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Well if you are going to be up there Heikki then that ticks a few boxes. I finish up at work two weeks after so my priority is getting everything finished work wise so I can begin my life of leisure. Will have to make a call this weekend...anyone else going to be up there?

I am thinking about doing the Touring event at Snowy River Sprint. But doesnt seem to be much chatter around. And I am down to 1 car and unemployed so may have to take it easy in fear of damaging old Silver

I wouldnt expect that to be a big problem in light of the fact that people put IJZ in Skylines. Bigger cost is ECU and wiring changes etc. But, again Imagine there is a load of XR6 wrecks around to salvage bits from

Would be pretty hard to beat from a performance perspective. You would have to go for a pretty lazy final drive to actually make forward progress with the wave of torque the thing will make...whish is no bad thing, If its about fun, a rev, geared car always feels more entertaining then something that is lazy and tractable. But fact is if its cheaper then you have to do it...as ultimately will result in faster car once you have sorted suspension, tyre and gearing. Does a Barra engine weigh much different to an RB?

11th June? Phillip Island. What are you are you doing with your REs?

Yeh, I am planning a September trip to go back to Belgium and Switzerland and UK. I quit my job a few weeks back so can really invest some time in trying to get a job in Europe

Yeh Schuey had a "I am confused moment" and ran into the back of Senna...easy to see how it happened with Senna moving around like he was...racing incident to me and doesn't deserve a penalty Re the pay driver tag that Pastor has had to wear...as a rookied he did a knock up job alongside Rubens, he was impressive in Australia despite dropping it on the last lap...and he drove a damn solid race, strategy was good, out lap pace was waaaay better then Alonso and was still able to get the required life out of his tyres. So stoked that he got the job done....hopefully the tag of pay driver will be forgotten as he obviously has the ability....$10 the likes of Fisi and many others would have made mistakes .... seems like 2011's pay drivers Perez and Pastor actually have the goods

McLarem must be frustrated looking at the points...form car and their drivers are nowhere

I have my Lotus jacket on, have my 10% 1L cans of beer from Amsterdam....ready for Kimi or Romain to get the job done. Dont think Alonso will have the pace...but they guy is a freak and you never know

I was watching quali at a friends and I blew up when Hamo stopped. I was yelling at the tc "Canado 2010 farktards! " and knew he wasnt going to hold his pole as Whiting warned all drivers that if happens again your time will be excluded! I was so annyed that these commentators who are meant to live and breath F1 and be the experts had forgotten about McLarens squalor in the past. Hamo must be massively pissed with his team right now...bungled pit stops and now fuelling issue. Hope Lotus bag a win this weekend....as RBR and McLaren are obviously tripping over thier d1cks a little this weekend

Good from far, far from good... 9,600rpm of 20psi, 3rd gear tyre blazing goodness!

Oh god no. You did not just type that! Man, I know my typing is often full of typos and occasional poor grammar/english but i pray I get ribbed on a car forum and correct it before my boss or customer reads it and sacks me for not being able to spell better than his 10yr old Just a gentle ribbing as I do see western civilisation going down this path But back on topic....is a second hand turbo an option? If so what about the Apexi RX6 turbos. You see them from time to time and they are meant to be very good things with regards to response and torque, don't quite match the T67 but give a pretty meaty power curve. Also, have you already grabbed the R34? They are rather heavy for a rwd car and quite expensive. If budget and speed are more of a concern than styling I think a cheap R33 shell would be the way to go as they weigh about the same as an R32 (by the time you have considered gearbox/brakes weights etc but at least a full fuel load lighter then an R34 GTT)

They're spelling is going to improve because their going to back to school on Wensday nights and will get some lessons than come back and post on the forum, provided the whether is ok

That is a huge unknown. May be a good thing but I have not read of a single result of their billet wheels. As others have said. Will be interesting. If you get the car tuned in NSW/WA you will gain response and power. Get it tuned in Vic you will lose response and make a handful more kws....I got no explanation for the vast differences people experience with cams other then it must be a lot to do with cams gears and how tuners tune?!?!?!

Well, I often go back and watch old GPs in my down time and I think you all have your nostalgia shades on. The last two seaons racing has been the most entertaining in years, and despite Sebs dominance the racing was still close between the guys of near equal speed, just that the faster cars out of position could recover. Don't change a thing FIA...its about as good as it gets at the moment with regards to competition, entertainment and good wheel to wheel racing

I dont mind the added dimension of the tyre management. The other argument misses the point that F1 used to be about conserving cars to and that drivers had input into how fast the car was over a race distance by knowing when to conserve and when to go flat out. F1 cars were never really able to be driven flat out...but with some rule changes over the past few years they are so reliable that drivers coudl drive flat out and you may as well as skipped the WDC as without the engineers and budget etc mean that he who spent the biggest won. So I am not against the current rules for the reasons you raise. I recongnise them but I think they balance is about right. If nothing else for the time being and last season it introduced something new to F1 that I am enjoying at present. Perhaps you are right that in a year or two they should go back to single lap qualifying and durable tyres. If you missed the window in quali you have a car that ,ay be fast and consistant to race...but we have had that and with aero etc there was very little racing....as even cars that were 2-3 seconds slower could routinely ruin the fastest cars getting up to one another. Its all a balancing act and I am happy enough at present that the tyres performance windows means that cars are having different performances at different circuits in different conditions

If you have a look into it you will see that different states have different requirements. In VIC no RB25/30 will ever be legal unless you undergo full emissions testing. If you throw an RB25 in then you can get it engineered at a cost....and I find it a bit silly to say don't worry about changing engine numbers on rego papers etc and just throw another engine in. He is in Melb and if you get pulled over you are in for a nice expensive and time consuming process of clearing the defects through engineering the vehicle. The engineering cost plays a small part of the reason I still run an RB20. if I get pulled over for some of the gear I have strapped to my engine then I can get it back to std using cheap std parts and some of my own time. If I go to other engine type then on top of the engine cost I should get it engineered which means not only are they interested in the engine and emissions gear, but ride heights, wheels, brakes, seats, etc etc. So main difference is driving around with gear I run the risk of bumping into police that care. If I mod it then to change engine numbers on paperwork I am introducing an inspection of the car and engine numbers etc. I recently had my Sierra given the once over by Vic Roads and there is no way on earth I would welcome that attention to my R32 (so that is my experience with Vic Roads and modded cars) Each state is different....from what I see and understand of other states SA and QLD are the most practical in their approach

LOL... attack the content of the post not the poster This thread used to be full of interesting technical discussion and debate over results etc. Seems its all been done to death so these days threads are just waffle and attacks...to which my sometimes participation was pointed out to me over the weekend when I met some people at an event.

Can't agree you have any chance that you can get 300rwkws RB25 setup in in R32 for 6k!!!! Like any post , its all the opinion of the poster and you obviously say what you say because its your belief....but NO WAY As cheap a budget as I could DIY (Damage it yourself): - RB25 : $1500 - 300kw capable turbo: $1500 - ECU, injectors and tune : $2000 (depending on ECU you chose the cost will float based on need for AFM or not) - So that leaves 1k for labour, fluids, timing belt, water pumps, tensioner/idler bearings. Oil lines, water lines, dump pipe, cooler pipe changes. Wiring changes to R32 loom. Re-gassing aircon That's being conservative with numbers and doing all labour yourself. You have a cooked RB20 you could maybe get a few dollars for...but then you have an 300rwks RB25 for maybe around 8k that will most likely fry the std RB20 gearbox as that is most peoples experiences. Anyway, I think people need to chill out...the same old people are always jumping down everyone's throats like it was their money being spent. People ask for advice, it gets offered, often more then bad (including by me) than good but I dont get the attacks in the Forced Induction forum these days

I am real interested to see how the build goes. I have the rods, pistons, cranks, oil pumps, water pumps, cams and valve springs etc all for the RB24 using Tomei 82mm pistons. Interested to know what pistons you are using for that price, mine cost almost 4 times as much If they do the job well then for about 3k it seems they would be able to build my engine

Those Neovas are impressive. Would love to see a back to back test with RE55s [hint, hint]

And the old layout seems more of an adventure. Gutted it changed before I got there Webber has always gone well up against Vettel in Spain. Here is to hoping he can edge Vettel and others out and start a nice little patch of victories and podiums. I am tipping RBR this weekend to be strong along with Lotus...McLaren will struggle again is my tip

Man, I would have binned it each time you had a woopsie. That place scares me. Good work on the results and vids

Yep...I was kacking myself. What mods do you run at the moment? Based on your engine build list I am guessing you have I/C, filter exhaust, ebc etc? Since you are in Vic I would speak to the likes of EKW and get a quote for a short motor. I paid $600 for mine. I am guessing your remove and replace is a little too cheap. I would expect up around are up for around $1500-2000 for remove and replacing your engine, this I expect would include AC re-gassing, machining fly wheel, changing water pump, timing belt, idler bearings etc. Could be cheaper but do your homework. From there I would consider some GTR injectors that have been flow tested, a Z32 AFM, a Power Fc/Nistune (PFc hard to find but all RB20 owners are tight asess and don't want to pay money for ECUs so can get them for $1000-1200) I would speak to various hi-flow turbo shops like Hypergear, Billet, GCG, ATP and speak to them and your tuner about the power you are after and the response you are chasing. This will all bolt on to std manifold with some minor changes to dump and inlet etc. http://www.billetturbochargers.com/Turbo_rebuilds_and_hiflows.ews http://www.atpturbo.com.au/ http://www.digi-hardware.com/rb25t3hiflow.html http://gcg.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=34&Itemid=101&TreeId=162 I think for less money you can end up with more power with as good or acceptable response by going std engine with a well spec'd hi-flow turbo, or used HKS 2530. But, don't take my word for it ask around and get some quotes from other workshops that friends have used. Relying on referrals from forums is fought with danger as you cant really say anything bad about workshops.....NOT that I am hinting CREATD are anything but a credible shop but that is just one opinion and option. Hell, speak to another workshop and you may find a customer has just removed an engine and turbo setup due to a major upgrade that needs a new home. Point is do your own homework, ask all the right questions and just be careful it is clear to you what you are after so you can communicate that to a workshop. I think you are about to spend 6k on an engine that only makes 190-200rwkws that may not do what you are after

Its pretty easy. Just remove the nipples and buy replacements ones. Remove the rubber from around the pistons, there are some steel clips around them as well but if you remove it all slowly you wont damage anything. If the seals around the pistons crumble as you do it then it means they are shagged and need replacing. If they dont then they are good to go back in. Get some compressed air and carefully blow air into the bleed nipples. Be careful how you hold the caliper as you dont want the pistons to fly out and crush fingers. I normally pack the centre of the caliper with rages and then wrap a rag around the caliper to stop fluid and garbage blowing everywhere. Pull the pistons out....check them for corrosion etc. Inspect the seals and re-assemble with PBR brake oil or just use liberal amounts of brake fluid. Its all very basic stuff....I imagine there are some decent on line tutorials rather then rely on my 30 second sound byte which I have tried to type as quickly as possible