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As long as there are more beanies up there than teeth it will be fine. Perish the thought that Bathurst turns into a mecca for chardonnay sipping socialites. It is not F1 FFS. Oh and go the #17. I hope the first lap this year will be as enjoyable as last years.

Well I noticed a couple of things. 1. The piss weak folk at FIA/ITV had their coverage removed from Youtube (the bits that missed the incident). Bit rich for them to use someone elses for their own purposes then, really. 2. Lewis was was over the right hand side of the track near on level with the safety car. Webber was on the other side & only a couple of car lengths behind the safety car aswell. Sure, Lewis was driving erratically (& should be fined and/or slapped about for it) but really I don't think they can pin Webber's accident on him.

On which hand?

The coppers have been behaving like fascists at any and every sporting event since the 1980's. Particularly at Bathurst. So someone wants to drink too much on top of the mountain, pass out & miss the race. Big deal. Sure maybe you wouldn't want to take your mum up there, but they aren't rioting & they aren't ferral protesters. Just a bunch of blokes who are a bit rough around the edges & enjoying themselves.

Real men use 9" grinders one handed.

Don't use caustic based anything (paint stripper, degreaser, anything) on any part that is made of aluminium.

I thought he won the ATCC with Ford Credit written on the side of his car? My 10 cents owrth: It only went pear for him when the AU hit the track - which was somewhat pear shaped itself now that I think about it.

Well the front right hand wheel falling off in Germany didn't help.... Anyway, in other news, not that I would believe Nigel Stepney, but on the basis of this maybe BMW should be the constructers champion. In recent days we have received (unsolicited) communication from Nigel Stepney which raises a number of questions which have not been touched on in the scandal to date. Stepney says that he believes Ferrari have been let off surprisingly lightly by the FIA. He says that there is a point that everyone is missing because they are assuming that the flow of information to Mike Coughlan was a one-way flow and that Ferrari did not gain anything. There is no evidence at all that Stepney was being paid to pass on information and he says that it was rather more simple than that. "I got information about when they [McLaren] were stopping," Stepney says. "I got weight distribution, I got other aspects of various parts of their car from him [Coughlan]. Ferrari got off very lightly. I was their employee at the time. I was aware of certain stuff they were doing at tests, fuel levels, for example. I knew what fuel level they were running. I think they should have been docked points personally. The question is: Did I use the information, did I talk about it?' That's the big question. I spoke to some people about it. I can't prove it, there are no e-mails or anything. Points about the fuel and the differences [between Ferrari and McLaren] were discussed inside. As well as McLaren having an advantage, did Ferrari have an advantage? I think so." So is Stepney surprised that Ferrari got off entirely without penalty? "Very surprised," he says. "It looks like information flowing only one way. No one has been balancing the argument. No one has asked the question. They were thinking Mike was asking the questions and I was answering them." Stepney, one can argue, is a source that is seen to be somewhat tainted given all the allegations that have been made in Italy. But they are only allegations at the moment. Nothing has been proved in a proper court of law and until it is he has as much right to make his feelings known as Montezemolo.

As per the vertical axis of the graph. So a peak of 86 with the surrounds at 72 or there abouts.

My tuner appears to have put in a bundle of fuel at idle. Now there was a problem originally because they missed a vacuum hose when the engine got put back. Anyway the question is: can I reduce the fuel here simply because it doesn't particularly hot start well, nor is the idle brilliant. Car is an R32 R with 260 Poncams amongst other things. fuel_map.PDF

Something in a mankini... Nah, just an external showing the rotor/caliper/rim so we can get an idea of cleareance & maybe a shot of the bracket arrangement for the caliper. Mmmm, brakes....

Any chance of a photo of the installation for us brake geeks?

"Lewy" wants to win the drivers championship. Which he is well on track to do. That hard enough for you? What I find vaguely amusing is that people criticise F1 drivers for being, amongst many things, arrogant pushy demanding ultra competitive self obsessed selfish greedy All of which, uncoincidently, is the MINIMUM requirement for any sports person to get to the top rank of their sport, let alone become a champion. So there you have it people, all that is holding any of us back is that we are nice blokes.

The quick fix is to install a cooler. Which is also the best fix. Get yourself a small (say 100mm x 200mm) radiator & plumb it into the power steering circuit. Some Nissans (not sure what you have) already have an inadequate finned tube arrangement infront of the radiator. Rip that out & replace it with hose & the small cooler. Job done. As for fluid. If is smells & is browm replace it. Just use any old gear it doesn't matter.

I don't think so, but I can't be sure.

Can you offer any feedback as to how good/bad/indifferent the set up is? How is the bias? How is the pedal feel? Which rotor size did you use at the front?

Well one or other of them has to lock first - usually it is the unloaded side. But if you have put used pads in then, yeah that is probably your problem.

Then you aren't trying hard enough! Check the reutrn slots for the start of the cracking.... Upgrade - I would suggest Project Mu hatted rotors imported from either Nengun or Greenline. If not use the group buy for the RDA stuff. Failing that just use something that isn't a DBA4000 - pick something else from their range.... Try getting this sort of shit past the scrutineers - "Honest it is ok - it hasn't cracked ALL the way through"

Then play him Happy Birthday on the podium like they once did to Alan Jones when they couldn't find the right anthem....

Don't be silly. Go and buy a new seatbelt. Best investment you may ever make.

For anyone who is sick of the present bullsh!t & has ten minutes on their hands.... http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=...h&plindex=0

Well you can't really blame Hamilton for the ITV commentary. Atleast they have STFU about Button. Anyway, good work Lewis. Not so good work whoever the spanker was from Ferrari sending drivers out on anything other than monsoon tyres.

Why would you use the 5.1? Brake Fluid..............Dry Boiling Point................Wet Boiling Point Motul RBF 600..................593°F...............................420°F Motul DOT 5.1..................509°F...............................365°F

They carry a modest premium. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/t186866.html That is a nice example, buy that.

Japanese GP free practice session 2 times 1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m18.734s 2. ALONSO McLaren 1m18.948s 3. MASSA Ferrari 1m19.483s 4. TRULLI Toyota 1m19.711s 5. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m19.714s 6. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m19.799s 7. FISICHELLA Renault 1m19.926s 8. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m19.949s 9. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m19.969s 10. KUBICA BMW 1m20.069s 11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m20.069s 12. WURZ Williams 1m20.263s 13. ROSBERG Williams 1m20.270s 14. BUTTON Honda 1m20.336s 15. HEIDFELD BMW 1m20.462s 16. SUTIL Spyker 1m20.736s 17. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m20.869s 18. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m20.985s 19. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m20.997s 20. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m21.007s 21. YAMAMOTO Spyker 1m21.305s 22. SATO Super Aguri 1m21.352s