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Idling is not bad for your motor. Running cold is. So (within reason) the quicker it gets up to its correct operating temperature the less wear you will get. So sitting in the driveway for 5 minutes whilst the thing sits there running cold is bad for the motor & will undoubtedly annoy the fk out of your neighbours.

No it didn't. The roof is steel, by the way.

You reckon? I can't really see a market for a diesel Falcon. Territory yes, but not so much the Foulcan. Maybe if they continue to be similar it will be easy to bung an oiler in both.

Faaark me - the first four or five? I wish. Out of the first thirteen twelve of them are either race or rally cars. The other was a GT3 Porsche. I remember the old days when you had half a chance of a result in a road car. Anyway my driving sucked badly on Saturday - so there is much truth in the rumour I couldn't drive out of sight on a dark night. Mind you, with stock brakes the thing can be seen from quite a distance. I can't even claim to have been the quickest Nissan on the night. Paul got me by 0.2 seconds. But I did manage to be the quickest Skyline. Mostly because George took his thing home on the back of a trailer after some unhappy engine noises. It was a good day/night. Glad the 38 degree temperatures didn't eventuate. Oh and next round is on in Collie on the 2nd March followed by the Busselton event (I think). Be nice to see some Skylines there.

Yeah well there are a few people out there who want both performance & some home comforts inside their cars.

This one may be the pick of the range. Traditionally the Fairmont was the car for pensioners. But with a turbo motor Ford won't be able to go too soft. So you get the best motor they make in a reasonably well specced car without all the boy racer bullsh!t. Nice. Hope they price it well.

So could you reasonably say that with 18" rims you would look to less camber & softer springs?

Err, um: Spartan means something. Skyline means something. Supra means something. Which begs the question: Does anyone here speak English?

F1 cars are irrelevant. V8's run 17" because thats what the regulations say. That started in 1993, so it is an old reg based around old tech. No one else of note goes this small on diameter. If you take a look at the old super tourers the ran big wheels diameters because their regs said with a flat/no tyre the body work couldn't scape ont he ground. As for Roy's question. Hmmmm. I suspect the answer would be yes. The weight thing isn't exactly obvious as the tyres themselves weigh as much as the rims. On the up side you get loads of room for rotors/calipers. On the downside it will probably cost you near on $500 each time you change tyres if you go for 18's rather than 17's. Plus the rims themselves will be more expensive. Money better spent elsewhere?

Yeah, like me: couldabeenchampions. Ron Dennis has now been forced to announce his split from his missus. Phaark he will be putting 2007 down as a year to forget. Lets see: Stitched up by the FIA & Ferrari. His number one driver turned out to be a complete twat. Fined a lazy 100 million. Lost his constructors points. His missus pissed off. (She is shiney, too). Lost the drivers championship. Crumbs.

Well the piston area is quite a bit bigger than the Nissan Brembos. 58cm2 as against 53. So expect some bias issues. Just for amusement this is what the stockies look like at night.

Here you go. Standard 4000 series crack. Started from the return slot & propogated inwards. Full width & depth of the rotor. I measured the rotor wear at 0.1mm, so like new. Only was a rear so it doesn't work for a living. It's just bad design. Photos are not working presently. I will post it later.

Except the RB20 AFM's are not nearly as good as they are made out to be, nor as good as the Z32 units.

Don't forget you need the plugs to go into the AFM's. They come with the Apexi kit but not with the Ebay special.

Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, look into my eyes..... Yes the pretty picture shows a diversion plate. But also a pair of Apexi pod filters linked to some 80mm Z32 AFM's (Actually Bosch units) using the Apexi kit. And there is also a www address to greenline.

I received my stuff this week. It will turn up. Do not worry. It is almost always a timing issue with them.

Nah, just email the local distributor. I would guess (GUESS, mind) that $2k will have a new one in your hands. Ofcourse, Sydneykid is selling one for $1300.

Couple questions: How do you go for brake bias? What mu value do the Hawks have? I am working on a brake upgrade, but my present rims won't clear anything worthwhile. This is probably why I get annoyed at having to throw good money at a substandard set up. Something which, in turn further delays the proper fix I need.

The Quaife (for front diffs) design in fundamentally superior to that of the Cusco (or Nismo). Check the way it works and they manner in which it proportions torque & compare it to the Nismo diff. As I said, fundamentally superior.

I'll see if I can get some photos sometime soon. The thing has been in the shed neglected for a few weeks now so any short term surface finish will have been lost. It is a rear rotor, I presume it is on the outer face, but until I have a look I can't be sure. No brake ducts, DS2500 pads. Rotors aren't that old, but have done a few events. They aren't worn by any measure, although I will put some micrometers on them when I get a chance. Just sell me your F40's Roy & everything will be allright.

My car is an R32 so I can't get any 5000 series loving.

Check here for what the kit looks like & the www addy for greenline. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ai...te-t206016.html

Well in what will come as a massive surprise to people I just found another cracked DBA4000 rotor on my car. Fkn yay.

Greenline.

Just buy the Apexi kit that is for the R32 GT-R & is designed to fit the 80mm AFM's.