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Ah seeing those Manley H-beam con rods takes me back. . . way back to my small block Chev days.

The days of the 80's when a set ( or similar, Carillo ) for a small block came in at $2100 and that was a big hit to the wallet for what I was earning back then !

Ah good old dinosaur days . . . . . 

 

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On 04/09/2021 at 4:33 PM, R377 said:

Whats up Dose with your skyline ?

Trying to read your thread but just talks about computer games.  Sum up plans for you skyline in 100 words or less !

What about the renovations 

Renovations are awesome and more new content that a RB build

Plus Solar, what about the Solar

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On 05/09/2021 at 9:57 PM, Tobz said:

Isn't it a pain how many inputs DBW takes up!

If we remove the safety/redundancy features of it then you would only need 2x inputs. However having the safety features are a must to avoid throttle control issues.

Would be nice if Haltech released a new firmware for the Elite to support canbus keypads though :) 

On 04/09/2021 at 4:33 PM, R377 said:

Whats up Dose with your skyline ?

Trying to read your thread but just talks about computer games.  Sum up plans for you skyline in 100 words or less !

Anyone want to swap their BMW F30 340 LCI M-sport for this? straight swap :D 

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On 06/09/2021 at 11:12 AM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

If we remove the safety/redundancy features of it then you would only need 2x inputs. However having the safety features are a must to avoid throttle control issues.

I mean no one in their right mind would skimp on this.... right?

On 06/09/2021 at 11:12 AM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Would be nice if Haltech released a new firmware for the Elite to support canbus keypads though

This for sure!  How is not a thing yet?

On 06/09/2021 at 11:12 AM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Anyone want to swap their BMW F30 340 LCI M-sport for this? straight swap

when I bought my car, I was deciding between a 135i or the R34.... sometimes I wish I went the BMW...... However when I see the 135i I don't look at it and go, man I wish I got that. but if I got the BMW I know I would regret not having the Skyline!

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On 06/09/2021 at 11:46 AM, Tobz said:

This for sure!  How is not a thing yet?

when I bought my car, I was deciding between a 135i or the R34.... sometimes I wish I went the BMW...... However when I see the 135i I don't look at it and go, man I wish I got that. but if I got the BMW I know I would regret not having the Skyline!

Haltech spent all their time/efforts on the Nexus which has that and PDM out of the box. It is a tempting upgrade however the price point is not right for me and I have no need for the PDM - not to mention it can't support fuel pumps or fans on PWM (current demands are too high). 

At some stage I still would need an I/O expander if I decide to go to DCT or ZF or sequential as I'm out of digital and analogue inputs for gear position, etc.

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Yea but when you see M2s with just tyres only in stock form doing 1m5s around Wakefield you wonder what we are doing wrong LOL

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On 06/09/2021 at 12:08 PM, Duncan said:

meh, the gtr or an evo9 does 1.06 there with just tyres too, and they are 30 years old....

but they're AWD/4WD lol

I know, plenty of Euro haters here - but then again it is SAU :)

I'm just a closet Euro fan lol... still don't own one (not referring to daily) after all this talk.

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On 06/09/2021 at 12:33 PM, Jasoncauser said:

I wish I was in the 1:06's lol 
im in the 1:13's 
with more in the car, Im the handicap at this point haha

more seat time!

I started with 1m18s (1st time), then a few goes later into the 15s, then suspension changes into the 12s, then tyres into the 9s. This was over a few years too!

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