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blamin the ATO just makes us feel better. it puts a face to the empty promises and hope we all cling to each year. the shadow behind the mask, personified.

I should write a play. 'Phantom Of The Tax Office'

inb4 it's your own money fgts...if you got buggerall or a bill then you paid buggerall tax or have a terrible accountant. Can earn 50k a year and get a 20k tax return if you want the ATO to hang onto it for you til tax time.

Those with less of a return are generally better off because, if they were clever and put their extra monies into interest accounts or wise investments, they made gains instead of the government getting rich off your shit. They technically made ~$90 off Leighs tax return.

And never plan your finances/bills/expenses around getting a good return...unless you can properly plan the return...in which case you probably don't need an accountant to do it for you.

/tobysassistant

The informeter tells me I hit 2.86 bar between shifts, when the auto fails to find the next gear in time for the soft limit. Generally 30psi pulls fairly solidly though. :P

Stock VQ25det FTW.

the skyline had a split vac line to the gate, stuck it on a dyno and it maxed out the dynos map sensor and my boost gauge. so it was somewhere north of 42 psi, the ECU pulled so much timing and added so much fuel it was shooting droplets of fuel unburnt out the exhaust and all over the wall along with a diesel like black cloud, dropped 100kw too for a mere 290kw run.

I had a similar issue a couple of years ago, wastegate line popped off and it ran 3bar+ for a few days (no idea how much as that was the sensor's limit.) It caused the head bolts to stretch and split the head gasket. Still no det, just masses of torque.

hm.

yeah i get what you mean, but the climate in vic is such that, driving a skyline means auto pull over the moment a cop spots you. probably not too worth it to be wasting cash modifying only to return to stock.

then again, might have something to do with me driving a yellow skyline.

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