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Going to grab and have a read . Oh...http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/video/2015/6/Moving_on_from_Monaco_for_Mercedes.html Ahh the laughs. It was a cluster of confusion but the interesting thing is how the team apologised to Lewis and has been happy to take all the blame for the incident and shield Lewis from any criticism. Seems to suggest that he takes some grey space management to keep him at his best...so good on Toto and co for putting team-driver performance ahead of assigning blame to cover asses. Shows F1 is a team sport!

Curious to hear what you thought of the brakes and what you have to get "used to" I miss Wakefield...hell I miss track days

Nissan looking rather terrible

An off the shelf Bilstein with an 8k spring is a very different animal to a Koni Yellow with 8k spring. Ie...the valving of the shock itself plays a HUGE part in how the car drives. How a spring feels and the grip a car has and ehete it is lacking in grip. Its not just spring A plus roll bar X ...and the there is ride heights and wheel alignment.

Jeezus! For a std shifter? Why did i GIVE mine to a mate!

Man...how long is a piece of string. My car runs semis, is heavier. Runs wishbone front end....lol. I was following your handling///too stiff/jitterish thread. I think....LOL, I think when you get the car back on the track start as follows. Note ride heights and wheel alignment settings. Back all shocks off to full soft and put all swaybars in full soft. Put all tyre pressures to 32psi cold and then go flog it for 4 or 5 laps around (assuming) Winton. I seemed to recall that IMO you were running the RSR tyre pressures too low, more what you want of a full semi. So personally I would look for 36 rear and 38psi ish warm tyre pressures. See how the car feels and tune from there.

I understand MCA run many internal components from the Bilstein catalogue. Can't see / haven't heard them touching Teins

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Was going to say the same Dan. My car had mega traction with way more power than you and it was all std rear arms with Whiteline bushes...thats it. As for track...if anything in R32s its beneficial to widen the front track more than the rear. You look at R32s vs later model platforms and also S13 vs S14 they tend to increase front track to wider than rear...so sometime wheel changes increase rear more than front...for me i run more front track than rear these days

The point missed is RBR gave Dan a free pitstop. The whole need vs time required...all seemed a bit rushed. What I do believe is that Merc messed up trying to be cute....and Lewis played a part and is the reason why he wasnt going postal post race. He played a part in it by requesting it assuming events that ... lol well I am happy because now we get to see if after a couple of hiccups whether he goes his usual walk about with his head down kicking at cans or chin up and comes back strong. With what he is getting paid he needs to be Vettel/Alonso bankable at the next few races.. not go walkabout crying victim LOL, even though he had pole I did laugh that all Saturday he was still sooking about last years yellows dropping reference into it in every post race interview By contrast...I have so much more time for Alonso the past few years. This year he isnt throwing his toys out the pram and looking at Vettel he must be kicking himself for looking elsewhere...yet head down and works harder with a smile

Nobody has upgraded to a short sifter and wants to off load their original shifter

Bloody Sky trying to cover up the role Lewis played..doesnt change the fact the team should have set him straight...but Lewis seems to be thevguy that started the call for tyres "...when that Safety Car situation unfolded, did you not at all question whether to come in or not? Bearing in mind, regardless of the situation with the tyres, track position is ultimately king in Monaco. "I cant really express the way I feel at the moment, so I wont even attempt to, he said. You rely on the team. I saw a screen, it looked like the team was out and I thought that Nico had pitted. Obviously I couldnt see the guys behind so I thought the guys behind were pitting. The team said to stay out, I said these tyres are going to drop in temperature, and what I was assuming was that these guys would be on Options and I was on the harder tyre. So, they said to pit. Without thinking I came in with full confidence that the others had done the same.

The racing has been pretty good. I did the survey....told them what i think. 60% of cash needs to go equally to all teams and remaining 40% based on WCC position. Loosen engine freeze and introduce front wing freeze where they only get 6 wing types and floors per season. Ridiculous they limit engines...making them more costly to engineer but they can spend hundreds of thousands of hours on a wing they may not do more than a practice session. Also need 3rd cars for P1 and P2 that young / test drivers run and are free for testing limiting wind tunnel time etc. by bringing 60 hours of in season, cheap testing to every season whilst having more cars on the track.

Just opened Autosport site and what a confused joke F1 is. Bernie back in court being sued...team owners drivers or complaining about different things...surveys about what fans want....it all looks farking ridiculous! [sigh]

Interesting to see how the brakes go. With R34 ABS hopefully it isnt brake lockup city and the ABS doesnt go off at every application

Well, tell Turbosmart. When i bought a replacement i grabbed two ... expecting it to fail again http://www.turbosmartdirect.com/Product-Categories/Previous-Edition-Wastegate-Parts/WG-Valve-Guide-O-Ring.html Item Name/Code Qty Brief Description Rate Amount TS-0501-3004 2 WG Valve Guide 'O' Ring $4.50 $9.00

My genuine Turbosmart one was leaking due to a cracked o-ring...so it happens to the real deal too

Sell the Evo....S13....get another job...yadda yadda

LOL, so a turbo goes and people are suggesting an engine swap? Fault find to confirm the problem and if its a dead turbo...here is a radical idea....put a new, better turbo on it. I reckon you should put a Barra 6cyl 4L turbo in it or a 6.2L Chev. Why waste your time with an RB25?

Back up for sale is sale my TD05H-18G with 3" inlet. Its a Kando, new and never used. Friend is selling his S13 project car so bits he had called dibs on are being returned. It has a Subaru core so is 360deg bearing with water cooled core and oil lube TD05H-18G Asking $450 for the turbo with no exhaust housing or $750 with the Trust 8cm rear housing (3 bolt) If you pay up front i will buy the Kando T3 housing with internal gate actuator on your behalf so it all works as a good bolt on RB20 turbo

What a confused buinch...cost cap turns into customer cars and more Jedi mind tricks

For the full T67 setup or just the turbo? Yes any TD06 housing. Not a TD06H (its a bigger wheel) and not a TD06L2 (it is a smaller wheel) but any TD06 housing will fit this TD06

Having done a cradle swap i have formed the opinion that provided your S13 cradle is free of damage/cracks then just modify the std cradle pick up point. Far simpler and cheaper. Things like exhaust brackets, handbrake cable mounts etc all need to be changed if you are doing the later model cradle (i did R33 into R32) Also...i think you will find the track increase is in the wheel offsets...not the actual suspension. Well at least that is the case for R32 GTSt and R32 GTR and R33s too. The wider track of the GTR is from wheel offsets of 17x9 +30 vs 16x8 +30

In perfect working condition. Has done about 40,000kms and had annual fluid changes and only ever ran Castrol Syntrax. Only removed as I am going to bigger driveshafts and GTR rear end. Supplied as a centre as I want to retain the crown wheel and pinion. If you are after the diff housing then I can supply that for an extra $200 with the 4.11 crown wheel and pinion Located in Melbourne. Asking $550 for the Kaaz diff, or $750 all supplied loose with diff housing, flanges and 4.11 crown wheel and pinion etc

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