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To paraphrase Johnnie Lydon: This is what you get.... The black springs are stockers. Actually Topaz, can I impose on you to do a highly technical experiment with the springs, I will send a PM so we can get the hell off this poor blokes thread.

No there isn't a figure & no those quoted aren't accurate. It varies quite a bit from car to car & depends on the condition of the stock bleed valve. An EBC is more accurate than a bleed valve. If you want an adjustable bleed valve Turbosmart make a good, cheap one. If you are going to a track day don't wind down the boost, put some pro strength Nulon Octane Booster in the fuel tank. What is the point of having a motor tuned for useful hp only to turn it off when you would really like to be using it?

For a street car, probably not. If you go to a track, yes. You will spill oil on the front diff when you change it. You can either get used to it or get a relocator.

Ok, if you haven't already picked up on what I am trying to say. 14# is safe. My R32 has been running that for three years. RB25's are not the same motor, so to be honest who give a rats about them? Ingesting blades isn't a problem particular to RB26's. It is what happens when your turbine goes from 100,000rpm to 0 in the blink of an eye. The stuff has to go somewhere & as often as not it goes into the motor. It happens on steel wheel turbos occassionally too, but less frequently because their failure mode is less sudden. People will always push the limits of the car/motor. There are nuggets out there boasting how much rwhp they get on such things as stock fuel pumps, injectors, afm's, turbos, cams etc etc etc. For some stupid reason people think it is cool to say I got n hundred rwhp & I am still running a stock warbler. I have no idea why that is other than to suggest that some people are, infact, complete uckwits.

The ceramic turbos fail suddenly - basically the turbine (exhaust wheel) falls off them & spits blades back into the motor. 14# is safe. 300rwhp is at about 13# to 14#. Figures can lie & liers can figure. People tend to talk up their hp numbers as if 5 or even 10 rwhp will make a spit of difference. 250rwkW is 333rwhp. Which is probably about right for a good RB26 with the stuff you mentioned.

Chuck a K & N filter at it. They are fine for this sort of hp. Service the thing every 5000kms or so, depends on how dusty it is around where you are. Stay below 1 bar boost & the things will live a long & happy life. Just over 300rwhp - maybe up to 330. Depends on the dyno/day/motor/tune etc etc etc.

Well there is quite a bit of difference in the shaft speed for the turbo between 12lb & 14.7lb's. You will be fine at 14.

If you have bought the Bilstein dampers you will still need the seats from your stock suspension.

Yes you piss the restrictor off & bypass the Nissan "solenoid" - the bleed valve does in its palce. But if you are getting an EBC it is not really relevant.

Look, if you are that worried about it, just buy a new cooler. They are not that expensive if you just pruchase the ehat exchanger. make sure you correctly identify the fittings before you order it. Try the PWR stuff. As for not running it during run in, well it probably wouldn't hurt to do what the man says.

Yes. Possibly, but probably not. Go buy a $80 turbo smart bleed valve instead of just flicking the restrictor.

Well that was as I understood it. But I could be completely wrong.

You can have an 89, 90, 93 or 94. Some months of 91 & 92 are available, but not those that correspond to the GT-R's Nissan once sold here. There is fk all difference between a late R32 RB26 & one from an R33. The 34 RB26's are better, but not really worth the price of admission IMHO.

Can I suggest some graphs showing, say on the X & Y axes the lateral & longitudinal gees with the z axis the ATTESSA output. Presumably if the rpm is a further input you would need to do a series of such graphs. This would help people understand what the ATTESSA unit is doing in given situations. Secondly, if you can get the engine rpm as an input to the logger (Which I assume it is anyway) to be recorded along with gees it opens up a heap of useful data logging possibilities..... Lastly some GT-R's (Mine notleast) suffer from push understeer (part suspension setup on R compounds, part turbo lag) from the mid corner on. Is there much scope for REDUCING the front torque on a high lateral gee (Approx 1.25 according to my logger) low longitudinal gee circumstance?

The person second in the que, ie RKelly in this instance always blames the bloke infront of him for turning in on him. Unfortunately in this instance he hit Lowndes in the back bumper - somewhat distant from the B pillar which is where you are supposed to get to in an overtaking move. In any case I doubt that Kelly intentionally punted Lowndes. The problem was his team mates actions during the weekend & the piss weak "penalty" handed out by the officials. Kelly's assertion that Lowndes didn't have sufficient speed during the weekend to beat him is laughable.

The late model R32's, ie yours do not really have any problems with the oil pump. Leave it alone if it is working, ie providing the required pressure. Fill the sump with about 5 litres of oil (Assuming there is no oil cooler fitred) The ceramic turbos are fine also. The only tend to self destruct when people put too much boost through them. Too much is generally regarded as more than 14 pounds. So don't do that & they will be fine. Change the fluids (if not done already) Check the timing belt & change it if necessary. Look after it & don't drive like a dickhead. Lastly, try the search function. Loads of useful information to be found there.

OK, but your in box is full and/or disabled...

Yeah, Tomas was old school. He did it tough to get into racing in the first place (Didn't have a rich Dad to grease the wheels). Shame he & Winston didn't get on. Shame also that Holden shafted him after all his good work. [quote(scathing @ 17 Dec 2006, 11:04 PM) From my perspective (given that I don't follow V8 Supercars, and I couldn't give a toss about Ford nor Holden but I do like motorsport, is pretty independent) it looked to me like Lowndes drove into Kelly. What race were you watching? The racecam from RKelly's car clearly shows he punted Lowndes square in the back bumper. That is what he got the penalty for.

Well the point was made in response to the assertion that the Ford drivers hadn't won any enduros/championships & the Holden mob had. It wasn't realy about round wins, but any way. I think Skaife has found new & innovative ways to have mechanical DNF's. So good on him, I say. Roy, I think you will find that other than a few zealots, most people don't really get that fired up over the various teams. The exception to this seems to be HRT/HSV & that is mostly (As far as I can figure) because of the amount of dodgy stuff they have been doing over so many years. That & a certain level of arrogance. Personally I preferred it when HRT couldn't even scrape the budget together to contest the full SATCC. Ahhhh, happy days.

Gees Baron. Which way its spins depends which side of the equator you are on. Everyone knows that.

HRT/HSV will have a huge budget cut next year regardless of whether they are in collusion or not. The spending cap to be introduced next year is rumoured to affect both Walkinshaw teams, 888, FPR & somewhat surreally given their current budget problems, DJR. The remaining teams are supposedly under the cap (Well under in some caes).

Please don't quote me on this, but my understanding is that you cannot bend (mandrel or otherwise) titanium pipe sections the same way you can with stainless steel for the following reasons: It is not very ductile. It has a low modulous of elasticity (ie it will spring back after forming) Has a tendency to gall much more than stainless. If you add to this the requirement for fastidious cleanliness when working with the stuff, you can see why it is so damn expensive.

Skaife - well what has he done this year, DNF's aside? Um, Tander has proven what? That he knows how to block & how to whinge about black flags? Kelly brothers - erm, Todd has won how many championships? And Rick, before he punted his way to the current one? Lowndes only won Bathurst this year & Bright Sandown. Their co drivers did much the same. The previous champion drives a Ford & the one prior has moved to the US. Who would have thought that entering a race for your own benefit & racing on your own merits (As opposed to punting & blocking your way around the track) would be cause for criticism.

Didn't DJR win the Queensland 500 in about '99 with Paul Radisich in the sandtrap when it bucketed down raining?

Um, eh?