StraightSix

You should get a Mazda MX-5. -cheap to run -reliable as a stone axe -rear wheel drive gives you experience for more serious cars -manual trans -nicely balanced handling, enough power to learn on but not so much that it will outrun your skill -can only fit one passenger - limits the amount of peer pressure available to do stoopid stuff (plus you don't get as many people mooching rides) -chicks dig convertibles Cheers J

Something I was wondering about . . . would a good approach be to tune with piggybacks and then transfer that tune to a chip? Or would the fact that the piggybacks can only give you values that are already in the factory chip be too limiting? Oh and RD would you object if I reposted those files on GTRCanada? Cheers Jason

Hard core technical stuff and lots of it. Turbo sizing, suspension tuning, fuel system designing, tire tests, head porting, aerodynamics that work, ongoing project car diaries, performance driving articles, etc etc. There are too many eye-candy/advertising import mags out there already, the last thing we need is another one.

I like Valentino Rossi's approach - when he saw that there was pretty much no way he could lose on the Honda, he packed up and moved to Yamaha. Needed a new challenge. Schumacher should move to Jaguar

There's another one available at http://www.boostcruising.com/silvia/romstu...uff/romedit.zip - maybe the same one?

Please do, I'd love to learn more about this Cheers Jason

Excellent info. Do you think that you would be able to make the same power on lower boost with an upgraded exhaust manifold, and if so would this be worth while? Cheers J

mostly we were talking about other stuff J

R32 RB20DET it can though right?

Is there any advantage in using the S-AFC versus using the standard computer and an editor/chip burner? thx J

Mitsu Starion a buddy of mine had . . . he stands on the gas, I'm thinking "where's the power?" then all of a sudden the turbo woke up and shoved me back in the seat Wasn't really that quick in absolute terms but it was a lot of fun. J

Can't import them from the US because of your wonky motorized seatbelts (except '89 versions). Import R32 GTS-t (first ones legal in two months) or 180SX go for anywhere from $6k to $10k depending on a lot of different things. (That's with shipping, taxes, etc.)

S13s are quite a bit more $ here than in the US though. Can't find a decent one for less than $5k. An R32 or a 180SX would be no more expensive than an RB swapped 240SX, probably a bit less actually. Cheers Jason

How did the SR enter this discussion anyway? The situation here in Canada is that we can import 15 year old cars and that is what Daemos and I are looking at doing . . . not wanting to swap anything into anything else, just comparing the CA powered 180SX to the RB20 powered R32 . . . Cheers J

I don't see any wing on that car at all. But I'd like to know what he needs that towel rack for! J

I registered there but I have maybe one or two posts? I'm usually just here and GTRC J

Hey bud Now you know where I get all my info from Cheers J

How do you guys rate your fuel? We rate it as "PON", which is (MON+RON)/2. You can get 94 octane quite a few places. The 240sx is the same as the 180sx except for the engine which is either a KA24E 2.4L SOHC 12 valve in the early years or a KA24DE 2.4L DOHC 16 valve later on. Pretty good engines, but no turbo. Some guys (rare) tune the KA24E, you can get roughly 220hp out of them at the most for street use. More common is to turbo the KA24DE. It does pretty well. The S13 coupe that we got would be called a "One-via" everywhere else - for some odd reason Nissan decided to put the 180SX front on the coupe. The hatchback looks the same. And all the convertibles were as you describe. All auto, too Cheers Jason

There was an interesting article in the latest issue of Sport Compact Car, don't know if you guys get that magazine down under. They were trying to make a 350Z corner at 1g. They found that the conventional wisdom of suspension tuning that car (with big wide rims in the back and whatever will fit in the front) to result in an unbalanced car, even if you tuned the resulting understeer out it just didn't feel right. They ended up fitting the widest rims and tires under the front arches that they could, and using the same width at the rear. Between that, some sway bars, and some sticky tires, they got their 1g - and a nice balanced handling feel. Moral of the story is that tire width should be matched to your weight distribution if you're looking for optimum handling. Wide meats in the back work well for a 911 or an Esprit. Skyline is close enough to 50/50, so use the same width front and back. Cheers Jason

Because it's cheap, and if you don't need injection to meet emissions, and you want to cut the price, why not? J

I'd be interested once I actually get my car J

Looking good Klaus! Cheers Jason