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he might be able to keep up with me then. What do you think paul?

premix the toluene before adding to the tank. ie: add some fuel to it and mix it around

I've spent $2k on my R33 and it runs good times. Any R33 gtst with the same modifications and general condition can run the same times or better (with bigger tyres).

even in dusty and dirty condition the yank tank is a beast. Why wouldn't you drive it? I would. I'd love to have a look at the beast. I've always had a soft spot for american muscle cars, dating back to the old charger I used to have.

lagwagon, ah yes but, is that the grand turismo 1 2 or 3 in bently? or do they all do weight reduction on the skyline models?

the ogura is 'chrome molly' and at 4.8kgs (less than 1/2 stock weight) is light enough for a streeter. It's also 100% stronger than the original and if you like can be machined down further to reduce the weight. The ogura has a ring gear on it. I fitted my own BTW. It weighs approx 4.8kgs as I weighed it myself AND on the Ogura website it rates it at 4.8kgs These aluminium units will offer a good 'circuit race' alternative to the ogura if you don't want to further machine the flywheel (most places will charge about $100 to do this including a balance).

Hey summoner. we should start a thread titled "My daily hack is faster than your daily hack"...

polish intercoolers drink vodka and eat borsch?

KCA349 helps a little. At least it helps get you a 2.1 60ft on 205's power permitting.

'If' I don't sell mine soon perhaps I will join this gtst owner in the 11's...with the stock intercooler and turbo and a 100hp of the funny stuff.

Soulja, The problem with stock quoted 1/4 figures is that more often than not they are not based on a real 1/4 mile race track. Owners of various cars can take some comfort if they are getting the mph even if they aren't achieving the times, due to setup considerations. If modifications are performed to a vehicle to achieve greater speed then we can't categorise them as 'rice'. Rice by it's nature implies the 'go fast' without the fast reality. Like gluing a letterbox scoop to the top of your stock datsun 120Y's bonnet.

after quantifing the next step is to go out and find the solution. My approach basically enhances the engine reponse and efficiency.The power level is conservative due to the restraint of noise and fuel ecconomy.

joe, spent about $2k on mods to mine. There are a few guys spent more money go alot slower.

I don't think a 60ft of 2.3 entitles me to a 'great driver award'. Granted it was on crappy 205's. 13.3 and a 2.3 60ft with only 4500rpm of useable power. Put 255's on the back of my car and in it's present state it will run 12's with the average yobbo driving. IMACUL8, The plan of attack in my case was: decided I wanted a 'WORK' car with-- 1)reasonable fuel ecconomy 2) ride comfort 3)nice accelleration 4)without alot of noise. Quantified it : 1) Close to 9 to 10L/100km 2) Keep my ass from feeling like it's been kicked by a horse on long journeys 3) A mid 13 second 1/4 would be nice along with strong in gear overtaking power, calculated this would mean around 270hp @ motor. 4) I can carry on a conversation at normal levels when driving (car kit for phone/work) As an example.

If you don't have an auto go the light flywheel. Drop your 1/4 times by 0.4sec. Management over the intercooler. Even the humble S-AFC II will work wonders and leave some coin for other mods. All up I reckon for $2k you can : Ogura flywheel / S-AFC II / HKS exhaust cam gear / KCA349 rear cradle kit / Maybe get a custom front underdrive pulley machined up and some exhaust wrap.

No problems Niz. We might need to take the ricer BOV off first?

shane, too big.

'Bolt together' some large 255 tyres on the back of my car and you'll run 12's all day. The rest of what i have done leaves the car as 'cushy' to drive as factory, with the same fuel consumption. If someone gives me another stock gtst , I can get it as quick as mine exactly the same way. Beacuse all I did was apply the same approach I have always had to vehicle modification.

Jay95R33, I agree about diversity. Unfortunately the 'diverse' can be replaced by 'ignorant' , 'uneducated' and 'missinformed'. Quite often people have 'no idea' and struggle to acheive what they set out to do because they lack direction. The rule is: Aim at nothing and you hit it every time.

depends what your after adrian. If you want a strength focus, train the way I do. If you want the become buff then train the usual way. I gave my wife a series of 3 workouts to settle a bet on the theory I use. We picked Leg press and I said in 3 workouts (6 total sets over a month) I could get her upto 200kgs for 6 reps. And I did. Thats 30kgs+ a week increase and she had been doing weights etc for many years.

on the chasing of bulk horsepowe; This too comes without matching or a definite 'plan'. Combinations of cams, headwork and turbo selection etc. are often just slapped together and the result is sometimes slower than stock. Something I've seen plenty of with V8's too.

Dan, The problem often lies with the 'plan'. Often people go about modding in a 'mish mash' approach that see's very few items carefully matched towards the end goal. I often get people respond to me with comments like ' yeah but your car is for the strip , I want a track style car....' the fact is that my car is neither strip nor track, it's a streeter and a very comfortable one. Also for all the 'talk' of wanting a circuit based car people go about doing mods that would reduce the cars circuit potential, I have seen a number that have spent $$ on suspension that would handle worse than mine. The best approach is to try and quantify what you'd like in your car and then do a reality check. After that you choose the components that are the best fit to your design purpose. It's an easy thing that so many get wrong.

at low boost the factory intercooler is able to flow very well and has very short pipe lengths to the motor etc. as such the engine response is superior to a large front mount with the extra pipe work. It may be possible to size a better flowing core on a front mount and produce slightly better performance with the factory turbo given the pipe lengths are kept as short as possible.

yep. probably go slower.

lenno, The two are not related by the 'weakest link in the chain' theory. The bottom end will 'let go' due to a bunch of things but certainly isn't going to be saved by a sacrificial head gasket.