mad082

yeah but they have a torque control for first gear i think. i reakon they look cool in red or the new orange. i wouldn't mind one.

you have said that they are 0.8mm gap but how old are the plugs? and what sort are they? you shouldn't have to run the smaller gap with splitfires. i would also suggest not running too much boost with the stock exhaust. it is a bit restrictive and will keep more heat in the turbo. the reason why it goes away if you fang it is that the plugs are fouling. your o2 sensor may be a bit stuffed and causing you to run rich at low load which is fouling the plugs. then when you fang it the plugs are cleaning themselves.

"this wouldn't have happened in australia"

it could be that the guides inside the door are bent. the car has probably been broken into and they bent the guids. take the door fab off and have a look.

i think he should get his wiper blades balanced.

as a mod there are no gains unless you are running lean due to that. if the cuurent pump is doing the job then putting a better pump in won't change a thing.

i have the wolf v500 software and it is pretty straight foward. it has a butt-load of features. it has 3d mapping and if you alter 1 point it will affect the points either side, so it fills in any gaps.

if it is a stock box you will be able to change gears quicker in a manual, unless you are a deadshit, plus you can change when you want. if it starts to choke at 6500rpm you can grab the next gear, but in the auto you have to wait for it to struggle up to redline.

if his controller didn't work on your car then there is either a boost leak or something restricting the exhaust, or the turbo is shot. i would start by loosening all the cooler piping and making sure it is on properly.

turbo v12 ftw!

the yellow is hot!

ok 2. 1 black, 1 yellow, but you get neither

i must say that i prefer the sound of a 5.0L v12 over a v8. gotta love the sound of a lambo. that is just sex on wheels. i am so buying one if i win lotto

a lot of v8's only sound good until about 4000rpm then they just sound like they are all noise and no go

i must say that the xr6t sound f**king tough

why do i see this thread being closed soon? anyway, i reakon the falcons have always sounded better than the commodores. they always have. especially in stock form. if you look at every comparison done in the past 15 years and they all say the ford v8 sounds much beefier. the holdens didn't start to sound good till the gen3, but i still like henry's donk. similar power from a smaller motor.

ngk BCPR6ES. should cost you about $4 a plug, replace them every 2nd oil change

should be. try it and see

i think the japs know that there is such a tuning market they make their motors able to take more than they put them out with

possibly. it will really depend on your setup, but it would be worth trying. the bigger gap you can run the better.

just out of curiousity, what times, speeds and 60ft times are you running, and with what mods?

afm is the same size between r32, r33 (series 1 r33 and r32 run the same afm), z32, gtr, etc. so yes it will fit. you could take a pod filter off a lancer and it would fit. generally all pods are 3"

yes, lets all compare drag cars to road cars. the reason they run autos is because once you start to try to put that much power through a clutch the clutch says good night. also trying to keep a wheelstanding car off the wall is hard enough without having to worry about trying to coordinate your feet and hands for the clutch. and then you usually get taller gear ratios out of the autos so they don't rev up so quick in first gear, which means you aren't leaving the line then straight away having to grab the next gear while still trying to get the car settled. but not all drag cars are auto. and they usually have ratchet shifters anyway. the reason your mate can beat similarly modded manuals with stock tyres is that he can drive and the guys in manuals can't. hell when i was at the drags i beat a r33 gts-t in my stock magna in 1 run. but by the end of the night he was running over half a second quicker than at the start of the night. and autos are easier to launch if you aren't a very good driver. but get a good launch in a manual and it will beat the auto. a guy on here took his mates cefiro to the drags the same night as me and he let his cousin have a run in it also. he was about half a second quicker than his cousin cause he launched it better.

tyres, and they probably can't drive. but your auto also isn't stock is it? i haven't driven a manul yet that you can't snap change (or that you can't change gears without the clutch, both up and down by blipping the throttle at the right rpm). i'm not talking flat change. flat change is not using the clutch and holding the accelerator down, cnap changing is keeping your foot on the gas then kicking the clutch as you change gears, which usually results in frying the rear tyres, and as your clutch gets worn, frying it too. as for the auto box taking it's time deciding, that depends on what speed you are doing. at certain speeds it will drop back 1 gear then a second half a second later.

a good tune should be safe while giving you decent power