Duncan

don't bother with anything unless you really have some money you need to spend.....apart from the noise a bad thrust bearing can go for years without any issue. Just change it when you actually need a clutch

hmmm, so who went under the minimum times today and copped a 5min per stage penalty?

The pressure sender ports will not leak, just use a little thread tape and do them up fairly tight (tighter than a filter), they are tapered threads and will pull down to a good seal. For the main thread assemble as Mick said and tighten like a filter....still pretty tight. These things are a bastard if they start leaking. BTW I guess you've already decided what to install....but I'd always relocate the filter at the same time to make oil changes easier.

Hey Liam good to see you are heading down, good luck! And Damo and Ben, hope you have quiet weeks on the crew side.... Kel and Steve are not off to an awesome start, they blew something, probably a turbo at symonds plains today....long arvo ahead but at least they have a spare.

and even with 1 jack stand, it felt safer than looking for upper arms in the subframe graveyard down the back

yeah light hail in Gladesville too, but can't see any dents on the cima

honestly I'd put some proper semis on it first, they will change what you need for camber anyway. You'll keep having problems and frustrations trying to track with road tyres.

but yes, if you turn the cams hard, and more than a little, you can bend valves.

yeah assuming it's not a welsh plug, it will be engine out and new block required to fix it. however, depending on what you choose to do at the same time, it doesn't have to be that expensive. A second hand block, reuse existing pistons if they are already oversize ($0) or new pistons if not ($1k) plus basic machining, rings and bearings. You can do all that for under $1k + pistons if needed.

ooooo.....where?

yeah sorry, not trying to alarm just inform. also the other issue for excessively rich tune on a new motor is fuel gets past the unbedded rings and into the oil...and petrol is terrible for bearings.

umm no. running a motor rich while it is new is very bad for it, fuel in the bores causes glazing, preventing the rings from bedding in properly. in bad cases it can need a strip down and re-hone to fix it.

I guess you owe $5 Frankly it's not a big commendation of the quality of the tune.

Well I'd like to take on of them thanks Matt

still bucketing down out there this morning, not looking forward to the drive to Canberra

ummm, something about this thread feels very 2002.

Perfect weather for stageas mate, you never should have traded down But it is amazing how dumb people become when it rains

Hi mate, every single GTR on the roads had them added at compliance....they need to try a little harder. Maybe drop by Just Jap and ask who they use, they are nearby

I have the same issue with the race car all the time...the cast manifold bananas. I've always been able to persuade it back on and pull it in with the nuts.

1 and 3 sound like fair expectations to me.....and #1 in particular would bug me because testing for a leak is very simple with a cheap tool....you would be right to wonder which other corners were cut if the cooling system was not pressure tested With 2 I would take their advice. It wasn't part of the work they did and any general mechanic will do it quicker and cheaper. RB starters are easy to get recondition.

wow that is getting serious, particularly a scrubbing machine! fair enough though when hilllclimb slicks are so expensive and life will be very short. are you going to drive around the pits with gladwrap on them as well

So....Kel has notes in the PO Box and I passed Adam's 35 on the way down south today, so Targa must be coming up soon. Who else is heading down?

I guess Neil wins the bet then.

lol yeah sorry I assumed PFC....Haltec of course allows upload and download of maps too but its designed to have a single tune with multiple dimensions....eg the flex fuel sensor is a third dimension to revs and load

PFC doesn't support multiple tunes, but it is easily uploaded or downloaded to a PC via Datalogit, which cost about $300. So there you would save the old tune then make whatever changes you need.