Duncan

Yeah factory and regular replacement shocks are way narrower there - twin tube shocks are much smaller diameter and they also don't have adjustable spring seats

Agree....the difference/magic is in the shock internals, not the commodity top, bottom and spring mounts

The one I have is really old, I think it was for Win XP (then again, in a tech time scale these cars are really old too). Presumably you can run it in virtualbox or similar if required. Having said that, all the parts diagrams are available online these days like here: https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-catalogs/nissan, is there something you need that they don't do?

For spacers/thread, you only need the width of the nut to engage on threads, anything else is wasted space. Before you start cutting the shock housing which can't be undone, have you checked with the seller that you have the correct model for your car (because, it looks like not)

Thanks, that is very helpful for future searchers!

yeah Offspring super cool because Crazy Taxi soundtrack "You nearly killed me!" but, you'd have to be of the age.

Mark's car made it home from Targa in 2007 too

Absolutely awesome effort, and that is absolutely flying for times. For reference, 1.28.3 is 1.5s under the supercars lap record and the only tin tops that have gone faster (race conditions) are a Ferrari 296 GT3 (1.26.4) and a GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo (1.28.1)

Yes, and I remember in the Leaf as an example that the specific permanent power pin was active, but they had a second pin with ACC (or IGN?) only power so it is probably worth checking a specific car before assuming anything.

Can you post a couple of pics from the driver's footwell, looking up to towards the steering wheel. It will be there somewhere, noting there might be a cover for it

Ahh good to hear he is still involved, this is at least 15 years later! Love to know how you judge drifiting though, it looks a bit like synchronised swimming to me.

percussive maintenance always works :)

classic! don't worry, it was only driven on Sundays by an old lady

Oh well, time for your next thread. Don't forget to say you aren't going to modify it at all

you have to give Holden credit for trying with the e85 cars.....apparently it was a thing in the us back in the day too, the Titan also had a e85 option on the vk56

Anyone else coming along to the SAU NSW cruise this weekend? I'll bring the Q50 out for a run and see you there!

Nice to see the club coming down to the bush....I'll look to meet up at Mittagong and say Hi.

Absolutley awesome to see this back together and putting out great numbers. Well done to Mori at Kameari for both putting in the time to understand then delivering on what you needed.

Sorry to hear that mate, we get used to the kids having a shorter life than ours but that is hard.

oh no, end of another romance

Looks pretty simple, just insure it then accidentally set it on fire.

You're a classic mate, but you really should have picked up a JDM commodore, the one we have is excellent for highway duties Cheaper, goes better, less fuel, way more comfortable (much harder to find parts when it all goes bad!)

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Best advice is to be careful and not stuff it in the first place, because it gets painful after that. Retapping a badly stripped alluminium thread isn't going to cut it. You can sometimes get away with light damage in a steel fitting if the bolt doesn't have to do too much. You need to add a helicoil to suit the bolt (m6 probably, maybe m8, measure it up). Basically you drill it out a little further, tap it to suit and insert the helicoil. Once that is all done you bolt it down as normal (it should be as strong as factory, but maybe go a bit easier this time )

From there it was straightforward (as it should have been from the start), but I will mention that the crowsfoot wrench set I've had for years came in super handy as the fittings were way too far down to get any decent spanner on them Don't use em often, but they are damn handy when you need them All back on and ready to go, she started up fine with no leaks. Obviously....the remaining question is why that bolt broke and whether it will happen again....stay tuned for the next episode.