Ronin 09

I'm there again. Can anyone sort out a bonnet cable for me? Just coz I'm lazy I'll enter Monday -Marcus :Oops: Idiot. Just read the first post. Roy - can you sort me out with a bonnet strap please. Cheers

Well my g/f arrived in Japan a week ago wednesday... And I'm visiting from christmas day until the 9th!! I am coming with an empty suitcase and a visa card - can anyone tell me the best places to go and buy bits for the GTR around Kawasaki? I really want to get all the car shopping out of the way early, so we can spend more time checking out broader japan

What are you talking about gordo!?! :confused:

don't know mate... the more i think about something, the more I can convince myself that this may be the case lol... I don't know if this is the case, but with intake / exhaust cam overlap, a small amount of exhaust could be 'sucked' back in?? Therfore, if turbo goes kaput, part of ceramic wheel could be sucked back in? I don't know - like I said someone on the forums said this and I was sceptical as well

I read somewhere in these forums that the ceramic exh wheel, when busted, can get sucked back into the cylinder through the exhaust valve... I think this is what GTR-Ben is referring to

I believe that the Skyline platform has many, many engine / transmission combinations, 2 and 4 doors. I'm not sure if the Stagea chassis is a stretched Skyline platform (I would assume so seeing that mmuch of the drivetrain drops into it), but often shares drivetrain and transmissions... Hey that sounds like at least 10 different models that are all the same car? BMW currently make 5 different 'models' - 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 series. I'd take an M3 or M5, but ultimately it shares much of the same 'engineering' of the base 3 or 5 series cars. Do I care? No. I'd give soft squishy bits to own an M5. I don't particularly like Holdens or Fords, but don't be too quick to dismiss as antiquated dinosaurs... how far back can we trace the RB block? And from a pure engineering perspective, there are both advantages and disadvantages of pushrods versus overhead cams. Don't take this the wrong way, but it is just this type of narrow mindedness that breeds irrelevant argument and pointless slandering. We should accept that, as with all things in life, we are given choice. Because you choose a Skyline and someone else chooses a Commodore, it does not make you a superior being. I know I have been guilty of this arrogance before, but maybe we should try not take it so seriously, and chill out.

Pending work, I will come

nark, that looks a lot like a cat-out pipe to me... not fat enought to be a cat...

True, but do the Q cars want it?

How many of you actually have fog or driving lights on your cars anyway? I never had any on my 33, nor my 32 And I agree with Revhead... if you drive with fogs / driving lights in the cities, quote, "you're a pack of arseholes" unqoute.

hey I've got a 32 and I still had to take a loan!

I heard you can fertilize your garden with old engine oil

damn you rev210!!!!!

Not necessarily... I just changed my coils b/c they were blowing out on load / boost. Solved the problem

For those of you who care, I installed a set of DI Splitfire coils tonight. Seems to have solved the problem, but still misses a tiny bit high up. Might have fouled plugs driving around with dodgy coils for 2 weeks (too lazy to pull them out tonight and check), but will try some coppers on Sat - should be tip top by then.

Thanks mate, I just had my front bar reconditioned and painted - just after the lip. Sorry again about the car, hope your pain is subsiding a little now

Craved, the basic block architecture for the M20 and the M40 (i think it is this designation, ie. the straight sixes from E36) are the same. Thats why I could build a 2.9L from my 325 block using a E36 328i crank. It wouldn't surprise me if an E36 twin cam head bolted up to the bottom end of an E30 six...

How is that DIY carbon fibre going troy? I would like to try and do some of them carbon rear garnishes for my 32 lights... unless you want to take a mould?

Ladies and Gentlemen, as promised (and after rummaging through a sh*tload of magazines...), diff ratios for E30s (courtersy of 'Bimmer' magazine, Dec '98): 2.73:1 --------- 325e 2.93:1 --------- 325e 3.45:1 --------- 323i (euro - what we have here) 3.73:1 --------- 325i(s) 3.90:1 --------- '84 - '85 318i (case different, ring and pinion fits) 4.10:1 --------- '91 318i 4.10:1 --------- E30 M3 4.22:1 --------- '91 - '92 318i convertible From other models, but with modifications: 3.25:1 --------- E28 533i/535i (case bolts into E30, but with E30 cover plate) 3.90:1 --------- E28 M5 / E24 M6 (ring and pinion, LSD fit into E30 diff housing) As far as I know, most of these diffs come as slippers and open diffs. You can get them repacked (reshimmed) to increase the lock - the last one I had in mine was a 70% locker... noisy but tight and held well. Hope that helps. NB: to tell the diff ratio (and if it is a slipper) the tags are on the back of the diff next to the speedo sender. Eg: "S4,10 XXXX" is a 4.1 LSD. Note these tags can be switched, so be careful.

I have the same problem. Only happens when hot. Does your car hard start when warm? Mine does, and the misfiring is only under load, getting worse when hot. Because it hard starts when hot, only misfires under load (I have new plugs @ .8mm), I am going to try new coils - next weekend. Will let you know how I go.

Installation will require: 1. modification of bonnet for scoop. 2. shoehorn. 3. hammer.

Thanks Jarrod, I'll PM you later today. Geoff, using Iridium plugs, pregapped (and checked with feeler gauge) at 0.8mm Being lazy, going to borrow Jarrod's coils and swap them in... and at the same time check hot resistance of coils

What is the front lower lip condition like? If it is not scratched badly or warped and has all fastening points intact, name a price.

Just PMed you, need SF-DIS-001 for R32 GTR Cheers DoughBoy

I have tried since last week to contact Brent @ Nengun, but he hasn't replied to my emails I need coils urgently dammit! thanks ben