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Well I had (still have, unfortunately) DBA rotors on my R32. The 4000 series crack from the small return slots on the outside circumference. I am quite sure these slots do bugger all apart from instigating cracks, so I don't know why they are there. If you look at most slotted rotors the slots stop short of the outside of the disc....

You don't need to be looking at the battery CCA (cold cranking amps) you need to be looking at the capacity of the battery. Try having a look at some of the dry cell batteries (Oddysey, Optima & similar) At the end of the day, however you need to find where the drain is going to.

He only had the conical type so unsurprisingly I went for that one. He only had one set of them so they were probably a sample. The bonus is installation is cheap & easy so if I don't like it I can just drop the lower arm back off & bin 'em. He didn't have any front ones, so I can't presently source any of them at all. Do you have any thoughts on the rake question?

Not sure on the length, but one of these...

Hmm, double post, nice work. See the next one.

Well the rear roll centre adjusters are in a bag somewhere over the nullaboar at about 50,000 feet. Question I have is this: Should I try a pre emptive lower front ride height (355 doen to the next lowest setting on the SK Bilsteins) to increase the rake angle & turn tte car in better? Also, the bloke I bought them off is now on the business traders as drift motorsport. Has some nice stuff.

Presently stock & stock.

I assumed you had to as the CAS is driven off the exhuast cam.

Sorry to re-ask a question that has doubtless been asked before (Search turned up nothing, however) but: If, for example I set the cam gears to +4 degrees inelt & -2 degrees exhaust does this mean the timing needs to go to 16 degrees BTDC on the crank. Can anyone with these adjustable gears on a stock RB26 (+ pods + exhaust + 1 bar boost) confirm these number to be about right? I had this all figured out once, but old age & infirmary makes me forget.

Ferni, Did you have any joy getting information out of PWR about the Alcon calipers? I wanted to know the piston sizes etc for their 4 pot gear & couldn't get an answer. Their website has SFA also.

I have a question. How hot is err, hot, ie how hot does the dash have to be?

By Japan do you mean the usual suspects (Greenline, Nengun etc) or is there someone who does Nissan bits in particular. It's just that I wanted a new one & like you said second hand ones can sometimes be very second hand.

Cheers Ant. You up for the SES Short circuit on the long weekend?

Work computer. But I probably should have paid attention at school too. For me the biggest difference was new dampers. Just a different world. Sway bars weren't that huge for me.

Um, as per the title. Any suggestions for the best place to buy a standard R32 GT-R steering wheel? I want a new one. thanks in advance.

The thing that caught my eye was that he was talking about track days once a month. That sort of regime will punish the tyres much harder on the track than on the road. Hence the suggestion of doing the camber first. Edit: gees, I wish I could spell.

You could try some proper end joints....

Like you say a bleed valve doesn't help, but it shouldn't make that much difference. First suspect is the extra crap on the vacuum lines. Plug it/pinch it off and or remove it - then have another check. Other things are: Your ignition timing. Your fuelling. That the waste gates are closing properly. Cam timing.

Can anyone help by offering a known good method of removing the stupid wind deflector/rain deflector things on top of the front windows on a Skyline? I am not so much worried about the things themselves as by the goo that holds them to the bodywork.

For anyone starting - Mig welding is a damn ssite easier than tig & a bit easier than stick. It is also more forgiving of fitup & easier to get good, solid weld penetration.

Well both, really. You can get them already pre-made to suit your car or get them made up special if you want something special.

Looks like BMW may be set or a good year, too.

The other thing to be a bit careful of is this. Japanese helmets don't necessarily come in large sizes. Mine is a XXL & up till buying it I hadn't thought of my head as being particularly fat. Just something to be aware of if you local vendor doesn't stock the full range. I had to go back twice before getting through the range of three sizes.

I may be off beam a bit with this, but from what I understand a single throttle body makes it easier to run an ECU with no AFM's ie on a MAP sensor.

It's all good then. Actually I never realised anyone even read the dribble that pours footh from my keyboard, let alone placed any store in it. You going to the SpeedEventSeries next month?