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    Coil Packs (12Items) $190

    in For Sale (Private Car Parts and Accessories)

    Posted

    Two sets of JJR coil packs. One set is in perfect working order 2 years 20k use and other set has one faulty unit and not sure of age. Packs came off an rb20det but they may fit other skylines. I removed the newer set because I had a mild misfire but it turned out this was due to new spark plugs with incorrect gap. Price is $190 for all 12 plugs.

    Don't need them any more.. Prefer not to post but will probably cost $20. Located in Annandale sydney.

    http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sydney-region/engine-engine-parts-transmission/skyline-coil-packs-/1011426762

    Thanks

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    Mobile Speed Cameras

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    Technology exists to make it impossible for modern cars to exceed the posted limit using GPS data and ecu control. Governments will never introduce these measures because it would instantly put a big hole in state revenues and expose the fact that many deaths have nothing to do with speed. The longer they don't introduce these measures the more it is clear that collecting revenue from speeding is the focus rather than people actually speeding.

    Surely if you believe that an end to speeding will stop most people dieing on our roads then you would also support speeding controls on cars?

    Mobile Speed Cameras

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    I'm not sure about you guys, but seeing first hand how people actually drive in other countries, is a real eye opener.

    People say Asians can't drive for shit, but I'll tell you right now, I would rather drive on a road in Thailand, then in Australia. (And I'm sitting right now in Bangkok saying this too ;) )

    Why? Because in other countries people drive predictibly. Everyone is taught to drive exactly the same, they know if they do something what other people will do. In Australia it's pure luck if you can do something and have two people react the same way!

    Australians truly are shit house drivers!

    I have experienced the same overseas, particularly in Italy. Skillful and fast drivers who generally view driving as a skill which they have to develop to survive. It seems there is a relationship between the amount of regulation and the driving skill of the drivers. The more governments try to make drivers drive better with regulation the less attention drivers actually pay to roadcraft and developing their skills.

    Mobile Speed Cameras

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    but you can argue with better road design, positioning of safety devices to stop those telephone/power lines from being hit, remove certain trees, REMOVE all the stupid clutter road signs, and replace them with easier to read, better positioned etc. etc.

    I wouldn't mind as much if I KNEW the revenue was going into better roads and road design, but it isn't.

    Totally agree!

    Contradictory post is contradictory.

    No contradiction. One driver is driving to the conditions and possibly going over the speed limit and not crashing, the other is driving under the limit and not driving to the conditions and crashing.

    Mobile Speed Cameras

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    IMO the problem is that these days safe driving is by default defined as not speeding. THis is due to the RTA's obession with speed and regulating driving decisions with changing speed zones and cameras. Driving is more complicated than simply adhering to speed limits. It is the most dangerous thing most people do every day and everyone (including me) knows someone who has been killed or badly injured on the road; however without speeding accidents will still happen. My disabled brother was run over by a person driving in a petrol station. She drove straight over him while talking on the phone at 5km/h..... If she had got his head rather than his torso she would have killed him... at 5km/h....

    No one can argue against physics, the faster you are going the bigger the impact will be; however there are times when driving at the limit is dangerous and times when driving above the limit is relatively safe. (I say relatively safe because not moving at any speed is the safest strategy of all!) There is such as thing as safe speeding. People do it all the time. They observe the road conditions and drive their car accordingly, constantly adjusting speed to suit grip levels, traffic levels, visability, vehicle type etc..I think these people however are unlikely to travel more than 10-20% over the posted limit. I consider driving down a higly populated suburban street with cars parked on either side of the road (obsuring your view of entering pedestrians) at 50 or 60 is more dangerous than driving at 130 on a deserted highway at 6am with clear vision. You don't have to drive at the prescribed limit but many people are content to drive to the limit without considering what is appropriate. I am often amazed at people who dangerously drive through congested shopping centre car parks at 20 or 30. I am sure some of these same people would regard doing 130 on the fwy as dangerous and anti-social yet they are far more at risk of causing harm.

    The speed limit on the street where I live is 60km/h. The speed limit on the Anzac Bridge is also 60km/h. My street is single lane and in a highly populated built up residential area of Sydney opposite a popular water front park. The Anzac Bridge is 4-5 lanes without pedestrians, intersections or traffic lights. If I drive down my street at 60km/h it is apparently 'safe' however if I drive across the Anzac Bridge at 6am at 70km/h I am being 'driving dangerously'. WTF!

    The speed limit on the road outside my front door is 60km/h. My house is 6 doors down from an off camber corner. Every year when it is wet 4-5 cars have minor crashes into the kerb, parked cars or small trees on this corner. Without exception whenever I go to see if everyone is OK the driver says to me ''I wasn't even speeding''. Correct, but you have no idea of what your cars limits are or how to read the road and adjust your speed accordingly. None of these drivers get fined yet they clearly do not take driving very seriously and don't understand the concept of driving to the prevailing conditions.

    I would like to see government advertising, licensing arrangements and campagins which broaden the definition of safe driving and target the development of roadcraft. What about some ads which demonstrate the effect of poor concentration, driving too close to the car in front etc... not some ad that shows a car magically crashing as the speedo goes above the limit.

    I am not in favour of reckless drivers who speed everywhere. However safe driving has been hijacked by revenue raising and now big business...

    Not At Fault Claim Need Advice

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    I hate it when cops behave like this. It just adds to the belief that they are unprofessional. When was the last time 4 patrol cars arrived at a minor accident like this? They are clearly looking after a mate irrespective of how bad it looks for them. Was she insured? You can imagine the temptation if you were a cop and you have just crashed into an expensive merc driven by a P plater and you have no insurance. Call your mates to intimidate the kid and hope he admits fault.

    Let your insurer handle it.

    I would also lodge a complaint with the commander or inspector at the local station. Take your mate and lodge a formal complaint which deals with the conduct of the officers rather than the accident and who was at fault. I had a Highway Patrol cop deal with me inappropriately in a traffic matter and I immediately rang the LAC and went to his superior officer. I politely explained the situation and noted how I felt it reflected badly on the police force. He listened carefully for 20 minutes and followed things up with me the next day. The commander made the point that he believes incidents like this made people untrusting of police and can have an impact on the credibility of evidence given by police to juries. He may not have actually counselled the cop involved but as a senior officer he knew what had happened was unacceptable. He also wanted to avoid the officers stupidity becoming a formal performance/integrity matter.

    Z32 Afm Oem Turbos Walbro Fuel Pump

    in For Sale (Private Car Parts and Accessories)

    Problem With Mongoose M80

    in Car Audio & Electrical

    Posted

    My Mongoose M80 has been acting strangely lately. It will not arm or disarm via the remote unless the key is in the ignition and the ignition is turned on (without the engine running). When I press the remote button with the ignition on the alarm arms/disarms and the central locking locks/unlocks. WIthout the ignition on it does nothing except arm itself after 30 seconds of being switched off. It happened a few times intermittently to begin with but now it is happening permanently... I have tried the spare remote and it did not make any difference.

    Any ideas would be appreciated.

    If it is nothing obvious then has anyone got a recommendation of a good mobile auto electrical dude?

    Thanks

    R32 Gt-r 21st Anniversary Wrap-up Thread

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    Hi Dan,

    Well there's another "Show 'n Tell" item your young lad should take to school.

    I forgot to give you the other prize of the "R32.GTR" show number plate. It's something you can at least aspire to. :devil:

    PM me with your address please?

    It must belong to someone else Terry as we got one on the day.... I guess I could pretend and have one on the back of the car too!

    R32 Gt-r 21st Anniversary Wrap-up Thread

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    ^^^ This little boy's face says it all !!!!

    Do you remember your admiration for cars when you were this young, guys ???

    I'm loving the pics !!!

    Can't wait till Eric's "teaser" becomes the "crowd pleaser" !!!

    Ha ha.. you should have seen him when he won a 1:18 scale calsonic R32. He took to school for news today bless him!

    R32 Gt-r 21st Anniversary Wrap-up Thread

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    He's a skyline fan?

    Bring him to a Texi as a passenger in an entered car, there was a young bloke there last time as a passenger in (I think) his older brothers car. You have never seen a kid smile as much as that kid haha

    YEs he has been programmed well. He is only 6... is he still OK to be a passenger?

    Rb20 Turbo Upgrade, All Dyno Results

    in Forced Induction Performance

    Posted · Edited by spranga

    1989 R32

    FMIC

    Dump and full exhaust

    APexi Power FC

    Stock Air Box

    Z32

    500cc injectors

    Walbro pump

    GCG Rb25 Turbo

    JJR coilpacks

    16psi safe tune

    198rwkw 540nm

    Quite dead between 3-4000rpm then bang :) . Makes power 1000rpm later and 1000rpm higher than stock.

    Will scan dyno sheet. Could go higher but looking for something reliable on the track for 30minutes.

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