djr81

Do these qualify? So French, so sh!te.

Well now that I have grown old & cynical I am in a postion to pass on the distillation of my years of learning. Every non specialist magazine article/news story/press release ever published will be aimed at the lowest common denominator of our society. It is the LCD's that, by sheer wieght of numbers, dictate the sludge you are forced to consume in life. Everything from bad movies, to bad cars, bad coffee, bad music & bad politicians. It's the LCD's fault. All of it. At this point I would like to quote Shaun Rhyder: "I'm not your role model, be your own kids f**king role model" (Grape Tapes, 1998) It is your only hope...

Your first mistake was to expect one of ACP's magazines to contain quality journalism. Your second was to expect police spokemen to spout anything other than simple minded prejudice against anyone who has more than a passing interest in cars.

Well fair enough. The Poms hate him, though. Mostly because he wasn't Nigel Mansell from what I can gather.

Never used to be like this. Oh, hang on. http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,2...34-1702,00.html Love the last line in the story. Wasn't there another driver from around there?

To answer your second question first, I drive for three hours to get to Wanneroo. Having few facilities near where you live is completely normal for those of us who live in rural/regional parts of Australia. How does laziness (track too far away) constitute a valid reason for killing someone by doing something stupid? So the money the governments tip into building facilities like Eastern Creek, Phillip Island, Queensland Raceway etc etc counts for nothing? Inspite of the ineptitude & incompetence of road safety "authorities" & the police, the road toll is going down. Everybody should thank the engineers that work at all the car companies for the multitudes of improvements that new cars have compared to those built 20 years ago. According to the statistics the four most prevalent causes are: Not wearing a seatbelt. Drinking. Fatigue. Our old revenue raising favourite, speeding. Ofcourse the fact that the fourth makes the consequences of the first three worse doesn't stop the whole of the focus being on the latter. It is already ridiculously easy to get your car to a track. As the sticker says: Street racing is not drag racing. Driving like a dickhead on the roads is already frowned upon. Or has nobody noticed?

Chasing the following: Clock + the trim panel it sits in (see photo). Diffuser vent for windscreen demisting (See photo). Centre console lid. Rear side window trim surrounds (They vinyl ones that go inside the car) Horn relay (Sits under the relay panel box in the engine bay.) Please PM me if you have any of these parts & you want rid of them! Cheers Richard (djr81)

Please don't wish that on anyone. The kind of clowns who engage in"street racing" have absolutely no place behind the wheel of a car, let alone in a motor sport event.

Are there any results posted anywhere?

This being what exactly? If you mean do you need to do anything other than bolt up the aftermarket (Rollmaster or any other) cam adjusters to your car? Answer is no. They just go straight on in the same manner as the stock pulleys. If you want to make your own you need to machine the standard cam pulleys. Much like the ones in the photo.

He means you machine them & install a plate to allow you to rotate the cam independent to the pulley.

Can I offer some (maybe worthless) advice? Make a bracket to bolt the extinguisher to the front of the drivers side. If you bolt it to the passengers seat you will always have problems with clueless chumps smashing the seat into it when the move it back/forward etc. If it is infront of you then you know it is there & you won't damage it or the seat. Secondly scrutineers much prefer it if you can reach the extinguisher from where you are sitting.

For sale: R32 Skyline GT-R September 1989 model White. Paint is near floorless. 56.7kms on a 320 km/h speedo. I am unsure of the total mileage as there are no Japanese records as is normal. N1 body kit. 17 " Buddy Club P1 alloys with good Michelin tyres. 90mm 5Zigen exhaust (Nice & quiet). Exhaust is from the dump pipes back (ie not just a cat back) Four brand new brake rotors. Exedy heavy duty organic clutch, 10,000kms old. K & N panel filter. Cusco strut brace. Cusco master cylinder stopper. Tomei HICAS locker. Cam gears. Carbon fibre air guide. Turbosmart bleed valve running 13# which gives 305rwhp (see dyno chart) Both the interior & exterior are in excellent condition. Registration is current until March next year. I imported the car some four years ago & have used it sparingly since (It has travelled approx 10,000kms since importation). The car has always been garaged & meticulously maintained. It had a full service at the time of import which included a new timing belt, water pump, plugs, all filters. All import documentation & Australian service records are available. The car is in excellent condition & would make someone either a great daily driver or a basis for a build up. Price is now $19,000, not $20,000. If you are interested in the car or would like any further information please contact me via PM. Edit: I am located in Bunbury. So SOR for those that asked! The Preston River, that is. Regards Richard (djr81) Link to the advert in the WA for sale section - where there are photos... http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...=177692&hl=

So guess what everyone is saying is that I basically wasted my money on developing the soon to be patented "GT-R stealth power install". As the grid marshall said at Wanneroo the other week "He'll never keep up with that Westfield". Fk it I was a second a lap faster than him. Who would have thought you needed a shopping list of manufacturers plasted all over your Nissan to get some respect. It came like that from the factory, occifer.

I think you could usefully spend more time learning about what brakes R32 Gt-R's came with.

What are the odds he ends up working for MacQuarie bank? Advising them on toll roads....

Schumacher didn't. Mercedes did. No one gets anywhere in motor sport without money & connections. If you looks at almost all the F1 drivers & even the yocal V8 drivers they are either sons of rich fathers (Sorfs) or well connected, or more usually, both.

Nah, sorry I don't. Maybe try one or other of the wreckers advertising on this site. Either that or find someone parting out their Gt-R.

Well, Nissan made three different types, so take your pick. The early GT-R's had the smallest of the three. The later GT-R's had a larger version. Lastly you can get some like the photo below.

Looks like Mclaren got off.

Hmm, off the top of my head V8 drivers in the recent past that have tried to get to F1 via European/Pommie Formula racing & failed include: James Courtney. Craig Lowndes. Marcus Ambrose. Russell Ingall. Will Davidson. The last Holden bloke I can think of is Larry Perkins, but I may be missing someone/something. You can arguably also include some try hard called Ryan Briscoe. Oh and Nissan/Winfield chucked enough money at MS to enable him to go places. He did a few F3000 races if memory serves.

I think they mean if they set the EBC at say, 1 pound, they can claim to be on full boost by 2000rpm. My Garrett's are producing full boost by 4500rpm. But if I moved the set point from 15# to something more interesting it would take until 5000 or more. Ofcourse I could also install a ghey intercooler & choke the airflow to allow the turbos to produce "full boost" earlier. All boost is measuring is the degree of failure of your induction system to let air into the engine. It is nothing to brag about.

Want to know something scary? The output of an engine is very closely linked to the airflow into it - commonly measured in lbs/min. In fact in terms of hp produced per lb/min airflow there is very little difference between a new motor & an old motor, a 2V head or a 4v head, short stroke or long. So rather than try & align it all to discplacement it is much easier to align it to airflow....

That is a bit harsh, Baron! I was trying to figure out if the coilover conversion uses the stepped grooves already in the damper or it is is sleeved to allow a threaded arrangement as is traditional with coil over stuff.