phil pullinger
New member
hi folks,
i just had to tell every one about a terrible time i had with my 3.2 supersport. there is a happy end however. the tale starts when i was coming back home after a cornburyhouse open day, just about one mile from home past himley hall nr dudley ,i ran over a railway sleeper placed strategically in the road to catch the unwary motorist (three of us actually). the one of us with a 2 day old audi tt he wasn't chuffed either. my car looked a sorry state after being towed back(yes i did say towed back). the main cross member brocken into three pieces and the fuel pump ripped from it's mounts.being around the time of bonfire night it felt very risky sitting in the car waiting for recovery i can tell you.once back home the extent of the damage was apparent.another fuel pump ,forged alloy cross member and stone guard were required.i also replaced the tie rods.for turbo one's an extremely good upgrade.the only part i could not replace myself were the lower ball joints rusted firmly into place.now enter the person i really would like to recomend.chris franklin ( center gravity) i could not believe this guys tanasity and attention to detail.
once he had set up the equipment he uses , then started to work on my car.this type of work i find very interesting ,chris being the enthusiast he is takes time to explain what is going on.he managed to realise the ball joints with ease and then set the car up .the time it took was what i could not get over.in fact he started at 10:30 ish and didn't finish until 10:00 pm .the car has now been transformed .i would not recomend any one to run over a railway sleeper ,but i do suggest replacing the tie bars ,lower ball joints and employing the services of chris.
i just had to tell every one about a terrible time i had with my 3.2 supersport. there is a happy end however. the tale starts when i was coming back home after a cornburyhouse open day, just about one mile from home past himley hall nr dudley ,i ran over a railway sleeper placed strategically in the road to catch the unwary motorist (three of us actually). the one of us with a 2 day old audi tt he wasn't chuffed either. my car looked a sorry state after being towed back(yes i did say towed back). the main cross member brocken into three pieces and the fuel pump ripped from it's mounts.being around the time of bonfire night it felt very risky sitting in the car waiting for recovery i can tell you.once back home the extent of the damage was apparent.another fuel pump ,forged alloy cross member and stone guard were required.i also replaced the tie rods.for turbo one's an extremely good upgrade.the only part i could not replace myself were the lower ball joints rusted firmly into place.now enter the person i really would like to recomend.chris franklin ( center gravity) i could not believe this guys tanasity and attention to detail.
once he had set up the equipment he uses , then started to work on my car.this type of work i find very interesting ,chris being the enthusiast he is takes time to explain what is going on.he managed to realise the ball joints with ease and then set the car up .the time it took was what i could not get over.in fact he started at 10:30 ish and didn't finish until 10:00 pm .the car has now been transformed .i would not recomend any one to run over a railway sleeper ,but i do suggest replacing the tie bars ,lower ball joints and employing the services of chris.
