The Bogan

I would always chose grip over longevity, tyres are the best performance/safety upgrade you can do. The way I look at it is if the tyres last at least a year they are worth the money, no point in having a high performance car with sub standard tyres, and at around $800 a set fitted its a cheap performance upgrade, hell I spend more than that on buying 1 coffee every day during the year.

Thankyou.

http://www.wholesalesuspension.com.au/ http://www.heasmans....site3/main.html If your is Sydney these places can help you out, be aware that most Jap suspension will be pretty firm to hard, you need to take this into concideration if your doing alot of street driving, Im running some bilstiens with king springs which are fine for the street and OK for the occasional track day. I have adjustable whiteline bars which I find are very good. I also have a HICAS lock bar which was needed because the HICAS had a mind of its own mid corner.

The Hankook Ventus Rs3 are 140 wear rating, and they stick like shit to a blanket.

I forgot my password, I then got a new password from "forgot password" linky, now I would like to change it to something that I can remember. Ive had a good search around but couldnt find anything. Thanks for your help. Please dont throw a spanner at me. Mark.

You missed my point though about the DYNO, it doesnt matter if you have 350kw or 355kw at peak rpm on a dyno (which is only a tuning tool), its the initial acceleration, from standstill, a efficient motor with less power will initially outperform a less efficiant one with more power, and when we are talking about a only a few kw its not enough to makeup for the weaker performace down low. Im sure a dyno can be set up so that you can get on it from idle and go through the gears to access the acceleration charicteristics, Im far from a expert on this. Sorry if Im confusing things, I know what Im meaning to say, COLD AIR GOOD, HOT AIR BAD, LOL.

Couldn't find any on Jegs, will be having a good look around though, but even with the extra delivery they are still well cheaper than buying from Australia.

The exposed pod Vs enclosed pod/airbox is the problem, though on the dyno when a fan is blowing/forcing air into the radiator/air intake is not a accurate test on the road test. The problem with a exposed pod is when stationary or at low speeds, not enough air is being forced into the engine bay to displace the hot air created by the radiant heat from the motor. With a airbox or proper enclosed pod with a CAI the air will be at a much lower temperature than the exposed pod, cooler air is more dense which we all know is what you need. A exposed pod will sound like its better due to the louder induction noise but will be less efficient until enough speed is reached to displace to hot air at the filter under the bonnet, which is fine when your traveling at high speeds but you pay for it at lower speeds. The theory behind the pod is you have a greater surface area which in turn helps it flow, but sucking in hot air will negate any benefit until high speed is reached, even then the air still won't be as cold as a enclosed filter with CAI. For a street car or drag car when you want the coldest air possible from 0kpm to have the most response a exposed pod under the bonnet will reduce the efficiency of the motor. Go for a drive and then open the bonnet and touch where the filter is, that's the temp of the air going in. do the same with a enclosed one and you will notice a huge difference in temperature. Its simple physics. But as always simple heckticness seems to beat simple physics.

How much oil is out there to burn though, dont get me wrong, burning fuel (petrol) in a motor is fun, but, due to it taking a couple of million years for oil to be made by our mother earth it will sooner or later run out, as it gets more scarce the price will increase. And I dont think there is enough fertile land to keep up with food and the fuel (E85) consumption. Any way, in under 4 billion years the world will get consumed by the sun. And dont even get me started on how the earth recycles itself and that all the land you see now will be recycled by subduction in half a billion years. How good is Geology..

Im looking at getting some of these for the car, has anyone used them, which ones, and do or dont you need aftermarket gauges or are they free standing (if you know what I mean) http://www.summitracing.com/search/Brand/Longacre-Racing-Products/Product-Line/Longacre-Gagelites-Warning-Light-Kits/?autoview=SKU Thanks for your help and information, Mark.

Hankook ventus Rs3

Sweet, have fun and be safe.

I hope your health insurance is current.

LOL, na mate, my lack of testicular fortitude holds me back. The entry form asks for the class which you get from the sup regs, which I cannot find.

Im super keen for this but for the lfe of me cannot find the SUP REGS, I hit the downloads button but only the entry form pops up. If someone could please post a direct link or attach a file or something that would be most appreciated. Need to get in early for the happy early bird pricing Thanks, Mark

Anything thats timed.

AROCA is hosting on the SSCC website but in my SSCC newsletter its WRX, Not to worried though, someone will want my money.

Whos running it ? EDIT: Speed off the street, I just looked at the website.

Its good to see the government looking after us, NOT. When the boat has its bits back in it Ill do a bit of research on the weather and try to work out a dry spell, Ill post up a day that weather wise should be fine a month or so in advance and see if anyone else is keen. Im interested to see if changing tyres and reducing some rear camber can get me in the 11s

19 MAY 2012, SSCC will have entry forms and stuff,I believe WRX club is hosting it, Interclub Super Sprint with SSCC, HSV, WRX, AROCA also some guys from NSCC will be in attendance Im led to believe. http://www.sscc.org.au/site/ai1ec_event/supersprint-round-2-interclub/?instance_id=104 I need a full day, bad.....

Yes to this, Im in for sure,

I shall be attempting to get a full day in, anyone else going.

Carsales has a few reviews for second hand cars.

You should have went with the trimatic.

Join SAU NSW, they are cams affiliated. Also SSCC, NSCC are good sites which are also cams affiliated, lots of track days, hill climbs and motorkhanas. The more clubs you frequent the more choices you have.