO-ARCHIVE/graphism/op/pixel/pixel-scared.png

Well, that was roughly how Gary looked prior to telling Debbie.:whip: :ghey:

[arry]

strewwwth !!! :eek:

£800 rubs for a s/h diff :eek: Are they common to fail then? I thought the Evo was only "mildly" tuned?

[Jolly F]

It is, driving all these high powered 200's is making him rag the family car too much it seems :D

[bren]

Break it - uprate it :nod: :thumbs:

[C 'n' B]

Break it - uprate it :nod: :thumbs:

Aye, come on Gary, stick your hand in your pocket!!:whip: :thumbs:

[andyf]

haha I never knew CnB was Christian ... hello mate :wave:

[C 'n' B]

haha I never knew CnB was Christian ... hello mate :wave:

Hi mate!!

Common mistake. 320bhp RST's (like the one in my sig) are ten-a-penny......:wack:

[andyf]

Ahhh now, you see, I have signatures turned off when browsing so I don't see the big APT logos :D

[ian_t]

Oh dear, thats bad news. Ive heard of loads of evo diff explosions but most of them seem to be coming from Mr Norris' series of development cars.

[def]

These evo diffs are made of jelly:D

£800:eek: thats a bummer mate:(

[StuyMac]

Narrr, its just the curse of the Fogg :eek: ;)


These evo diffs are made of jelly:D

[C 'n' B]

Here's is Gary's diff. I think it wanted to make a bid for freedom. The idea of being couped up in that small space having to put up with Gary's driving just got too much for the poor thing.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/APT/Diff005.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/APT/Diff004.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/APT/Diff003.jpg

:wack:

[andyf]

Poor diff :( At least it put on a good show before it got overly stressed :)

And jeez, it wasn't half loud when it was limping back.

[Actual_Ben_Taylor]

Good effort!

Quaife diff anyone??

[C 'n' B]

Funny thing is though, in 2 weeks time we are going to Santa Pod, so we may see a 'Deja Vu' thread around then!!:notworthy

[Vez]

lol, heard about this from the horses mouth, good work Gary. It appears that most of the Evo is made of cheese :wack:

Apparently the part is being replaced with "Slightly harder cheese" :D