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Forgot to mention. I love the fact that Greg, Gregged Up, the model of his car, that has so many gregged up stories about its build! I had to have a little laugh. At the same time thinking "That's the sort of thing I'd do to myself!"

Hopefully it's enough to help with the temps! I was also only shit stirring, regarding Murphy's Law basically. I've found, what ever spare parts I have, are the parts I don't break. Ever. Also have never had issues with oil/spinning bearings until I put oil pressure gauges on the car. 😛

Alright guys, I've got good odds the motor survives due to a majority of spare parts. Who's taking bets on clutch, who's on transmission, and who's go diff? Happy to also take bets on if it still overheats in traffic or not 😛 Car looks amazing by the way. I've never been a fan of R34 rears, so really, I don't think any body kit etc solves that for myself, but the front end looks amazing!

Do you think they'll merge there performance divisions and we'll end up HoMo?

That's only needed if you want to make sure it's all good, and safe, and reliable, and runs etc. I reckon I could do it for farrrrrr less than these guys are saying. Fab up a dodgy pipe to go from the twin exhaust outlets to one, a turbo from Bunnings for $400, then fab up a new outlet pipe. I reckon I could do a high mount turbo for under $2k... Now whether the motor grenades when it comes onto boost the first time... That's a different question. And I'd hope, being a Skyline, especially a GTR, there is more put into it than a dodgy Bunnings turbo...

Once you learn it all, you find you do the job once. But this is the best way to learn, as you won't forget the lessons

Because the cars wheels are on blocks, you slide under the car. Pretty much all the bolts you touched should have been put in, but not fully torque up. Back them off a turn or two, and then tighten them up from under the car with the wheels sitting on the blocks holding car up in the air.

Yes. Imagine you have the car on the ground, and you mine away all the ground under and around it, except for the area directly under each individual wheel. That's exactly how it'd look, except the ground will be what ever you make the bit under each wheel from

You do as I said. Make some platforms that the cars wheels will sit on when the car is lowered. Imagine even just some concrete blocks all stacked up. But you need it to be damn stable!

What blows me away, is watching some of the US guys, like Tony Angelo at Stay Tuned. LS1, buys a set of heads for $1200, drops a mild cam in, pulls all the electrics, drops a basic inlet manifold with a carb, MSD thing for spark, and roll it out to make 550hp.

All of your suspension bushes/bolts etc, should also only ever be tightened when the car is sitting with full weight too. IE, jack it back up, shove a heap of stuff down so you can lower the wheels onto so the car is "on the ground" but you have room to get under it. It's why when properly done, you should be able to remove the shock and spring, but the arms won't go to 100% droop. If you don't do the above, you'll destroy your bushes.

I wonder what your thoughts of a "long nose, short deck" are if that were said in a kiwi accent...

I read Duncan's post, said the same thing in my head, scrolled down, and had De Ja Vu...

"Sally" it's a very hairdresseresque name.

Suzuki Cappuccino beats them all... But the Toyota Will Vi beats the Cappuccino too... And I love the Dodge Viper, but not because it looks like/similar styling to an FD.

Are you saying hes a bit Gregged up?

I'd need to check my notes at work Duncan, but I'm pretty sure most of that is purely OBD2 on the display. How quickly is it all able to update? Do you have any internet capability in your workshop with a laptop?

I second this. Just add a little bit of caster to keep it pointing straight. Also really thick rubber soled shoes in case he needs to press the pansy slow down pedal...

If there's a next time, next exit after mine is Costco 😛

Did you hit the one 5 minutes down the road from my place before heading back south? 😛

find it funny everyone claims different fuel chains, do different things with their fuel blah blah blah. We don't have that many fuel terminals in Australia. The fuel tanker trucks drive into the terminal, fill up, and drive directly to the service station and dump out. The majority of fuel you get, is coming out of the same terminals. The variation is actually at the individual service stations and how good their tanks are, as well as how much turn over they actually have. Older fuel stations, that haven't had their tanks replaced are going to end up with the worst fuel. Also a lot of older stations have shit design, and shit maintenance, and end up with more water absorption into the tank. This is when you then get a bad batch of fuel. Other shit things happen, like tanker drivers have a f**k up, and starting to unload the wrong compartment on their truck into the wrong tank.

I vote go red. Only because I hate keeping gloss black clean. Was no worries helping out either! Glad you've survived the rain outs of QLD

I can tell you now, when the bracket that the little hydraulic ram attaches to snaps, with a subframe, and V8 from an AMG C63 on it, it sounds like someone letting shotgun off right beside you. It leaves your ears ringing, and a huge thankfulness that you never ever put a body part under something heavy that's only supported by a hydraulic lift...

I also find it hilarious, everyone thinks chop idle tunes sound cool, and they do... Because they sound like an angry rotary engine idling.

I'll Chop Stick your Tuna!