Ronin 09

simmons will make to fit without spacers - they are three piece. I love FRs-had them on my old BMW:

As an aside - the reason that 'real' cats are so expensive (maybe why MAGIC is a fair bit cheaper) is that platinum, rhodium and/or palladium are damn expensive

I've seen this stuff on cars - SO SO dodgy when you drive past them. First time a cop sees it, they'll more than a little upset

Basically: Let’s look at the premise behind a catalytic converter. It's job is to assist chemical conversion of poisonous waste gases (CO, hydrocarbons) to more friendly (though still ruining the atmosphere) CO2 and water vapour. The catalyst, as the name implies, does not change in composition, nor will it be consumed, during the process - it is merely there to aid transformation without state change itself. The catalyst needs to reach a certain temperature before it will work properly, hence there is a certain amount of 'flow blockage' that must exist whereby the exhaust flows across the catalyst, for the exhaust gases to heat it up enough - so it's no good to coat the inside of a 3" pipe with catalyst and hope it will work. Therefore, the stainless mesh, or ceramic, or whatever material you use to flow the exhaust across, will determine the flow capabilities of the catalytic converter - not the catalyst itself. It is my understanding that the stainless mesh is less restrictive than the ceramic monoliths used previously. What BATMBL is saying, is that MAGIC cats do not have a coating on the mesh. This would mean that the "cat" is little more than a pipe with some steel wool in it. To be a true catalytic converter, the substrate, be it stainless mesh, or ceramic, needs to have the catalyst bonded to it to work.

and the nice warm BBQ under the car from the heat haha

are you drunk?

When you guys make up your own intercooler pipes - how do you lip the ends to ensure that the joiners don't blow off the pipe?

that is obscene chris... free bump...

Hey Melv, is 265 all round not enough?

Hey 34s have BUCKETS of space in the front bar. R32GTRs do not - BOVs, FMIC tubing etc. Also note that the front bar is very 'pushed back' see how they don't go straight down from the bumper's furthest front point to the ground, but sort of cut back to the underside of the car? My oil cooler is as below, and it was a bitch of a fit. You can't square it up any better, because of the intercooler piping

We've had bug-eye. Say hello to pig-nose. better pics here: http://www.cafesydney.net/hyrax/my06_sti/

Harsh :talk2hand ...but true

...but you're sydneykid... and have skills

Anyone got the Kurosawa Hiragawa true type font in bold? Cheers, marcus

My view on R32GTR brakes is that they don't pull up consistently at the end of a straight after 3 laps on a 35 degree day...

Sounds expensive... if you get the shocks and springs as 4 struts assembled, I can help you put them in And I take it you're not selling up then cool!

If the Nismo boss is R32 GTR compatible I'll take it...

fitting is too easy on an R32GTR... I've had mine in and out SO many times it's not funny anymore

oh and I wouldn't rely on the fact that "one click is one PSI"...

I am interested, but it's a bit too pricy and you're in NSW. If you still have it in a while let me know cheers

This is one of the most asked questions... I would say that common sense applies - apply the same tests that you would to buying any other second (or 3rd!) hand sports car, and you'll be right

check closely for cracked paint where it hit... funnily enough the paint may look like a cracked egg / cracked windscreen in the clear coat

I think we should all get daihatsu k cars, and pull the plugs on two of the 3 cylinders. That way we'll never be able to get faster than 50...

next week he's changing his name to "twoturbosgeoff"...

I've been thinking about this whole drilled rotor thing for a while. See, an R32GTR has drilled rotors factory, and they're curved vane which says to me that they're not all that crap. Also, I would consider that if you are smart, warm up and cool the rotors sufficently there should be not too many issues with them...