The Sa Wasteland

[RubyRS4]

SCOUSERS JOIN FERRARI

"The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday."

This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the australian government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ some lonsdale youngsters.

The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on how unemployed youths from lonsdale were able to remove a set of wheels in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew could only do it in 8 seconds with millions of pounds worth of high tech equipment.

It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari management team as most races are won and lost in the pits, giving Ferrari an advantage over every other team.

However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for! At the crew's first practice session, not only was the lonsdale pit crew able to change all four wheels in under 6 seconds but, within 12 seconds, they had re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the Mclaren team for 8 cases of vb, a bag of weed and some photos of Lewis Hamilton's bird in the shower.

We should be so proud of our exports

[Matty 31]

woooo

an enquiry email pays off sometime

http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1510#e3345

my car is going to be involved in this event - Car-Cophony

[mid life crisis]

bet if 12 cars blasted music and reved there engines any other time they would be classed as hoons lol

[scandyflick]

hmmm, currently working on a trade for some 17x9 and 18x10 stich meshies...

Edited September 24, 2009 by scandyflick

[Rocky88]

...so i pulled the handbrake in my r32 today and the lever just came loose lol... 

dont have time to check it out atm but i think the screws on the bottom came out... hope its not cable

[craig R33]

Dan's birthday is saturday, id delete my post but the pic is worth keeping.

man satdee is popular for b'days, its also mine and two other ppls from work lol

new years eve shaggers eh?

[ovrtym33]

Nope. the car went in to fix up the ratios from lean to normal, but im not sure what they are.

you should always ask for a print out of the air/fuel ratios which they can put on your dyno sheet graph and also ask how much timing its running

thats the mistake i made "not knowing my air/fuel ratios and timing" and 2 months later they leaned my car out on the dyno

bye bye piston 6 ring land after spending ALOT of $$ with them!!!!!!

[Luke_ENR34]

Valiant update:

Drove it around the block today, and it over heated lol. Pulled the thermostat out and it was siezed up. The pipe was all blocked from corrosion. Cleaned all that out and got it looking nice. Changed the spark plugs and dropped the oil.

Tomorrow i will:

Fill up with coolant and put thermostat in.

Put new engine oil in

Hopefully find someone with a fuel filter instock

And give it a basic check over

Other then all that it will get a wash sometime before sunday.

[Luciano]

hey guys...

anyone changed their brake pads (diy) before (specifically 4 piston calipers [33/34gtst])? got any tips for slotting those new pads into the caliper?

those pistons are tough to get past without special tools. Dont want to damage anything! Anyone got any tips?

Just seeing if there's a simple way to install. otherwise i'm going to put the old pads back in and hand it over to my mechanic!

looked at the DIYs but i'm sceptical about some of the methods, and want to avoid damaging anything at all costs

[ovrtym33]

hey guys...

anyone changed their brake pads (diy) before (specifically 4 piston calipers [33/34gtst])? got any tips for slotting those new pads into the caliper?

those pistons are tough to get past without special tools. Dont want to damage anything! Anyone got any tips?

Just seeing if there's a simple way to install. otherwise i'm going to put the old pads back in and hand it over to my mechanic!

looked at the DIYs but i'm sceptical about some of the methods, and want to avoid damaging anything at all costs

Luke HESLO is the man to speak to, did an awesome job fitting my pads n rotors

[scandyflick]

i was in the same situation.

so i got luke to do it.

his special tool was a gigantic screwdriver.

seemed to work.

and my brakes havent exploded yet.

success.

[Dohmar]

Luke HESLO is the man to speak to, did an awesome job fitting my pads n rotors

i could also add that pete (sled) and luke (lukeenr34) did an admirable job of fitting my front rotors and the 2nd hand pads they found that were infinately better than the ones I had ..

eternally greatful

-D

[DamageInc]

whale oil beef hooked

now say that with an irish accent

[Luciano]

cheers guys. done a bit more digging in the meantime

gonna take another look. if i think i can compress them properly with the tools i have i'll give it a crack!

otherwise going to put it all back as mentioned

thanks again

[Luciano]

update - fkn got it!

[PREISS]

ayye

[DamageInc]

what would be the cheapest way to get a car back from vic

drive my mums car and hire a trailer for a couple of days n do an overnight trip?

[scandyflick]

im assuming its not running? if thats the case, flatbed.

if its running, pack some tools, fly over, its unregistered get a temp permit, drive back.

[scandyflick]

so... anyone wanna buy a 200sx? im now locked in to start traveling next year. no more excuses.

Edited September 24, 2009 by scandyflick

[dark.sky]

what would be the cheapest way to get a car back from vic

drive my mums car and hire a trailer for a couple of days n do an overnight trip?

I had a car freighted over using movingcars.com.au - the actual carrier they used was Patrick Autocare and from memory it was $300 something from Melbourne. It must be able to be driven onto the truck though.