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I like angry at garbage man Elliott, not yell for 2 minutes channeling your man juice Elliott.

Would almost extend my stay in Brisbane to see this. Speaking of, might go visit PTC Brisbane while I'm up there over the next couple days.

If it's just paint run a narrow drill wire brush attachment through there

In terms of that crunch movement, assuming I know what you're talking about, three recommendations for exercises I've enjoyed on the front side: 1. Captains chair leg raises, as many of these "machines" keep the lower back static with pads and, provided you have no hip issues, shouldn't give you any injuries beyond a stretched hamstring from raising too high. I usually do it after deadlifts to finish off abs, but coincidentally it's a good stretch for the hamstrings after getting them tightened on deads. 2. I have a nautilus type crunch machine that is basically a seated crunch. You can keep adding weight to it and I felt my abdominal wall develop some real thickness to it using this. Didn't take me long to max out the weight stack for 20 reps but the problem is that, like all machines, if your body isn't proportionate to it (even though it's adjustable), you can cause yourself some damage at high weights because of the rigid motion...which sounds more ironic than it is. My lower back got a bit twitchy after prolonged use of this one, though maybe I was too focused on doing more weight and lost my technique in trying to leverage it. 3. Kneeling crunches on the tricep pushdown (for lack of the proper term for this exercise), where you kneel on the ground, hold a pushdown rope behind your head and do crunches towards the ground. I've given face pulls a go and they felt very awkward and it did mess with the joints a bit - could have been a bad angle. I must try again since my shoulder has advanced a bit. It would probably help to have someone watch and advise if I'm doing them properly, too, as all well and good to think you are doing it but it can look very different!

Roberta*

My pull-ups are neutral grip. I used to do wide pronated, but after (a likely unrelated) shoulder injury, I started back on pull-ups with a neutral grip for less strain on the injury. Can probably do a couple more reps this way than wide, but it does still feel like a complete motion. I feel like you can get a slight rowing benefit too, without kipping the legs up, as you can easily change the angle of your body using longitudinal hand grip (if you have the strength) and leg position to hold that angle in place. It definitely hits the abs/core hard. Between those and deadlifts I don't feel the need to do much else, except maybe something for rear delts.

Bet she gets a lot of cock though

I can't go, I have to watch whatever is on television tonight

Would actually love to see a video of it, not just to prove a point on the internet, but would be pretty amazing just to see it. Talk about a blood pump... Speaking of pull-ups, in my current state I'm pulling 20 15 10 This is after being sick and taking a month off. So I've lost strength, but have also lost a few kg to balance that out...thus similar numbers to pre-sickness. It's quite a strange feeling actually, the difference in the motion compared across two different body weights.

Not impossible but very unlikely...more plausible that by 200 in a row he means 200 in succession. Ala what many people I know claim similarly with push-ups, when they really mean sets... I've seen those videos of those ripped Russian kids who do nothing but pull-ups all day and weigh <60kg, they usually top out below 100. But you do tend to find towards the end that they sit in a dead hang as a rest between reps.

Preload is how most coilovers are adjusted for height though...I wouldn't call that tightening, but you're technically correct if that's what you meant by it.

Not that I'm aware of. How do you tighten up the springs? Dampening shouldn't really affect weight distribution in terms of a static state, it will alter dynamics and ease of weight distribution / balance in a corner though. That may or may not have happened to me when I may or may not have put the fronts on hard and rear on soft at DECA... A good suspension shop should be able to set you up with everything based on info you give them; track car, race at Sandown etc.

Even with the right equipment bushes are a flamin mongrel lol. I did it once on a car and never again. Centreline reckon they put 15 hours of labour into it...removing basically the whole undercarriage which is probably a legit estimate. Oh well, good thing about poly is you only have to do it once It's ride height adjustment. You can tell them a certain height that you like it at and they can try to keep it, but in the end one of the sides will need to be raised or lowered relative to the other in order to redistribute weight...unless you nailed it straight up when you installed the coilovers lol. The reality is, that a car's weight isn't evenly distributed, so giving each coilover the same position and height at all four corners, although looks nice and even, will quite likely give you a shitty weight distribution. 50/50 weight distribution after corner weighting will likely have one side sitting slightly higher than the other. Usually the driver's side to account for your weight, but manufacturers sometimes build a car to be balanced with driver's weight included. Fair few variables to it.

Nah, corner weighting is done pretty quick with the right equipment...it's basically a scales for a car placed at each corner and adjust the height of the coilover until the weight distribution is as even as possible. You never get 50/50 front to rear on a skyline but you can get pretty close side to side, which is what matters more. My huge bill was from getting Centreline to replace every bush in the suspension with polyurethane, corner weight, install hicas lock bar and alignment/balance.

Think it was like $150 for all four corners? Got it done at same time as all my poly bushes etc. so hard to tell. That was with Centreline too, so can prolly find cheaper at Traction Tyres? I'm told it should be done anytime you make a height adjustment or major camber/toe change. Or lose/gain 20kg...

If I had a second car, had the equipment to pressure test the system, and didn't need it done urgently / care about it taking up a spot in my driveway...yeah would attempt myself. I love working on my bike for that reason; it doesn't matter how long or what you do. But now I'm home from work, my car is fixed, can dust my hands of it. I'm actually pretty impressed with the cost for a mobile mechanic, as I know plenty of workshops would charge the same or more for anything involving pulling apart a turbo and doing a decent job. Guy has been working on imports and performance cars for years, an enthusiast himself, which you always want if someone has to touch your car. Seemed really pedantic about everything and sat on the phone for 20 mins giving me advice about how to set up the cooling system if I go do track work etc. Birds is happy

I won't deny the cbfs played a significant part in it...I'm at an age and income (VWLBC) where I am happy to pay to make problems go away. I take consolation in not having paid for a car service for years lol

I'm hit and miss with DIY. And my limits are paint lol, I don't fk with painting stuff. Aside from this cooling system issue, my car has run impeccably for years without a repair. But everytime I touch it to do modifications etc., a 2 hour job turns into 6 hours cause stuff breaks or rusted parts or something doesn't line up. Granted I do do things slowly and methodically / OCD. If old mate was there for 4.5 hours it would have easily been 10 for me; time I'd rather spend sitting on my naked ass than cutting up knuckles and eating into my after hours time with fk all light. Sometimes just gotta bite the bullet Came to $580 in the end.

Yep I'd only resort to mobile mechanic if it was a timeliness issue and unfortunately it is Still, as much as I like DIY, I like to think that I can earn more spending the same time doing the job I'm good at than trying to fix myself. Could have spent hours trying to find the problem and replacing shit like the thermostat. Sometimes it's better just to let pros do their thing. At least this work comes with a warranty too.

See whoretown in wasteland for explanation...it's pricey, but turbo has to come off and cooling system gotta be flushed...bout 4 hours work in it all, plus your call out rate for a mobile mechanic...

Coolant leak from turbo lines $600 repair from the mobile mechanic, ouch

Cooling system isn't being over stressed, not likely anyway, if anything the engine is running cooler with ethanol. I think at this stage it'll be a busted thermostat, or just a case of coolant not having been changed for a lengthy period. Have a mechy checking it out tomorrow cause I have no time for this shit at the moment

Anyone wanna make quick dollars / alcohol and come take a look at my cooling system...I'm not good with them.

I'm all for adding weight that way, slowly and steadily, but have to be realistic too...if you have a 160 bench within 12 months, up from 130, and haven't jumped on the juice I'll go HEY! Well done.

Do you expect progression to be a linear thing? It will slow...and won't be steady...