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Straight swap it for a 32 then...I dare you...

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Heh, told you someone else was using the avatar. Didn't think the jimmies would rustle so soon though.

I do, it was underneath my carport...Seriously though, I've been copping looks from people lately, like it's rare to see a 33, let alone in good condition anymore. Mine isn't even perfect, but it's straight and I must admit it does look good from a few metres away. People buying them for dirt cheap and thrashing / writing them off / parting them out. The days of a straight and well kept 33 are numbered. For the right buyer, money isn't an option - hang in there brah. Cars this quick never sink below a certain price and from there it's only up or stable value. If nothing else, it's still the best value performance car you can be driving around at the moment IMO.

She ain't going anywhere. That being said, I'm not putting it into storage, so it will more likely break down on me before that happens. Think about it, though...R33 GTS-T was/is arguably the most popular jap import...once they are all destroyed/defected off the road and you can't get them anymore, I think they'll actually see an increase in value. Why? Same reason even average muscle cars from the 70s have commanded a premium over the last 10 years. Newer cars suck for aesthetics and someone from an older generation, who is now old and has acquired enough money to buy nostalgia, will get wet over seeing a rarely good example of a popular car from their era. Monaros and Toranas were nothing special in their heyday. Mustangs by all rights are buckets of rusting unreliable shit. They just look good, sound good, and bring back retro feels. GTR will likely always be worth more, but I'm guessing they'll have all done a bearing by then...

My prediction: intact R33 GTS-T will be worth a bit of money in 10 years when they receive a secondary cult following.

inb4 he sells hamper so he can buy a slab of Woodstock.

Pretty crazy that it was stolen only a month after buying!

Another rant if I may. > In JB HiFi buying computer game > $80 in store > Look at JB online price using phone > $60 online, with pickup available at retail store > Buy online, walk to counter and collect Does retail want to fail?

ACA giving Christmas hampers away to people and interviewing them as they go, asking them how tough they have it this Christmas etc. First woman says she and her husband (who works for Holden, so will lose job in 4 years, boohoo), didn't renew car insurance and he recently had a car accident, so they are doing it tough. Then they ask some bogan looking guy how much he has in the bank account and he says about 83 cents; says he has 2 kids and a third on the way. ACA y u no like Darwinian theory

Is that cause autos don't get the ladies?

Hahahahahahahahaha http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/436407-fs-swap-1986-vl-commodore-rb30de/ Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

You don't know skin removal until you've come back to this on a 40deg+ day

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Try restarting it - usually fixes this issue.

That Venus Bride sounds like the woman's model. This really should be Hamish's avatar. Some other dude has it though.

Probably But we know I'm too stubborn for that...and my old pb was based on a 1RM after working sets, However I have switched my squats to that style (1RM before working sets), as they were actually on a severe plateau that I couldn't break through with any other way.

I'd also like to think that United, stating the actual percentage of ethanol in the name of their ethanol fuel, will more likely guarantee the mix (save for maybe dropping it down a bit in winter for easier starting). Caltex on the other hand, were nice enough to brand theirs E-flex aka E-whateverthehellwewant. You'd at least have a leg to stand on if United were consistently giving you substantially less than E85 content and they were selling a product that stated otherwise in the name. Really though, it's in the interest of servos to dish up as much ethanol as they can in the mix... It's the cheaper fuel of the two. They aren't trying to rip you off by giving you more percentage of the more expensive one. This is another reason why variance isn't an issue for me, I know corporate interests are looking after me

I don't think I read it wrong, as that is exactly the point I was responding to. I don't disagree it will be more economical and more powerful, I just don't agree with doing it. Most reputable tuners will tune with a decent margin of error, because a safe engine is a happy customer and it's not worth giving them a few more kw then having to deal with the aftermath of a popped engine. I'll take a few less kw and a few more dollars at the bowser over a popped engine and I think most would. My tune is very safe, I have another 40rwkw over PULP, and I'm dollar for dollar with PULP economy. Car drives beautifully on E85. In theory you would want to be more sensible with a track car given the conditions, but in practice, when it comes to some who take Motorsport seriously, they will often do everything they can to get any advantage they can. Particularly in heavily homologated classes. If they can chase an extra 5rwkw out of a tune, they will! I know people who will remove every last unnecessary bolt from a vehicle just to save a a few grams of deadweight! These are the kind of people who don't really blink at the cost of replacing an engine; it's a mere inconvenience/necessity in racing. Pain in the ass when it happens, but worth the risk for the advantage.

Wide band is a necessity if you're going to be messing with your tune, yes. Outside of this purpose, you don't really need one. Why would someone who plans to use United or Caltex on the regular, tune on anything but the mix they get from the servo? The practice of most who want to switch to ethanol, is to get a couple jerry cans from the bowser and hand them over to your tuner. Don't see why you'd bother mixing your own 98/E mix for tuning when you know the servos are using a 91/E mix anyway.

Project Gotham Racing did this on the original Xbox 10 years ago jus sayin However it was horribly annoying to the point you couldn't race.

Buzzard is an attack chopper that can fire rockets and machine gun. Another player can aim and fire rockets while you fly. With a billion dollars I give no fks for paying other people's car insurance premiums. Sticky bombs away. I also unleash mercenaries onto people and set $9K bounties for anyone who fks with me! Haven't played for two days though lol

Mick, I don't see the point of pushing every last kw out of an engine in a daily driver. I mean each to their own and all that - bit different for track cars. A tune will forever be a compromise between power and reliability. Yes you can make a powerful tune reliable, for sure, but it will never be as reliable as actually tuning for reliability and allowing for that bigger margin of error. I gained 40rwkw in my midrange, at the same boost, with just a bit of timing when I switched to E85. That's enough for me to warrant switching over to this fuel and my economy is on par with 98, dollar for dollar. Happy camper And yes, as said in post before this, if I was back to buying ECUs, I would likely do the flex thing just for pure convenience...so I think you made the right choice there. It's just not worth me swapping out ECUs and buying more components for an R33 GTS-T that I've already over-capitalized on haha. I don't want to spend anymore on it!

Non-issues for me. Here's why: In your situation, I would have just filled the tank to the top with 98. Simple estimations: 5 litres of E85 left, fill the tank with 55 litres of 98. With this, it's impossible for there to be more than ~8% ethanol in the whole tank. My safe/rich 98 tune easily allows for that kind of variance; it won't lean out on <8% ethanol, which is why I've never had an issue diluting the E content in my tank and switching back to 98. You were diluting it bit by bit, and yes, that probably does take 500km (it's also a fallacy to think you're clearing ethanol from the tank any quicker that way, than just filling it to the top with 98); my method is spontaneous. As for content at the bowser, it's true that it can never be guaranteed. But again, largely a non-issue with a safe ethanol tune and here's why: fill up with E95, my rich tune runs a little leaner than normal. Fill up with E15, my car runs too rich to even drive away from the servo (drain tank, switch back to 98, assuming that ever even happens to me). You're not going to blow engines this way and that's the reason I haven't had any problems so far. Yes, flex fuel is superior and I would do that if I didn't already have a PFC...but this way works just fine