Sciby

Better that the cops are nice about it in the end rather than start making stuff up, or being *really* picky.

So low on cash I can't afford a clue. Shame to hear about the sterioded Q going, but a lil' bird told me about the new project, should be fun and interesting and make my nipples hard.

Postwhore!

You *can* get some decent GTR's for under $35k, but for that price, you'll be going through someone like Prestige Motorsport, who I went through for my R33 GTS25t. Took 8 weeks from the day of loan approval to the day I saw my car coming around the corner to pick me up from the train station. (still remember that moment, still havent' gotten the stains out of my jeans) Don't be afraid of importing, but make sure you go with someone good. I have no hesitation about recommending Prestige. Geoff Risbey (owner) was great, happy to chat any time, there's travel insurance involved, etc... never had a car insured against piracy before. The biggest leap of faith was forwarding $10k over to someone in Japan I've never met before, but considering all the good reports I'd heard, I only hesitated for a moment. When I got the car, everyone was impressed by the quality, me most of all. Even had a few extra bits that wasn't on the mechanics report. I haven't heard anything about J-spec, good or bad...

man, I can't do shit.

Hey squiiz, what's the "Points" thing beside our names?

Okydoky, dude, will definitely keep it in mind... the big problem I have now is that the 15th of May is right between two big weeks of uni assessment. *If* I go, I'll be sitting behind the car with text books.

That's weird, Rhinorebel. Is your car heavily modded? I'm surprised Suncorp didn't want to touch you. I got my quote from JCI, was $1600 for a year, plus $1600 excess... which isn't too bad I guess... up from $770 + 1600, plus can make way more mods to the car.

Yeah, will need someone, someone over 25, for insurance. I believe Pete's coming up, so I'll just badger him. Pondering if I can afford to do the wing though... I"m tempted to go '**** it', and just leave the clear tape over the boot holes. Ugly, but I'm broke.

Hmmm... I thought the cams were gone? At least, that's what KamakaziR33 posted. Grr.

Well, will probably get that stealth wing before the show... although I'm trying to get in touch with a guy in adelaide who makes one with a brake light moulded in... Will be good to see my old zorst-of-mystery on Kate's car. I haven't seen it up close with it on, only from a distance. Damnit, I'll have to clean up, wax and polish the ScibyLine now... and take the wheels off and give them a good cleaning too. *suspects a trip to AutoBarn/Supercheap is in order*

They generally go "PSSHHT!" Sorry, couldn't resist.

Dunno about the ScibyLine at the show... it needs a spoiler, it's too bloody stock, and would only be a space filler. And besides, the effort of finding a driver that my insurance will cover, etc, is more pain than it's worth.

I want to grow some, but I can't.

my 2 cents... with Suncorp-Metway, 29, rating 2, R33 GTS25t, wheels, stereo, zorst, suspension, no more mods allowed after that, lost my licence once for 6 months, $770, plus $1600 excess. Think I'll contact Just Cars though and see what they say. At least they let you have unlimited mods.

Hey Beannie, Sorry to hear about the licence, I've still got 8 weeks to go on mine (lost it for 6 months... 3 months will go quick, trust me)... The turbo, is it just a stock RB20 turbo, hiflowed, or is it some other brand? I'm interested. cheers Sciby.

Jish, you weirdo. Get a haircut.

Whoops, didn't even notice... can't even remember how I stumbled across it... oh well.

Sorry for the slight hijack, but I sold an RB25/30 complete a few months back... listed in here and on ebay... it was amazing the amount of people who would give a low offer and then expect me to pay shipping. Cheeky buggers. Erm... yes, I'll pay for you to have it even cheaper. Geez.

Unfortunately, I couldn't help myself. Combination of overtiredness, a couple of glasses of a very nice Hillcot merlot and youthful exhuberance. *hides from the aforementioned Erin*

Must... not... make... lewd... comment! :Oops:

NoooooOOOOOOoooooooooooo aaaaah nuts. Oh well, these things happen, and I almost always never have the money when a bargain comes along.

Doh, that'll do it.

Interested in the head and cams/gears, but not the plenum... how much to seperate?

Well, technically boost pressure *does* have something to do with it, because on the stock turbo, at a given psi, you'd know that the shaft is spinning at X rpm... so we know that at around 13-14psi, the shaft on a stock r33 turbo would be doing the magic 'breakpoint' of X rpm, and would break itself into teeny bits and pieces. I'm not following your example... feel free to enlighten me on what 'VE' is... but anyway... I disagree with it. When the shaft is doing X rpm, it will fall apart, and you can use the fact that the *stock* impeller, will be pushing X PSI at that point. Even if it was spinning up faster or slower, that won't effect the shaft speed at which it'll break. Changing your cams or a manifold or exhaust system won't change the fact that the turbo will break at roughly X rpm, and thusly, will break when the stock impeller is generating 14+psi. Those mods won't change the spool profile of the stock turbo. Edit: I've actually walked away and thought of something. I apologise, you're dead right: with a bigger intake manifold, tehre's more space for the turbo to fill up, therefore the turbo will be at Breakpoint rpm, but not reached the magic 14psi. Therefore, it will break at a lower psi. However, if the intake/manifold is stock, and the exhaust is changed, or the cams have changed, it won't break at an earlier psi, it'll just reach that psi faster.