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Yeah, but people keep throwing up 200hp figures for the Paul Newman which is bs... if that has 200hp my fj20 must have 300hp lol

Careful Adam,

You might be accused of being blasfamous, after all, my Paul Newman has a lot more than 200. LOL

Adam,

I think they quick, just depends on the comparison.

My mates in Adelaide tell me there is a Paul Newman down there, that after caning it's ass off, it does 15's at the 1/4.

Hold that thought for a moment, 15.??? second 1/4 time and have some consideration for our own aussie muscle. The 5.7 litre Monaro only manages 17's for the 1/4, off the shelf.

Compared to that! the Paul Newman is pretty quick eh!!!

Sams IS the Adelaide Paul Newman, its standard apart from a turbo that is apparently a "triple hybrid", filter and exhaust. Its bloody clean though, and it sounds sweet, but its slow. Sam reckoned that my car was noticably faster when he went in it... which is when it had a huge boost leak. And now that mine doesnt have a leak, its much quicker

How many are there in Australia now? When Ivan was advertising his he said there was only three... his, Pauls (now Sams) and another one that was in either Sydney or Melbourne

I still doubt that the Newmans had 200hp standard, or even much more than 145.

Shit, my Charade GTti must have been a monster... stock except for the exhaust it ran a 16.7 (granny launched... just drove it normally (ie sloooowly) off the line) but at 85mph lol

BTW Sam lives in the house behind mine :D

Sams IS the Adelaide Paul Newman, its standard apart from a turbo that is apparently a "triple hybrid", filter and exhaust.  Its bloody clean though, and it sounds sweet, but its slow.  Sam reckoned that my car was noticably faster when he went in it... which is when it had a huge boost leak.  And now that mine doesnt have a leak, its much quicker

How many are there in Australia now?  When Ivan was advertising his he said there was only three... his, Pauls (now Sams) and another one that was in either Sydney or Melbourne

I still doubt that the Newmans had 200hp standard, or even much more than 145.

Shit, my Charade GTti must have been a monster... stock except for the exhaust it ran a 16.7 (granny launched... just drove it normally (ie sloooowly) off the line) but at 85mph lol

BTW Sam lives in the house behind mine :D

i think you'll find that the ones ghostrider and i are talking of are not STANDARD and you are on the mark with your stock power figures give or take! :D

you might be able to answer a question though! were the paul neumans released in 2 or 4 door version as my mates is a 4 door and he seem to think they were only ever released in the 4 door version??

hey all...i just bought a r30 hatch for $200....im gunna stick the motor/box(5speed) into my 1.2litre 2wd hilux.......can the ecu be modded or do i have to buy an aftermarket computer? i want to put headers and a cam in it.....btw the motor and box are A1

oh....bummer...how far can u go with these motors before needing to change the ecu? im guessing head work and pipes is about it?

if anyone read the ZOOM engine review then according to them the ECU can be played with?? but i think the problen is finding someone that has bothered with these engines here in OZ.

the trouble with the vane airflow meters, well in my mates case was that they flip wide open under boost and go to 9:1 A/F ratio.

thats why you see so many pulsar Et's blowing chaff

i think from memory you can basically adjust idle, mid and high mixtures

took my car to work with me on saturday, i know the trouble i could have been in, 40k round trip, all and all she went like a dream, one miner problem, no indicators!! it was something i had to do and was not disapointed!!

Fun arent they :)

I drive mine the looooong way to uni, go up through and across the hills instead of just cutting across town.. only takes 5 minutes longer, and its a hell of a lot more fun :evil

the thing is with mine its unregistered and i'm running an rb20det so its fun and illegal!! :sadam:
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