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Just Jap. Located at 101 Bath Road Kirrawee, Just Jap have a massive range of new and used parts for your Japanese Import. They also have a massive online shop located at www.justjap.com. From new performace parts, to second hand, to half cuts, engines and more, you'll be like a kid in a lolly shop if you visit. They also have some very experienced staff and use their own products on their race cars. Steve has just come back from Targa Tasmania after another successful finish. Nothing broken. TM Autosports. TM Autosports have been doing Modifications of all kinds to Cars all over the state for the past 7 years. TM Autosports are one of only few Workshops on the Central Coast to have a 4WD Dyno, which can help with diagnosing a problem your vehicle may have. If you are anywhere near the central coast and own a modified import (or want to start modifying it ) or just want to keep your car in top shape head down to see Adam and the boys at: U3/99 Cnr Gavenlock Road & Boswell Close Tuggerah Brad's Custom Trim. If you're on the coast, you don't need go to sydney to find show quality trim work for your car, bike, boat or whatever. In fact if you're in Sydney you might just find that after viewing some of Brad's work at the Show and Shine, you will be heading north to get some work done. With over 13 years experience in the trimming trade, you can rest assured that you have made the right choice. Their experience and dedication will give you the best, show stopping, award winning interior. Brad's Custom Trim can cater for all your needs, be it a full re-trim in a restored vehicle, custom or your work trucks seat repair, they've got it covered. Feel free to browse through their site to get a full idea of what they cover. There's plenty of pics in the gallery. Whiteline Automotive. Whiteline are not the only suspension people in the world, nor are they necessarily the smartest but no one offers better value for money performance outcomes across all budgets. Being a solutions based company, Whiteline support all their products with technical fact and quantifiable results and will happily tell you why it does what it does and how it applies to your situation. They'll even offer training and show you how it works. Suspension is not unlike any other area of performance mods, at best you get what you pay for but at worst you get even less. And this does not mean spend a lot to get a lot. You can spend a moderate amount and get 99% of the way there if you deal with people that know what they are doing. This is even relevant in the area of trade and wholesale as Australia is increasingly seen as a competitive source of smart products and solution that offer exceptional value for money. Whiteline are an Australian company and have been making suspension products to suit Skylines AND Australian road conditions for years. Check out the High Performance Imports article on the R34 GTT from 2002 which is located on their website. High Performance Imports. And speaking of HPI, who could forget the preeminent publication related to, well, high performance imports! The magazine has been at the forefront of the scene since it was launched way back in 1998. Don't forget the equally well known HPI DVD's though. Almost every import enthusiast has one or two of these in their collection. For when seeing the cars in the mag and reading about them is not enough, see them driven, hear that awesome boosted sound that we love so much. HPI also keep the records for Japanese cars in Australia running treaded radial tyres. Note that times recorded with methanol or nitro-based fuels are not included. Check them out here. Unique Autosports. Located in their new workshop at Unit 1/20 Tucks Rd, Seven Hills, UAS has been a long time supporter of the club. UAS sell, repair and modify just about anything to do with high performance Japanese imports. They even sell these cars from time to time. They do far too many thing for us to list them all here so have a look at their website www.nismo.com.au for further details. In particular check out the parts catalogue, dyno centre and service centre links on the left hand side for idea just how much coverage of the market they have.

Who are the awesome people that are making this possible? Well for the first time ever we have a naming rights sponsor. That's why it's called: The Tyres Skylines Australia Show'n'shine - 2007 A lot of us use Toyo tyres because they are good. To read more about their range click here. In addition, and in no particular order we have: Pro-Speed Racing. Based in Sydney, Australia, Pro-Speed Racing is your specialist performance automotive parts store, offering customers a wide range of premium performance and styling parts and accessories for popular Japanese and European vehicles. Our range of parts is constantly expanding, so please check back with them regularly to see all the latest additions to their online catalogue, and take advantage of their on-going special offers. PSR is the exclusive GTSPEC Australian Distributor and an Authorised DEFI Distributor. Looking for something specific but cant see it in the catalogue? Email their sales team and they will attend to your enquiry within 48 hours. The Toy Shop. Based in Newcastle, The Toy Shop Automotive Imports are located in their own new purpose built 650 square meter warehouse at Unit 1, 38 Enterprise Drive, BERESFIELD, NSW, which is a suburb of Newcastle, only a short 1 1/4 hours trip north of Sydney up the F3 freeway. They stock a large range of: * Quality used Japanese brand name accessories, such as HKS, Blitz etc exhaust systems, gauges, intercoolers, superchargers, suspension components and much more- most at less than half the retail price; * Half cuts and replacement engines and gearboxes; * Engines and conversion packages; * 15/16/17/18" wheels and tyres. Most of these wheels and tyres are near-new; * parts, panels, suspension components, headlamps, doors and more; * Specialising in dismantling Toyota Soarer, Nissan 300ZX, R32/33/34 Skyline,180SX and S13 Silvia, and JZA80 Toyota Supra. They also sell quality second hand performance vehicles. Pro Coat Hi Temp Ceramic Coatings Thermal Management Decorative Coatings Dry Film Lubricants Unit 1/1 Clare Mace Cresent Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 Stuart Turnbull Phone: 02 4388 9946 Email: [email protected] Pro Coat does HPC style coatings on exhausts, turbo housings, manifolds and more. Not only can they do stealth black coatings and coating that are purely preformance oriented but they can do some pretty lurid colours on some hot surfaces that will not only keep the heat in (and therefore reduce engine bay temps) but looks great too. Keep your eyes peeled for a group buy on some of their services shortly. Xclusive Colours. Louie has to be one of the best spray painters in Australia with numerous Autosalon winners to his name. He is too busy being an utter perfectionist to put up a website so I can't link you. I have been out to his workshop and spent a whole day checking out what goes on and I can tell you he is a master. The crazy thing about him though, is that he is one of the cheapest paint/panel guys around. Give him a call on 0413 581 099 or see him at 2 East Street, Granville. I know for a fact there will be several Skylines entering the Show and Shine that Louie has painted. Come and check them out. GCG Turbochargers. Have a guess what these guys do. * Repairs, Highs Flows, Ball Bearing Conversions and custom builds. * Aftermarket Turbochargers for performance application. * Turbocharger Accesories, Fittings, Flanges and Gaskets. * Technical support and custom applications. * Supply of Import Performance Parts. * Fast, reliable service out of Japan, Europe and USA. * Specialising in hard to find parts from around the world. * Applications from Nissan to Ferrari and all in between. * Repairs, High Flows, Ball Bearing Conversions and custom builds. * Aftermarket Turbocharger Kits. * Industrial, Marine and Commercial applications. * Electro Magnetic Retarders by Frenelsa. * Supply of pneumatic air equipment. * Service of pneumatic air equipment. * In House testing for quality assurance. * Technical support and specialised equipment. Let's just say that I have a GCG Highflow turbo on my car and with cams it pulls around 270rwkw on Unique Autosports Dyno. Motul. THE CONCEPT MOTUL sees each car manufacturer's approval as the technical start point in achieving a high quality, high performance oil that is universally approved by all automobile manufacturers. MOTUL's lineup consists of only top grade, premium quality oil products that are enhanced with additives, and developed using MOTUL's extensive technological advancements in the racing arena. MOTUL's products are also geared towards the average consumer. High performance products formulated by MOTUL complies with the ACEA and API industrial standards. Products by MOTUL are economical and exceed the performance standard of the standard recommended oil. What can I say? I have Motul 300v in my engine right now (and before you ask, yes I paid for it). Sliding Performance. Sliding Performance are known for two main things, they do cheap but very effective highflow turbos and they import performance parts sometimes found elsewhere but cheaper. Their biggest seller is Splitfire Coilpacks for your RB engine for $579 delivered anywhere in Australia. No one else can compete. Check out their complete catalogue at www.slidingperformance.com to see how much money you can save. As for turbos, bang for buck they have to be about the best there is. If you want to know they work, check out their sponsored cars here - and here.

Does it cost? Yes it does. $10 for current paid up Skylines Australia Club members and $20 for non members. This is a nominal fee to cover costs. We are not doing this to make money. How do I enter? Well I'm glad you asked. With great thanks to Links we have for the first time ever, an online entry form. Click here to go to the entry form. You can pay with Paypal, credit card or direct deposit. We would very much prefer if everyone entered via this method however there are other options. You can print off the form which you can download from here SnSv2.pdf and either fax it to 9237 0814 then direct deposit. Use your rego as the identifier. The Skylines Australia bank account details are as follows: Bank - NAB Branch - Marrickville Account name - Skylines Australia NSW BSB - 082 356 Account number - 546 393 766 Alternatively you can print off the form and post it to PO Box 7 Broadway, NSW 2007 with your cheque or money order. Lastly, you can enter on the day. If you do this it would be great if you already have the form printed off and filled out. Just remember, we are all volunteers and the more entrants we have on the day the harder our job is.

I ride my motorbike into the city but pay $6.50 for parking in my building, well my works pays. There are free spots but they are inconvenient and very crowded so you have to get in early and depending on where you work, walk a bit as well. In Melbourne you can park on the footpath for free. Here you get a ticket for that. Also plenty of bikes get stolen from the free parking areas on the western side of the city.

So you use the 10w40 Richard? Cardigan boy has convinced me to go to 10w50.

Bad luck Jas. Hope it all comes together well.

Eastern Creek turn 1.

That's because they are the parallel imported hill climb tyres that are a few years old already. See the Taleb thread for more details. I still think RE55's are the best value for money semi out there.

Ah ok. I guess I was just looking at Adrians consistency like it was normal.

Hey, I'm that obnoxious ALL the time! Always good to see ya mate.

Ok then, we'll enter it into best r32 gtst stock turbo.

Sure. No prize category but still cheap run and good social day.

We'll think about it.

Well if someone can give me a lift over to Oz' house (10 mins away) I will bring the black beast out for a run.

True, true. Regarding the NZ method; don't you think there is a big difference between say, a 12.9 and a 12.0? I mean barring stuffups, the faster car will always win. I guess people will then build a car not just to go fast but not to go too fast do you think? Like if I'm running high 12's and then make some improvements to get down close to 12.0 I wont bother trying to get 11.9 in competition because I'll be too far away from the guys running 11.0.

Final Edit. If you want to enter now please just turn up on Sunday from 8am to 10am. We will have entry forms and pens to fill them out! Postponed to Sunday 1 July. Toyo Tyre and Rubber Australia are proud to present the Skylines Australia Show'n'Shine 2007. The 2005 event was so big that it took us two years to recover. Back then we had 97 entries to an event that was, arguably, hard to get to on the central coast. This year it will be in Sydney and I hope you can all help us make it bigger than ever before. Autosalon - ha, Godzilla - no wai!!!! This will be the biggest Skyline event ever!* Let me start off by giving you all a synopsis of what it's all about. In a nutshell, it's about participation. We want to have the most Skylines entered into an event ever. To do this you need to put aside any feelings of inadequacy you may have and get polishing. This is the best excuse you will get to get your car to it's absolute shiniest and best. Yes there will be prizes. Toyo Tyres are giving away a complete set of new tyres, Just Jap are giving a Brand New Kakimoto Racing Exhaust System, or store voucher to the same value which are among the prizes being given away by our many and varied sponsors but that's not the whole point. The point is that you all come. I don't want to see Skylines in the carpark, I want them in the show. The reason why previous SAU Show'n'Shines have been so successful (double expected entrants on both occasions) is because you are joining in with the SAU community, your SAU friends and all other enthusiasts to celebrate your most prized possesion. Am I right? Am I right? You don't have to tell me, I already know. Who understands why my car needs 8 hours of rubbing, tugging and hugging from me every other weekend? You do! Ok, here's the format; It's a bit of an early start but that's just so we can get all the cars in and parked before the general public arrives. We have a nice big grassy area to spread ourselves around on. Cars will be parked as directed but only so as to make sure we all fit. You can park with your friends or as far away from them as you like. It's best to arrive in groups if you want to park in groups. We have 13 sponsors who will be setting up stalls/shops/demonstrations for you to peruse throughout the day. Pick their brains or line up your next mods. Thank them for their generous donations to the Skyline cause. Browse their wares generally. One of the great things about this sort of event is talking to other Skyline owners about things they have done and learned about their cars which you can apply or you can teach others. You might say to someone that your oil cooler doesn't seem to be too effective. That someone might say oh you need ducting like on my car. Then you can go and check it out. It's all going to be there for you to check out. Having trouble finding a spot for that new gauge, I bet someone there has one in a spot you haven't thought of yet. So where is it? Granville Park, in Granville of course. It's just south of Parramatta on Woodville Road next to the Maccas there so you can't miss it. Very central. When? Sunday June 17. Cars arrive from 8am and leave about 3-4pm. What's the go? Participate!! Also we will be judging all the cars. * Absolutely no research was done before pronouncing this rather ambitious statement.

Hmm I wonder what a 2nd gear take off with grippy tyres and some power would be like...

No, it was poor management on my part. Not John's fault either.

Cheers guys. 147 entries atm. Is that enough or do you need us to cancel our dyno day? For your information I originally slated the dyno day on a different weekend so as to not clash with Compak Attack but much later and due to pressure from club members who were to be at another event I changed it, forgetting that Compak Attack was on. So it's my fault. Also, since I'm here already, people come to dyno days because they are cheap. We get very few high powered cars. I easily won my class last time with 256rwkw. And another thing, I don't race for spectators or sponsors. I race for fun. I may not be the only one. If the cost per run doesn't add up then my interest wanes. This is why I like private hires, because, as long as I don't break stuff, I will get lots of runs. I think it was mentioned earlier that you get at least 3 runs in qualifying and one elimination, more if you can race. Well guess what, I can't race. I've had 9 runs in a manual car. I will lose the first chance I get. I'll stop before I go right off topic but suffice to say that I greatly dislike comments like "stupid" that are directed at me even if you didn't realise they were directed at me.

It's possible that your tailshaft is out of balance. Get under and have a look for a clean patch where one of the stick on lead weigths might have fallen off. Also if a uni joint is on the way out maybe, although I'm yet to see a Skyline uni blow.

Bah, you gotta find your limits somehow. Glad it hasn't put you off at all. I can hear a new quote now oz "GTR Baron slide out!"

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Good luck. Whereabouts do you live? Where looking for work?

Jeez that stuff is expensive. No wonder I haven't bothered until now. Good luck with it. Should be quite interesting. I would consider it for drag racing but I doubt I would retune, just add timing until the knock increases.

Different fuel probably wont get more power unless you also increase the timing. 2rismo used nos on the dyno last year so yes you can although you have to be careful.