Roy

Hey Hillbilly, i was looking through all your old threads and your crank thread is less all the pics. Could you be farked to post up the pics of your crank?

75% share...just on the news here in the UK. Will be interesting who they sign. Talk is it will e be the German superteam of Heidfeld and Rosberg....but if Mercedes want Vettel over Heidfeld i can see them paying lots of money to RBR allowing them to afford Kimi.

Ok, so you ripped out the restrictors? Still very impressive.

Well based on that pace you would be at the pointy end of Improved Production

If someone wants to hand me the keys to their car, all i promise is that when i bin it i will tell the world how big a champion you are for letting me bin your car and not getting upset...then i will throw some cash behind the car at some dodgy Penrith strip joint!

Did the Radical have any problems on the weekend? Looking at those times Duncan its depressing the speed yoh have gotten out of an essentially std GTR Very, very, very depressing ! See John is getting so very close to his sub 1:50s now as well!

Didnt an R35 do ok?

Since the ATTESSA is all a about hissy fits rip that diff and guff out and go RWD! Actually with the power of that thing i think its best you suss out the AWD! Didnt the R33 have a similar problem last year? Is it that the transfer case just cant play ball at those powers, needs coolers ???

What coin will you be asking?

Meh, right now i am just keen to get my car bolted back together and seeing if i can turn some times in it for the first time since October 2007...FARK ME!

Dunno, as always I want to. I figure my car is should finally be out of the panel shop around the new year and i plan on being in Aus next year...so would love to give EC a nudge. I would be far more comfortable pushing at EC then OP. It will be a joke running my car as i expect a 1:50 car will be towards the bottom, but hopefully if i am entered i will be one of the loudest

I am currenlty buying a good sound system for my car. Listening to Pat Benatar at full noise is bound to shave off the tenths

Good to read Uncle Drunken had a good weekend!

I cant see their being any tension between the drivers when Kimi is one of them He doesnt say anything and keeps to himself...fireworks will only fly if Loiuse cant handle being beaten every weekend (not sure that would happen but...)

Its probably a bottom end knock as in spun bearing...not knock-detonation Assuming you have a power Fc?

For the Vic folk i see JFKs old car is for sale. Along with Bens R33 was the first truly angry track car i saw circulating around Sandown in the teens http://www.my105.com.au/classified.asp?id=13643 And based on some of the specs and the colour of the interior i am guessing this is Hislops old EB Improved Production monster! http://www.my105.com.au/classified.asp?id=12907

I have learnt to stick with rebuilding Trinity Monster Mashes, those 13 turn bad boys with twin pole armatures carve it up! I think about pulling the Nissan manual out of the closet, jot down the tolerances/clearances and go from there....but, i just dunno?! Will see how i go

GTR cams dont work in an RB20 unless they are modified. Also, i am yet to be convinced about the oversized valves...i have some concerns....doesnt matter. I am hoping that using the choice RB20 from the factory solves the head problems

Some strange stories doing the rounds! Latest is that Button is doing the rounds and did a tour at McLaren with Whitmarsh. Button is pissed at Brawn for not coughing up the dollars and McLaren pissed at Kimi for asking too many dollars. My attempt at a far fetched silly season change is Merc convince Mac Attack to lift the veto on RBR using Mercedes engines if they get Vettel. RBR lose Vettel, but get a great engine, a big cash payout for Vettel freeing up budget for development and meeting the terms of Kimi. The other week there were stories that Kimi was talking to RBR and people simply assumed it would result in Webber losing his seat. The strange thing at the time was when questioned Webber welcomed the idea saying that he would be a good fit for the team...a strange thing to say at the time. He also said the contracts are signed but would work themselves out...so either he was having a bit of fun with the media or there was batering going on for Vettel. An RBR pairing of Kimi and Webber is no weaker then the Vettel-Webber. Newey knows the guy and would know whether he is better/worse then Vettel and could be a force in the background. LOL, but it wont happen

Trust make a T3 flanged TD05 rear housing, so if you hunt around the Japanese auctions you may find the Trust equiv of the turbo or at least the exhaust housing

Weak? I can go to town on my car with an RB20 and it never needs to be put in front of the authorities short of being pulled over and requested to do so. Yet put something with a non RB20 engine number in my car and all of a sudden the whole car gets called into question I have seen friends go through it and when servicing at rallies the guy who helps out is a CAMS and Snr Vic Roads guy so have a good understanding of what the expectation is...even if you can short change his expectations a little. Re the RB24, i want to run my TD06-25G and on an RB20 will be a cop yet in Japan they seem to be very popular setups on RB24s and at the end of the day i am hoping for a reliable 300rwkws. Also, all the RB20 valve gear etc works with the RB25DE R32c head so still leaves me with plenty of options with regards to running the 26 bottom end, RB30 bottom end, my current exhaust manifold, plazmaman inlet manifold etc. A change to an RB25DET doesnt mean i can use all those parts So, lol, not saying its for everybody...but i can justify it for my circumstances....and i do believe that i would be wiser to simply use 82mm pistons and a bump in compression to around 9.0:1 and stick with RB20 crank, std head etc. BUT, i want to see if the 25G can for shits and giggle and plenty of boost pull a wanker figure on the dyno

Because RB25s are SHIT! I have an RB26 at home and would use it before the RB25, but they both have the same problem. To do the conversion i would need to subject my car to an engineering inspection and there is no way it will pass, as whislt safe and well "engineered" too many bits are not legal. So no way i am going to go from 260rwkws and a pretty quick jigger, to a std 160-180rwkw RB25 for registration purposes only to then start again. So thats part of it...the other is i simply dont believe an RB25 will make my car any easier to drive or any quicker. Perhaps i have jsut stumbled accross a good combination on my car but every RB25 pwoered R32 or RB30, whatever simply spin up into 3rd gear. So whats the point of 330rwkws when it comes with the sort of low rpm torque that simply overpowers the capability of the rear tyres and suspension. So put simply, i like the power delviery and 4,000rpm spread of power that my RB20 gives me. Anyway, in 3-6 months we will see if i was right or not

I remember you sayign you had one spare a long time ago and was likely to give you a call as you can never have too many RB20 blocks laying around. I am back in 1-2 week of Dec so will be picking stuff up then

I like fried eggs, not tyres! RB20 all the way!

Al is making about 320-330 on an RB30, there are others making 330-340 on E85...but agree it will be sy of the 350 mark