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Ha ha. You are a crack up. At least we have the same views on marriage anyway. That must count for something.

Nah that's the look on his face now because he realises he never should have got rid of the 26 heart and wasted his money on VL rubbish.

Its got nothing to do with the car getting hotter, its got to do with the stresses applied to the manifold through driving. The environment is totally different. The fact a dyno run only lasts for 10 secs max with the bonnet open and a blower on and everything being monitored with no other forces except for engine twist.... As opposed to an hour of relative extreme driving with interrupted air flow from traffic and lower speeds causing issues with under bonnet temps. Then you have bumps and forces and shock forces applied to the Mani from the turbo, waste gate, intake pipe and the movement of the dump and exhaust, together with the twisting of the engine. All these stresses while you have got hot steel under pressure that is probably not in the best condition will absolutely cause the Mani to crack and fatigue as opposed to relatively no forces on the dyno.

I said it is more controlled. Read what I typed.

Rubbish

This is probably when it cracked because it's the first time it really saw the extremes. On the dyno temps are pretty well controlled and the manifold doesn't have the stresses exerted on it like those seen on the road. No big deal just change the mani and hope that everything else is in order.

Agree to disagree. They look very fresh. No carbon build up on some of those probably indicate less than 100km of driving

Those cracks look pretty fresh to me. If they were there from when you said then there would be a lot more carbon build up around the areas especially the flanges, but everywhere really. So that's why crd and xklaba didn't notice it because it wasn't cracked. Obviously that manifold is seeing pretty extreme pressure and heat to do that. You would expect that to occur in a higher than normal back pressure situation either from a turbine side or exhaust restriction. Looks very very fresh in those photos.

IMHO those wheels are perfecto

Did you get a mph on that. Graph looks nice.

Found this. Decent comparison as far as I am aware.

Interested in the rear seats. Are you happy to separate

As I said in the post above. A half decent setup for traction and driveline will see mph there or thereabouts. This means a good set of tyres at least obviously. My point being, if someone quotes a dyno figure, then the next question is what mph did it run. If its lower than the expected range with a fair 1/4 mile run, then the power level needs to be questioned. Well that's the way I have always confirmed my cars and everyone I know does the same thing. So in the case above did the final mph support the dyno numbers?

Agree to disagree. Statistically speaking a 300kw a gtr should trap at 120mph approximately. So when talking of any other cars with similar weights they are always in the ball park with a half decent setup for traction and drive line. The big variable is usually ET, but mph is always there or thereabouts.

ETs have always indicated setup, MPH have always indicated power Nothing has changed. Dynos lie, MPH don't.

So agree with nismoid. I remember a long time ago when this wasn't the case. Ahh the good old days when saying you had a fast car actually meant, ummm, you actually had a fast car. Mph will always rule the roost.

Congrats mate. Curve looks nice and flat, should be an awesome drive.

Do you know what sarcasm is? Obviously not.

Don't know wtf your are on about. Just because your 26 was a pig of a setup, dont think that its the norm, because its not. We dont have to rev and dump off the line along with all the other rubbish you had to go through because we don't have drag setups that we try to drive on the street. I can drive my car quite sedately as a daily without revving the guts out. Fark mate don't take it personally, I was just initially responding to another poster then you decided to comment. I am not having a go at your setup at all... Actually far from it, but you obviously have a delusion about 26s all being like the rubbish you had.

Nah I haven't that's why I commented that I prefer a setup to not be responsive.

Didn't say it makes me nervous, just less relaxing to drive a surgy car in peak hour daily duties. As I said I drive mine daily in peak hour, so yeah i putter around because i want to drive it everyday, legally, with no headaches and it stays in the left lane so as people pass me they can admire the beauty of an R33. So it stays in low rpm with hardly any boost and no BOV huffing away. I have nothing to prove on the street as those days are long gone. But regardless, I am just a gear change away from 350 odd kws of evil, and soon I will hopefully have more lag and more power. Just the way I like it.

as i said horrible set up,.330kw setup should not be too far off stockish response

I just don't understand the logic of why you want all that torque and power down low. Maybe its because I drove a car with a high stall for so long and loved the fact that for everyday duties it was lazy and much nicer and easier to drive compare to before the converter went in. Similar to changing from stock to -5s which made the car nicer to drive daily. I suppose I don't like setups that are surgy and responsive that makes for a nervous and less livable drive for daily duties, for me anyway.

Sounds nothing like your average 400kw rb26. Obviously a horrible setup. Would be like chalk and cheese to what you have now.

Should read :D:D