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Don't you dare tell that to the ceramic coating brigade.

Plazmaman cooler finally turned up. Surprisingly easy when you go to a shop that actually processes your order. Anyway will get around to fitting it once I've cleaned up this mess.

https://www.redsunperformance.com.au/product/speaker-cover/

So if I want replacement bushings for a KCA336 kit I can just buy a W51219A kit and pocket the $40? Shame they just don't sell the bushes.

The irony is I still want one.

Just for reference. Some months ago I tried to buy a Plazmaman intercooler from a Victorian (North West of Melbourne) garage that has a line in torque. After far too long it turns out they didn't even order it from Plazmaman and the delivery dates etc promised were fabricated (Unlike the cooler, obviously). Currently working my way through a refund and less than reassured by their promises of one. So if anyone is after a Plazmaman cooler it would pay to be a little careful who you order it from. Speaking to Plazmaman themselves this is not an uncommon experience.

So much velour. So much comfort.

Mine had an electric aerial but it was the seriously limited edition 'classic' model. It had a double DIN tape player FFS. No CD, just tapes.

For the record the bushes are fine.

AU for life. Rear bumper bits look like TS50. Do the back doors open from the outside?

Yeah hard to know as you are dealing with five different things on each damper high and low speed setting for bump and rebound and also the knee point for the curve. I wouldn't mind seeing the output from a shock dyno just to see what changed in going up in spring rate. For what its worth the rebound damping on the front feels a little soft. Not sure why.

My thing is my spring rates are increasing - now 6kg front and rear on a 32 GTR. At some point the valving will be wrong/less than optimal for the spring rate and the shocks will need revalving. Can you throw any light ont he kinds of ranges the one set of valving can cope with in terms of spring rate? So say the are optimized for N kg/mm front spring but can cope with anything between N-M kg/mm and N+M kg/mm.

Who did this for you and how comprehensive was the rebuild/revalve?

No is the short answer. by changing the way the subframe itself is located you change he amount of anti squat you have.

You have a GTR headlight with three different lights in it as opposed to two in the gtst/N1 type. Lots of people swap them around.

Not that it looks to be a Tomei cam, but possibly, maybe even probably. You can measure the thing as follows: LOBE HEIGHT Machining each lobe to the strictest tolerances allows for smoother and more precise adjustments in valve clearances. Based on: 9.15mm max lift, Φ32 base circle SPEC. 41.15mm ACTUAL (avg.) 41.1455mm DIFFERENCE (avg.) 0.0045mm DIFFERENCE (%) 0.0001% The greater this 'difference', the more shims and time required to adjust the valve clearance.

That's a good result. The original fabrics are a bit sht anyway, truth be told. Did they redo any of the foam or was it just the materials?

Would want to be at that price...

Surely you just need to tell everyone its built for an event, do two slow laps for a photo shoot, then bang on about the easy 10 seconds you can knock off your lap time by installing more stickers? Actually turning up for an event is a dick move.

that and go looking for air leaks in the induction system.

Its probably all conjecture and meaningless until you have worked out what your damage is. So turbo is gone? Loss of compression blown gasket or busted rings? So are there results from a compression test and/or sniffer in the radiator if the thing still runs. Is the bottom end ok? Power steer can overheat and overflow but not after one lap usually. Comes down to what is different between a dyno and the track. Oil surge is possible but unlikely to be fatal after one lap. Bad fuel and or fuel surge will cause problems more quickly. Damage caused quickly is overwhelmingly combustion related rather than oil/coolant related. The only other thing that fleetingly comes to mind is an over rev/over boost. Its a depressing thought but more than one thing may have been busted.

Spring rates like that will give you three things: 1 Understeer. 2. Good traction. 3. Harsh front end. Essentially if you don't get bored understeering around corners you will get good traction if you can ever get on the gas. If you look at Nismo S tune spring rates you will see they are higher on the rear than the front. 6.0kg/mm front 6.7kg/mm rear. Much more sensible rates.

Wow. OK. Understeeeeeeeeeeer. Looked up the Cusco ones as a comparison (%'s compared to stock). Front Cusco 24 dia, 192% stiffer. ARC 30 dia (From your number) 240% stiffer. Rear Cusco 30 dia , 162% stiffer. ARC 30 dia 180% stiffer. Guessing ARC quote the numbers with the drop links on their hardest setting.

Front and rear the same diameter?

Where did you get them from - and what diameter are they?