Ivonin

Hey ... ummm, I'm back. <waves>

Spotted black R33 (s1) with the rear soiler cut off number plate HOT04 or some death, definatly had a H and an 04 in it. Cannon on the back, young guy driving. Going past JB HI-FI on Gympie Road about 11:30am-12:00

Lmfao, granted I thought he was reffering to the GTS-T, I just ment having a 6 cylinder car straight out of having your licence is a bit worrying, I don't know maybe it's just me but I slowly worked my way up to there, I didn't mean any offence by it at all, I just thought common sense would prevail here. Statistic as in young driver doing something stupid and bringing shit on us all, not saying he will, not saying he wont, it was just an observation. Ah it's good to be back on the boards again ... lmfao.

You've only had your licence 3 months and you own a skyline? Shit I waited at least a year and a half before I did. Shit, enjoy being a statistic.

I vividly remember a few years back, before I owned my 33, cruising through the suburbs in the '91 Nova. Yeah, it's a PoS, but this is my point. I came across a V8 Lancruiser, newer model doing 25-30 in a 60 zone, I had my g/f in the car at the time, we were coming up to him doing the speed limit. So I sat behind him for a bit before realising he wasn't going to speed up. I pulled out around him as is legal to do, there were of course broken lines. So I overtook him, as I pulled past him he starts yelling like a freak giving me the middle finger and whatnot, I think nothing of it and go about my day. Before I know it, I'm at a stop sign and I look in my rear view mirror at some wanker whoes revving his engine and screaming like a maniac. Sitting in his passanger seat is his 10-12 year old son balling his eyes out. He firing up yelling shit out at me along the lines of 'Come on c**t, I'll f*cking f*ck you up, pull over you son of a bitch' ect... ect... So I was about a block away from my house and this guy isn't letting up, every corner I take he's up my arse, I'm in a damn 1.6L 4 cylinder, I'm not going anywhere fast hahaha. So I drive past my place and decide that maybe letting this guy know where I live isn't the best option, I think fast and decide that somewhere public is the go. So I fire it down to the local shops, tell the missus to stay in the car and lock the doors and I bail out as he pulls up. It's now well and truely on, hes pushing me around the place, yelling in my face about 'this is why you young c**ts are on A Current Affair, hooning around the joint' ect... ect... Now to say I wasn't scared is a damned lie, I was shitting bricks, this guy was about 45, built like a brick shithouse and I'm faily certain he would've had some sort of blunt instrument in the car. I calmly point out to him that my car is a shitbox, that I had done nothing wrong and was totally in the bounds of the law. He starts ranting about how upset his kid is now, but I let that one slide, due to the fact that bringing up that it was most certianly because he was acting like a raging f*ck tard would've been the reason that his kid was upset would've landed me a hit to the face, but I really did feel sorry for the little guy, having a lunatic of a father like that. Well, he finishes by shoving me back into my door, I give him a nudge back saying something about assault charges. Jumps in his car and flys off. The people around me come up and ask if I'm ok ect... seems everyone knew he was a tard anyway. Luckily for me the law was on my side for once, thank god for shit box cars... =)

He wears short shorts!

It's Jesus, lol. I was faced with the same options but without dumping a whopping great V8 in my Nova ... buy the Skyline dude, if you live at home you'll always have a free hot meal and most of the living expenses are paid for. At least until you get a well paying job or pay off the car. I'm actually looking to move out myself now that I have a decent paying job .. I can finally afford both =P -Kez

Damn the Spanish to hell!!!!

Well, it's in as of wedensday last week and all I can say is "wow". The feel and bite of the new clutch is absolutely excellent. I spoke to Jim on the phone on Friday about it, giving a little feedback and a thanks. If you're looking for a 100% street setup and at a very resonable price, you don't always have to go with something like the Full Monty, which in some cases is overkill (as Jim pointed out to me). But due to different applications and different setups you can't really be told how much your new setup is going to cost, but mine set us back $605 (inc tax) with around $390 to install it going through a very decent shop by the name of Auto Smart (also run by a man named Jim and reccomended to me by Jim Berry =P) in Stafford, definately taking my car back there. Jim from Auto Smart took my 'line for a run after the clutch was installed to give it a test (of course) found a few other issues, pulled it apart to have a gander, wrote me out a list of things that are wearing down or dying (so to speak) at no extra cost to myself. just because he could, I guess. And no it wasn't anything dodgy =P. Anyways, thanks to both the 'Jims', Race Clutch and Auto Smart, all you bastards are awesome! -Ivo

Just ordered the 'mini monty' off of Jim. Tell you what, I've never spoken to a nicer guy who is willing to spend the time to talk you through everything, hell we were just shooting the shit after a while and cracking jokes about everything. Went through the details of every componant and what I would need in my car for what I do with it. It's best off to be honest with exactly what you do, he doesn't give a shit he just wants to get you the right clutch for your car. I spoke to him about wanting something tougher and therefore more expensive but in a calm reassuring voice he told me that I can buy what ever I want and he'll sell it to me, but I'm wasting my money in the end. Now that's what an honest dealer sounds like. Hell, after I get it fitted I'll tell you all how it goes and might even go see the man to thank him in person. -Ivonin

Bought a new clutch off of Jim, hopefully sorted. Thanks QWK32.

Anyone?

After reading alot about clutch problems in R33's on these very forums, I do belive what I'm experiancing is clutch slipping, very bad clutch slipping. Now, I'm not a mechanic by any means (actually a sparky =P). To describe what's going on, here's the run down: It's a stock 1993 R33 Skyline - edging 80,000kms, almost completely unmodded except for the turbo timer that came with it and 255/40's on it. It's just running terrible, locks into gear fine on the gearbox but when 'putting the foot down' it revs right out before biting in. Right this second I went out and did the 'put the handbrake on, put it in fourth, rev to 2,000 and release the clutch' yeah, I got the clutch out without stalling the car (while keeping it at a constant 2,000). Right after that, I could smell/see clutch smoke and the clutch pedal stayed half depressed for a few metres up the road before popping out again. For a few gear changes it seemed good as new again (for some weird reason that I can't explain) before reverting back to it's shitty self. I've had a few people drive it to tell me what they think and I've gotten a few very certain 'it's your clutch, I'd stake my car on it' kind of situations. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I just want to find out what the hell is up with it without resorting to giving it over to a monkey I don't trust to tell me what's wrong. So could someone tell me if this sounds like clutch slippage? Ah and Jims Racing Clutches would be the first point of my stop off to get a new one, thanks to those who pointed him out and reccomended him.

So whats the go, folks?

Ill take that as a no

WHen are the photos for the dyno day. coming out? Any of you sexy people know?

If only monkeys lived in washing machines....

Gonnnnne, third message down guys, I got pm'd by (anon) and they have been given away

Lol just got pm'd, they be goooooone

They sent me two tickets to see 'Dreamgirls'. Mother firetruckers. Anyone can have them, I'm thinking of throwing them in the microwave. I may even deliver them, because I'm bored and shit.

I'll head down, seeing as I live like, 5 minutes away, but it definatly won't be at 10am and I won't be dyno-ing my stock R33 lmfao, would be funny to get the Nova up there though

Greetings, many questions, Are clippers Series 1 or 2? Also, what laws are in effect if you try to drink and clip? Do taking drugs inhibit the operation of said clippers? Have the clippers been used for uses other then nail clipping? (i.e. castration, eviceration, protol-examinations? ect...)

Hahaha, ok for those lazy bastards and Steph, how to spell my name is in my mini profile thing to the left .... my god woman! The quick run downs is, when SMG was staying in Cowan on Moreton Island for the filming of Scooby Doo (the first one), my father had to go fix thier generator because the silly bitch ran the batteries in the solar panels down within, like a few days. So Dad was over there and her clothes were all around the room and he spied her red g-string. He left it there and I could've killed him, I could've been a millionaire . I didnt get a chance to listen to the podcast yesterday until I got back from work (i was on nova on my way there). They cut me off half way in the cast but it went to air in full. I ended up winning a few movie tickets out of it as well. Great success!

If anyone was listening at about 7:00am-ish that was me on there about Sarah Michelle Gellar's red g-string at Moreton. To anyone who didnt hear it, the podcast is here. I feel cool <.< -Kez

Sorry to hear about it mate, good luck with the repairs