Duncan

Oh and the: * Turbo Landcruiser award - for the most innapropriately modified race car. I reckon your 4WD R31 is a shoe in for this.

You know, this idea really has legs. I think you should run with it. (Oh man I am funny). Instead of classes based on tyre compound, I think you should base them on number of posts in the thread. Just think of the top line posters who will be fighting out the champonship. And then, apart from the regular classes, come up with some "special" trophies like: * John Boston award - to the driver who enters the most cars * Golden engine bay - to the workshop that spends the most per second. Not eligible for actual winners * Brett Middleton award - to the driver who hits someone else hardest I'm sure there are lots more ideas

good work Pete, this will be a winner. Be sure to set up WANKR P/L so no-one can steal your awesome idea. When you say it is a "Lofty" title, is Dave the only person who can win it, or are other people eligible?

without getting too far ahead....w34 stagea really benefits from sway bars front and rear - Daleo was running a group buy, it's the best 400 you can spend on making a stagea handle. I'll bring mine out tomorrow maybe they can throw it up on a hoist.

firstly, I am pretty sure the unit pulses the negative not the power to activate the solenoid. make sure there is no break in the wires from unit to the solenoid, they are very small and easily pinched if you don't route them properly. If you can run it on a dyno back probe the earth when target boost is reached and you should see it pulsing The vr3 thingy is ulikely to be an issue unless the unit never worked, probably just a change in manufacturing over time. personally i ditched my profec bs because I got sick of them failing in hard use (race/rally), I run the turbosmart now, similar unit but much better made.

good point....I might try M7/M4 from the city.... I don't want to be late and miss my chance to use the word "bush" in a sentence without being hit for it.

See ya'll then....I'm leaving town at 4, fingers crossed that will get me to the riff in time!

I meant to add, the only problem I've ever had running in a motor was in the early days when the rings did not bed in well (compression was pretty poor after 1000klm). Turned out the bores had glazed due to overfueling early on (efi cars run richer when cold). The engine guy spent a few hours on the dyno absolutely smashing it at full load and no boost and it came up good. Which was lucky because the other option was to pull the motor right down and hone it again

yeah my builder too for that matter, he wants 1500klm on it before oil change and full boost tune. but frankly I've done a heap of motors over the years, always run them in hard, and never had a problem with bearings or rings bedding in. I think the workshops want to minimise risk and get a lot of klm on board, particularly to turn up any short term/bedding in issues.

don't do it! run in the engine the same way you intend to use it. with modern clearances you should run in a motor hard over the first 200-500klm. By then it is well and truely done. In particular, don't allow it to idle. Once it is warm load it up hard. Little boost but as much load as you can do (long up hills). Vary the load point. Low boost so it's not over the top

hmmm....all motorsport is dangerous. it says so on the disclaimer for every event I enter

Very sad to see this, it was a very fast crash at a very fast track - Dan was right up the back and had nowhere to go.

meh are you there to be the 1 car that wins or one of the 40 cars that has a great day's fun? If you want to win take a mini special.

coupe conversion kit?

where'd ya get that ratio, 34 gtr? I was thinking the same thing today..... btw hills have a 4wd dyno. what computer?

/bans zebra wow!

Good idea Ryan, I wish I had a f**k off button.

yawn. at least it will full up the gap until the rugby

I spotted a silver m35 in the same place!

Andrew I was using the one from down your way, it developed a major leak on the dyno. Not actually sure whose the new one is. I actually preferred the section from Broke to Wollemi, it is very tight, narrow, and no speed advisory signs to give each corner away The old pac was the most painful, it is signposted 60 from Calga to Berowra nowdays No doubt the speed limits will keep dropping on these "tourist" roads....enjoy them while you can!

360klm, 5 hours, 1 tank of fuel (just), a million bends, and no problems. I had a good day today

Thanks, and same to you. These things always take longer than you expect.....I'm looking forward to some quality time with the car

yup...new adapter (different supplier)....new bearings....new crank....new rings. Fingers crossed this time!

picked it up from the mechanic, first drive in months. I'm going to do putty rd/singleton/mangrove mountain tomorrow to help run the motor in.

well....kinda. you can use the spring tensioner to set the timing belt tension as well, you are meant to put it on, turn the motor twice on the balancer and then lock it off. But I've always just set it by feel instead.