Dose's Sometimes DIY and Pay Someone Home & Boat Improvement Thread

[No Crust Racing]

ZF8HP!

[MBS206]

7 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

I'm more inclined to fit a ZF8HP to the shit box, just because it's nicer to drive and has much more capabilities than a sequential dog box.

However, low chance of either, too much effort and money lol

Really, effort is pretty low.

You hand fistfuls of cash over to someone else and pick it up when done...

 

And at least this shitbox isn't drinking coolant right?  

[r32-25t]

10 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

I'm more inclined to fit a ZF8HP to the shit box, just because it's nicer to drive and has much more capabilities than a sequential dog box.

However, low chance of either, too much effort and money lol

They’re so great that I know of someone pulling one out to go back to a sequential 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

4 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Really, effort is pretty low.

You hand fistfuls of cash over to someone else and pick it up when done...

 

And at least this shitbox isn't drinking coolant right?  

haha this shit box doesn't drink coolant, for now  

 

 

1 hour ago, r32-25t said:

They’re so great that I know of someone pulling one out to go back to a sequential 

Let me guess, they make heaps of power, use the car for straight line driving and don't care about noise

[MBS206]

6 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

 

Let me guess, they make heaps of power, use the car for straight line driving and don't care about noise

They sound like a legend. 😛

[No Crust Racing]

Would be good in your car I reckon Johnny. Have seen reports they don't seem to love circuit use and sustained high RPM, but there's so many variables and implementations it's hard to tell fact from fiction. 

All that said, is it worth it in this car given how you feel about it? Probs not? 

[admS15]

SAMSONAS 

 

 

Just saying 

 

 

U know and we know U wanna

 

 

Just a matter of time....

[r32-25t]

14 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Let me guess, they make heaps of power, use the car for straight line driving and don't care about noise

I think you’d be surprised who it is 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

5 hours ago, admS15 said:

SAMSONAS 

 

 

Just saying 

 

 

U know and we know U wanna

 

 

Just a matter of time....

please don't, I don't want to donate $35K to the Nissan Gods

[MBS206]

5 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

please don't, I don't want to donate $35K to the Nissan Gods

Is Samsonas really Nissan though... So really, you're just donating to the fun and happiness gods...

[Murray_Calavera]

On 02/07/2025 at 10:54 AM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

I'm more inclined to fit a ZF8HP

A birdy on my shoulder is also telling me to do this....

But then the thought process goes, if our shit boxes are selling for $35,000ish and M240i's are now dropping into the $35,000ish range.... do I wave a magic wand and turn the shit box into a M240i? Then I get the ZF for free and it comes with a free B58 and a modern container to put them all in. 

Would feel very strange not having the shit box around though after all the time I've dumped into it.... but the thought is getting more tempting with each day.

... could put one of those detachable tow bars on the M240i and tow the bike to the track... can't do that with the shit box.... I dunno.

The longer I procrastinate though the cheaper the M240i's get, I assume there will be a cross over point one day where I pull the trigger on it. 

[MBS206]

6 minutes ago, Murray_Calavera said:

A birdy on my shoulder is also telling me to do this....

But then the thought process goes, if our shit boxes are selling for $35,000ish and M240i's are now dropping into the $35,000ish range.... do I wave a magic wand and turn the shit box into a M240i? Then I get the ZF for free and it comes with a free B58 and a modern container to put them all in. 

Would feel very strange not having the shit box around though after all the time I've dumped into it.... but the thought is getting more tempting with each day.

... could put one of those detachable tow bars on the M240i and tow the bike to the track... can't do that with the shit box.... I dunno.

The longer I procrastinate though the cheaper the M240i's get, I assume there will be a cross over point one day where I pull the trigger on it. 

So swap an appreciating asset, for a depreciating asset?

Also, there's a build on here where someone is towing there bike to the track using an R33...

[soviet_merlin]

5 minutes ago, Murray_Calavera said:

... could put one of those detachable tow bars on the M240i and tow the bike to the track... can't do that with the shit box.... I dunno.

Did you see Jez's posts recently? 

https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/377489-the-evolution-of-night-fury/page/33/#findComment-8002017

[Murray_Calavera]

Just now, MBS206 said:

So swap an appreciating asset, for a depreciating asset?

Also, there's a build on here where someone is towing there bike to the track using an R33...

Yep that is a factor for sure. I wonder how much further the gtst's can go. I wouldn't be surprised if they are relatively tapped out and only the GTR's continue to grow. But then again my crystal ball doesn't work too good. 

I've never seen a R33 towing a track bike, that is interesting though.

[Murray_Calavera]

3 minutes ago, soviet_merlin said:

Did you see Jez's posts recently? 

Nope lol but thanks for posting it

[MBS206]

5 minutes ago, Murray_Calavera said:

Yep that is a factor for sure. I wonder how much further the gtst's can go. I wouldn't be surprised if they are relatively tapped out and only the GTR's continue to grow. But then again my crystal ball doesn't work too good. 

I've never seen a R33 towing a track bike, that is interesting though.

If the GTR keeps climbing to ridiculous out of control prices, it will drag the GTST up as time goes on. Those who cant drop silly $ on the GTR, will then start to drop big $ on the GTST.

[Duncan]

I agree, and it is already happening if you look at the new members from the USA, lots of GTTs and even GT no T being picked up because they find/afford a GTR

[GTSBoy]

18 minutes ago, Duncan said:

I agree, and it is already happening if you look at the new members from the USA, lots of GTTs and even GT no T being picked up because they find/afford a GTR

And I don't want to crap on their enthusiasm, but goddamn that is dumb. The money they're paying, for crapy old Dattos, then having to scrounge to find parts (and, being Seppos, they simply MUST upgrade and/or factory restore every single part of the car within 2 weeks of buying the car!) is just silly. "Oh, it's my dream car!..." </wistful, dewy look in the eye>

[MBS206]

49 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

And I don't want to crap on their enthusiasm, but goddamn that is dumb. The money they're paying, for crapy old Dattos, then having to scrounge to find parts (and, being Seppos, they simply MUST upgrade and/or factory restore every single part of the car within 2 weeks of buying the car!) is just silly. "Oh, it's my dream car!..." </wistful, dewy look in the eye>

Look, let's be honest, 20 years ago, people in Australia were doing the same, except it wasn't Japanese brands, it was old Holden and Fords.

They're a different breed of people buying these cars now, compared to how we view them. 

[Duncan]

meh, buying a car is an emotional choice, the car makers started it and we all hooked onto it.

But yes, people don't know what they are getting themselves in for buying an old car with all their available budget, then finding out that was only the start of the spending