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ahaha, yeah. coles and woolies fuel (including e10) all the way for my wagon. the most revs my car sees on the way to work is 2500rpm, and that's taking off from the lights. once i'm on the highway it doesn't go above 2000rpm, even when overtaking. got the trip computer to show over 1000kms to empty a few weeks back. that's a little bit optimistic though. i generally get about 670kms before the fuel light comes on, and about 750kms before i actually fill up (and there's still usually about 12 to 15L left in the tank). one day i will take a fuel tin with me and see just how far i can get before it runs out. i reckon i should be able to hit 900kms from the 75L tank. not bad for a hunk of shit with over 250,000kms on the clock and because it's all highway driving, i do my oil changes at 15,000kms, and the oil still looks good.

wow, how cool is that........ oh what, i've been able to do that since i got my previous android phone 3 years ago.....

my last tank was 8.2L/100kms, but that wasn't a skyline, it was a dirty old vt wagon

and this is why i love the NA section. the easiest and cheapest option is to simple buy a rb20DE to put in it. the best option is to put the rb25DE into it, and the worst, and most likely the most expensive option is to try and get your current engine to run properly. actually the best option would be to sell it and buy something else. a SSS pulsar would be a better option. will be faster and cheaper on fuel, rego, insurance, etc. or even just a commodore or falcon, both of which will be faster, cheaper, etc.

don't expect the air/fuel gauge to do much other than A) look cool, and B) tell you if your o2 sensor is working properly. it will give you little indication as to whether the engine is running lean or rich as they are designed to operate in the working range of the o2 sensor, which is with an air/fuel ratio of between 14:1 and 15:1. this is what the engine runs at at light throttle (so when cruising at a steady speed). once you put your foot down a bit, the ecu ignores the o2 sensor and works of it's standard mapping where it will usually be down around 11:1. this will read as rich on the air/fuel gauge. even a reading of 13:1, which is generally considered quite lean (bad) for wide open throttle, will show up as rich on your gauge. those air/fuel gauges which work off the stock o2 sensor are by no means a tuning tool. if you tuned your engine off that it would only last a few weeks before it blew

bolt pattern is right, offset may be a little bit different though, but i think they clear. you could also try wheels off a 3rd generation magna as they are similar to falcon ones. clearing the brakes may be the only issue

yes the cars are cheaper to buy, but then getting them up to race spec would cost a reasonable amount, as they would probably need to meet CAMS regulations regarding cages, etc. plus you would then need regulations regarding turbos, ecu's, etc, to stop it becoming a race between someone with a large budget and 700hp (such as a workshop) being up against someone doing it as a hobby with a 320hp car who can't compete in every race. and you need some way or policing said regulations, so you don't get someone sneaking through a bored and stroked engine, etc. unless you simply had different categories

racing with good parity is good racing. racing without parity is "the person with the biggest wallet wins", AKA group A from the early 90's, which ends up with 1 team coming first and second, with daylight coming 3rd. the whole purpose of the COTF is to control the costs of the sport to keep it viable for the future, and keep the racing close. for all the crap nascar cops, from a specator point of view it is probably the most exciting, close racing on the planet. there is always lots of carnage, and you often don't really know who is going to win until the last lap. by comparison, F1 would be one of the most boring racing categories there is, with little overtaking on the track with most of it being done in the pits with the undercut. you don't even really get close racing in the pits like you do with the v8's, where cars may even trade paint in the pit lane (and often do when entering pit lane)

a mate had a mercedes van for his wholesaling business (used to cart a heap of stock around to shops). he had some issues with it and the cost of repairs was, well, what you'd expect for something having a merc badge on it. he did pull his boat with it though. it was a pretty decent sized boat (about the same size as the van). i don't know how it towed though, but he did it regularly. i think the fact that the van is somewhat big that the hole it punched in the air, as the drag on bigger boats is often the killer when it comes to towing them. having gone in the van though, power was not it's strong point. it was pretty gutless. i think with a car on the back it would be slow going

as said, group A racing was pretty rubbish from a spectator point of view unless you were a nissan fan. the parity regulations were very poor so it meant that A) the team with the most money and B) the manufacturer who wants to go all out and design a car that will be able to push the limits wins. which is pretty much what nissan did with the GTR. they wanted to win in group A at any cost, so they built a car to fit in the limits and didn't care whether it sold. so it is to be expected that it won everything, since in most cases the road version of the car cost twice as much as pretty much anything else it was racing, and in a lot of cases the race teams had bigger budgets than the others as well. also, i think sometimes nissan fans need a reminder that it wasn't just the australians who scrapped group A racing, and it wasn't just to stop the GTR. group A racing around the world was already dying and australia was actually one of the last countries to scrap it. as for one or 2 teams being successful in the current racing era, that purely comes down to them being able to do everything the best. it has changed over the years as to who could do the best. plenty of racing categories are like that. F1 has certainly been like that. motoGP has definitely been like that. i welcome other manufacturers joining the category as it ads a bit of variety, and makes the sport more sustainable. i'm not a die hard fan of any manufacturer though, i like the racing because it is good racing. i don't care how old or out of date the technology is. the majority of racing categories these days are using out dated technology compared to road cars. very few racing categories allow prototype technology.

anyone done and surf/beach fishing on the sunny coast area (mainly northern coast around peregian beach up to noosa)? keen to give it a try but have no experience with surf fishing so would like some tips (spots, baits, rigs, technique, etc). planning on buying a cheap surf rod (given that it won't get used too much until i move closer to the water) to start with

that's the one that lives a few doors up from me and his house mate has a silver 33 with a big turbo

i'll just make a few points. there is a whole market dedicated to replacing iphone screens. that kind of says something. my boss knocked his iphone 4 off the coffee table (about a 30cm drop) and the screen smashed when it hit the tiles. my brother in law has broken his twice my sister and her hubby are both buying the iphone 5 outright on launch day because they are sheeple.

as i ask in every fuel economy thread like this, how many Litres are you calling "a tank"? without this we can't tell whether you just have bad economy, extremely shit economy, or a dodgy fuel gauge

as i say in every fuel economy thread, the fuel light coming on is not a measure of economy as it will come on at a slightly different point in every car. you are best off just paying attention to how many ltires you put in and then using this, with how far you have travelled to calculate your exact fuel economy in Litres/100kms, as this will give you a better indication as to whether you are getting good or bad economy. someone elses light may come on with 5L more fuel in the tank, meaning that they would get about 50kms less than you, even though they may actually be getting the same fuel economy. plus there are many variables in fuel economy. things like driving style, driving conditions (stop/start heavy traffic, or light flowing traffic. hilly areas. lots of short trips, etc)

if they are in the right condition with matching numbers, etc. but there is also a lot less of them. as for whether a skyline would be worth anything in 30 years, taking into account inflation, storage costs, etc, i doubt it will be worth anything, unless it is a rare model. and it would have to be in relatively standard condition. having said that, the way things are going with cars, a 30 year old skyline wiill be like 30 year old cars now. nice, but slow by todays standards. most of the hot hatches of today will give a skyline a run for their money, and leave a 30 year old muscle car for dead (unless it has serious work done)

yeah just the kellys. plenty of people don't realise it though and think that since nissan was successful over 20 years ago in a very different racing category, they will be just as dominant again.

is that because it had too much over taking and close racing compared to a F1 race? i like F1, but it's pretty boring compared to tin top racing (although this year has been much better than pervious years). most of the overtaking happens in the pits and the cars don't get close to each other. it's more a game of chess with cars than a race.

(in qld at least) that rule only applies to roads with a speed limit of 90kmh and above. a friend of mine had a semi side swipe her. she rang the transport company with the truck details. they just gave her a bullshit story about how the truck was no-where near where the incident happened, etc.

there had been talk of it being BMW a while back, as well as chrysler. just don't fall into the trap of thinking that any of the new companies joining will somehow be any faster than the fords and holdens. this isn't the old days of group A where the amount of parity is decided by someone who hasn't actually watched any of the racing or seen any of the results..... the cars will be very closely matched, but unless they actually get some decent teams to run their cars they won't do very well. this is why the nissan's won't do very well. they are going to be run by a team that isn't successfull with the current technology, let alone something totally new, even with all the help they will get from nissan.

i love how truckies use the excuse "we can see much further ahead" as an excuse for tail gaiting. they seem to forget that while they may be able to see further ahead, they also have a much greater stopping distance. and half the time they get that close that the A: can't see the brake lights of the car in front, which leads to B: will have run over the car in front before they realise that the car in front had to stop in a hurry

that is only half the law. 100mm is the minimum ground clearance, that doesn't relate to how much you can legally lower a car. (for qld anyway), when lowering a car you must maintain at least 2/3rds of the original suspension travel (measured between bump stop and metal stopper). plus the amount lowered must be the same front and rear. so you can't take a 4wd hilux and lower it to 100mm off the ground and expect it to be legal.

some wouldn't, but most would. it's not like retailers are rolling in cash at the moment, so any chance to be more competitive compared to online would be beneficial.

sure, but you can buy another falcon/commodore engine from the wreckers for not much more than an oil change of a diesel, lol

3" on a NA 2.5L engine is just plain stupid, unless you want to let the cops 3 suburbs away know you are coming.