Beer Baron

that's my point exactly. vettel once passed massa picked up 2 seconds against the laps he was stuck behind massa. obviously when stuck behind massa his times will mimic massas. once in clear air he showed his pace. my point is, if he was that much faster he should have passed him waaay back, knowing full well that circulating as massas slow-ish pace was killing his race. not waited until massa was completely fked 4 laps from the end. and at that point massa's pace went way out the window. a lot more than 2s of vettel, but that's not relevant.

it's usually the other way around? the standard bearing snout is too long. when using aftermarket multi plate clutches you need a shorter bearing carrier. btw the bearins are all the same, it's the bearing carrier that needs a longer or shorter snout.

try bilstein in sydney. I'm sure they could post one out.

great score on the rims mate. and good choice of size and offset.

yep, I've had a suica card for about 4 years now and it is easy. makes you look like less of a noob too instead of pulling out the giant JR pass and showing it to the card you just use the suica card like everyone else.

yes you are wrong. both BOVs are mounted on a common pipe that is attached the outlet pipe of the intercooler. and then they have another Y pipe that joins their outlets and feeds it back to the intake. you can use one, but that BOV will flow much less air than the factory set-up. why not just use the factory twins? they are good. otherwise if you wan Greddy use the type R. it's a much better unit than the cheap type S one you have pictured.

what is the water to oil mixture tap?

it's a good turbo. keep it on the new RB20. you should be able to get a decent RB20 from a wrecker for $600 or so. the apexi turbos are a good thing. that size is a good match for the 20 too.

yep, no question, nismo pump is the easy winner. it mounts properly in the stock cradle too which is a problem with other pumps. if they are not mounted correctly the pick-up can be too high resulting in fuel starvation. and the nismo pumps are 276 litres per hour, rated at 3bar (ie stock base pressure).

is he measuring pressure properly? with or without vacuum? at idle the reg is under vacuum. you need to subtract or add boost or vacuum from the reading. easiest way to do that is disconnect the vac line to the reg then test the pressure at idle.

I don't need to see any other times apart from these. vettel was glued to the back of massa. as soon as massa let him past he picked up 2 seconds a lap+. so massa was obviously holding him up was a lot slower than vettel. and isn't that your argument of how vettel drove a great race? that he was held up by a slower ferrari? so yeah. massa was a lot slower, and vettel needed to pass him to make his strategy work. webber made his work. vettel didn't make his work. don't get me wrong, vettel is a great driver. but he drove an ordinary race. and sure with hindsight you can say webbers strategy helped and it worked out. but as I said vettel was given the same strategy as the other front guys apart from rubens (3 stope) and webber (long middle). and like roy said, perhaps they did try to get him away from massa with stops but ferrari just shadowed them. either way he did bugger all to improve things. webber on the other hand did everything necessary to make the most of what he had. you can all say wow vettel was so fast in the last 5 laps. well whoop de doo! he should have made a move and been fast for the last 25 laps. then perhaps he could have got back some positions. he let himself get stuck behind a car that was 2s a lap slower. sure it happens to everyone from time to time, but for it would have been a great drive if he'd done something about it. just sitting there and then saying look at me i'm now 2s quicker in the last 5 laps doesn't do anything for me. he was bloody lucky massa pulled over otherwise it would have been 5th.

well if vettel is so bloody good then why couldn't he pass he massively slower ferrari which was basically coasting to save fuel? I can't see how vettel out raced webber. vettel went from 2nd to 4th on the first lap. I don't think that was a strategy call. I'm fairly certain RBR didn't say, "hey vettel drop some spots off the grid mate." webber had a good start, kept it clean and held his spot. vettel got trapped behind massa and did nothing about it. webber nearly got stuck behind alonso and carved him up nicely. then ran away from him. webber and alonso were together on track at that point but mark finished about 20 seconds ahead of sanchez. if he'd pussied out he would have been stuck behind him. vettel only got 4th at all because it was gifted to him by massa who basically pulled over 5 laps from the end. otherwise he would have had a 'well deserved' 5th place to think about from 2nd on the grid. webber drove a great race guys. he was quick at the right times, and sure he had a good 2nd stint, but he took pain for it early on and looked like he was out of the game. no one knows in advance what the best call is going to be. as best I could tell vettel had the prime or safe strategy. he was on the same strategy as all the other main players, webber was the one with what looked to be the dud strategy. but he ran hard at the end of the stint and clawed back that time. give the bloke some credit. vettel was ordinary. he did nothing special all race. he just went backwards from the first moment. webber made his way up for once.

evo's don't have water injection. they have an intercooler water spray which is very different. it sprays the water mist over the OUTSIDE of the intercooler to reduce the temp of the intercooler which reduces intake temps via the normal heat transfer. water injection (really water/meth injection) sprays a mist of water/meth mix into the inlet AFTER the intercooler and just before the throttle. this guy wants to inject nitrogen into the inside of intercooler. which is a dumb idea. you could spray it over the intercooler but it's still a dumb idea. if you want to spray something over the intercooler then a water mist like the evo set-up (and hundreds of other aftermarket ones) is easy and cheap to do. and costs nothing to fill as it just uses plain water. or if you really want gas then look into the CO2 systems. but again they spray the gas on the outside of the intercooler to reduce it's temp. not inside it. that is just a bad idea.

someone give brisby a car for dutton. he is a top steerer and kind of handy with sabotage etc too. he has the dough and is heaps talented at driving, having pioneered the reach around gear shit technique. you could all do much worse that Roy for a co-driving team-mate. he will get the result you need or crash trying. don't be shy people. hell you can take my silvia troy if you byo tyres and just tidy up one or two things. seriously. the whole car is only worth 1 weeks pay mate so no fear of smashing it either.

well my view is that is rubbish. sure it may not be 'involving' to drive at legal speeds on a public road, as you just put around with no fuss. there is no tricky gearshift, no heavy hard to use steering, no skittish handling. just no fuss motoring. I can't say the weight is any issue for street use. and I can't say it has too much technology. on a track however and with the driver aids switched OFF it's very involving and challenging to drive anywhere near it's limit. there is plenty of power oversteer to be had if you get on the gas to hard and too early. and it's plenty fun to slide around a bit. it's brutally fast too. if you want 'involving' to drive. buy a 1983 alfa GTV6. they have no power steering and feel like you need arnie size arms to steer it at low speed. they have an 'interesting' gear shift due to the rear mounted transaxle and long shift linkages. they get a nice tank slapping pendulum effect happening if you can't deal with the oversteer (due to the weight in the rear). they have a great sounding V6 engine, and use far more fuel (and oil) than they should. but they are fun and rewarding to drive on the limit. having said that they are a rubbish car, and on a race track would get spanked by a mild S13 silvia. but you could not say they aren't 'involving'. so if involving is at the top of his list he should be test driving 70s and 80s sports cars instead. if you want a fast, well built, well apointed, fun AND easy to drive powerhouse. then the 35 GTR is a good choice.

lol, I left that off the list. didn't want to touch a nerve by mentioning my mint, signed, ex V8 SC, FPR, Glen Seton carbon cobra evolution. the best bit though is the brisby frank-en mount that holds it to the car. it only weighs about 30kg but I love it. thanks brisby. you are a true gentleman. you can drive and bin my cars anytime you need to mate.

nice silvia mate. love the white with the 33 GTR wheels.

it will be pretty much impossible to lower the stock seat unfortunately. the only way out is aftermarket seat mounted as low as possible.

I know, I really do need to finish it. I added up the parts list and when I saw the total value I thought WTF am I doing? Even if I just sold all the parts I'd have a lot of $$. I knew it was a bad idea to add up the bits! I'll send you a pm about this help offer too! I can do better than a plane ticket and pay you with money. having seen the work on your car mine would be a snack for you. it's pretty simple from here out. I definitely still want to finish it off with me and some help to do it. There is far to much time and money in it already to just hand it over to a workshop somewhere and hope they do it right. I definitely want a steer of your car, but after you've had some fun and a few trackdays in it first. Since it's not an RB it will probably make it through a few trackdays on the original donk too. hehe. I think you will like driving mine. It should be good but very different to yours. It will be pretty lethal on track I hope. With the nice motor, little GT-SS turbos, 25psi and a good tune it should make near 350rwkw and with the GTS4 diffs and close box it will leap out of corners. Lots of nice suspension under it too. ok, now I'm getting back into it. here is a parts list to refresh my memory. all this stuff is here in my garage. just need to screw them together. you may need to read it in two sittings, it's a long list! Full brand new R34 N1 Nur crate engine Rebuilt from brand new with: Trust sump extension R32 GTS4 diff gears on front diff installed into sump Tomei 260/9.15mm lift intake and exhaust cams Tomei adjustable cam gears nismo timing belt Nissan N1 balancer N1 oil pump N1 water pump N1 block Mines cam cover baffles Tomei 1.2mm head gasket and full gasket set Tomei oil feed restrictor Oil returns and water galleries enlarged Full Prime Garage race head porting, intake and exhaust ports enlarged, squish zones removed on one side of the head Combustion chambers CC’d Engine blueprinted and balanced at prime with their forged pistons fitted Tomei type B Valve springs R34 N1 Nur covers, and centre coil pack cover and emblem (bloody engine came with two cam covers, but no coil pack cover, that piece alone was about $400!) Nismo Air flow meters X 2 Nismo engine and gearbox mounts Sard 700cc injectors All new Nissan injector O-ring kit (all injector o rings 24 of them!) Sard dual feed fuel rail New full trust Super Suction Hard pipe kit (with twin turbo pipe replacement etc, the full kit) Tomei Expreme stainless exhaust manifolds Tomei Expreme Dump pipes HKS Drag type, stainless twin 75m into single 90mm front pipes (the biggest and best, cost a bomb) Trust Power Evolution TR exhaust, 94mm V-band type race exhaust (the best of the best!) includes cat replacement HKS GT-SS full turbo kit for GTR ARC front mount intercooler (love it) Trust alloy pulley kit Koyo 40mm 2row radiator Samco heater hose set (might swap this for a just jap one as they come with more hoses) Genuine Nissan coil pack harness R34 GTR Brembo Brakes Front and Rear Brand new DBA 4000 slotted rotors front and rear to suit Brand new Project Mu titan HC+ pads front and rear to suit Front callipers have had steel inserts put in the calliper legs so they can fit 32 and 33 without any modification to the hubs. Craft Square Carbon Super GT mirrors (not GT look, these are the actual mirrors used in Super GT, same as the ones we put on Mark and Russ's R34) R32 GTR Nismo 2 way rear LSD with R32 GTS4 diff gears fitted to match the gears in the front diff The car already has: Cusco 8 point roll cage with cusco padding kit ARC front splitter with winglets BBS LM-GP wheels, Enkei NT03 and a set of Weds TC-05s too. Nismo/Ohlins Flag R coil-overs, full alloy shocks with remote canisters, 4 way adjustable with swift springs. they are a nice piece of gear. Cusco adjustable upper rear control arms Ikeya formula adjustable traction rods Noltec front upper arms Cusco tension rod brace Cusco castor rods Cusco strut braces front and rear Midori Hicas lock bar Tomei Hicas lock kit Whiteline swaybars front and rear Cusco 3 litre oil catch tank Cusco brake master stopper Trust hard pipe kit Blitz twin type R blow off valve kit Carbon airbox Apexi power intake kit (going to use those filters with the trust kit going on) Full length carbon radiator diffuser panel Carbon front bar intercooler duct nismo braided brake lines Auto gallery yokohama built SS90 gearset OS Giken twin plate Nismo clutch pedal box Nismo clutch pivot OS Giken braided clutch line Apexi Power FC Splitfire full earthing kit Splitfire coil packs Nismo fuel pump Sard fuel pressure regulator Trust profec B II Defi BF oil pres guage with extra warning light Defi BF fuel pres gauge Defi BF oil temp guage Defi BF boost gauge Defi control unit II mounted on carbon panel Trust oil cooler kit with thermostat and remote filter mount. mounted in the pass side duct Plus all the cosmetic type stuff like 34 GTR seats, wheel, knob, nismo mats, stereo etc etc. mmm looking at the list does give me some motivation. Now I want to go play with it.

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lol, can't weld plastic to metal steveo! and I wouldn't want to use the shaft weleded as a shifter. gearnobs just screw on my man.. there are a few getting around. snap-on screwdriver handle gear knobs. they even make snap-on screw driver handle keys. so it looks like your starting your car with a screwdriver. and yes the snap-on screwdriver gearknobs and keys are the height of cool! I might grab some next time I see 'em. I'll even buy you one for Christmas steve and we can weld it to your shifter on boxing day. that's the kind of guy I am.

meguiars non-acid wheel cleaner is tha shit. very good for cleaning you nice forged jap alloys. you'll need to get a bit of elbow grease into it too though if the brake dust is really baked on there.

HAs are pretty poor and also very old. like trent said they stopped making them years ago. so yours would be at least 4 or 5 years old and could be more like 10 years old. also, they are twin tube, not mono-tube. look, if they are in good nick, and your stockers were stuffed then of course they will feel better. but be aware they do like to blow oil seals, especially the macpherson strut models (luckily skylines are not macpherson strut, they have wishbones). I hope you didn't pay much for them. if they were cheap then just enjoy.

nice harry! you're on my side of the street now baby. very similar spec to my S13 hack. not sure if I've put mine in this thread since it's so long. but here it is: S13 silvia, started out as a non-turbo, auto CA!! S13 SR20 S14 5 speed box Blitz/ORC active clutch nismo 2 way with good ratio (forget which, 4.4 I think). 5 stud conversion with R33 brakes front and rear, and R33 LCAs on the front rear adjustable upper arms front adjustable castor rods HSD coil-overs with camber adjustment on the front no hicas subframe bushes east bear bucket seat full genuine URAS N+ kit all round resprayed in silver, nice colour URAS NS01 wheels, 17X8, 17X9 Z32 AFM walbro pump Nismo 550cc injectors URAS stainless mani Trust T518Z turbo kit Tomei dump pipe Tomei front pipe Trust PE-II cat back exhaust full hard piping kit jap cheapo intercooler (about to be replaced with new trust cooler and piping) Aus S14 radiator (nice and big) Apexi Power FC Trust profec E-01 full sick drift handbrake handle and knob superspark coil packs makes 230rwkw at about 16psi bits I'm sure to have forgotten. much like yours it's pretty quick for what it is. they are a good little car for the money. great fun to punt around. has a pretty decent power curve too. and me doing the drift in it like all the cool kids wanna do...