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Depends on how much Tool can dictate terms to RBR doesnt it? Hoping Dan is like Webber in respect to not putting up with sh!t from anyone. Hoping he is not like him in terms of being able to get a car off the line. Fingers crossed it goes well. Because other than some young bloke by the name of Brabham I cant think of where the next Orstraylian GP driver would come from.

Pistons are here thanks to the kindly folk at Special Piston Services. Much easier to deal with than the Seppos. Quick turn around too. Just got to get the motor assembled and may actually have something decent, fingers crossed. Going to delete the external rear of head return and run a pair of vents from the sump to the catch can in -10. With PEP's rings, a 1.25mm restrictor in the head and some drilled out internal returns that should be enough.

Since when does E70 make more power than E85? It is an economy argument, not a power argument. The data traces showed no gain anyway. Aside from that the rest of the teams signed off on it so what are they whinging about? Anyway was nice seeing Moffat junior taking the piss out of his choked up old man on the tv on Sunday. Good on them for A: Winning B: Hosing the Kelly's.

Turn1/2 cant quite remember. But you get to walk around wherever you want.

Thinking the same for mine and I havent seen a 32 with a black front lip in nearly ever.

Most F1 articles are all speculation anyway.... Kimi to TCAD would be bad for Red Bull but no idea why he would want to go back there anyway. Who else for the # 2 Ferrari seat, though? Maybe a Lotus/Ferrari bidding war for Hulkenberg?

I was dismissing it because it was so far off the front runners pace. That McLaren & Sauber were both horrible that weekend helped no end. It depends on how you measure things - say 20 seconds down at the end of the race and 8th or 60 seconds down and 4th. Which is better or more competitive? For my outlook when looking at the driver I would go for the second of the two options - but then Im not a big Button or Perez fan either as outright speed is, for me, the mark of an up and coming talent. As the old saying goes - it is easier to to smooth a speedy driver than speed up a smooth driver.* *OK I just made that up. Doesnt make it wrong, however.

Yeah, sorry it was full again. My upper arms are a backyard build - err, sorry a professionally engineered custom fabricated component. I did this because I couldnt find anything for sale that I was happy with. Basically it is two ends bored out of pipe (32NB extra strong or double extra strong, cant remember which but an orphan of a size) to accomodate a bush kit (Whiteline) and a slightly shorter RHS arm (50x25 or thereabouts) with the forward offset (ie how far the outside bush is ahead of the inside) not much different to stock (The Cusco one is alot further forward, for example). This is for castor, obviously. For what it is worth the Nismo upper arm mounting bracket stopped the car from destroying the outer bush every track day - so there must be something in the stock geometry that relies heavilly on the castor rod bush. Replacing the castor rod bush with a rose joint fries the outer arm bush and to me, felt like it bound up the suspension to a degree. So the gain I found was in freeing up the geometry and in improving travel by using an aftermarket strut top inplace of the standard Nissan ones. I still need more travel anyway. I have never got into the graphs etc for the suspension so cant speak to roll centres and camber compensation in roll. But most track GTR's run high suspension rates so maybe they are trying to compensate for geometry issues? This is the difference between the Nismo and Nissan mount for the arm locator holes. Some people are happy to weld & redrill but I didnt have a start point other than to buy the Nismo package - which was fine because I wanted the LCA anyway.

What a lap down in Canada?

Time to play the music, time to light the lights? The Red Bull muppet is at it again. Dr Helmut Marko backtracked on Tuesday, revealing Red Bull will in fact not finalise its 2014 driver lineup this weekend in Belgium. Earlier, amid reports the world champion team has decided to promote Daniel Ricciardo to replace the Le Mans-bound Mark Webber, Marko told Germany's Sport Bild that "we will make an announcement at Spa". But on Tuesday, the Austrian was quoted by SID news agency: "We will express ourselves when the time comes, and that will definitely not be at Spa."

Ah, ok. Yes you are right I would hate it. Anyway Singapore in four weeks near on. Has anyone any recommendations for the trip?

Whats the mag, Roy?

With the best will in the world (And Dan is a Perth yocal, so you know, go Dan etc etc) ze German has a few wins and other things to his name whereas Dan is coming from the B team. Yes Ricciardo does have some good performances to his name, particularly in quali. But like all sports any amount of success in lower formula or in lesser cars at best only gets you access to the next rung on the ladder. Hoping Lotus does go ok next year. Just not sure how they are to pay for it all.

Well if they narrow their focus enough it probably does make sense to run a number 1 & a number 2 driver for some team principals. But for everyone else and for the sport it is hopeless. The Schumacher years did so much damage to the F1 that I dont think it could reasonably withstand that sort of shortsightedness again. Teams should run the combination of the best two drivers they can afford. Sure some can only afford one gun and a pay or second string driver (Look at Lotus for example) but I havent ever thought of Red Bull as short of cash. Yes there are years where having two number one drivers cost teams - 1986 for Williams is probably the standout example. On the flip side 1988 would have been dire if it wasnt for Senna/Prost, instead it was one of the most absorbing years ever. But the constructors championship is worth actual dollars to the teams. Even more if you have the system rigged like team cheater Abu Dhabi. Oh and Vettel didnt ignore the radio calls because he was worried about the championship. He did so because he is a selfish git. All that aside, go Dan.

Try Special Piston Services in Dandenong. 03 9793 1110. They will make whatever you want.

Shaun, Just so you know the F40 Brembo is another 10% pad area above the GTR Brembo and is a radial mount. Not that it is any recommendation but it is what I have albeit on a 324 rotor. You can get a 343 rotor which is about as much as you can shove under most 17" rims although some can fit in 355 which is an easier rotor to source.

^^^ -1 I ran a stock internal to 450rwhp for years. Tracked it, hillclimbed it, drove it on the road. It was fine. Then I had it rebuilt and it all turned to custard. If you can live with it off the road for 6 months then just use it up with the stock internals.

Usually it is a number in thousanths of an inch multiplied by the bore. An RB26 has an 86mm bore which is 3.386 old speak. Now the number of thou depends on your piston manufacturer, your application and experience. Mostly the recommendations are conservative. This is done because a too large a gap is a small, manageable problem. Too small a gap on the other hand can lead to the ends of the ring butting together and they stop working at all well when that happens. Now if I remember correctly CP recommend bore * 0.0055 which gives you 18.6 thou. How conservative or otherwise this number is I dont know but I have seen larger numbers used. Conversely I have seen reference to this being too large. Out of interest do you have the 1.0mm thick top rings in it?

Last one is a cracker.

Too much rake farked the handling.

After a set of throttle butterflies.

Throttle butterflies?

All I did was copy/paste it from the Yokohama website. Not that I care but slower is usually cheaper and more durable. The Yokie price usually includes fitting or delivery. Or both I guess if you take your rims to one of their dealers - which I take it includes one of their non motorsport dealers. That is what they offered me on my last set. I would have done this but I didnt want my Rays rims anywhere near my yocal Yokie tyre man so I got someone else to fit them. Anyway this isnt about A050's. How do the Federals go in terms of heat cycling?

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Last time I bought A050's they were $500 for a 255/40/17. Expect the 235's to be cheaper again.