Skepticism

FS - Rare wheels: Gram Light 57 Pro in 18x9+23 / 4x114.3 I've got a set of these rare wheels for sale, ideal for anyone wanting to keep a classic 4-stud look for their S13 or similar. Great offset for S chassis as well. Because I'm a lazy shit and haven't been bothered to take the wheels out of storage, the below photo is an old photo - however the wheels are presently in the same great condition. I'm happy to take new ones for interested buyers if needed, just let me know. Price: $1250 Located Sydney northern suburbs index[1].php

I never wound up tracking my old 180sx, but my current evo 6 absolutely caned it in terms of grip, even on comfort spec bilsteins, OEM height and street alignment, nearly same tyre as well (re002/re003). I subsequently got MCA purples and RS3s, went to Wakefield for the first time ever (outside of PC sims I guess) and still shat out some fast times, despite decidedly lacklustre driving abilities. People say evos are basically cheating and I can see why... mostly jealousy. But at the same time they're not wrong. HOWEVER, that being said, there's more to life than lap times. And there's always some arsehole at the track who's faster than you. The two cars are apples and oranges. The S chassis was the entry level option from Nissan and it admittedly lacks performance - but despite being the cut-price option it's still a pure sports car and drives as such. The Evo 4-6 was significantly more expensive in its day, but it's a basic bitch sedan turned rally homologation special, with a whole heap of compromise in terms of form (I think?), but greatly enhanced function - vastly better engine response and head flow, faster steering rack, huge brakes and oil cooler from factory... and yet in some respects it still feels like I'm driving a riced out sedan. That feeling fades completely once I hit some curves at speed, because the handling really is sublime, the car rotates so easily and there's grip for days coming out of corners. If you just want lap times for the lowest $ the choice is obvious tho

that is one crazy before/after.

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272 cams are too big for an SR on a gtx28... as in, many many sizes too big. If this was a drag car or you wanted to win WTAC, and you had a GT35 to spool up then it's a different story. On the other hand, with your setup OEM cams are too extreme in the other direction. Given the GTX2867 with (as Dale pointed out) quite a large turbine housing for a 2L, which entails spooling up a bit later anyway. Unless you're revving much higher than standard, 256 (poncams etc) are likely the best option, especially if you want to retain better driveability for street duties. If you're concerned about power, check out this build log - 264s were switched out for 256 duration poncams to get a better powerband. The end result was still 351kW on a GTX3071r http://www.trak-life.com/trak180-redemption/ bear in mind that this is an unregistered track car, so streetability wouldn't have been a concern in any way.

sold (sorry for bumping)

$250 ono, last chance before I give up and build tyre swings out of them or attach them to the side of a boat.

Old tyres, never again. When I bought my 180 they came with tyres that had heaps of tread, but were seriously old as f**k. Like I couldn't even find the model number of the Kumho fronts anywhere on the net. First time it rained I understeered off a roundabout at normal speeds and was a few cm off smacking some armco. Then a couple of days later I was driving only a smidge over the limit and spotted a cop car coming in the opposite direction, I hit the brakes to slow gently and the fronts just locked and I skidded for a good 20 metres right in front of them. No grip at all, even in the dry. Utterly dangerous. And AWD isn't going to do shit in either of those situations!

$Lowball me, still for sale

Price drop, $320, still nego. Want these gone.

Fair enough about RSRRs not actually being semis. I thought they'd be equivalent to entry-level semis, but apparently that isn't the case? From all accounts they're not ideal as street performance tyres either, so in the end I wonder what the advantage is over proper R comps, or even over RS3s if they're in the same category?

I bought some 2nd hand wheels with RSRRs that were too damn wide for my car - Federals run wide to begin with so 255 was out of the question without cutting arches. Note -- I'm currently selling the surplus RSRRs if you're after some cheap semis, check classifieds forum In the end I opted to not cut parts off my chassis and decided to get RS3s as I drive around town on weekends and found a great deal (possibly due to the imminent release of RS4s, expect to see reviews for those from the states soon). Honestly they're not quiet at all and the wet handling isn't on par with the RE003s I had on before. But the RS3s grip so much better once warmed up (less so when cold) and the sidewalls are way stiffer - the front end feels so much more pointy. So just in normal driving the car handles a lot nicer. If I could be bothered buying separate track wheels and tyres I'd probably have RE003s or similar for street and then dedicated semis such as RSRRs, or perhaps z221s or something, but all in all the RS3s are a great compromise

For sale are a set of used Federal RS-RR in 255/35/R18 that were too wide for my Evo VI. They came with some wheels I bought and have apparently been used for two track days, and have some graining / rubber pickup, but otherwise plenty of tread left and should scrub up nicely after a lap or two. I'm told they were rotated between track days, as a result not much camber wear either. See pic. $350 nego, pickup from 2067.

Interesting that the comp map looks quite similar to 7670 despite the wheel having much larger dimensions (59/80 vs 57.2/76.2)

My rego's due soon so I thought I'd check prices. Evo 6, Sydney north, max NCB, only couple of points gone. I just turned 30. My quote last time was $900 - as mentioned they don't seem to adjust for driving record at all, the only variable yielding a discount for me was age. And now that I'm 30 I pay $150 less. It would be the same price even if I was barely hanging on with no comp and 1 point left on license. Madness. AAMI $760.92 $389.72 more information 132 244 www.aami.com.au Allianz $890.00 $455.00 more information 1300 137 664 www.allianz.com.au CIC-Allianz $886.00 $454.00 more information 1300 360 340 GIO $754.04 $386.32 more information 131 010 www.gio.com.au NRMA $898.96 $459.63 more information 132 132 www.nrma.com.au QBE $890.00 $455.00 more information 133 723 greenslip.qbe.com

that ramp is pretty crazy.

at least if you die it will be in a huge fireball which is pretty badarse

I worry a bit about what happens when you go over a rumble strip at the track, or scrape on a driveway, or something :s

LOL just goes to show, you can look at the pics and think it's fine, and never really know until you see it

my hunch is that they're primarily for V8 applications. hence they flow more, but with substantially worse efficiency at high pressure ratios (20psi+).. not as good for high boost small engines, especially ones on E85... and a reverse rotation option presumably for symmetric twin turbo setups.

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Wouldn't a restriction from IWG lead to boost creep rather than a drop? The other possibility is compressor running out of puff but 7163 can flow quite a lot. Couple of guys on nissansilvia running it, one on a slightly higher comp VET setup, which would be more prone to boost drop in that situation - think that's bradsm87. Pretty sure he's IWG but cant remember for sure. Also nicknack had one IIRC.

Yeah, way better now. A+ would be if you can get something similar on the mobile layout but I'm not sure of the best way (I'm more of a web dev than design/UX guy heh)

New layout looks clean. I dig. Just one comment on the UX on the main page. IMO, if you want to keep the forum going with fresh visitors, the main sau.com.au site *needs* a big shiny Forum button in the nav bar, just to the left of the Browse, Activity and Support buttons. It has to be the main call to action and at the moment, it's buried under browse and I had to hunt around for a few seconds to get here. Users that don't already know that the forums exist are, in my opinion, extremely unlikely to find their way there.

2.3L and T4 twinscroll innit http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/451166-post-your-evo/page-3#entry7752674 Still, spools super super early.