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  1. Duncan
    clearly the answer to that question is V37 hybrid. Right price, good on fuel, goes good
  2. Duncan
    100% you should get the machine shop to grub screw the crank, even just that light linish you did will create crap in the oil galleries; the cost of another rebuild is no way worth the risk
  3. Duncan
    Good persistence, and thank goodness there are (better) aftermarket options to keep these cars working today
  4. Duncan
    You need to ask the year, not the month, with amayama these days
  5. Duncan
    I would (do) always get a machine shop to measure crank and bores, choose bearings and gap the rings. (noting, I generally check it when it comes back too). There is just too much to get wrong causing issues later. Of course, plenty of people slap in bearings and go again in the wide world....but to me these aren't some old hilux and don't get driven as such
  6. Duncan
    funnily enough, a car that dies while suddenly driving otherwise fine is a good chance of being electrical, causing the ECU to shut off. I guess you have the standard ECU so it is hard to tell if it has power just by looking. If so, a consult cable and logging software will tell you if that (or many other potential reasons) is happening. I had a similar problem with the Stagea for a while caused by loose wires added at the positive battery terminals
  7. Duncan
    We're going to need a little more information for useful internet mechanicing. Does it stall when you are driving along in gear, when you are stationary or both? does it run roughly at idle? does it pull smoothly all the way to redline if you mash the throttle from say 0-100? And, what did your mechanic do to "fix it"?
  8. Duncan
    45min you should be OK if you start with a full battery and it is not raining or night (headlights).....I managed to drive the stagea about 55min to the middle of nowhere when I discovered alternator was dead. Plus, that was that time we were leading the wakefield 500 by almost a lap at hour 5....when the battery finally gave up since the alternator had been dead for ages. "we was robbed!!"
  9. Duncan
    It might also be a mechanical issue, perhaps try a compression test
  10. Duncan
    Just surface rust....chuck it in an oily environment spinning at 7,500rpm and it will stop
  11. Duncan
    Welcome Kip. You'll be fine. I have a car (well, "truck") that not only does not exist where I live, but I had to have converted from LHD to RHD as well. Both drivetrain and engine are generally R33 GTR, but you can get info here on specific differences
  12. Duncan
    Right, but that is a synchro issue which will not improve moving to a synchro straight cut box (other than the fact you would put new synchros in it). Smurf Blood is the usual way to cover up that issue in the interim (together with shifting a little more carefully/slowly). Therefore, if your box needs a rebuild, rebuild it.
  13. Duncan
    I would not consider changing the box until you know it will break (because you just broke it). Frankly, it is not just about power and torque, the clutch and also user sympathy make a big difference in when it will break, and even a synchro straight cut box is a step backwards in usability (and, it is no faster and not much stronger than a factory synchro helical box)
  14. Duncan
    I'd start with the timing; both the belt itself and potentially any adjustable cam gears. Or, maybe that is why no-one uses journal bearing turbos any more
  15. Duncan
    I can't identify a model number for the caliper, but it doesn't really matter. You should remove a pad and compare it to the DBA catalogue to identify the pad code, and same with the disc, remove it an measure diameter, thickness and offset (distance from mounting face to middle of disc). That will allow you to replace them when required *edit* to add, the mounting for the caliper is almost certainly custom, so it is likely the disc is some sort of standard skyline option, eg vspec 324x32
  16. Duncan
    We have a lot of posts on SAU from over the years, I've never seen an upright snapped at the steering arm.
  17. Duncan
    Are we a beta test site for next gen chatbot?
  18. Duncan
    Does the car have electronic throttle(s), and if so have you done the relearning? I ha a similar symptom in the Fuga which was fixed with a relearning
  19. Duncan
    Yeah fuel caps allow air in when the tank is under vacuum, otherwise you create a big vacuum as the fuel gets used. Also, as Dose said any fuel vent should have a little spring pressure in it, you are meant to get that pshft when you open the fuel cap on a properly working system
  20. Duncan
    Yeah there hasn't been a lot of public fact about the exact situation with approvals, you'll notice none of those articles said they had anything new on approvals either. I don't think there is a state govt issue, it was Land and Environment court they appealed to but that only applies on top of council's most recent approval which I don't think they intend to use.
  21. Duncan
    Good to see. Some more coverage on Goulburn Post, target date "Early 2024" https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/8385456/rebranded-goulburn-circuit-set-gears-up-to-resume-operations And Speedweek https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/10/13/wakefield-park-set-to-reopen-as-bi-directional-circuit/ Confirming the plan to run the track in both directions; I think the kink off the back straight will seem a lot tighter going the other way, let alone the esses back down the hill to old turn 2...
  22. Duncan
    I used this - good quality, right line size https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/285274883790
  23. Duncan
    Agreed, cut lines (very common) will be an uncontrolled fuel vapour leak, add a valve...
  24. Duncan
    Yes exactly, they have access to the right tools, machines and parts to do it quicker and cheaper. Also cnc valves make for very high accuracy compared to doing it by hand if you want to go that way. I always get a professional to do my head jobs
  25. Duncan
    Sending to the builder is the go, they can probably source everything you are doing cheaper than you can, and they will be able to return/exchange if anything is not right for some reason
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