ey up lads,
I have a fto gr which I have had for about four years,I have not used it for the last two years as I have been helping my son out with his motorbike racing,now the season has finished I am going to get the fto back on the road, so today I changed the engine oil and fitted a new battery and the car fired up as soon as the key was turned,the engine sounds really sweet and what I find even more remarkable is that everything worked even the aircon was blasting cold air, the only problem with the car came when I tried to set the tyre pressures the car is fitted with hunter willcox wheels when I tried to remove the valve caps two of the valves sheard off, these valves are 6mm bolt in type and when I went to the tyre bay with them the guy said that it was a common problem with this type of valve,so he is going to fit mini metro valves to all four wheels for me these are 6mm but not the bolt in type, the other thing is I remember the brakes not being that good, what would you guys recomend to upgrade them do you think that drilled and grooved discs with what pads, there seems to be quite a choice,I was also thinking about lowering springs whilst Im at it, do you think they would improve the handling, dont want to ruin the ride quality though any advice would be welcome.
I have a fto gr which I have had for about four years,I have not used it for the last two years as I have been helping my son out with his motorbike racing,now the season has finished I am going to get the fto back on the road, so today I changed the engine oil and fitted a new battery and the car fired up as soon as the key was turned,the engine sounds really sweet and what I find even more remarkable is that everything worked even the aircon was blasting cold air, the only problem with the car came when I tried to set the tyre pressures the car is fitted with hunter willcox wheels when I tried to remove the valve caps two of the valves sheard off, these valves are 6mm bolt in type and when I went to the tyre bay with them the guy said that it was a common problem with this type of valve,so he is going to fit mini metro valves to all four wheels for me these are 6mm but not the bolt in type, the other thing is I remember the brakes not being that good, what would you guys recomend to upgrade them do you think that drilled and grooved discs with what pads, there seems to be quite a choice,I was also thinking about lowering springs whilst Im at it, do you think they would improve the handling, dont want to ruin the ride quality though any advice would be welcome.