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Unless his KERS comes back on line for race start then I have about as much chance of eating sushi off Heather Graham's naked torso. A real shame.

Exactly what turbo do you have?

Massa would be dreading rain now that he has found a car balance that he likes. Can you bet on how many times Massa will lose the rear end in the wet?

It is dubious whether he has KERS for the race so he will be swamped on the start and end up compromised by track position for his race. Same as the start in Monaco, despite getting it away pretty well for a change, he was overrun. Last year RBR made sure they slotted Capt'n Chin in behind SV by not pitting him when he had a 20 second lead and should have raced LH for the top step of the podium with fresh tyres. SV will get the better of the strategy from the pitwall especially if it rains (and rightly so this year anyway).

The only true bolt on turbos are stockers and simple hi-flows like GCG. Having said that once you start modifying cars the first rule I have learnt is nothing in the performance world is truly bolt on. They always need trimming, new studs or exotic nuts that aren't available at 2pm on a saturday. The way around this is to spend more money on Japanese product like the HKS range. I bought my second HKS turbo from here at SAU but was missing a few oddball sized nuts etc. It took lots of running around at the last minute to find something suitable. Mitsubishi had them but wanted $18/nut!! I spent 30 minutes fitting my bolt-on catalytic converter last Thursday to find that the last guy had modified the existing front cat flange to fit the exhaust rather than the other way around. The new cat is perfect but a fat lot of good that has done me. Another welcome to the modified car scene for me. I fitted a Fenix radiator (thru SAU NSW) it fitted almost perfectly on the R33 barring the AC temp sensor. The stagea will not be so easy when I get around to removing that pissy little OEM radiator. Turbos have nothing to do with beauty contests they are there to pump air and this one, even running at 90% of the posted dynos, will be great to drive. Check out the 200rwkw at 4000rpm. I think once this is bolted up it will be a nice bit of kit.

Bahrain is off.

If he was white, would he look like this? He could then call the decisions "fricken ridiculous"

LH from interview on F1.com Good on you for correcting your initial impression of who was at fault.

with this description on importmonster who wouldn't want one.

Yes he does exist as a real business.

Spiked snow tyres for F1? If the rims come from their tethers it would be a bit Mad Max-ish but it would have to be better than racing in Bahrain. Plus SebVet could have his 'sauna' and take a good spanking with birch branches or whatever they use.

What is the maximum boost that the stock turbos can handle? (or what boost level should i keep it under) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pretty sure I was answering this ^^ question when I said 12psi. If the question was.....what is the highest boost I can run with stock ecu before R&R? or what is the maximum boost I should run with a SMIC? then somewhere lower would be advisable.

7psi 12psi anyone's guess 140rwkw stock boost Search IS your friend.

I depends a lot on what city you live in. If you live in West Bumfark then premiums are much cheaper. These threads often go around in circles unless you are comparing your rates, your modifications, your driving record/experience and location with someone in the same boat. I am not saying this to have a go at anyone as we all want to pay less and get the same coverage for our insurance dollar but there is more in the price differences than meets the eye.

Ok Mr. Pedantic Do you call a person run over by Kimi...... ....Finnished. (sorry)

If you run in front of a scandinavian driver would that be called kimikaze?

^^ yep

Why not start the thread with turbo has come off (insert) name, make and year model of truck. Why are you asking whether it will be a good thing? Good for what specifically? How much horsepower are you after? How low down are you expecting it to make any power? Ask a fairly vague question on a Nissan site regarding a Mitsu/unkown diesel truck turbo = get a lukewarm response.

There are cars for sale from SAU members. I would humbly suggest checking out what is available here as it is almost certainly looked after better than other cars.

Looks like it would be a good thing for an old diesel truck.

I googled up some stuff that suggested that cartridge might be 48trim version so this is consistent with what you have Disco.

Actually they aren't quite the same. A GT3040 is GT3082 so it has the smaller 60mm turbine. They aren't anywhere near as doggy as people make out here on the forum. Sure there are better turbos out there today (and probably yesterday too) but on an RB25 they make power pretty much the same as the GT3076 but have too much compressor flow for the turbine. So wheeling around the extra drag of the larger compressor means you possibly lose some transient response. At the right price they are an option to consider if you are on a budget and can find one in good nick 2nd hand.

Pretty sure that 700177-3 700177-4 are the 56mm turbine versions in 84 trim comp (2835ProS CHRA) and 90 trim comp respectively. 70177-5015 not sure which one that is but looking it up now.

When you see outlying results (high or low) from an engine and turbo combo it is always going to get extra comments.

With that turbo you won't go close to any limits assuming half way decent tuning.