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gtr front guards and rears are pumped. Dont be fooled ladies and gentlemen, its a lot more work than slapping on a fibreglass gtr bumper to get that look!

Haha sounds like he went to work overseas for a year and brought his car back with him (personal import).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissan-Skyline-Nimso-Z-tune-Built-Number-1-Gtr-Skyline-R34-/300645991554?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item45ffe5c482 z-tune number 1. Where was this Glen waverly meet advertised? lol @ bumping into it randomly.

craving Burger Monster bad. Need to hit that up again!

sheesh, skylines are getting cheap now!

and My ki, Some manager made the call that we can make a system cheaper than just buying one made. However after the final details came through, thats where the same manager realised he greatly underquoted. Nothing to do with Engineering in my opinion. Purely money saving driven, instead of opting for a longer payback period with an existing overseas system.

Someone had an idea that a ferris wheel can be built for that amount of money. Either make it happen, or we'll find someone else who will. Perhaps the engineering firm lied about their design or management accepted the risks. Time will tell...im saying dont be blaming engineering just yet Structural engineering; If you want something stronger, then keep adding steel and concrete This equals more money, so I disagree with your statement... Australia can design a lot of good things, we just dont have the economy to build here. Hence why companies outsource design work to Australia..

Yes no doubt there was a stuff up but I wouldnt say its 100% engineers fault. They are contracted/paid to come up with a design that meets the budget of the project. Engineering Dept can show several designs at different costs and risks associated but at the end whoever approved and accepted the risk is at fault. We dont know.. perhaps at the start of the project they believed the budget was enough to cover. Once you start doing the final design/costing, thats where it adds up and could have blown over budget. With investors promised a return & capital locked, cost would have been cut to squeeze within budget. Most likely the order was given to cut costs, changes were rushed, materials swapped, support beams deleted etc to deliver something which falls close to budget. If the project manager was guaranteed that it wouldnt fail then I would agree that the Engineering/design team was negligent. If there was a risk, thats where management decide to ask for money or accept the risk... In the end, its nothing new. Many large ferris wheels built around the world. We know it can be built & material composition, structure & loading isnt complex, The buck stops with how much money they are willing to spend on building one and whoever thought they can build a ferris wheel for that amount of money in Australia. Also well aware of IRR, NPV etc when it comes down to capital investment & approval. Discussion was not tailored towards Chartered Accountants

With any capital project, a budget is determined based on the payback period. Any capital spending must be repayed in X years for the project to be viable to go ahead. The easiest way to get more capital is to promise shorter payback period to your shareholders/finance department. So the project managers goal is to have the lowest cost of build so the payback period is shorter and that finance/shareholders/directors are willing to invest. So what's the best way to do this? Substitute Material A for Material B etc until the construction cost falls within your X years payback period. The engineering department would build/design to whatever budget is given to them however it's their responsibility to flag any risks. It's up to the project manager/directors to accept this risk. The difference between Australia and the rest of the world is company's culture in payback period. For example, Germany would have a payback period twice as long as Australia which means more initial capital investment. Engineers dont build Ferris wheels just because they want to Ash lol. It's all about the payback for the business. tl;dr

lol @ you both What you need to understand is that the worlds decisions and choices arent driven by Engineers. Marketting/Finance/Shareholders set unrealistic demands with fk all money and expect the world. Wont make this a tl;dr but have a think; What gets more money? Redesigning the powersteering system or adding iPod connectivity? You can sell a lot more cars advertising iPod connectivity than mentioning redesigned brake master cylinder. If it was Engineers final decision, everything would be designed & built correctly, but unfortunately world is driven by money and the yuppies who pass through a finance diploma make all the calls.

Jaycar also sell speakers and subs. All that have won many awards when compared against name brand equipment. Any audio shop will try and sell you pioneer & alpine gear and judging from your requests, you are after a basic set. For the same money as basic brand name kit you can get a decent setup from Jaycar. Good luck

lol just yellow pages the closest auto electrician to you. Battery and alternators are all the same

Jaycar Amplifiers http://jaycar.com.au/productResults.asp?MID=4&SSUBID=936&SUBCATID=1028&keyform=CAT2#4 low price, good quality.

sheesh that shell looks very clean! dont see any stone chips on the front and has the type-m skirs and welded bootlid! End result looks very clean!

i had 4 ratchet tie downs. Going through the rim. Front wheels anchored to the front of the trailer. Rear wheels anchored to the rear of the trailer. Like this;

if the rock is travelling towards me at 80km/h and im travelling at 80km/h towards it, then I am covering the same distance & relative speed as if the rock was stationary and I was traveling towards it at 160km/h. If you want to get complex, the rock would have come off the car and lost speed on its journey towards my bonnet, so it wouldnt have been 80km/h but somewhere around there.. Point is i got a paint chip

Rock relative to the car would have been travelling at 160km/h...

physics brah

another 10cent paint chip on my micolour painted, final inspection detailed bonnet. Rock came flying off an oncoming car = 160km/h impact on bonnet Thats what i get for taking the back streets to avoid the cops on the main roads. fml What worse is that the undercoat is white, so it stands out a lot on a black car....

i did my roof on my r32 as a temp fix until i spray it... Problem with r32's is that there are no seams/breaks in the roof to fold the vinyl into..I decided to cut the vinyl in between the 2 raised section of the roof. However on closer inspection you can still see the cut mark on the vinyl. Also make sure to get a peice of vinyl with plenty of overhang on all 4 sides. I had to stretch the vinyl to fit properly and that distorts the weave of the cf

lan in pool party? bro-tip: put laptop in ziplock bag for waterproof fun?

he is a guy...

haha awesome. Prob is i doubt any bank will loan $100,000 for a 10-15yr old car haha

my j-spec searching has made me wander off to the ferrari listings... 2001 Ferrari 360 coupe $100,000 landed and complianced.... Insurance and maintenence on the other hand... haha