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Geez - Imagine how pissed and r00ted I could have been if I had done that Chris -

frigging modified cars - it never ends -

never

never

never

even if you want it to

Your turbo will blow up

and you get a bigger turbo than before

so you want more response

so you upgade your RB25 to an RB30

And then you need brakes

And then you need suspension

and then something breaks

so you upgrade the broken bit

you get more power

and your gearbox breaks

so you fix that

and then something else breaks

and so on

and so on

and so on

:)

Geez - Imagine how pissed and r00ted I could have been if I had done that Chris -  

 

frigging modified cars - it never ends -  

 

never

 

never  

 

never

 

even if you want it to

 

Your turbo will blow up

 

and you get a bigger turbo than before

 

so you want more response

 

so you upgade your RB25 to an RB30  

 

And then you need brakes

 

And then you need suspension  

 

and then something breaks

 

so you upgrade the broken bit

 

you get more power

 

and your gearbox breaks

 

so you fix that  

 

and then something else breaks

 

and so on  

 

and so on  

 

and so on

 

:)

Breathe B-Man, someone pass the paper bag. :) So it was your turbo was it? Buy an R32 mate, throw away everything :)

LOL, my secret is to remember everything you do to your car will have to be a compromise, otherwise you are right you could easily spend countless thousands on trying to make it as all round a performance car as something like a GT3.

We are Ozzies, think Phase III, dont worry about brakes or susp, sink pi55 whilst your sux nitrous Max :)

Also, at the moment i have my bov (hks ssqv) in the stock postion. When i install the fmic, is it best to put the bov on the pipe coming out of the plenum?

HI~~13_devil....can u pm me?may i know how u install the SQV in the stock position?i cant find any bracket for SQV install to RB25det stock position....thankx...

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