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TEIN 'v' WHITELINE I really can't offer my opinion on this as I haven't been in a car with whiteline suspension. TEIN will cost you around $600 second hand for a set of 4 and are rock hard to most people find it too uncomfortable to drive in. I love it and they corner (stick not drift) really well with the tyre combo I have at the moment.

Here is a tip for everyone...some of you will know this but others will not. I have worked on heaps of cars and the one thing I have found is that the job gets very easy with the right tools. Here is a list of tools to make the job easy. Hydrolic jack $50 Car ramps $40 pair Car stands $20 pair (use these when car is up for a while) 6mm-20mm socket set (JBS, Sidchrome etc) spend the bucks or its a waste of time get a couple of extensions and unni joint and half inch if possible. Good pliers needle nose and normal Good wire strippers Good tape measure Good set of philips and flat tip screw drivers Good shifter (from REPCO with mm markings on it) 8-20mm spanners with open and ring ends etc etc Then buy a good tool box with draws and put it all in it. This will all cost heaps but I can assure you that you will save nemerous times that by doing things your self. As for the shiny bits. cover all electrical stuff with plastic bags and sealup the plug cover then use degreaser adn water to wash the entire engine bay, scrub with soft brush to release builtup crap and presto a nice clean engine bay. If you have an alloy item in the engine bay polish with autosole and generally remove everything , clean it and paint it or polish it or powdercoat it or what ever, it takes time and money but its worth the results. Stay tuned for my section in mainenance with a more comprehensive list of tools for the home workshop.

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When the car came to a stop my horn button fell out and the interior light poppe out, I sat stunned for a sec (it happens so fast) then just put my head on my steering wheel and wondered how much damage I'd done this time. More importantly, I realised that my friend in the passenger seat had trusted that I would make the right decission and NOT endanger his life without his consent, its different if he was in total agreement with me doing it but he may not have been. You never realise the consequences till it has happened.

????? Why I have use one for ages and it is just the same as a normal shifter but the throw length is shorter thats all?

Drift accident #1 2 weeks after trading my 13sec starlet for the R32.... Coming up to a tight left hander with a friend parked opposite I slowed right down and into first! Then as I came to the corner for my first ever drift I hit the gas and it was all good but I kept it down too long and too far and I rotated all the way round and hit one of those nasty 30cm high gutters and ended up facing the wrong wayhalf on the gutter and half off DAMAGE Bent lower control arm Bend CUSCO castor rod Bent Upper control arm 1 buckled rim 1 torn open tyre http://www.d-u-e-l.com/cams_ride.htm for pics Drift accident #2 3 hours after fixing my car from #1 I had just spent 2 weeks fixing my last attempt when a friend came over to tell me of an awesome drift corner that he had found over the other side of town. So off we went, I told him that I was just going to take it easy as I didn't want to damage the car again but in the heat of the moment the car took over and ..... Came around a long sweeping corner in 2nd at about 65 the back went out when the car came on boost and it was looking good till the back tyre hit the outside gutter and flicked the car back the other way, I corrected but too much and the car flicked back around and up and over the gutter, sliding down the grass foot path and into a garden. While this doesn't sound bad it wasn't till the next day when I drove back with now 2 buckled rims when I discovered that I had removed a huge tree stump with my tyre, broken the concrete edge around the garden and missed the businesses gas main by 1 meter! No damage to photograph sorry. See I told you I need instruction, I must admit that I prefer straight line speed to drift but I will give anything ago.

Just letting you guys know that the order goes in Monday 13th May so if anyone wants anything let me know

Good night everyone its 9:50pm in Toowoomba on a wet Saturday night.. What time do most of you guys go to bed?

I was in the telstra shop on Thursday night and they have a tranlator scanning pen that can translate from Japanese to english....$300 or so dollars but well worth the money if you have it :cry: Perhaps a good idea for (Hey mum, I know what you can get me for christmas) a gift for someone then if they don't use it you can....

New Ferrari - first photos [img:b97a2dccec]http://www.news24.com/Images/Photos/20020417141428FX-500.jpg[/img:b97a2dccec] After years of rumours and spy shots, Ferrari has finally released a picture of its upcoming supercar - ironically expected to take over the crown as the fastest production car in the world from the McLaren F1, produced by the Scuderia's traditional on-track rival. Code-named 'FX' for the moment, though likely to carry the F60 nameplate, the new car boasts a rumoured 465kW 6.0-litre V12 engine powering all wheels - a first for a road going Ferrari - the lines of the car are clearly influenced by the marque's World Championship winning F1 cars. Despite its larger capacity, the V12 actually weighs 30% less than the F50's engine. A maximum of 350 examples are expected to be produced and there will be no open top version. The retail price is expected to be in the region of R4.5-million. Weighing in at around 1200kg, the FX is constructed using carbon fibre and features scissor style doors hinged at the front. Large Brembo brakes scrub off the speed and the suspension is electronically controlled to keep the car stuck to the road. The limited series model, which carries on the tradition of the F40 and F50 - albeit missing its predecessors' large rear wing - the 'FX' will debut at the 'Artedinamica: Ferrari and Maserati, at the Contemporary Art Museum of Tokyo's International Exhibition on April 26. The official introduction, however, will be in the last week of September, at this year's Paris Motorshow - Mondial du Transport Routier. Ferrari has yet to release specs of the 'FX' but it is rumoured to be equipped with a 450-485kW engine powering all wheels through a F1 inspired paddle operated sequential gearbox. Top speed should be in the region of 370km/h, with 0 - 100km/h coming up in around 3 seconds. The 'FX' will bring to the road Ferrari's most advanced technology, directly derived from the Formula 1 World Championship experience. The FX represents the ultimate expression of technological transfer from F1 to Ferrari's road-going GTs, the conception of which has always benefited from racing experience at the highest level.

YOU wana race!

And thus, continues the saga...the Z32 and the RB20det afm's are the same size! only the Z32 has a different amount of pins and it reads the air flow differently.....I am still trying to find out exactly what the difference is however I am really starting to consider ditching it all together or moving it into the fmic piping!

Spoke to JMS today and they confirmed that the injectors can handle 220rwkw, however I checked on the s-afc and the afm is almost maxed out (95.9%+) May be time to discard it .....or perhaps just move it or by-pass it!

That was with 168rwkw now I have 206 I should be able to get 360o rather than just 180o :lol: The pan was really different to anything I'd done before and I had no idea it would be soooo slippery, finally started to get the hang of it on the last corner of the night....lol

I have tried the driving style called "Dorift" but on both occasions I have failed... :cry: ...and crashed my beloved skyline. Please help me to discover the true sensations that I am missing from not being able to master the sideways action.... I need to know what works for you guys, not what you have heard works but what actually has worked for you. I am not talking about 1st gear around the corner, I want 2nd gear high RPM dorift please... :x

Good stuff, dedicated people is whats we's after.....

Most important is that the track is only 70min away from my place...can't wait.

This car looks totally out of place with the opera house and harbour bridge in the background, don't you think? However I also feel that it couldn't look better.....

OK here is the proof for all you doubting fans of the HKS R33 GTR, it is here and I have pics....well, I stole them from the nice boys and girls at CABIN CLICK ON THE PIC OF THE R33 AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE http://www.d-u-e-l.com/dragcombat.htm

Righty O yeh I agree now......I just had another look at my dyno chart and discovered that I am not running lean at the top end at all, I am actually running super rich....DOH, thats what happens when a "Friend" tells you the results without actually looking at the af chart (Originally I only had the HP chart with no af graph) I have a big mother of a pump (Bosch 044) which actually builds pressure as the power increases My tuner has tried to lean it off but for some reason the s-afc will not modify the fuel at full throttle ? I also found out that my afm is almost maxed out at 95.9% [img:c2903fdbd6]http://www.d-u-e-l.com/dyno_chart.JPG[/img:c2903fdbd6]

The carbon actually sits behind the center trim panel in my car so you can't actually see the edge of the carbon.

I think I speak for everyone when I say that the plumbing in the intercooler piping just before the throttle body looks ugly and the entire engine bay would look much better if it were gone.... Can I do this? Exactly what will happen if it is disconected and removed etc. Will the car just not start when cold or will it run like crap till it heats up? I am getting new piping made soon and if I can leave it off I will. Thanks in advance.. :?:

Normally I would have used silicon to secure it to avoid having the screws but I will need to remove it later to install ITC or small gauges so I just screwed it in.

For anyone interested in seeing pics of this check out my new thread about s-afc and dyno day pics Cam

Here are two links for your viewing pleasure Link 1 = Dyno Day Pics, includes Jay51's pics + others, more to come. http://www.d-u-e-l.com/27_april_2002.htm Link 2 = Pics of my install for my S-AFC and Climate Control relocate. http://www.d-u-e-l.com/26_april_2002.htm