Steve85

Yep. I don't think i'd be at 6000 closer to 4000 but yeah. Same same. If it breaks and I can't fix it i'll be off to buy the exact same one again.

Hahaha. My bad. MINE is still going strong, because I haven't removed the boost pill.

We are coffee pals. I have the same machine (well actually the cheaper one without an LCD). Mine has been going strong for 5 years. It's been through three offices and now makes my morning coffee without fail. Literally the greatest little coffee machine i could have asked for. I trust yours is going just as strong?

Hello. How are you? Welcome to SAU. Can we please see pictures of your car? I love pictures. (It's my unofficial job to ask, lol).

I read this as, "gone broke, had to sell my house, living in car" ? Welcome to SAU and in particular welcome to the never quite finished club!

DUM DA DA DUM!!!!!! Steve's 1000th post. Let's make it a good one! LM GTR Flyby.mp4

My car has a power level right in the middle of your request. It was 35-45k in parts alone, plus labour (only have 10k in receipts for labour) for someone to put it together, plus tuning, plus the car itself (another couple of k). The good news is all my components are known performers and there's no Chinese knock off items, so in theory (<big theory) it should be strong enough to last many, many years and kms assuming i'm not out launching it from stop lights every night. You should be able to do it cheaper these days (30 + Single = Simpler setup and better parts now). Just don't go into this with your eyes closed. You could make 1000hp easy... once. Making it reliably and having it be able to used in a car (ie getting that power down) isn't as easy the internet might be suggesting to you. My two cents, from experience (or someone else's for the most part). I'm not saying don't do it... far from it. I guess i'm saying just think it through, make a bit of a plan. Oh and you if you haven't already, you might want to drive something with 500+ kws at the wheels... I thought i was ready. I was not.

Hey! not bad, not bad. It kinda has that OEM ish look as it appears to extend from the Caps/whatever we call them these days. Also i would like a diffuser that actually did something... other than add weight. (but I am known to be vain from time to time).

Obligatory butt shots. Look at that diffuser... ?

Dear internet friends. Once again I am asking you to pay me some attention. I am bored during lockdown (or whatever version your state/country has). The social distancing thing has sort of been lifted "ish". I don't know, i'm just trying to avoid you all anyways. A few days ago we had an SAU meeting, and we did a special stream from Garage35Racing's (SIN35 & MAD35) workshop. I currently do some IT work for the owner (Lance) and he was kind enough to agree to show us around during the monthly meeting (now online). I went down there a little early as we had some IT work to discuss/google (<that's an IT joke folks). As a special bonus, Lance's (and I suspect everyone's) mate Jason had left his R33 GTR in the workshop for us to ogle. I also invited down a mutual friend Carl who brought his GTR also... I'll let the images speak for themselves...

I like how you turned an envelope full of cash into a sweet, sweet wagon. You have my appreciation. And yeah, those wheels, what was the previous owner thinking? Or was it a case of car for sale, bring your own wheels? He must also have a GTR. There's a high number of GTR people who are too cool for school... (the one's here are good eggs though).

This car is so cool. 100% an original build and something I've never seen before. I am in awe. More pictures please? ?

Looks good. May I also say your lawn is looking spectacular! Looks like a putting green.

Welco... hang on what did you say? That is AWESOME. Can we please see it? But seriously, welcome, hope we can all continue to be of some help to you.

I'm going to guess 247 ish kw atw. Why you ask? Because i don't know a damn thing about them and someone needs to be optimistic! ?

This resonated with me for some reason...

I laughed so hard at this... holy jeebus. i know the feeling here, where you just don't want to give the car the satisfaction of acknowledging its issues. ? I remember something similar happened to a friend with his Boss kit. The switch/wiring broke and his horn was stuck on permanently. He was freaking out while i laughed so hard i nearly wet myself in the passenger seat while we drive down the Monash. The best part is while I kind of knew what had happened, he though the car was going to explode (or something i guess). He pulls over after a couple of minutes, i rip the button out and toss it into the back of the car... problem solved. Sometimes when cars break it is hilarious. Other times... it's lucky I don't carry a lighter!

Chaotic Good! @tsuokun welcome to SAU. Hopefully we become your utterly dis-functional internet family! I really love the colour of your R34. I can't tell though, is it black, purple or dark blue? (i'm getting old ).

This is a cool car! Welcome to SAU. I hope you are safe and well my car friend. Keen to see more pictures if you have them.

I'm not familiar with this car at all, but geez, it's a sad looking thing now. It looks as though it's been to hell and back. I really hope Motive can bring it back to life and do some cool stuff with it. On the plus side, it looks as though we are (maybe have) arrived at the point where people are going to start pulling these out of garages (and possibly dams around the country) restoring the cars to a tidy and working state, instead of parting them all out. It's good to see in my opinion.

Only thing that matters in my book!

I think with some nice stainless washers it would look pretty good. Or you could buy one of those "dress up kits" that have titanium style... but I prefer stainless myself.

Had me in the first half... ngl. Was getting ready to dish out some internet rage... lol And I think your are right, you maintain them well at low/stock ish levels or be prepared to pay mega dollars for upgrade replacements each time something breaks.

This is a cool write up. Glad you are enjoying the car! Love all the pictures.

Hi John, While i can't help with a schematic, a good high end audio repair place should be able to fix this for you. It is important you don't take it to any repair place, as they may not understand the value of the item and attempt to bin it. Make sure you explain what the head unit is and why it cannot be replaced.