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LOL, so now try again and take all the noise outr of your post and stick to stuff that is pertinent and not about impressing us all The biggest ticket item IMO the carbide precipitation/stress corrossion cracking during fabrication and operation of a tubular/stainless manifold Re argon....argon is common for shielding gas, but often people dont bother purging for things like exhausts. In part because they are not worried about penetration, internal dicolouration etc but importantly its what using an argon purge does to stop atmosphere/oxygen from affecting the crystallline structure during welding.

I am not going to go into all here as i reckon based on the bickering I will post this up and after you all argue and swing dicks you will get to the truth What happens to 300 series stainless steel when it is welded and why purging and shielding with argon is critical. Also what carbide precipitation is and consider why ceramic coating is great for that. When you ladies get to the bottom of that we can move on to wrapping

God I hope Alonso goes to McLaren and rips Nico-Lewis, Vettel and all comers a new one. It is bad for F1 when comfortably one of the best two drivers in F1 is wallowing in a car that cant get on the front row and struggles for a podium. The way the guy has slogged away has won me over and am actually rooting for Mclaren to have a good year. As always, hope: - Homo implodes because his Mrs gets d1cked by some uber rich old timer / "Flav like" playboy - Kimi turns things around - Lotus kick ass and we have the 3rd coming of Romain - Dan has a strong year - Williams continue the trend - Sauber dont continue to disappoint Actually, really this year I am open minded and think I am going to enjoy the season. The only thing I really dont want to happen is Homo have a good year and Vettel find his feet. I want him to be absolutely destroyed by Kimi...so really need the tyres to come to Kimi

SO....what is this I hear of a trip to Phillip Island? Any vids or updates on the lil bus?

Has anyone seen the stainless actually crack or it crack along the seam weld? I have only ever seen them crack in the welds. Frankly depending on what manifold it is I wouldn't have a problem wrapping them as long as you put some thought into it. Every cracked manifold I have seen has been a tubular manifold with welds with no/poor/inconsistent weld penetration. Never seen a manifold made from stainless pipe (vs tube) crack. The wall thickness is the cheap insurance and reason why people have far less issues with mild steel. IMO stainless is actually superior if done right

OK some other numbers copies and pasted from other forums The S13 balljoint has the following measurements: length of taper 19.5mm diameter at top of taper 16mm diameter at bottom of taper 18mm length of threaded section 22mm The R33 balljoint has the following measurements: length of taper 24mm diameter at top of taper 15mm diameter at bottom of taper 18.5mm length of threaded section 23mm It seems the Nagisa listing is wrong and need to buy their S14. Silly bastards. LOL anyone need S13 RCAs ?

Just found this posted on a forum by Cazman S13 Front Taper low diameter 15.8mm Taper High diameter 18mm Taper length 19.5mm 20mm Diameter where it presses in 41mm S13 Rear Taper low diameter 15mm Taper High diameter 18.6mm Taper length 23mm or 23.5 Diameter where it presses in 38mm R32 front Taper low diameter 15mm Taper High diameter 18.6mm Taper length 23mm Diameter where it presses in 41mm

LOL...fark. I paid more for these ones Any idea of the dimensions so I can double check? Cheers, big help Edit..a friend put R33 LCA into his R32 and he said he had to swap over the ball joint?

LOL, so now that I have had some machine shims machined to suit the OD of the ball joint I have managed to pack the difference in height so now happy. But....sadly this brings me on to the next problem. The shank is different in taper and diameter. http://www.rhdjapan.com/nagisa-auto-hyper-roll-center-adapter-front-nissan.html They are claiming the same part number but appears as though they use different tapers so fark knows why they sell what appear to be suited to R32 owners S13 ball joints. Can anyone confirm the differences between ball joints between various S-model platforms and R32s??? The taper on the Nagisa Auto RCA appear to be thicker at the top. Tempted to turn them down but fitting them in a lathe wont be exactly easy. This is starting to get frustrating Seems in hindsight I shoudl have checked Ikeya who list different part numbers. Seems they are the only ones that care about being right rather than close enough is.... I dont want to spend the money but at least I can be sure they will fit. After buying new bushes, RCAs etc the std front arms already owe me about $350-400 and really want to try and make it work if I can find an RCA for an R32 GTSt http://www.rhdjapan.com/ikeya-formula-roll-center-adjuster-pillow-lower-arm-kit-nissan.html

One thing to consider is that there are people claiming to have done 12 track days and 5,000km on the street on AD08Rs. Certainly not possible to get that sort of economy out of A050s

Thanks ppl!

I am actually hoping parts of broken Lotuses end up on ebay. Pretty sure I can buy a complete 2014 car for a few shillings.

Any chance of having std RB26 exhaust manifolds with heat shields in good nic?

Ok, I have a set of 8" and 9" 3 pce rims and want to know who/cost etc can ssupply me new outers so that I can make them 10" and 9" to a suitable offset for my GTSt. I have spoken to a few places and have been told a rather scary number per wheel

When JEV can do 3 simulator sessions without spinning and crashing into walls or other cars

Yikes...2 seconds. So at a place like Phillip Island the 123s will be likely 4 seconds slower given the high speed corners and length of the track. Bugger. Seems AD08Rs are the go then

If A050 re the baseline over a 90 second lap how much are you givcing away running AD08R and then the likes of 595RSR and KU36, Achilles 123?

So...Sports Trophy! Hmm. Problem is will they care about a 2.5L Rb with a high mount ....not exactly early modern compliant. May throw a new headgasket at my oidl RB20 and go a bolt on hi-flow...back to being compliant ! That is the easy bit...the problem? $7k!!!! I think I would rather do Le Mans and hire a Caterham again Seems a shame they introduce a come get hooked class but don't price it accordingly

Throw them away...problem solved!

Woudl you be able to take some close up pics of the rear spoiler and the adjustment?

Had a hit in the front end that provided me the opportunity to go back to an ARC cooler so removed the slightly damaged R34 GTR cooler. Will post pics later tonight $250ono in Melbourne. Happy to post

Can you say 6.5-7.0:1 compression for the lowly fuel quality and boost they used to run All I recall was it was a control Shell fuel. Have a look back to 87 and see the hoo-hah over fuel and you may find a bit more info on what they were meant to be running. The Texaco fuel was proven to be ok but you may find out what OK was after being talked about being illegal

Come on Lotus. Get thsi guy back on the podium. Alongside Dan you would have the two biggest smiles in F1 http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/6314/autosport-2014-f1-driver-ratings/?_ga=1.218624601.1552146118.1407816397 11. ROMAIN GROSJEAN Average rating: 7.1 Grosjean remains one of the best drivers in the field, although there were moments when frustration seemed to get the better of him during a trying 2014 season for Lotus. Yet in a car that couldn't decide how it wanted to handle from corner to corner and lap to lap, at times Grosjean extracted stunning performances from it. Next year, the Lotus-Mercedes package should allow him to achieve the results his ability deserves.

But Autosport journos rated Dan as the best driver of 2014. Lewis had a good season but was a little hormonal up until the summer break. Be interesting how he goes into next season. The dynamic in the team will be a little different.

So sitting here wondering when wevare going to get another French GP