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From street car to track car... All you need is the driver to get it there. Serious. There are differences from a standard car at a basic track level through to all out race cars like V8 SuperCars which are built only as a race car.

You thought Charlies went somewhere else? LOL I think I'm going to hell for picking on FapDrew...

I'm going to a strip joint... Where I'll be paying $1 to watch Chubbs and FapDrew rub each other out...

Because we have some spots left, we will be accepting entries up until Thursday 18th of August via internet banking, and if there are still spots left, we will take cash on the day.

There definitely still is a few spots left, although 2 less after today!

I don't think this is an argument about if school zones are good or not. For those who don't know, it's a road that is 3 lanes each way, with no driveways in this section (There are further up the road though) Still, 130 is freaking stupid, it's still 50 over the normal limit.

I think you completely missed the point of my comment. Things LIKE AYC and DSG were developed, to make things quicker... In the old days, we had lil ol' engines that only put out a few HP, through technology they've built better head designs, better valvetrain designs, tried engine designs like the Wankel, new gearboxes, better differentials, etc etc. MOST of this stuff has come from motor sport. This was what my simple comment about letting a few manufacturer backed cars in would help to properly advance new technologys. I think a few people simply didn't comprehend this, and some went purely on the defensive that "because I screwed some aero on and a new engine in the car, I've advanced technology", no I've developed my specific car to be better, using current technology already available. GTR32G: Again, I think you've missed the point. The guys claimed that there MUST be advances in technology PURELY because lap times went quicker. I used an analogy that IF making a car do quicker lap times = advancing technology, then is turning the boost up on a skyline advancing technology?

Right, so if I go out, purchase a car, get an F1 aero engineer to make me a car that will glue to the road and produce enough downforce to produce 2+G of turning force, have I developed and advanced anything, or have I used a proven thing from another field and put it into mine? If I can go out, and build a really powerful engine by purchasing items, testing them and then finding a couple of things that should be swapped out for others to say, produce the same top end, but more mid range, have I developed anything or have I taken things other people have developed and bolted it all together and just tested what seems to work best with other products? Just because someone has made a car faster, does not mean they have made advancements in technology, does it? Because if it does, is turning up the boost on a stock skyline an advancement in technology? Because that will make it lap quicker... I also don't understand your comment of Pushrod engine in a skyline. Care to elaborate?

He was done in the area Jarrad said. It's normally an 80 Zone, and seriously, there's NO houses around, and you will NEVER see a kid on that road during school time. Just plenty of moron drivers. Most people do 60 - 70KM/H through that school zone of a morning. I used to use that road every day during school times, I used to laugh at the amount of people who sped through it, as once a week there would be an unmarked HWP parked near one of the park entries booking people. Although, half the time he didn't care about those doing 60/70... More the idiots who do warp speed.

I thought you had a hair drier... Oh wait...

No, I got bored standing on pit wall last time. From everything I've seen though, none of the teams are advancing technology, just utilising what's already out. All of the teams have pretty much been "Buy X,Y,Z, test setup, swap Y for G, test setup" rinse repeat until the cars are making the best power. Now, I'm pretty sure that building things this way means you're basically testing what products work best in a given combination. Would you not agree? Then if you really want to, you get an aero guy in to design stuff for your specific "box" to make it stick to the road. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't people being sticking wings and crazy aero on all sorts of vehicles for many many years? When we're talking advancements, we're talking proper R&D, development of different types of engine, new types of gearbox etc. Have any of these teams attempted to make things like AYC, DSG boxes etc. Or are other companies making it in other areas of motor sport/competition?

I reckon you should do 9s Chris and go quicker then Clappa AND Ryan...

I think we need to get some manufacturer backed cars to see some proper advancements rather then mostly bolting things together...

LS3 = 6.2L

Hmmm... $5200 for 3.4Ls... Or $1500 for 5.7Ls... I know which I'd prefer...

It's on the intake plenum where the top radiator hose connects to. There will be two sensors, one with 1 wire attached, one with two wires attached. The one wire is for the dash, two wires is the ECU.

There only issue is lack of straight line grunt in most of them, and most that I've seen are stupid boxes with a tiptronic.

Hey Kids, So far I have the below people confirmed as coming. Confirmed people attending: Participant Qty Prue Andrew Greentree Andrew Tsatsaronis Michelle Frawley Duncan Handley Matthew Sullivan Katrina Lawlor x 2 Andrew Trieu Eric Yamashita If you have paid, or are intending on coming, you will NEED to contact me directly (Please use the PM function) before Friday COB this week. Thanks

Nah, just bring a motion sickness tablet for the video afterwards!

We've got three of those at work Terry... I fly them at least 3 - 4 times a week... They're awesome fun... LOL As to wind turbulence, even the counter rotating ones have ALOT of problems with turbulence. Just the air draft from having air con previously switched on in a room is noticeable (The wind currents from hot to cold etc). It makes for some interesting flying... LOL (And I'd bet footage from the camera!)

Ditch the filter, replace it with a stocking...

Cause this car uses more big end bearings then fuel...

I have a daily and a once a year car. It came out last in January 2010... I hope to bring it out again by December 2011... As for fuel... I don't even know if it'd still ignite TBH...

What's with all those useless vacuum pipes and stuff in there? Seriously... RIP IT OUT!

Are you sure HICAS is stuffing up? Go and get a wheel alignment done. You may find your rear alignment is way out.