Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Fitted my front new coilovers today (rears to be fitted when my knuckles recover) and a cute little lip spoiler. Enjoy.

The super low pics are from initial install - obviously it is not like that anymore :( It now has a healthy 340mm wheel centre to guard legal gap to keep me off the speed humps and spoon drains

f**k, thats retarded, youve scraped on shit at normal height, good thing youre not running it that low, barely be able to drive it.

Yeah James, it is hard to believe that I have already fitted 20mm spacers at the front and 25mm spacers to the rear.

seriously? can hardly tell. stupid v35/z33/34's, got mass amounts of room under the guards.

Nah mate I am not keeping the stock rims (despite the fact I think they are among the sexiest stock rims on the planet), but am trying to decide between the rims below.

I trial fitted the GT-Cs on my car and are my dream rim, but they are expensive.

The LMGT4s on the 350Z and V35 are my current faves (the pics on the 350Z are 18" x 9.5 +20 which is my preferred offset).

The AME Circlars are long time fave rims (I used to have some without so much dish on my R34).

from that list... id go with the nismos.

... but id also suggest meisters or professors, equips, vs-xx's, or if the budget (and wife) permit, bbs lm's.

Or maybe I'm just in the wrong game. If I could get $50 ph at a full time rate (without being a self proprieter) I'd count myself as very lucky indeed. Worth considering changing professions too, provided it doesnt require a uni course.

wrong game.

that being said, id be over the f**kin moon earning $25/hour. i reckon ill head back to school when im back form my travels, being a pleb blows.

Edited by scandyflick
  • Replies 14.2k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

wrong game.

that being said, id be over the f**kin moon earning $25/hour. i reckon ill head back to school when im back form my travels, being a pleb blows.

yeah. i have to chiggidy check myself before i wriggidy wreck myself sometimes, makes me appreciate the $35ph rates when Im a contractor, but on the same token a lesser rate but more workers rights would be better in the long term.

Now, if only I can find myself the next decent contract. Being unemployed over the last 2 months is a serious cock blocker

-D

Or maybe I'm just in the wrong game. If I could get $50 ph at a full time rate (without being a self proprieter) I'd count myself as very lucky indeed. Worth considering changing professions too, provided it doesnt require a uni course.

Maybe I just have a skewed perspective of incomes from having lived in Melbourne/Sydney and working IT (primarily UNIX sysadmin, Cisco net engineer, etc). To me, $45-50/hr (at a full-time, 37.5-40 hours per week) doesn't seem that unusual - but I guess looking at it more realistically, it's right out of the ball-park for most people...

it's not actually Dan.

The National average full time adult wage for 2009 based on a 38 hour week was just under $1300 pw in the private sector and just over that in the public sector.......that's about $34 per hour.

You Accountants would easily be doing that, lol

I earn decent coin for my age and i wish i was even close to that. That makes $67,600, lusty.

maybe cpa accountants and the old unqualified lady that worked here before me.

im getting shafted, maybe its my tan

dont you start Dan :D damn white mofo lol

Damn pete i wish i was on those wages lol

i dont know if i believe that figure sled what with all the mc d's people geting paid $10 an hour :D

n krishy i think its prob more the fact i come in with a mohawk and throw the odd swear word out, its more about who likes you in the office as apposed to what you do.

balls. inspired by the snowboarding on the olympics at the moment, figured id have a hunt for my old board and gear, found em, but its all hella too small for me now. boots are a size 11 or some shit, lol. and the board is retarded small, 161, i reckon ill need a 175 or something now, stupid getting old and fat. :D

Love your avatar Scandy - I didn't know you are a Firefly fan .... one of my fave shows :banana:

And yes I am with the majority - last I heard the average wage in SA is around $35k. There aren't many people at all (comparatively speaking) earning $67k+. And I agree with Dohmar - being a contractor sucks. One one hand it LOOKS like I earn shitloads, but when you take into account all of the things he listed (he failed to mention the cost of incorporating, company fees, trust maintenance etc associated with being a sole trader), than take tax off on top, my gross shoots down to nearly 1/2 of what it started at :D

1300pw full time average wage?!

No way!

I know so many people in both public and private sector that are in their 30's, 40's and 50's and aren't earning anywhere near that amount.

I thought the average wage for each person was around 600-700 a week?

And yes I am with the majority - last I heard the average wage in SA is around $35k. There aren't many people at all (comparatively speaking) earning $67k+. And I agree with Dohmar - being a contractor sucks. One one hand it LOOKS like I earn shitloads, but when you take into account all of the things he listed (he failed to mention the cost of incorporating, company fees, trust maintenance etc associated with being a sole trader), than take tax off on top, my gross shoots down to nearly 1/2 of what it started at :banana:

Average starting salary in the public sector for university graduates is $40K per year inc tax and super. Thats where I started off in the private sector. Thankfully my loyalty has paid off over the 10+ year being here, and I'm earning above the $67K mentioned ... but I certainly wouldn't call it an "average" salary or wage. With a big mortgage and race projects, my income doesn't go far. People will always adjust their lifestyle and spending to their income, no matter what it is.

:D

lol Roo, you're supposed to change gears :cool:

Get on the bike forums and go second hand mate

Already found another engine (less pistons) in QLD for $300. I'll use the two engines to make one good one.

what about a brand new hayabusa engine? :D i hear theyre rather ballsy...

-D

I'd like to go around corners Ben :cool: ... and keep the bike light for fast cornering speeds :/

Average starting salary in the public sector for university graduates is $40K per year inc tax and super. Thats where I started off in the private sector. Thankfully my loyalty has paid off over the 10+ year being here, and I'm earning above the $67K mentioned ... but I certainly wouldn't call it an "average" salary or wage. With a big mortgage and race projects, my income doesn't go far. People will always adjust their lifestyle and spending to their income, no matter what it is.

:/

Thats certainly true about the lifestyle adapting to income. Uni graduates start much higher as they have their hecs debt plus they need to show something for (x) years of study. One of the reasons GPs (Doctors) get paid nicely is due to the 8 years required to do their Bsc/Mbbs, more so for specialists who take another 4-7 years on top of that - Which is why you find most specialists only start practicing in their early 30's..

Also re jmw's statement about earning cash in Melb and Syd, you get paid much more in those two cities due to the cost of living increase. A $65k job here in adelaide will probably be equal to $85k in Sydney, and I certainly wouldn't want to live in Syd or Melb so I'm happy sticking here on my Adelaide level wage.

-D

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Nah, OEM washer bottle and brake fluid reservoirs are fine I don't know what it is with the plastic that Mazda used, some plastics, like the washer bottle and brake fluid res are fine, and still look new after 20 years use, where as the coolant expansion tank, and PS reservoir, that I replaced with new OEM items when I first got the car, turned yellow and started getting brittle a few years later If the dirty yellow stained plastics didn't trigger me there wouldn't be an issue, but they did, much like the battery bracket....... Meh As for going back to work full time to support car stuff, nope, why, because I own a Mazda NC MX5, not a Nissan R series Skyline 🤣
    • I've never heard of CJ-motor, so can't advise you on them. I'd just go straight to GCG for a GCG highflow though. Seems no point to use a middleman. I'm somewhat surprised that the price on the CJ site is lower than the GCG retail price. Even though CJ would get a discount of some sort, you would hardly expect them to give up so much margin. Maybe the price is out of date? Having said that "I'd go to GCG"...when I did my highflow, I went to Hypergear. I did this https://hypergearturbos.com/product/rb25dethighflow/#tab-dyno-results with the R34 OP6 450HP profile. With the BB centre (extra $400) and intially with the standard boost actuator, but I eventually got him to send me the high pressure one when I got to the point of being able to actually use it. Ends up costing the same sort of money as the GCG highflow, but this is, of course, the turbo that I KNOW has a shorter length core and so moves the comp cover rearwards. The GCG apparently doesn't do that. My mechanic also swears by the GCG highflow, given that we have another turbo rebuilder who does something essentialy the same as theirs, using Garrett wheels. He says it stands up at really low revs and makes good power. I haven't pushed my HG highflow past ~240-250rwkW yet (should have a little more in it, but unclear how much) and it does have a fairly gentle boost ramp. OK, it's much better now that I have gotten my boost controller tuned up on it.  A lot of my earlier unhappiness was because I couldn't keep the wastegate flap as closed as it needed to be (including some mechanical issues). I'd still prefer it to boost up nearly as quickly as the stocker, and it certainly a bit slower than that. So maybe the GCG one is worth the first look (for you).
    • Ok thanks 🙂 I will higly consider this. Any "known" company for a good reviews and experience to send that off? Is that CJ-motor good one? Or go straight to GCG site? I need to use VPN to even find some of those "shops" let alone access them 🙂 
    • You can literally put in as much WMI as it takes to quench the combustion totally (and then back it off a little, obviously), and it will keep making more and more power. The power comes from the cooling effect of the water (and the meth) and the extra fuel (the meth, which also has massive octane). It is effectively exactly like running E85. One might be slightly better than the other, but they are damn close. But with either you can lean on the boost or the timing (or both) waaaay more than with just petrol and the results are similar. Here's the first thing I googled for an anecdotal bit of evidence. Can't access the attachment without being a gold member, but it is there for the getting if able to, or searched up elsewise perhaps. https://www.hpacademy.com/forum/general-tuning-discussion/show/wmi-vs-e85/
    • Dang, those BBS are so nice! 
×
×
  • Create New...