Ronin 09

my 2c... The car was designed with a 'matching' tyres front to rear in mind. In matching i mean either 4 road tyres (or similar tread / limits) or 4 semi slicks. I don't understand why you would upset the balance of the front to rear grip by putting a set of semis on the front or rear, and roadies at the opposite end. wilzlee you even mentioned it yourself - semis have much stiffer sidewalls than road tyres, so that alone can affect the way the car handles, and feels at the limit. OK so if you say you need more rear traction and put semis on the back, I think the problem is not the tyres but the way you drive. Learn throttle control. You don't see race teams running a wet in the front and a dry in the rear (for example, forgetting about compounds) to promote better front grip - it is a geometry or suspension problem. A car with sorted suspension and matching tread / compound tyres front to rear will be much more enjoyable to drive than a mis-matched combo. grepin i'm running 225/50/16 RE55s all round, and they're pretty good. As long as you respect them in the wet, they'll be ok and not try and kill you. I found the worst part of them in the wet is hard braking... they will lock up and slide alot faster than a roadie. They don't tramline too badly, but i'm running 225s... if you go wider they are alot worse. In terms of front to rear, different tread patterns - like i said above, the best to worst scenario is: 1. front and rear same semis 2. front and rear different tread semis of same compound 3. front and rear same roadies 4. front and rear different tread roadies of similar tread / compound 5. mis-matched front to rear semis / roadies

Geoff, going to relocate it at some point by centralising it in the vent. Will remove some material from the back of the bar so can mount it there. I want to get a set fast acting of oil pressure, temp and water temp gauges to replace the factory 3 gauge cluster on the centre console, so I can monitor better. Oil wise, I've given in and will try Castrol R next time because I can't be bothered draining the oil cooler, how much oil is the minimum to run through the sump as a secondary 'clean out' before the fresh oil goes in? i.e. I will drain the old stuff, put in some new castrol to flush for 5 mins, then drain again and refil entirely with Castrol. Now i realise there will be a mix of old oil and Castrol, but by filling with a 'flush' of Castrol, hopefully will dilute the concentration of the old oil... say 2Ls of flush oil?

Hi Justin, it is alleged that the cover keeps heat in which over time will increase the intensity of heat cycling on the coil packs. That's why alot of people leave it off... or relocate the coils to the firewall and easier access to plugs... and lazy

was thinking that... time to bust out the dremel

very rich... SAFC or PFC would be nice interesting power line... very linear - no evident 'hit' as turbo kicks in do you have the torque graph?

kevlar eh? now you have my interest... see i like that idea b/c it wont crack or break when i ground out... dollars, Rezz? who make em?

No one thinks a temp-triggered waterspray would help? this is where my cooler is

hello? GTR bonnet?

huh? what is this? :confused:

sweet.... I have a GT-RT!! (track version of GT-R...)

sold my old R33 GTS-t on here un under 2 weeks

How about the front end? bonnet and headlights squarer or rounded? S1 = rounded, S2 = squarer

oh yeah... one of my all time faves

my bad. sorry

Thanks SK, the cooler basically takes up the whole of the vent, so there is nowhere else for the air to go. We've cut about 5 40mm circular holes out of the guard panel, and the undertray panel directly behind the cooler... maybe I should cut out more and mesh it?

Well... I've noticed... not much, recently. Why the drop off in vic action? Not feeling the love :grouphug:

I have experienced the 130 degree track action. My serck is mounted in the LHS vent. Might sound stupid, but what about a oil cooler water spray? Should work in theory... PS should merge the two oil cooler discussion threads.

umm... that's why it is on the passenger side of my car... Factory 32R front bars have *feck all* space for anything else. What they did with mine is remove the resonator for the airbox (i have a factory airbox, no pods) from the cavity behind the drivers side vent, and put the cooler in there... Sorry, forgot to take a piccy. will try and do so tomorrow

That's what I was thinking... great minds...

Chop, don't tell me you're flying on xmas eve from Sydney on a Qantas flight... b/c I am...

excellent... my g/f is living above a MOS burger, so I know what I'll be eating everyday But I love Japanese food... I hear that the sushi/sashimi is very very expensivo though...

Justin - where are you locating said gauges? I don't want to start hacking into my dash but want some additional gauges

I like my stock look though... want to keep the front bar / grille A.R.E in QLD have some for R33s like that... www.are.com.au