Yorik

Thanks very much for your help Rezz.. It is much appreciated. Looks like I will definitely be attending two Rounds of D1GP on my trip.

I am going to be throwing myself in the deep end in August, I have limited skills (I think so), but maybe just enough to minimally survive.. I am doing a short tour first that is arranged, so I am hoping to get a feel for things before I go it alone.. I like the "Sink or Swim" idea.. At the moment I will be ahppy if I just keep my head abnove water to grab gasps of air..

Hi All I am in the throws of planning my trip to Japan in August, I am doing an 8 day tour and a heap of other stuff in Tokyo, staying in a some expensive hotels, some cheap ones, a capsule hotel and a heap of other things, but that another topic all together that I will start later. The question that I have is about D1GP. I am already earmarked to go to Round 5 at Ebisu South in Nihonmatsu, but I am now extending my stay to include Round 6 at Suzuka. Now I got my details of this off of Wikipedia Link for D1GP Schedule 2006 as my Japanese reading is hopeless.. Now I am a bit anal about checking things, so I went to the Suzuka Circuit Website and check teh Calendar of events and the D1GP wasn't on there, also I have seen in other links This One to show one of the links, where it shows the event not being on Sep 9/10.. I am way too confused now, I have seen about the same amount of both (on 9/10 sep and not on those dates) so I am sceptical.. Can someone who can read Japanese, please please tell me what the Round 6 says on This Page It is the September 9/10 event.. This would be greatly appreciated.. I know that I shouldn't be worrying about this so early. But I like to plan in advance a long way.. Also, does anyone know of how I can buy tickets to these events prior to the event. I know that the tickets are only open to presale for a short time, but I would really like to get tickets in advance, so that I guaranteed a ticket. I am prepared to pay anyone that can help with this. I will pay well in advance and only want them sent to my hotel or somewhere that I can get them from.. PS. If anyone is interested in tagging along with me to these events I will be travelling to both from Tokyo on the Sunday for the main event and I am more than happy to go in a group bigger than one...

I have been looking through different learning techniques as well. As I am about to book my holiday for August (including the D1GP at Ebisu) and the few that I ahve come up with are a bit patchy as compared to the Pimsluer system, I will keep my eye out for this stuff also.. I don't believe I am at the level yet where I could watch somehting and keep up, it takes me a while to translate it in my head still..

I live in the middle of nowhere, pretty much about 400kms NW of bum-f**k-killbilly-backwards-hicksville and about 150kms N of the hottest place in Australia. I work for a large Mining company who I have been with in one capacity or another for 6.5 years. Said company pays very well for the work that I do, though they pretty own me, my life, health, sanity and anything else they want.. I look at it this way, I am pretty much like a whore, but I don't do sexual stuff, I do what ever they want and I get paid very well for it.. I am essentially a multi traded worker specialising in the some key areas of the railway operation, my experience and knowledge of the system far outweighs my lack of qualifications as I am often used in an engineering role. My car is just a toy, to keep me paritally sane, though at times it makes things worse..

The Part number for the EDFC, well the as the motors are all 12mm it would effectively be the "EDK01-12120" model. It will however be supplied in a box marked as 'EDK01-10100' but I can assure you that the motors are the 12mm type.. Here's a link to some extra information. TEIN EDFC Info Thats a US website and the information doesn't fully cover all of the import models, but it does give all the necessary information. I suggest downloading the instructions, see how it works and where it attaches and then have a look at your HA's..

Hey Chard, hows that GTS4 of yours going? Had it down the Plex yet? We need to get that thing on a dyno day to get some baseline figures out of it..

Well I am planning ona trip in Aug/Sep and I have now been learning for about a month, I am hoping to have a small grasp on the basics by the time I go there. The main issue for me is that I am in a country town with minimal ability to find someone with native Japanese tongue. The local High School teaches Japanese, I am thinking of attempting to get some private tutopring from the Japanese Teacher once I get a bit more under my belt.. My amin issue at the moment is stringing together a lot of words. I can do short sentences without too much of an issue, but once the sentence or phrase goes more than abotu 6 words I start to get flustered..

I am currently doing the Pimsleur system on MP3. Quite good, they teach you actual words and phrases that you would and do use.. Each lesson is about 25 minutes in length and there is 24 lessons per unit, I have unti 1,2 and 3. I am upto lesson 12 in unit 1 and I think I have enough to barely survive in Japan unassisted for a few days. I can do all the usual stuff, food, drink, thanks, hello, goodbye, what is the time etc.. I actually got the Pimsleur System off of a File Sharing network, along with a heap of files and documents etc for learning Japanese.. I have tried a number of other ways to learn and nothing has been as simple and easy (and fun) as this System. As an example, I am putting thefirst lesson on my site for you to try, it is 18MB, so be patient.. It is uploading right now.. Here is the link http://yorik.biz/Pimsleur%20-%20Japanese%2...Lesson%2001.mp3 If you like this system, I am sure that we can work something out..

Hi Basically it will fit HA's that have the thumbwheel adjustable Dampeners on the top and have 12mm threads on them. My R32 GTR HA's have 10mm threads, I don't know what size the GTST ones are.. Best to measure the thread below the thumbwheel adjuster. Shouldn't take too long to do. Cheers Yorik

Items For Sale I have had a good clean out and have the following parts to sell off. Some are from my old 180SX, some are from my R32 GTR. Some have never been fitted. Genuine reason for sale, I want the money to buy more parts for the GTR. For more information, PM or Email me. I will endeavour to update and keep an eye on the post as much as possible, but the items are being listed on multiple forums. All items are located in Karratha, WA (6714), unless otherwise specified. Please read conditions at bottom. All items are used unless otherwise noted. All items were working at time of removal. Most prices are cheap already, please don't make unreasonable offers. Pictures are large, 2592x1944 pixels so might not be 56k friendly, I am not dropping the pic size and uploading more images as most people want high res pics anyway.. HKS EVC 3 Boost Controller HKS EVC 3 Electronic Boost Controller. Dual Profile EBC. Will supply an Electronic Copy of the English Instruction Manual to the buyer. No Hoses or filters. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $200 FET Auto Turbo Timer FET TB-206 Automatic Turbo Timer. Has 2 Auto Profiles and Manual Functions Comes with Harness for R32 GTR, should also fit SR20 S13. (Harness Pin outs are identical.) No Manual available. Never tried to find one. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $50 Donation Sale FET Turbo Timer FET Manual Turbo Timer. Times in 1 minute increments from 1-9. About as simple as you can get, with some adjustment. Comes with Harness for SR20 S13, should also fit R32 GTR. (Harness Pin outs are identical.) No Manual available. If you need one, you shouldn't have a car that needs this item. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $25 Donation Sale Nismo Mech Boost/Vac and Digital EGT Gauge 80mm Nismo Mechanical Boost/Vac Gauge with Digital EGT Guage. The Digital EGT Guage has Peak Memory and Warning Functionality. Comes with Thermocouple. Cable was extended in Japan, but still works well. Extension cables have been cut. No mounting hardware for Thermocouple, but it is the same as the mounting threads for most EGT Thermocouples. No Manual available. Looked for one, but failed miserably, this thing is about rare as rocking horse hooves and it is bloody huge, you will definitely be the only person on your block with one.. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $120 (SOLD) Cusco Catch Can Original Cusco Catch Can, mounting bracket modified to suit SR20 RPS13 mounting points as pictured below. We tried mounting this in a mates CA18 S13, but the wholes weren't in the same place on the Suspension tower, but on another SR 180SX that I have checked the holes were in the same place. I mounted it in this position as it was much more convenient once all the rest of the stuff was in there, if you have ABS, I'd say that it won't fit.. Pics Of This Item Here, including pic of mounting position in my old 180sx. Price - $75 S13 Braided Brake Lines NON ADR Approved, never fitted, fittings never checked, check the picture to make sure it has what you need. Originally purchased from NS.com.. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $50 (SOLD) S13 SR20 Polyurethane Gearbox Mount Fitted for about 50kms. Removed after accident. Originally purchased from NS.com.. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $40 S13 SR20 Engine Dampener - Silver Conditon - Not the best, has marks where it rubbed on my my turbo outlet pipes once I extended them. Other side has no marks, if you aim it down you won't know the difference.. Priced accordingly. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $50 Universal Earthing Kit - Blue Once again fitted to my S13 for about a week before the accident. Has 5 Large Guage wires, with gold plated ends and largish Gold plated Common point. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $30 (SOLD) TEIN HA Coil Overs - Front S13 Currently located in Perth - SOR Front Only Adjustable Camber Tops Included. Were fitted to my 180SX, never adjusted the dampening force, but were really nice. No C Spanners. Markings on the Coil Overs are This is for the Left Coil Over, the Right one has the "L"'s replaced with "R"'s. These are not in perfect condition as can be seen from the pictures, but were working perfectly when removed from the car. These are not available to be freighted at the moment. Pick Up Only.. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $250 (SOLD) TEIN EDFC - Electronic Dampening Force Controller 12mm Motors. This kit is designed for 12mm top Tein Coil Overs.The above coil overs will not fit this EDFC I originally bought a Second Hand Kit, and mistakingly got one with 12mm motors, where my TEIN HA's on my R32 GTR needed 10mm motors, so I went out and bought a completely new kit, with 10mm motors. Here i am selling the parts that I didn't use out of the new kit and the parts from the s/h kit. In total there is a complete EDFC kit, the motors and Head unit are S/H, but everything else is brand new, inclduing the wiring, infact the wiring is unopened.. Please be sure to check to make sure that you have 12mm motors. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $320 Greddy Mech Boost/Vac 60mm Gauge + a bonus cup.. A used 60mm Greddy Mechanical Boost/Vac Gauge, left over from all of my works. This needs new globes as I have taken them out to repair some blown globes in my other Greddy Guages, yes I have quite a few of these, I like them. Comes with a free 60mm cup, but no stand unfortunately as I can't find it.. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $50 (SOLD) Drift Button - Blue (Brand New) Brand New Drift Button that I got off of NissanSilvia.com, but never fitted due to the accident. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $10 (SOLD) Donation Sale Greddy Oil Cap to suit SR Was fitted to my SR for a few weeks, should fit most Nissan Engines, might be best to check first. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $40 (SOLD) Greddy Radiator Cap 1.3kg/cm.. Once again only fitted for a few weeks. Pics Of This Item Here Price - $15 (SOLD) Greddy/Trust Turbo Timer Harness for R32 GTR/S13 SR I got this for my 180SX and fitted my Trust Full Auto TT. I then got another one to fit this same TT to my R32 GTR, without realising that the Harness is exactly the same.. So here it is nice and cheap. Part No: TT14-22 - 15920002 Pics Of This Item Here Price - $15 Conditions Only items shown in the pictures are available and will be supplied with the item. Please check to ensure that all the correct items are available. Items are listed on multiple forums and may be removed with no notice or already sold. Donation will be made to the forum on which the item was successfully sold. This is only for the items marked as Donation items. No responsibility is taken for purchase of the incorrect item. It is best to contact me via PM or Email, as I am not by a PC 24/7 checking these forums for your reply post. Payment Payment methods accepted - EFT Bank Transfer, COD, Money Order, Paypal. Freight Items will only be sent once Payment has been received AND/OR cleared. All items to be sent via Australia Post COD for the frieght charges to be charged to the buyer. This way you are paying the exact freight and it is trackable (to an extent.) All items, unless otherwise noted, will be sent via Australia Post COD for freight charges. Buyer is responsible for all frieght charges from Karratha WA. Items will be sent on Friday only (only day I can make it to the Post Office.) Insurance can be added to frieght charges at the request of the buyer, but will not be added if not If you prefer another form of transport, please contact me.

I have received the photo from the vendor and have hosted at the below link for him. I am also interested in the wheels, but have to look into freight, I am happy if someone else gets them, just thought I would help him out instead of having to send the pic out from his phone a heap of times. Wheel Pic Here.. Lets see if we can embed the picture aswell.. Like I said, I am interested, not sure about organising the freight bit yet, have no idea how to get them from there to Karratha in WA, living in the middle of no where sucks..

Pics available yet?

Um, I only have Time Slips form when I only just got the car (about 2hrs worth of driving) I suppose GTech times don't count.. But here is my best time for now. R32 GTR Bridgestone RE's Ultimate 98 ET - 12.78 @ 110 60' 2.079 Slip link - Slip Here. Movie of Run - Movie of Run As mentioned before not the best, but I am getting flat 12's now on the Gtech in 35+ deg heat on crap NW WA roads *cough* I mean tracks.. Hoping to get some more times in the future once I get to a decent track, only 1600kms from the Plex at the moment.

Sorry I sold it already, thought I had poosted it up here as sold. I ap0ologise..

With the speed of stepper motors these days it really is of no consequence the speed comparison of the Mech to Elect.. Of course some elect are crap, I prefer Turst guages, but the best are Defi, closely followed by Apexi in my opinion.. I just have a full suite of Trust guages already and refuse to change out as it would cost a few grand for Defi..

I am still addicted to Enemy Territory, in my mind it is the best online Team based Collaborative Objective FPS.. But I live in Linux, so most of those WinBlo$e games play like shite under WINE.. Might consider getting BF2 to run under wine though, could be a good little project..

Yeah my mates HKS twin is damn loud.. My triple however is nice and quiet.. Just a little rattle.. Typical though my 180SX had a loud input bearing on the input shaft of the gearbox, that car made noise in nuetral with the clutch out, this one makes noise with teh clutch in, can't win...

Here is a link to a calculator... http://www.yorik.biz/gtr/tyresizer.zip Basically try and keep the tyres the same and rim width close. I run 245/45/17's on my 8" and 9" Work rims for fun stuff, but for more serious I run 255's all round on my 9" AVS rims.. I am considering dropping 255's on the Work rims just to make it a bit closer.. of course if you are concerned about the 4WD factor, you can always disable it for longer drives..