mad082

my point exactly. you have to show them enough to be able to control it, but not enough that they do it everywhere.

its fuel smoke. if you watch the v8 stupidcars you will see it when they change gears on acceleration, and on decel when they give it some gas on down shifts.

that does. especially if they live out of town and have to drive through a 100 zone. all that would do is cause road rage on the highway. and when you had your p's did you ever overtake someone on the highway that was doing 85 in a 100 zone? and did you break the speed limit in the process. limiting the cars to about 140-150 is a more sensible idea. or have them limited by gps, so that when in a 60kmh area that can't go more than say 70kmh. you would have to have it just above the legal limit or you would end up with more p platers being punched off the road by semi drivers who are running late. also, on the cover of the local paper was a photo of a semi overtaking a car around a corner on double white lines. i don't think it is just p platers who need tougher laws, but truckies too. we can't hold a mobile phone while it is on speaker phone, but they can hold a CB radio.

if it is missing at 0.8mm gap then there is a spark issue, and you aren't running enough boost to have issues with a 0.8mm gap unless the coil packs are lazy. 0.55mm gap is extremely small! much too small for low boost.

the black smoke was probably unburnt fuel. especially if the car has an after market ecu and hasn't been tuned. if it is reasonably stock then black smoke might not be good either.

i never heard of that. i dropped 2 of mine before i put them in. 10,000k's at boost between 12 and 14psi and no problems yet. i know they can be broken, but i wouldn't say they are delicate.

sounds about right to me. i got a 33 gts-t, with optional lead foot, 14psi, fmic exhaust and i get about 250-300kms of spirited driving.

still not a good sign. white smoke is never a good sign.

i didn't mean pictures. i meant have someone there in person, or take them out to a crash.

the problem with driver courses is that some people think that since they have done one they can handle the car better, so try even more stupid stuff.

well the rb20's aren't the most powerful motor out there, especially pushing the weight of a vl. by the sounds of it the turbo you put on it cactus. does it blow smoke when you rev it while driving, or just at idle?

ok, well sounds like a seal on the turbo is gone. the car will still perform ok, but will just leak oil. but time for a new turbo.

and if it was a $1500 silvia, all the money that it will take to get the car tidy. just wondering, was the car registered? or was it uncomplied? if it was uncomplied and you are planning on registering it, you may want to sell the car and start over.

thats a better way to deter them. show them a person in their early 20's that is servely messed up due to a crash.

if it was a turbo seal it would do it when it sat at idle for a while when warm. it isn't just condensation?

it is just a pain that since the wheel is an airbag wheel that you can't put an aftermarket non airbag wheel on. my wheel is taty and i want a new 1 but don't want to pay for a new airbag wheel.

but that just levels itself out. the commodore doesn't have safety equipment, but it can't get to the same speed as a skyline on the same bit of road.

if you previously had been running 10psi and had to have the plugs gapped at 0.55mm to get it to run fine then it sounds like your coil packs are nearly dead.

well you can get a stock gtr for 25k, or for 25k you can get a gts-t (taking into account spending 10k on making it go faster). i'd be going the gts-t route.

you can just make one. you just need to make some ducts from the front bar.

should look sweet once it has the pods and is all painted.

he means 'most ecu's aren't suitable'. and i hope you have a healthy bank balance, and really really good tyres.

my mate has 175kw in a manual r33. he got a 13.95 with a 2.2 60ft. i'm yet to run mine down and see what i get.

first find out exactly what is causing the problem. if it is the turbo you're best off just getting another stock turbo if you are planning on selling the car. then sell your old turbo to make some of the money back.

i think the only way to lower the road toll is to remove these idiots from the gene pool.