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Strange question... Have you earthed the radiator? Not just through the mounts either... Full earth cable... PS... It was never really that hot...

If Stu wants a timer, and what not... Lemme know Stu... Duncan, need to have a chatsie with you and Brad one day soon... Re setting car up properly for a certain race category...

Paid and IN!!! Now to get car going...

Replace motor yourself, much cheaper... Just replace with a good "stock" motor...

I think when I went for a run in it, with Duncan pushing it, we were seeing water temps of around 120 degrees... Or maybe that was oil temps... But temp came up... But seemingly the loud pedal just went down further... LOL

Oh man... That makes me giggle as if I were in the car all over again! And I love how you can see more out the back window in the reflection of my helmet then you can out the front!

I'll be checking tomorrow for this day off work...

Neil, sounds like you're barely even revving that thing out except for one of the higher gears on the straight... How hard are you actually revving it, and what does it rev to?

Please please please tell me it was the second last session that you did the 47 second one in!

Go back to physics... Nuff said. If you have one car at 4500RPM at the same time of second car at 9000RPM, making the same power, in identical styled cars (Well hey, we are attempting to compare what Skyline A and Skyline B did, so changing gearbox is just something you can't do in this comparo) then the car turning at 4500RPM is CLEARLY going to leave the other car for dead... It's making double the torque. Double the acceleration (Remember, comparing one skyline to another, you need to be keeping the gears etc the same). But you were close on the highest average, but it's actually the highest average TORQUE that will be the winner. HP wins bragging rights at the pub. Torque wins races... (Torque at the wheels BTW... )

I know there was quite a few hairy moments, and a couple of offs... Then the "beaching"... "I'm beached as bru!"

Which epic fail of Cass'? There were many... I have photos of quite a few of Cass' epic Turn one entries... Just had a quick check then of one of them with Cass entering the infield slightly, water everywhere!

I think the rescue helicopter flying in put a bigger dampener on the day for everyone compared to the actual rain! Not a bad day... Considering I could only spectate... LOL

Take the dead bodies out of the boot... Might shed a few kilos... How do you have a fully stripped car weighing so much? Also, to the dope asking if you double your torque will you accelerate twice as fast... Basically, YES. Torque = Force x Distance. Keep distance constant, double your torque, you had to double the torque. Acceleration = force / mass. From the above formula force just double, your mass has remained the same, therefore your acceleration just doubled. So long as you put the power to the ground (And we weren't debating that, you were debating power figures VS MPH/ET) A car that reads 400KW @ 10 000RPM HAS to be slower at its peak power rating (In terms of acceleration) compared to a car making 400KW @ 5000 RPM when it is at it's peak power rating... The 5000RPM car is pushing down double the torque!

I'm out...

99.9% chance I will NOT be making this day with my Skyline... Bastard just won't start... But just as an aside, anyone who has a timing light, can you take it to OP tomorrow just incase my car does make it there... The timing is sure to be out...

Yo-Yo, should be fine man. Just take it easy the first sess or two and see what it does. My car won't start... Being a prick...

No it's not... Head out to WSID... Maybe a car making 480RWHP at 9000RPM it is... But if it's pushing 480RWHP at 4500RPM... You're making double the torque... IE, it'll accelerate twice as fast... Edit: As to that video of the car "climbing" out of the dyno... I wouldn't even call that movement if you'd seen how mine used to walk around when coming on boost until we worked out how to strap it on perfectly... Car used to walk 1.5Ft sideways, and if it didn't go sideways, it'd climb OVER the front of the roller and nearly touch the front of the dyno... Oh, and the whole time it's doing this it's filling the work shop with tyre smoke... Took us a bit to work it out, but lower the ramp rate, and we actually LOOSENED one of the straps to stop it wheel spinning so much... Still shredded the tyres though in the end... And they were just normal streets!

I'll be heading up to it, not sure on what car yet, but sounds good to do a meetup somewhere and cruise up.

So... Motors in... Now to see if it starts...

First actual TRACK day (Excludign skid pan etc) Was OP GP mid this year with SAU. Prep: Make the car run... It got it's final tune finish at midnight the night before. Favourite memories... Just a few... Having Brad (RISKIN) in the car and go, "Lets move to the opposite side of the track ready for the next corner" so I squeeze the throttle in 3rd, use a bit of tail slide and we're on the opposite side of the track, only steering input was oppy lock... Brad and I just laughing... Also, the amount of sideways I was getting coming off the bridge... Massive amounts of torque + Stock suspension = tail happy when lifting off throttle... Another fun memory was Brad yelling at me to over take the V8 Brute ute who was guiding us around... We were doign 130KM/H when I pinned it in 3rd and just had to catch the ass end from sliding, and wheel spun past the Ute... Things I learnt: Street tyres... With that much power... not FUN! Semis on the front, streets on the rear, a much nicer car to drive... I also learnt my motor was still a heap of shit even after the work that got done to it, and I smashed a big end bearing apart (My car is cursed, it can't go ANYWHERE, with out a catastrophic failure) My new motor that has been built for it, is built in the hope of throwing a rod at this OP Day...

My phones (My alarms) change time automaticaly... And always f**k me up on daylight savings...

I thought the RB25 was a non interference motor, ie, snap a belt, no issues except for motor stoppping... I've had my pistons at TDC before whilst changing heads etc, and spun the cams a full 180degrees each, and they don't hit... Explain how you guys smash valves? Or is teh RB20 an interference motor?

I reckon... Don't know how many times I've lost skin from swapping engines... Oh wait... I'm missing a heap of skin down the side of one finger from swapping one RB25/30 for another RB25/30... Use the SEARCH!

Stick to your story. That one is BS, and it will help your case be thrown out of court. Go to the servo, get the CCTV footage from the day if possible. It'll prove you right.