Daved6,
I must say I am extremely surprised by your comments however there must be a reason why you posted such an attack on me. Hopefully I can clarify my situation.
True, I have not done a track day in my Evo as I wanted it sorted before even considering it (common sense I thought?). What I have done on track is hardly worth mentioning so I won't and don't. Certainly I do not have your experience or many other peoples on here.
True, I am not qualified technically in mechanics. My background is classic car restoration so in other words basic home mechanics however I am willing to learn and have learned a lot since getting my Evo.
Regarding my other postings on the braking problem, I wasn't contradicting myself, what I was trying to get across was that there are SEVERAL factors that can lead to warping discs and not just one easy fix. I can now see how it may have come across that it was contradiction but it was NOT my intention.
People have renewed hubs, bearings, discs etc. and STILL had warping problems that is why I have said it is not the whole answer. Granted if the hubs are warped the discs will soon follow but people with perfect hubs have warped their discs.
The brake problems were described to me by Alan Zini (of Dragon Autosport and the MLR) back in February this year. I was impressed with his knowledge and helpfulness and ordered the Dragon Brake kit which was guaranteed against warping at the time. After fitting the kit myself back in April I wrote a 9 page article about the brake problem and fitting the kit for Wastegate Chatter which was checked by Alan for technical correctness and included the views of 2 other people about the problem and the kit (who also checked the content of my article). I never relayed any of the article on this forum as I thought there should be some advantage of actually getting Wastegate Chatter rather than just post everything on here. Unfortunately it did not make the last issue but I have been told it will be in the next issue to hit your doormat.
There is no way I would intentionally ever pass off other peoples ideas as my own and I find your statement utterly offensive. If other people think I have been doing this then please point it out and I will immediately resign from the MLR. I cannot even begin to tell you how upsetting your statement was to me.
I do not to answer questions I know nothing about but if someone posts a question and no one replies then I will try to help as best I can. Most of the information I have gained is either from books, magazines or I have learnt from other people (mainly relatives or friends in the motor trade or who have taken part in motorsport). If you would like to point out some of my postings that made you 'cringe' then please do, I am always willing to learn and I would hate to think I have mislead people. Nobody can know everything and I have never pretended that I do.
Perhaps it is time I bowed down from this forum as I certainly do not want to continue on here if people think my contributions are not worthwhile or are inaccurate.
Sorry for another thread hijack.
Regards
HH6