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Since I bought my 1jz Cefiro, I hadn't had it checked over my a mechanic yet - but today I had the need to do so - the clutch had been getting worse and worse this week and made the car pretty difficult to drive through the Bangkok traffic.... so I took it to a local friendly mechanic.

I went there with one of my girlfriends friends who has a 1jz Cefiro, and later her brother joined in his RB20 Cefiro - he was concerned about his steering rack so he's getting that checked at the same time as I'm getting my clutch replaced.

The mechanic decided to take us out on test-drives to see the charactoristics of the clutch problem on my car, and the steering rack on the other car.

This guy was not scared to use the pedal on the right.... we have some pretty good roads nearby the garage, and there wasn't much traffic around. To be driven around in a pair of Cefiros, driven on the limit was a good experience, and it allowed me to make a direct comparison of the RB20 and the 1JZ.

The RB20 was a very free-revving engine, and very responsive, but didn't feel particularly fast. The 1JZ was a little more laggy, and was slow through the rev-band, but once the turbo kicked in it was fierce and felt much much quicker than the RB. Both cars were pretty much standard, so of course I know that there was a huge power difference which has to account for the performance difference.

Both cars have been left with the mechanic for him to repair. The 3rd Cefiro - the other 1jz [which IS a highly modified car] was the ride home.... again, I was treated to another experience of the performance that the 1JZ has to offer.

Now, I'm not trying to condone street-racing, or driving at speeds in excess of the legal limit - but J-E-S-U-S!!!!! The speed was awsome, and has to be every guys dream to drive a car with that kind of performance. My girlfriend, and the other guys girlfriend were screaming with excitement.

All in all, an exciting ending to an otherwise dull day.......

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Got any more pics of yours and the other Ceffy's?

Here is the grey RB20 Cefiro that belongs to my girlfriend's brother.....

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Here are a few pics of mine... the first two are from when I was buying the car and came out a bit too dark, and the third one is a better shot of the photo that I posted up in another forum topic.... sorry about the size of the full-size pics - I didn't have chance to resize them

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As well as getting the clutch fixed I'm also having the broken speedo repaired and fitting a blitz blow-off valve a turbo-timer

:)

I'll try to get some more photos when I collect my car. We're all planning on taking the three Cefiros on a cruise down to Pattaya to check out the sea and the sand, and to try to get some good quality photos.

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It's getting annoying, man. But anyway. As you are at it, check it with the mechanic and the RB20 cefiro. What was changed for the conversion :D

P.S.

I'm getting you annoyed with all those questions lol

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