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Dont get too excited - it is a different McLaren.

I couldnt give a rats about manufacturer involvement in F1. They come & go as they please. F1 appears to be going ok given Honda, Toyota, Ford, BMW have all bailed out. Euro V compliance has no relevance to any engine used in motor sport.

In 1994 Lotus was on its last legs. They were running on old Mugen motor that was heavy and out of date. They finally received a new one for Monza and scored P4 in qualy. Anyway it didnt amount to anything much as Eddie fkn Irvine punted the thing. They stopped after that year. At about that time Lotus was being wound up Jackie Stewart was convincing Ford that the way forward was to give him the money for Stewart Grand Prix. Which amounted to fk all with one win before they changed it to Jaguar which went even worse. It is now Red Bull for whatever that is worth. Anyway the point is that for the money Ford wasted on Stewart/Jaguar they could have run a Lotus Ford and got a heap more credibility & publicity. Not to mention stuff like winning races etc. Ford got shafted by Benetton at the end of 1994 after Schumacher crashed into the WDC. They ran in the Sauber after that which was hopeless. The debts that sent Lotus to the wall are about the same as Ferrari now spends annually on potted palm trees. More than a little of it was owed to Ford. Given the current fight over the name is just makes you shake your head. Oh and in a random, unrelated subject. Ayrton Sennas salary in 1987 - $4 million US - paid direct by the tobacco company. Lotus budget from the cancer company to run the whole team: $3.5 million US.

Oh 56kg. Only 40kg lighter than me then. I guess my point is you still make big improvements if you do a consistant <100% effort & it is easier to find motivation. The odd maximum effort to see how well or otherwise you are doing doesnt hurt - other than if you try it too often. Then you end up tired/unhappy and often as not injured.

It is easier to maintain motivation if you dont bust your arse everytime out. It is not like you have to do maximum effort interval training or run a pb over 10kms everytime you walk out the front door. Find a level that you can enjoy it. Chances are you don share much with Haile Gebrselassie.

Not so much. Back in the day you had a Lotus Renault. The car was by Lotus the engine was by Renault. Easy. Now you have Lotus Renault. Fk all is by Lotus other than the (usually late) sponsorship payments. The Renault is sort of a Renault although the team isnt owned by Renault but by a bunch of investment bankers with the car made at the old Benetton factory in England and the motor in France. No idea how much coin or in kind support Renault actually make to "their" team. As for Team Lotus. They bought the old Team Lotus rights but cant use the logo. It is all madness. Mostly I blame Jackie Stewart and Ford for all this.

To be fair Zakspeed have been around for ages (gone now I think) and they did other stuff besides F1 at which they didnt suck. Actually people now bitch about HRT being shite but compared to alot of F1 teams back in the day they are awesome. Bring back the olden days I say - you know when a Lotus had an actual connection to something.

Yeah go get a Cusco rear bar.

What was the Isuzu AWD they had years back. Actually looked pretty funky? The Vehicross? Or dont buy and import & go buy a Territory instead. New ones are actually pretty good given they are a 4WD. The old ones could be bought with a 4 litre turbo & a 6 speed box.

From memory of the turbo motors: Renault was a 6 cylinder. Honda was a 6. BMW/Megatron was a 4. Brain Hart motors were 4. Ferrari ran a 6. The Porsche/TAG motor was a six. Ford/Cosworth was a 6. Alfa Romeo ran a V8. Zakspeed was a four? Thats off the top of my head. Doubtless a few I have missed. The trend in road car motors is to small capacity turbos, hence the FIA's interest. But they are better off leaving them to the WRC & keep the atmo motors. The turbo motors cost huge coin. F1 was better when the manufacturers just supplied motors. Maybe they should restrict them to just that. Get rid of MB & FIAT. Unfortunately the manufacturers want the credit if they are paying the bills. Oh and for whomever missed the tobacco cancer colours Ferrari just resigned a huge deal with Phillip Morros. Which tells you all you need to know about their ethics free zone.

Actually the 2mm thicker alloy hat on the front caught me out. I put them on then wondered where all my thread depth on the wheel studs went. Yeah I have the SCR's on the rear of my car. They weigh a tonne & have more vanes the the SCR Pro's. NFI why they would do that. But they haven't cracked.

Project mu have a proper rotor in your size. Hatted, slotted, everything. Get those. For some unaccountable reason they dont make them in the right size for rears on the rest of the GTR range. Descrizione The PROJECT MU SCR-PRO Rotors - Rear Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR34 are designed specifically for high horsepower output vehicles. SCR-PRO rotors are constructed as a two-piece rotor design. SCR-PRO rotors are developed from super tough FC Cast Iron Material and are heat-treated for reliability, durability and thermal stability under aggressive driving. The affixed bell housing is made from a billet aluminum alloy for strength as well as reduction of unsprung weight. Project Mu SCR-PRO rotors are available as front and rear replacements including vehicles with the factory Brembo calipers. They are manufactured from the factory featuring a slotted and dimpled surface to facilitate better pad wear and maximize cooling and braking performance. SCR-PRO rotors also feature a specially designed internal vane to improve heat dissipation from the rotors. Product Specs Brand: PROJECT MU Product: SCR-PRO Rotors - Rear Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR34 Part Num: GPRN012 FEATURES: - Compatible for Vehicle inspection - Special Heat Treatment - Compatible with Circuit Use - 8 Straight Slits - Black Painting - 2 Piece Structure SPECIFICATIONS: Application: Rear Brakes Structure: 2 Pieces Slits: Straight/Eight slits per side; sixteen on both sides Materials: - Disc: High-alloy high-carbon FC cast iron - Bell Housing: Aluminum alloy Dimensions (mm): - O-D: 322 - Thickness: 22 - P.C.D.: 114.3 - Holes: 5 - Height: +2.2 - C.Bore: 68 PRODUCT NOTES: - Project Mu Bell Housing are 2.0mm wider compare to Stock OEM. When mounted the wheels will have a 2.0mm offset. COMPATIBILITY NOTES: - BNR34 N1: Only vehicles before 8/00 - BNR34 Standard: Only vehicles after 8/00 Compatibility Info Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR34 (Zenki - 1/99-8/00) Eng: RB26DETT Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR34 (Chuki - 8/00-10/00) Eng: RB26DETT Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR34 (Kouki - 10/00-8/02) Eng: RB26DETT Having said all that I am not sure how they cope with wear from the handbrake. Some other types have a steel liner on the hat for that very reason.

Yeah it is called bait and switch. Advertise a good cheap car & wait for the customer to turn up. Then sell them whatever is left on the lot. You can either ascribe it to incompetence or malpractice. Take your pick.

Z145a is the Ryco part number for the filter for an RB30. It fits an RB26 too for that matter. It is larger than the Nissan RB26 filter for what that is worth.

Your 93 IS a LATE model R32.

The numbers on the springs. Are they length, diameter then spring rate? Am I reading correctly that the fronts are 9kg/mm & the rear 4???

Five questions: So you have four tyres the same? What sway bars have you got? What spring rates are you running? What alignment settings do you have? What diffs are in the car? Generally to reduce understeer you will need more rear roll stiffness & less front. Which you can do with springs/sway bars/ride heights. Also the way you drive it makes a huge difference. On the other hand changing four tyres for a different compound shouldnt change the balance much if at all. Lastly check that the drop links to the sway bars are done up properly. A loose rear bar will give you massive undertsteer... To what? I mean, other than your bank account.

That is the disappointing thing about the current system. You cant get anything that is obscure or interesting. R33GTST? No problem. Lancia Delta Integrale Evo? No chance.

That is fine but how much rear downforce do you really want/need. No point having it if you cannot match it to the front downforce which is always the more difficult of the two to generate.

Just slow down. A compression test is done with the engine in the car & intact. Pull the plugs attach your gauge & crank the motor. Simple. Dont get carried away with thinking it is a cracked this or whatever. Chances are it is a stuffed head gasket or as I said earlier a gasket or a corrosion issue in the water/oil heat exchanger just behind the oil filter. Neither of these two things means it is a stuffed head. Infact unless you have driven the thing dry the head is probably fine as is the block. Take it to someone who knows what they are doing & let them diagnose the problem.

There is also an oil cooler/warmer where the oil filter is that has been known to cause similar problems. Been a few threads on it so have a search.

If they were porous you would have brake fluid everywhere. Having said that, ditch the open one, keep the others. Mostly because it is poor practice to have open bottles of brake fluid laying about.

Back in the olden days (late 80's, early 90's)they used to make production cars run on production car tyres. No semi slicks or similar. The trick was to get a brand new treaded tyre & remove most of the tread. Buffing was what it was called. It gained people a few tenths over a lap but it wont make them last longer.

I think that was me. I didnt quite say 50:50 I said more front bias. The way it works is roughly as follows. The stock Attessa cuts front bias when it senses a reasonable road speed & reasonable lateral gee input. This is to "make it feel like a rear wheel drive car". Which is fine if that is what you want. By reducing the influence of the lateral gee input you end up with more front torque. Which if you have a reasonable chassis balance & some horsepowers gives you a quicker lap time. It isnt a loss of traction thing to be pedantic. Also I have no idea how the fixed torque bias controllers work. Never used one. For whomever wanted to PM me whatever I emptied the rubbish out of my inbox. Anyway put the damn thread in a box & bury it. Please. Before RBNT has an aneurysm

Be even bigger fans if they stocked Bridgestone Re55's.