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As a subscriber of Zoom / HPI for 3-4 years now, and a reader for many many more - I always found it encouraging that I'd find Martin Donnon, Munro, PJ, etc all on this forum. I also honestly don't think Martin is trying to sell his services on here, nor deserved of demands to pay for advertising.

What sort of coilovers? price? *interested*

<3 Iron Chef

I dug through 50 odd pages, but I wasn't able to find a picture of an R34 sedan with a coupe wing on it, nor through the search function (I did find an R34 sedan with a GTR wing on it, but not what I wanted). I've also tried google, to no avail... Does anyone have such a pic? .. *hopeful*

I'd love to see a pic .. All I know is on that side on the drivers side above the wheel is an empty area with nothing there 'cept a small vent .. always wondered what was supposed to go there ...

This might sound like a bit of a silly question - but with the legality issues of running a non-airbag steering wheel on a car that came with one from the factory - are there any options for using a factory / airbag equipped wheel with a quick-release system?

No office, but Folding@Home & SETI@Home have always seemed like a completely waste of CPU cycles to me (which means electricity and ultimately money...).

Well, i dunno - you're all like 'it did achieve something' without explaining what. Where-as SydneyKid has explained fairly comprehensively in this thread (and others) that the design of the R33/R34 chassis means that a rear strut brace won't improve handling that much - just improve chassis rigidity somewhat - and would be one of the last things you'd do. So please - and I'm not trying to be nasty here - what improvements/achivements did it give your car in your opinion - and what other suspension modifications has it already got? One of the whole points of this thread (it seemed to me) would be that the OP was trying to determine whether a rear strut brace would be worth it. So your input about what improvements you've noticed (especially in relation to whatever suspension mods you already have) would be useful for them.

What? less cash in your pocket?

Thanks for your dedication & hard work on this, PranK. As a sysadmin/netadmin myself for work, and having hosted car forums on my personal servers in the past - I know how effort goes into managing/maintaining all this stuff. Keep it up

What are the 'side bits'? Got any better pics of them?

Wow, that's fibreglass? It doesn't look like it... it looks *awesome* though.

I'm getting an error when trying to do searches: > Board Message Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information. The error returned was: Erreur Sphinx : connection to localhost:3312 failed Merci de contacter un Administrateur !

If you figure out how to align up the steering angle sensor without CONSULT, let me know - I got the same issue with my HICAS being out of whack cos the steering sensor isn't centered properly

Thanks - didn't see any announcements or i wouldnt have bothered!

Hiya, Forums have been down for me for most of the day - I was unable to resolve the skylinesaustralia.com domain; Neither of the nameservers appeared to be reachable. A traceroute wasn't suceeding either. Bypassing DNS, I tried telnetting to port 80 on 208.69.126.31 (though this appears to be one of the DNS servers!), and this failed too suggesting it was more than a DNS failure. I'm guessing either some sort of server failure or a routing issue from Australia? I tried from 3 different IP ranges (home, two from work) and still no luck. Are you guys aware of any issues? Do you guys report on those issues on the forums somewhere so I can not bother you in future? jenna

Yeah, second on the lost PMs. Which is a real annoyance as someone had PM'd me back about getting some second-hand parts, and know I have no idea who it was now

I'm in huge agreement with Nightcrawler on this one. A 50gb tape backup solution is pretty laughable in terms of capacity. It probably sounds like overkill, but I have a RAID5 array made of 8 x 500gb disks (3.5TB usable) here at home for data storage. I use a number of large external USB drives (1.5TB) for backups which are taken weekly. With the RAID5, I gain redundancy against drive failure and the external drives give me backup in the case of a total failure of the environment. I also use a number of smaller (200gb) external drives for *very* important data that get rotated and stored off-site. With these sorts of things, you really do need to weigh up the cost/benefit, and the amount of data you're dealing with. As soon as you get into the terabytes of storage, backup becomes problematic - and it's only going to get worse. There's no one simple solution for everyone, and it really needs to be tailored for the data you're trying to store. For home user, most people have a mix of data they can easily replace or doesn't matter if they lose, data that would be annoying to lose but not the end of the world - and finally data that they really really can't lose - tailoring backups around the sizing of each of those datasets is the key. Also - everyone should keep in mind the old adage - having RAID doesn't mean you can neglect taking backups (I see this all too often in home environments).

Shame it's not a cross-flow .. seems like you can only ever find the turn flows these days

wtf, double post :S

I'm looking for the piece of plastic that sits on the drivers-side, underneath the steering-wheel - has the coin holder dealie and the spot for the TCS button, etc (Don't need the TCS button though). If that's available - any idea on postage to SA 5025?

Really? The arc turn-flow was one of the few ones I'd heard that *didn't* need reo cutting .. (At least on the R34...)

Spotted yellow R34 coupe with LED rear lights on Findon Rd turning off into Dillon Ave about 6pm .. followed about 60 seconds later by a white R34 (sedan, I think) starting from westwards Grange rd then almost sideways heading southbound on Findon Rd - boy were they caning it!

Have you checked your power steering fluid lately?

I think any car is going to use more fuel if you have a heavier right foot. If you stay off the turbo, fuel economy on the turbo-equipped car shouldn't be that much worse than the turbo car - and you have the ability to use the extra power with your right foot if you need to (overtaking or dangerous situation that you need to accelerate out of). I suspect the problem for many turbo owners - and I'm the same - I'd rather get on the turbo and enjoy the push back into the seat it provides But hey, I'm also fairly heavy footed on my other car (N/A) - so maybe I just like the rush of acceleration. My car is there to be driven and enjoyed, fuel usage doesn't really bother me much. I think this is one of those interesting points. If you kept both cars in stock condition - I imagine their reliability wouldn't be that different. The turbo vehicle has a turbo there that could fail, but in stock condition with stock boost? There may also be extra maintenance required on a turbo equipped vehicle - snapped exhaust studs, any extra work on the turbo - having to change the oil more often. But I think that's probably one of those penalties you pay for the extra complication and performance of the vehicle more than anything. When it gets interesting is when you start bringing modifications in. With a turbo vehicle - you're going getting more 'bang for your buck' - a higher performance gain with less financial outlay - at least for initial modifications. For an N/A car you're immediately getting into more expensive modifications - cams, headwork, compression, etc. You end up spending more money for achieving the same power as the turbo car would with less work. And the less work means the car is more reliable, and has fewer things to fail, and parts not getting pushed beyond their limits. My experience of the turbo vs non-turbo route suggests that when you start modifying non-turbo cars you are more likely to start breaking more parts or having to strengthen more parts in your search for power vs a non-turbo vehicle for the same sort of power gains. I'm honestly really happy you like your car - you should. And you shouldn't listen to people who bag it. It's your pride and joy! Personally, I don't really care what people drive - where it's N/A, turbo or supercharged, 4-cylinder, 6 or 8 - inline, V or flat. I'm sure each of us love our own cars for their own reasons. It's very much about personal taste. I'm not really a fan of the aussie v8 engines because of their lack of technology compared to other manufacturers, but I can appreciate the power they produce. I've read through this entire thread front to back and up till now bitten my tongue, but I figure I'll speak up. I can agree with some peoples points with regards to getting something similar to the car they want - but restricting to P-plates, they opt for a non-turbo option with the ability to upgrade to a turbo later. This also familiarises the drivers with performance cars and probably results in them getting more experience in a higher-power car which has to be a plus. I can also understand the attitude of others who cant fathom why someone would buy a lesser model of a car (those who ask "why get a GT, GTT and not a GTR!?") - though I think it ignores that people may be restricted by practicality (insurance costs, not enough room in a 2-door, etc), sheer financial outlay on the higher model vs the lesser model, and many other factors. For myself - I something a car with a good bit of power, turbocharged, japanese import, with the practicality of 4-doors - thus I ended up with an R34 GTT sedan. It was a toss-up between that and a Toyota Chaser JZX100 for me, but the R34 won out in the end - and I love it to bits. That doesn't mean I haven't been sneered at by R34 GTR owners, it happens. In the end, I just think everyone needs to enjoy their cars and modifying them to suit their tastes