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An N1 pump may have a "24U" instead of "05U" marking on the casing (not sure), otherwise they are externally the same. In any case, lots of things can be done with better gears in a standard casing, so if your question is about whether you have a better than standard pump or not - no, there is no way to tell. And since it is engine out (realistically) to change the oil pump, you may as well not worry about it....

This topic is very off track - please keep the the Wagga Wagga proposal. If you want to discuss someone's driveway, start a seperate thread.

I'm selling the AVS 5 spoke wheels that I have been running on my stagea - I had to change to 18s because I fit big brakes. The rims are in average but not bad condition. There are scratches inside the rim, and a little curbing on the outer face of 1. These are good looking, good quality rims, not china spec. Tyres are Federal 595SS - 2 are about 50%, 2 are below legal depth . Price is $500, I'm happy to deliver in sydney....but I need the space in the garage so buy them!

what brand of tie rod did you bend, and how did you bend it?

I would come and spend money in wagga wagga that I otherwise whould have spent in Goulburn/Melbourne/Warwick/Benalla etc....signed. Not to mention the club has members in Wagga that never get to take part in any motorsport events....

Hi mate, great to hear you are well enough to be released, it must have been a hell of a time for you and the family. I hope all the well wishers on here made a difference

yep, oil supply issue. this time the cam broke before the bearings spun, which was a nice change. lots of damage to the head tunnel where it was oil starved so it was easy to see the cause. the oil galleries in the head are tiny and hard to clean out. we drilled out the ends to clean them and put threaded plugs back in afterwards. A bit of a pain but we know it is perfectly clean and easy to re-clean in future. The galleries to the cam journals are absolutely tiny.

sorry yes, it was an odyssey, and reasonably large. The model was D51R from memory, but check first! It was a very tight fit between the fuse box and rad support, in fact the edge of the rad support had to be rolled a little. But it was very secure in place, and started every time until some groink killed it for me The turbos were fine, I had another car I could drive if this was off the road, and they cost $300ea instead of $2000. So no regrets there. The issue for me is I would kill the china turbo without fail when I did a hard tow, and I think that is because they are only oil cooled and always on boost (small turbo, big motor, big load), they just got too hot and died. Without that I suspect none of them would have failed.

haha well you were damn luck it was running at all. I'd be pulling, checking and cleaning the head. When I snapped a cam it f**ked the tunnel as well and it needed to be machined straight again. Also, you will have aluminium everywhere including the sump.

sorry I am not sure about why you are having a problem, but the ECCS relay is a critical component in the ECU wiring. basically, it switches the ecu on or off by removing the main ecu earth. there is permanent earth to the circuit that controls it, if the power is turned off the ECCS relay keeps the ECU earth on until settings are saved, and then it turns off.

btw, I should say...she is in for a garret core turbo atm. I killed my 4th china turbo a couple of weeks ago towing a big trailer to wakie. I'll post up results once available

damn I wish I could bring the March for the Micra v Starlet battur! BTW....my guess is the girlie mx5 is no slouch...let's see on the day eh? Will be good to see it out there

Unfortunately I can't confirm, because the damn thing died the other week. I can't prove it, but I think the carpark jump started the car backwards - it was fine when I dropped it off (but the auto lights sometimes stay on....), but when I picked it up the car and battery were totally dead I beleive it was yellow top D51R. I was happy with it, it spent a lot of it's life flat and kept charging up OK. But of course this was a very custom application.

Sorry, I should also have mentioned, it was Sam and Terry that made the very brave decision to change the Street Sedan association (VK commodores) into Production Touring cars, and at the same time fight for the right to have imports on the grid. Previously my car and all Skylines/Silvias etc were not eligible to race, Terry not just opened the door but encouraged us to enter. There can be plenty of politics in car clubs, but Terry has always handled himself professionally even when on the wrong side of a power struggle.

you are brave to trust the internet Mark! I was going to say I know Terry and Chris personally, and then say something nice about them - but I got this email through the other club today: I am a fellow racer in a HSV Production Car #3 and I would like the opportunity to represent all members but in particular – Racing Drivers who feel that they don’t have a voice. In the past two years the ARDC has been going in a good direction but we can do more for our Racing members. I would like to focus on competitive value as well as membership value. I would like to look at race drive time, event security, parking and access, which are the most common gripes on race day. I will always welcome member discussion on issues and your suggestions to fix those issues. Look for me on the Ballot paper… Thanks for your consideration. Chris Reeves My involvement in Motorsport has spanned the past fifty years, and I have watched it grow from backyard specials to today's highly technical race cars. In that time Production Car racing has been the starting point for many of Australia's top Racing Drivers, but has been through tough times due being over shadowed by higher profile Classes which has pushed it into the background. Ten years ago Sam Rigoli and myself sat down and created Combined Touring Cars with an emphasis on 3E Production Vehicles, which is now Production Touring, and has matured into the largest State based dedicated Production Car Championship in Australia, even overshadowing the National Championship. During my first term on the ARDC Board I proposed that we promote an Endurance Race for Production Cars at the end of each year to cater for the loss of the Bathurst 12 Hour, and in that time we have alternated as either an 8 or 6 Hour event which means that Eastern Creek Raceway provides six meetings a year for 3E Production Cars. Our Class is not the only one that competes at the Creek and as a member of the Board I have to be part of a team that covers all aspects of the Sport including making decisions relating to the $9000 000 upgrade that will make the Creek the best Motorsport Facility in Australia. As a Street Sedan Racing Association and an ARDC Club and Board member I will continue to emphasise the importance of Production Car Racing and act in the best interest as a representative for both organisations on the Board of the ARDC. Terry Conroy It's your vote, but in my opinion the current board that obtained funding to split the track in 2 to make more money at the cost of a good race track, don't deserve support. There is no doubt that people like Neil Turner put in a hge amount of effort into CAMS each year, but they really are the "institution" that protect current interests rather than opening up new ideas. For example - CAMS and ARDC worked together to shut down the WSID car park as a location for drifting because it competed with their skidpan (which is too expensive and not often available). They frequently look after big/commercial interests instead of club and grass roots motorsport.

Need pics Gavin! Jai, that is the manual console, it allows for a standard style handbrake. Available from nissan, but expensive.

I have not fitted one personally, but I am sure 32/33 and probably 34 driveshaft will be interchangeable. The gearbox, block and diffs are all interchangeable, so the driveshaft must be too.

hey why not....Rosie has brought her mazda 3 to a few events, and a starlet finished in the top 5 the first time we ran down there

Maybe....I stuffed around and tried a million things to get this to work - but here is what I think did the trick. Create a shortcut to FC-Edit.exe (or just use the start menu one) Right click and choose Properties Choose the Compatibility Tab Select "Run this program as an administrator" Click OK. Depending on your UAV settings, you may get a windows warning every time you start the program....but at least it works. NFI why, but maybe there are smarter PC people on here that can explain it.

I saw a further update from Bec today: We are so grateful for all your generous support and so many, many kind offers of help. Christian is doing much better today after giving us a scare yesterday with breathing trouble. He is on the ward and hopefully will be home at the end of the week once they are happy with his lungs. Thank you with all my heart for looking after christian, myself and the girls. Bec xx Keep up the best wishes everyone!

Yep that is all you need to do at a place like this, and it really is no different to a tarmac rally. You just choose what you think is a safe pace - if you think 110% like you might on a track, it can be dangerous or expensive. But if you keep some in reserve and show respect to the track and conditions it is fine. There are very few places in NSW where you can head along a 1 lane road at any speed you like, no worries abiout speed cameras....so don't miss this!

Thanks, good clarification

Paul Ruzic (Mountainrunner on here) is an electronics engineer and excellent bloke. In his spare time he creates cool little electric gadgets for cars but mostly skylines. and he runs lots of track events up in QLD.

spot on, and that is the tip of the iceberg in classic. all before the cheating even starts. tells you all you need to know about that competition. speaking of classic, sav how did you end up in early modern instead of classic? Was that because Marlin Ben upset the porsches a few years back? great work this year in what was probably the cheapest car in the event

f**k it, this place is too much fun. I'm going to get the race car going for this.