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Yes I have one. They fit well, are made from proper stuff (not fibreglass) and look bling. Better than looking at fans/wires/radiators anyway. They may even work a bit.

Greenline sells the garage defend stuff.

Baron, maybe you can answer this: Is David Coulthard actually Kryton from the Red Dwarf tv series? Because I am convinced Bourdais is Rimmer.

Well I have a large wager on Bourdais being shown up as the blouse wearing sook that I know him to be. As for the Irishman Tim O'Glock - he never set the world on fire at Jordan, so dunno why he is suddenly a wanted man. Vettel - will see. Looks ok to date.

Sorry Roy, can't get excited about the Red Bull. My money is on Nakajima this year.

They were all sorts of colours. There is a thread for checking plate ID's using Nissan's Fast system. Here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ni...&start=1100

Folks, The 2008 Allied Metal Recyclers Speed Event Series kicks off on Saturday arvo/evening at Wanneroo. Starts at 4.30 pm & finishes under lights at 10.30. Spectator entry is entirely free so why not come down for a look? Say hello even. Full details are on the website (also calendar, entry form, registration, supp regs etc etc) and there will be the usual bewildering range of cars entered. Remember this series is our only state based sprint & hillclimb competition & features everything from sports sedans, wings & slicks open wheelers, ex rally cars, road cars, historic cars - you name it you will probably find it there. Well worth a look. www.speedeventseries.com

http://www.quaife.co.uk/Nissan-Skyline-GTR...TB-differential Best there is for a front diff.

It is not "an old JPS F1 car" It is Ayrton Senna's Lotus Renault. Only one of the most beautiful F1 cars ever raced, designed by the genius that was Gerard Ducarouge, built by one of the most famous names in motor racing history (Lotus) & driven by the greatest driver ever to have lived. None the less. Nice photos.

OK.

The best spot for it was where the kindly folk from Nissan put it in the first place, ie over the top of the radiator. You need a 100mm diameter pipe or the equivalent cross sectional area to do the job properly.

All R32 Gt-R's start with BNR32.

Yeah, that looks about right.

Do you reckon Clarkson could dumb the content down some more? I mean, I understand what he is on about when he says the motor has more torques, but there is no way in hell I could ever get across the whole concept of a Newton metre.

Yeah it was basically a dead parrot by 1992. Something a lot of people tend to forget/gloss over. EVen watching the '92 season it was a matter of how many laps went by until Longhurst punted Bowe. But by god the 3x20 minute heats format sucked teh wang.

But.....The turbo equivalency changed from 1.4 in the early days to 1.7 later on. Also, technically even the 91 regs weren't true to group A anymore.

Yes. But also try http://www.superpro.com.au/superpro.html

Do it properly. Do it once.

It's a Quaife. It doesn't have "ways" it has gears rather than nasty clutch packs. Gary, what is the situation regarding the transfer of any warranty? Do Quaife still recognise it or not?

It is not necessarilly a money thing. It takes a great deal of time & effort to track down the myriad of parts you need to make a bad car anywhere near good. I mean, price a pair of seats & then add up the money for however many bits of interior plastic you want to replace. Thats easilly $1k there. You can do a similar exercise for tired suspension, paintwork, brakes, drivetrain & yes even the engine. Before too long the car will be costing you more than the really nice example you thought you couldn't afford in the first place. With regard to the engine, just get it checked. There are loads of threads about what to look for. And lastly, don't take too much notice of the (mostly GTS-T owning) doom sayers who will tell you it will cost more to rebuild the motor than the national debt. There are many, many owner who have never rebuilt their RB26's. I'va had four, never lifted the lid on one of them.

Simple advice: Buy the best car you can find/afford. You will be better off in the short, medium & long term.

First stop should be the endless number of brake threads, but anyway. You need to think about what you need first up. How much retardation for how long? Secondly as for brand names it is not just callipers it is rotor availability, pad choice, parts backup & product quality as well. Thirdly make sure you have rim clearance & brake balance. Fourthly do you really need to upgrade the rears as it will be of the order of $4k for not much gain. Fifth, brand names: Endless are good & cheap. AP are very good and not cheap. Brembo (not the poverty pack shit on the Nissans) are now the same company as AP. The make some very good callipers, just expensive. Alcon are good & reasonable value in large sizes. Not worth bothering with (IMHO) are GReddy, Wilwood, Project Mu, Stoptech as they don't fit all the categories in item 2. Lastly using ex production parts (Ex Porsche callipers) can be a cheap way of getting the job done. Best bet is either go for something like an Endless kit or go and see someone like Racebrakes who know their sh!t.

Just to confirm the Barons comments the set of RE55's I got fitted yesterday are SR2 compound, the previous ones being SR. Hoping for an improvement.....

So where in this saga is the "bad luck"? Unfortunate - yes, predictable - well also yes. Anyway good luck getting it sorted.