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I believe you couldn't see the "dollar value" in doing the cams/chip/exhaust mods to a GTS2 motor, and thought that the turbo RB30E route would be a better allocation of funds?Whereas the other guy thought that the modded GTS2 was the perfect antidote for a 'sleeper', ie: non-turbo, retaining factory appearance under the bonnet, no BOVs/intercoolers etc, etc, etc. There was no power figure debate intended... ANYWAYS, what do people think of the RB25DE head swap onto the RB30 block with just the neccessary mods to complete the conversion? Worth the outlay? Or just go the whole RB25DET swap?

C'mon mate, that post is just childish.Again, I'm not taking sides with Karina, but you call her out for "egging you on" so to speak, yet your not exactly being any more mature than what she is. Give it a rest please. Also, this is the second time someone has PM'd me in regards to your posts... just letting you know.

Sorry mate, with all due respect... strike 1... I'm not taking sides here Ghostrider, I can see your point, but pretty please don't lower yourself to petty blonde generalizations etc.If you are indeed as old as your bio says you are that is...

This is the point, the guy gets out there and contributes to society... and gets laughed out of the building so to speak... unforgivable.

If somebody laughed at my speech impediment I'd probably punch them... it's a pity all the people on the train couldn't think about it that way. blackanator: it's not bizzaro Japan, it's not about perfect trains either... it was simply about immature reactions by everyone on the train: no matter if they're young/old/rich/poor/retarded/smart.

Train conductor making announcement over microphone has speach impediment... everyone laughs because he sounds funny.... = poor bastard = clueless people on train...

Due to an oversight by one of my family members, my site, webspace and therefore Photo Diary are down. To all the people who got some enjoyment out of the Photo Diary, I'm sorry but it may not come back, and even if I can sort out new webspace/hosting, it'll take a gargantuan effort to get things back the way they were... but I probably can sort out w00w Port City SuperAB show and '04 Nismo Festival if I get time over the New Years break. In other news, my 'Race Queen' friend is getting married and moving to Buffalo in the USA so there goes that connection, but Ikeri from SuperAB 171 (good luck at the 'Kinki Kids' concert today mate ) may know some promo girls... who knows As you may already know, Troy aka Evo_Lee is heading back to AU then Taiwan for work so I won't be seeing him for quite a while and I think we've seen the last of the 'carpark mechanics' posts, not to mention his very cool Evo 5. Good luck Troy and I hope to see you in Taiwan in the new year I'll try my best to report on some events in the Kansai region in the new year, but this time I won't make any promises... whatever happens happens. From me to all the Japan forum regulars... Happy New Year!

What!? There weren't many girls??? That almost negates the reason for going... right?

I was on the train yesterday coming home from Shinsaibashi, basically one of the 3 main entertainment/shopping areas in Osaka. So I'm just standing there on the train swaying to the side-to-side movements when the train conductor flicks on da mike to make announcements: "M-m-m-m-m mamonaku... A-a-a-a-a-amagasaki, Amagasaki desu... d-d-d-d-deguchi wa, hidarigawa desu". OBVIOUSLY the guy was nervous and/or had a speach impediment, to which the ENTIRE train car burst out laughing... I looked around and even the old grannies got a kick out of it. I just couldn't see the humour of it, I just felt for the poor guy. Then again: "Kyou m-m-m-m-mo... JR Nishi Nihon no oreo () okiyakusama... a-a-a-a-a-a-a-arigatou g-g-gozaimasu"... Again... the whole train car is rolling about on the floor laughing so hard... it was embarrassing! Who are these heartless people??? Here I am looking around at these guys and there was one older woman (possibly in her 40's) just sitting there looking at me with a painful smirk on her face. She could see me looking around in absolute disgust, so I think she was one of the only ones that was aware of what was actually happening. For the first time I felt like yelling out to the lot of them and saying (in English.. I don't give a sh!t) "You guys are ***cing sad!" Don't get me wrong, I HAVE seen this in my country, it's just that it's always kids who do the laughing and the adult guardians/parents do the head slapping and scolding. No such thing here. **waits for other Japan residents to prove otherwise** I'm over it

Yeah check 'Japan Light Alloy Wheel Association' website... if you can navigate that they have all sorts of info on wheels from the 70's onwards. Prices though... thats difficult. Is that really important? Just say they were 150,000 yen when new... nobody will argue with you

Those cars are 2003??? Click here http://www.jgtc.net/ then click on 'Team & Driver' for 2004 cars... eg: G'zoX now sponsor Hasemi Fairlady Z:

A quick search only revealed that they're definately not made any more... mid-'90s I think. You occaisionally see them here, I had Sparco NS-II Vipers on my R32 when I 1st got it, it seemed like they had been on the car since new. You never really see them bigger than 16' either. Just an ordinary aftermarket alloy wheel...

You might have to explain why in the hell you want to get dropped off at Daikoku to the taxi driver too...

Just joking mate

I'd say 'yes'... unless the car had some kind of redeeming feature eg: motorsport heritage.Straight Six: don't worry man, I was just pointing out the original posters question to Aussies, to which a NZer answered... despite them screaming black and blue that they're a different country (and therefore can't/shouldn't answer). Hee hee

^^^ the C210 spelt the end of GT-Rs until 1989 so they're ghey

What tradition? This is what I don't get... Nissan release only 5 (!!11) platforms bearing the 'R' designation, yet people seem to think that GT-R = RB26 or R is synonimous with Skylines whatever...I ask: What about the C10 and C110 GT-R's???? Are they not GT-Rs in the true sense, being that they were released BEFORE the R32/33/34? If you wanna talk about GT-R tradition, tradition starts with a capitial C. If you wanna talk about Skyline tradition, tradition starts with a capital A,B,S,C and R... Cheers

I know you're not serious (I hope!) but please don't give us Japan resident gaijins a bad name... please.... especially us Australian gaijin.

Cheers for that (no Canadians in sight either ). I also heard that Motorex can't import R34 GT-Rs into the US now? They were too expensive anyway...

Thats because NZ is an unofficial state of AU

Ant I'm not going to TAS! My self centered boss put me on the schedule for the Saturday of the TAS...But definately catch up when you're here next mate for sure

Ferrari F355 Challenge by SEGA AM had a clutch... but the gear stick was on the righthand side, so it was hard to get used to. Awesome 3-screen setup, and the clutch was super heavy with a notchy 6-speed 'box. Best driving arcade game ever.Heres our man Shuey having a go:

Yeah 'Army' or 'Army corps'...

Impul ECU's are usually tuned for air cleaner, exhaust and boost up only Gary... maybe the speed limiter has been removed too. If the car has been put back to stock she'll be running rich for sure. I get a "" for the first pic... Btw, nice GT-R mate, I see you have 'Aeromaster' sideskirts!

Looking at that Celica, it seems the Japanese do the 'American rice' better than the Yanks do...