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the handbrake doesnt use the calipers, it acts like a drum brake, and pushes pads against the inside of the 'hat' of the rotor, where it bolts onto the hub.

given up, hah.

OK guys. this was MY engine, it was in my 33 for all of about 3000km after it was built. i had about 3 batches of oil in the engine just to run it in, and it blew the turbo and was leaking a bit of oil, so i replaced it to make sure it had 5 litres in it. i was about to have a dipstick installed in it, as i had to change the blown turbo anyway, but the car got rear ended and written off instead. when i sold the engine to Chi, i told him about it missing a dipstick, and about it having a blown turbo on it, and he had some 'mechanic' install the engine without the dipstick, and with the blown turbo still on it (i supplied a newer turbo with the engine). his apparent 'mechanic' had to ask about the dipstick, and a few other bits and pieces which makes me wonder what sort of mechanic he actually was. the engine also had less than 3% leakage on all 6 cylinders, proving just how fresh the engine is. (it was rebuilt by Ray Ferrari in Perth)

you just remove the cluster (PM me if that video doesnt show you how, its a pretty easy process) and then when you take out the cluster, there will be a bunch of brown 'caps' in the back of it, unscrew them, and they hold your bulbs.

"ARRH 32" ***EDITED TROLLING***

i had twin 12" davies craig thermo's on my R33. they are electric, so they draw nothing off the engine power, and dont draw much power electric wise. i have the twin thermos for sale if you are after them.. already wired up , just need to hook up the relay and its ready to go. send me a PM if you are interested.

depends on who you import through, i'm in the process of bringing in my second import, and both have cost me pretty much as quoted (so far...) car does look good, white rims on a white car is hot, but white work rims on a white car is VERY hot!

definately a NEO, has the longer throttle body (for traction control) slightly different timing belt cover, plastic cover on the CAS, and different rocker cover breathers are the things i can spot..

if you're buying a stagea, go for the awd version, (it acts like rwd when there is no traction loss anyway, so you get both really ) i owned a RWD RB25DET R33, and i drive kylies AWD RB25DET stagea, and after just taking it for a drive after fitting the FMIC, the AWD makes for good fun. my new car is AWD, although a different system to ATTESA, cant wait to see how it goes.

then why were you talking about breaking rwd traction in your commodore? and in regards to the breaking traction of awd/rwd, then it depends on if you intended it or not, i could purposefully break traction in my R33 and control it piece of piss. infact my R33 was more point and shoot than anything, put the accel down, point the front wheels where you want to go, and you do. but if you dont intend on breaking traction in either, atleast the rwd you have the front wheels to still try correct yourself, try correcting yourself with front wheels when they are spinning just like the rear wheels. (not to mention you're likely to be going FASTER when you do break traction with AWD) i'm not doubting the ability of the awd, but dont think its going to pull you out of any situation, as its abilty to help you corner faster can get you into worse situations. PS: on top gear they managed to put a Koeningsegg CCX into a ditch, you reckon they did not once spin that GTR? its called editing.

wait till you break awd traction, then see how safe it is.. atleast rwd you dont completely lose the abilty to steer, awd you do.

spot on, the awd isnt a safety feature, it just helps you corner quicker. my next car is AWD, will be interesting to see what difference i notice after having a 300rwhp R33 for the past 3 years.

doubt the insurance company will let you swap anything over, regardless of if its on the policy or not. however, if its on the policy, and its not there, they will deduct it... (ie, i had my stock rims on my car, and i had sparco rims on my policy, and they dropped my payout figure $2000 due to the rims not being there.) if you need the money for another car asap, just take the payout, but if you are willing to take the car apart, and sell it over a few months, you will recover some of the lost costs.. ie, i paid $4000 for my wreck, and so far i've sold atleast 1.5 times that and ive still got my rims, most of the interior, panels etc. Some of the parts, like the front and rear calipers and rotors were also put on kylies stagea, so there is more i could have sold. what's damaged in the front of your car? its more parts from the front, than the rear (of which mine was rear ended) that you can sell, so it might no be worth buying the wreck. good luck with insurance, make sure you get on their back everyday to speed up the process, and go get checked out by a doctor if you have even the slightest of pain in your neck. i had no pain the day of my crash, but that night i couldnt move my neck, and 3 months on i'm still getting pains.

let me know how you go michael, however i'm going to ring the DPI monday too.. i still have a sore neck from my crash, and i should really have rang the DPI earlier, i did go to the emergancy department straight away though, and let them know it was a motor vehicle accident. money for car mods would be good.

well there ya go.. either way, it wont fit in a stagea.

i think one of the guys i work with, his brother has a L20ET DR30.. i'll ask him for you.

sounds like your typical RB25 coil-packs. however best bet is to try what tangles said first, then new coil packs as a last resort.

R33 cluster is definately different. don't think the R34 would be the same either, especially as the 33/34 have boost guages in the cluster, and the stagea doesnt have the electronic sender for it.

yes they are the same as R33 surrounds, its just the handle itself that is different, R33 is black plastic, stag's get bling. and yes they are all mis-matched, even my R33 is (was?) mis matched, with the passenger door having a handle to grab, and the drivers door has a pocket, and the window controls.

what she said.

you obviously dont know how much modifed car owners get ripped by insurance companies. i got no where near what my car was worth back from insurance, i can almost be certain i could have sold it for more.

i'm glad mine was insured!!

bit off topic.. but anyone read the new just car policy? they can use 2nd hand/non-oem parts up to the same age as the car in event that it needs to be repaired, and you still pay the same premium/excess, etc. glad im going to shannons with my new car.

if you look closely, you can see a light blue EA falcon wagon in the far left that has sat in the front yard for a long time. we've also moved from there too, wanker.