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Gary, that photo makes your license look like a glamour shoot!! How about a category for 'most unfinished modifications'? I'm a shoe-in... I wanna see the ladies' tops too

Matt, what were you racing? Whatever it was, it launched HARD

Heat range can cause some problems, but it's unlikely that the severe problems you've described will be caused by the wrong heat range plugs. Worth a try though, I haven't done much tinkering in Dubai-like heat $AU470 for a set of Splitfire coils - that's a bloody excellent price! I haven't done much digging yet but the cheapest I've seen is around $800. The best way I can explain upgraded coils is like this: they won't give you any more power by themselves, but they can help you NOT LOSE power, ie if your stock coils aren't up to the task, they can be costing you horsepower that you would retain with 'better' coils. I am saving up for a set for mine - the price you've quoted is in Australian dollars, does this mean you sourced them in Australia? If so, can I ask where? In answer to your rb20 v rb25 coils question, the earlier RB25s did come with the same kind of ignitor box as the rb20 one you describe. In series 2 R33's and in the R34's RB25DET Neo engine, this ignitor box is gone. IIRC the ECU takes over the functionality. I have no idea about coil differences or what impedance should be, all I can suggest is that they should all be about the same, which you say you've tested earlier. Re the GTR - $AU45k is cheap compared to our prices - last time I looked, R34 GTR V-Spec II prices were still up around $AU70-80k, but I'm unsure how much of that is compliance, markup etc. BTW just had a look at your pics, SWEET looking cars mate

My host family were fairly quiet, unassuming people... put them into the van though, and they suddenly became psychotic! We went up to one of their rellies' places out the back of Gifu, which involved going up a single lane road with two-way traffic, a cliff face on one side, and a stone wall that would've been no more than 50cm tall preventing you from going over the rather large drop on the other side. I have no idea how fast they were going, probably about 100, but they'd get to oncoming traffic and squeeze up against the stone wall, the other car would do the same against the cliff face, and they'd zoom past eachother without a second thought to the miniscule room for error that was left. I kid you not, there would have been no more than 5cm between the mirrors of oncoming cars and the van's. Meanwhile, I'm sitting in the back wondering if I'd see tomorrow, with the rest of the family laughing at me for being the only one in the car who was wearing a seatbelt... :eek: The worst bit was jumping back in for the return trip, DOWN the mountain, and knowing exactly what to expect...

That noise will more than likely be driveline backlash. Not a major problem, just annoying. You can usually avoid making the noise with practice, and by being a bit smoother. And yes, you can do it with a button clutch

I fixed the miss in mine - it would seem that dielectric tune-up grease had a fair hand in it. I smeared a bit inside the plug and the cup on each coil, as well as both plugs on the ignitor box (series 1 R33). The problem "seems" to have gone away, but I haven't had a chance to properly test it yet, just one quick fang. By "high pressure EFI setup", I meant that EFI by design runs much higher fuel pressures than a carburetted setup, ie carbs generally run 1-4psi, while EFI runs upwards of 40psi, sometimes as high as 65psi. There's not really much you can easily test, other than to change to a clear, easily-visible fuel filter (so you can see when it's full/bubbles/dirty etc), and to put a pressure guage on the fuel line somewhere. Remember that, if you're disconnecting any of the fuel line, you need to release the pressure first. The easiest way to do that is to pull out the fuel pump fuse, then start the car. Let it idle until it dies, then turn the key off and plug the fuse back in. There will still be a little bit of pressure in the lines (next to nothing though), but it shouldn't squirt all over the engine bay like it would with 40+psi. Don't be shy about asking questions - that's one of the main reasons for online communities such as this! That, and whinging about police, grannies, 4WD's, etc

You should have just had a ridiculously high blood alcohol reading or stolen the car, you would've been given a slap on the wrist and been left to do it again. But you were speeding, omg, you're a menace to society Talk about uneven penalties... As someone said before, I think if you can prove that their reading is inaccurate the whole case can be thrown out - if that reading was inaccurate, how can they prove that you were doing any other speed? I too applaud your moral stance on this, though if you can avoid losing your license over what is, in reality, a minor infringement, go for it. They've still made their "point", and noone has been unduly disadvantaged. The current police/court idea of going for blood and making examples of relatively minor offences disgusts me.

Might be there, unless something better comes up. Argh, who am I kidding, what could be better than bucketloads of Skylines in the one place?

Hehe probably should have checked to see whether it had been posted first Thanks rice man

Muz - Very, very close As Gary said, the launch day is being organised. More info when the time and place has been finalised!

OMG I've gotta get back to Japan one of these days. I went there when I was 15 (mainly Gifu), it's a bit more populous than the shots Dave posted, but there are still heaps of vacant blocks, and I don't remember there being many buildings more than two storeys?? Anyway, it's funny that, even in an area where there is plenty of space, they still use space saving house designs. The homestay family I was with, their staircase was like a bloody ladder, it was so steep and narrow. The bastards laughed at me because I came down it backwards - my feet wouldn't fit on the steps going forward I used to be able to speak Japanese fairly well, but having not used it for the best part of seven or eight years, you could say it's pretty rusty

Good luck mate, sounds like you have a fair chance if you get a decent judge, and your lawyer does a good job of explaining the physics. I agree with the statement toward the beginning - just get a bone stock VT Exec (even if you have to hire one, much cheaper than $1500) and try it for yourself. Take it to the drags, flash the lights or something at 130 and get a friend to time you from takeoff to when the lights flash. In the VT's there is a 'debug' mode that will show the trip meter to 10m, instead of 100m, so if you change it to that before your run, you could use the braking area at the track to measure stopping distance. Slow down to 130, make a note of what the trip meter says, then stand on the brakes. It might be worth asking the officials for a solo pass and mention that you'll be doing this though. Anyway, if it helps, when my car was near-stock, I ran 14.180 (@ 161.15km/h) and was doing 126.34km/h at half track, in 9.233 seconds - so it'd be around 10 seconds for 130km/h.

What about a small business (ie for profit) website? I run a computer business, and would be interested in $99/yr hosting. Obvious question #1 - is that Australian dollars? Do you do PHP/ASP? I imagine that my bandwidth usage for the business side of things wouldn't be particularly massive, but I'd no doubt use it to host stuff for SAU, vids of friends (no, not that kind!), my personal website etc. I most definitely would not use 80GB of storage, and with 512Kb upstream it'd take a while to put it there anyway

And parity pricing, too Really, the price-per-barrel of oil does little to explain why the price at nearly every servo changes as often as every hour. If they were to be completely fair (ha!) they'd set a price when the truck delivers the fuel, and it'd stay that way until the next truckload arrived. Won't happen of course, but it shits me when you see signs in servos saying "don't blame us, we make 1c/L on fuel" - bullshit, they're making a lot more than that when the price can fluctuate 15c/L on one tanker of petrol. As for the first post, it's a noble attempt, but it won't work. Too many people would just say "bugger it, the BP/Shell/Mobil/Whatever is handy, everyone else'll pick up the slack". The easiest way to stop spending so much on fuel is to not use as much - use a pushbike or walk to nearby shops, or buy a motorbike. I don't spend as much on fuel with the bike, now I just keep the tyre companies in business

Oh, and on the driver training thing - in most sensible people, any over-confidence will hopefully be outweighed by the increased ability to accurately assess a situation and/or get out of one if worst comes to worst. That said, if someone is a tool going into driver training, chances are that they'll be a tool when they come out of it too. These people need to ride a slow road bike around for a while... I found that riding a bike actually helped my car driving too, you're forced to be more aware of what's around you, and more carefully think about the consequences of what you do.

I'm 24, close enough Same here, though I think when most people here talk about 'more experienced drivers', they mean those with a few years under their belt, not those who have driven for 40+ years without a retest and have a god-given right to drive, I'm the best driver in the world, and screw anyone who doesn't like it attitude.

I dunno what the coil resistance "should" be, but if you compare them all, they should all be pretty similar. If one or two are way different, swap them with known good ones and see if the problem disappears. Also check all of your intake piping and the intake manifold gasket for leaks, and you could also swap the air flow meter for another one to see if it's faulty too. If it is, then obviously it'll need to be replaced. It might be worth getting your injectors ultrasonically cleaned too, though in such a new car it's unlikely that they'll be clogged. Maybe check your fuel filter. Could also be vapourisation in the fuel lines with that kind of heat, though again, this is unlikely due to high pressure EFI setup and the fact that it goes on for such a long time before fixing itself. PS Your English is better than a lot of forum-ers

You'll be amazed at the amount of shit that it'll pick up.

Universal joint - it's a join that will move in "any" direction, and still maintain a solid connection. On a tailshaft, it's the bit that connects the shaft to the diff. As the diff can move (well, in non-IRS cars anyway) and so can the gearbox etc, the join must be flexible. No doubt someone will have a pic floating around.

No, that's an LVMA

Yep - More than likely it's the uni. They're cheap to fix though, so it's all good

"Just don't speed" Geez fellas, a bit above that aren't we? Basically, if you get pulled over, be polite, but don't admit to anything. If you're asked "do you know why I pulled you over", you can either say "no, sorry" or "RBT?" or something like that, but don't say "yeah, it was for ten over... oh, and the donuts I did on Smith St" If they do decide to give you a ticket and you were in the wrong, deal with it and remain polite. If you did nothing wrong, take the ticket, mention that you will be contesting it for x reasons, eg if you sped up to avoid a truck, make SURE you mention the truck to the officer. If it goes to court and you suddenly come up with these reasons that weren't mentioned at the scene, you're much less likely to be let off. The guys here are correct when they say the police don't have to prove you did anything wrong. Gone are the days of "innocent until proven guilty", these days if the police SUSPECT you of breaking the law, they can book you and then the onus is on you to prove that you didn't, or in the case of a defect, to show them your car after you have "fixed" the non-existent defect.

I used to cop the "dad's car" comments all the time. One memorable time, these tools in an EA Falcon stopped beside me at the lights and the driver leans out and says "I think your dad's looking for his car", then his mates all high fived and laughed at me. I smirked, looked at him and said "I think the wrecker is looking for yours". His mates laughed at him then, and he still hadn't thought of a comeback other than "umm... no they're not!!" by the time the lights went green But anyway, most of the time very young drivers won't have the experience or the maturity to handle a 250hp+ RWD car. This isn't always the case of course, many of the guys who are on these forums are quite sensible, but it holds true for much of the driving public. If you want an example of why young drivers in Skylines have a bad name, do a search on Mines_Datsun...

I'm keen if I've got the cash. Got that plenum off yet?

Keep in mind that there are a couple of different flange types on the dump. Something to consider...