The Bogan
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For the street I personally cannot go past the RS4's
I find they have enough size options for street rims
If your tyre size isn't available in AU, I have found tire rack in the US quick and great value, even when you add in shipping, "depending on the exchange rate", I've imported tyres from them a few times when I haven'tbeen able to get what I want local, both personally and using a freight forwarding service
https://m.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?tireMake=Hankook&tireModel=Ventus+R-S4
Are RS4 a motorsport tyre, nope, from my limited experience they are average at best on the track, hell I found Toyo R888R much better in the dry than the RS4, but without the longevity, being a much softer 100 TW, hell the R888R's may be perfect for a car that only street drives for cruises and stuff on sunny Sundays, they are slightly more expensive than a RS4, but not really that much that it is painful IMO
But for spirited street driving in the dry, and to be able to handle wet conditions fairly well, if you don't push it to hard hard, I believe RS4's are great value for money for cruising around on eating up the miles, and they last really well for a 200 TW
A smart man once told me "if you want to track your daily you need to have at least 2 sets of rims, 1 set for the street with quality street tyres, and 1 set for the track with proper semi slicks/radials"
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Checked the wear markers on the R888R and found they were getting close, maybe another 2-3k km or so, so went shopping, I decided not to go the R888R again as I only got them to help at the drags, but they weren't really much better than the RS4's at the strip, the drag radials though are ace as expected
I was able to find some RS4 255/40 17 that were in stock to throw on the rear, but unfortunately there is no RS4 235/45 17 in stock anywhere in......Australia, so I got them to put me down for a pair when they arrive, they said it could be a month or two at least before they get any into Australia....bugger
So, they got wrapped in shrink wrap and stored next to the drag radials with are also wrapped in shrink wrap waiting patiently for their next outing
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bogan #notinagay way
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Stupid rain
Meh, free rider training day at work
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1. Fix the brakes, simple. You and the GF are happy, and safe by the sounds of it.
Or just get a cheap daily for when rolling with the girl friend, and roll around with 5hit brakes on the street yourself. See point 1.
Some women folk tend to have some good points if you put the testosterone away and listen to them, yours sounds like she has her head on straight. It would be a shame if you bined a good GF because you don't like her comments about noisy, possibly dangerous brakes, on the street.
Meh, if it wasn't for the brains (read: common sense) of my Mrs when it comes to me doing dumb 5hit, I would be poor, or visiting the hospital alot more than I do at best, or dead at worst.
I tend to have the "just send it mentally" whilst fun, sometimes the consequences are not.
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RS4 is not a semi-slick
They are good summer tyres
Dry grip is good, price is good, tyre life is good
They, like most good summer performance tyres, are average in the cold and wet conditions
I rate them for the street, you just need to be careful in cold and wet conditions (read: don't drive like a d1ck)
Look at Toyo R888R as well, they are priced well, are fairly soft, but limited sizes are available, they also don't like the cold and wet either, but handle it fine if you drive to the conditions
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I was told running a mineral diesel engine oil for a hundred km or so is better than engine flush in petrol engines.
Not flogging the car, just cruising around for a while.
The detergents in the diesel engine oil slowly breaks down the crud, avoiding big deposits from coming lose and blocking small oil galleries/restrictors.
More so for old dirty/cruddy high milage/ poorly serviced engines though.
IMO, a well serviced engine running quality oil, that is serviced regularly shouldn't really need a flush though.
Opinions may vary
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❤️ that moffat RX7
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Just like you would do with a bike, pull the head and have a look, could just be a $300 fix.
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The Kia sedan we had at work had awesome adaptive cruise.
Fully adjustable from heaps of room, to near on tailgating.
Great for a comfy daily hack.
The adaptive brakes were great as well, nice and smooth at keeping the distance, they did hit fairly hard if the car in front hit the brakes hard, but, typical to what you would do anyway.
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I would say bearings, my worn couplings and centre bearings on the tailshaft had high speed vibrations, but no actual "noise".
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Took the car to Supecheap to get some bissell carpet cleaner liquid stuff for my.......ummm, bissell carpet cleaner, I'm going to do the interior again this weekend and the little bissell works a treat cleaning carpet, seats and trims, I did the usual walk around for "random" "stuff" and saw that Penrite 20w 40 full synthetic 6 litres was on sale for $48, bargain (nearly half price), the LS1 in the VX loves that 5hit every 5k km, so the car got enough new blood and oil filters for the next 2 oil changes, which are still 4500 km away.
Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
I also grabbed 4 litres of Penrite MC 4ST V Twin 20w50 (again on special) for the engine, and a new filter, the engine and new filter only takes just on 3 litres, but, I have put on that air to oil cooler with adds about 0.5 litres to the fillI, I also got a litre of Penrite 80w140 Pro Gear for the transmission.
I've still got about 1 litre of Screaming Eagle SYN 3 20w50 that I will stick in the primary.The bike will have its 3 holes filled 🤣
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6 hours ago, The Bogan said:
What HP does the MPH/ET/ Weight and stuff say, those Moroso calculators are pretty accurate for a rule of thumb ball park figure...
With that ET and MPH, plus a guestimated weight of 4000 lb (1800kg), an online calculator gets 1680 hp at the fly, so after removing drive train loss of, let's say 20%, 1340 hp atw
http://www.wallaceracing.com/et-hp-mph.php
When used against the dunnydores MPH and typical weight and drive train loss of 20% the calculator is pretty close to my old boat.
Both the above calculator and a Moroso one we used at Autotech gave typical results.
Unless they used a different Moroso calculator than what we used to get the 1900hp???
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What HP does the MPH/ET/ Weight and stuff say, those Moroso calculators are pretty accurate for a rule of thumb ball park figure...
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10 minutes ago, r32-25t said:
That person needs to be shot
It seems that mufflers and weird tail pipes that bolt on to the "normal" loud "street" exhaust is big in America where on some tracks in some states if you go over the 90 Db readings you are booted
At least they still get to happy lap, and the only people to see the contraption is the one behind.
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49 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:
tl;dr no Hondas and no screamer pipes.
Cool, my car is compliant - when do we race?
Wendsday nights at WSID 🤣
That's the only place my car goes fast #nocorners
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Google's says:
"Noise Control: Pheasant Wood operates under very strict guidelines in relation to noise vehicles emit as part of events held at Pheasant Wood. A noise restriction of 95dB measured at 30 metres from the edge of the competition area applies for this event."
How this effects straight piped and screamers? Meh, not really a war stopper IMO, just fit a muffler to comply
Compliance during scrutineering with the requirements will probably be key to getting onto the track, or black flagged
Fingers crossed, even though I don't get onto the track any more, I would always pop in for a look, watch a little track fun, walk the pits, and grab a snack if I could during my adventures cruising around the roads down south. Which I do alot.
I think I have probably seen every car club around doing happy laps in Wakie
Sydney to Goulburn, then past Wakie for a look, then Braidwood to Batemans Bay to Nowra and then back into to Sydney is a great scenic full day drive. And weirdly, I do miss the the cafe's 5hit food and coffee that was available at Wakie
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Hmm, very interesting, more things to look at
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3 hours ago, soviet_merlin said:
Ooo, thanks Duncan! I'll have a closer look at those options
Don't want to derail Greg's thread too much. Maybe I'll do a separate thing or get in touch.
Watch out for Skippy and wombats during the night, dawn or dusk.
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What killed the varex motor?
Heat? Contamination?
I've heard of them dying because people wire them up with constant power and not off the ignition.
Mine is wired to the ciggie lighter which only gets power when the ignition is on.
I just googled the metal motor, not to expensive which is nice, still, I hope mine lasts for the next few years until I flip it for something else when I get bored with it, not that I'm bored with it now, but historically I don't keep cars for long.
I keep looking at old hilux extra cabs that will take me into my retirement, I'm quite fond of the mini trucks, just a nice little NA petrol build to modify with only cruising in mind.
Like this, only bagged, and not 5hit rims >
https://www.rodshop.com.au/ls1-conversion-kit-for-toyota-1994-2004-hilux I wonder if I should use the SS to donate its power plant and transmission 🤣
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How to make a 8 speed slow, add a third pedal.
I don't get the conversion.
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1 hour ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:
Lol...
I like having a street/circuit car, not a drag car
I like a street car that I take to the drags, that doesn't break everytime I take it out
#stillR33triggered
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We need to end at a joint where there's lots of parking, maybe contact a coffee/ "good" food truck thingie, more time for ogling cars. It also keeps the cars away from random idiots/kids/footballs and other hazards in public parking lots.
There's even some nice quite commercial joints on Sundays that shut down the warehouses over the weekends, that have little cafes which may be able to open for a few hours.
There would have been more than 50 people that started the cruise, I'm sure most of them, including me, would like a nice quiet place to park up, open bonnets, and smash coffee, B&E Sanga's and cakes for a few hours, without Joe Public getting in the way.
I look forward to the next one, and will try and move my schedule around to attend.
Tyres you use(d) and how u would rate them
in Suspension, braking and tyres
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Big rims for small tyres, especially the fronts, what are they going on?
What are the wheel specs?
I run a 235 on a 8.5" rim and it looks sort of stretched