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  1. Kinkstaah
    ... 1) isn't the answer because Lith asked two different things.. What is controlling boost/map pressure/load when you are driving around on the street? You can't really tune over what the ECU is seeing, unless you fudge the numbers and have the same timing/fuel at 24psi that you do at 21psi. This is really very bad for both possible boost settings, or it's perfect for one of them, and really bad for the other one. There is an argument that when it's set to 24psi you are never at 21psi at 7000rpm, or at 21psi at 5000rpm, so you can use those cells on the map to tune for 24psi but.. yeah... The best way to test this is actual testing, to confirm whether it's in your head or not. Phone app of some sort would be ideal to do a few back to back runs on a deserted (private) road. Especially if it "feels bad". Cars aren't ever truly intermittent.
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    Trust me when I say weird shit happened and I had to end the day early But less earlier than normal!
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    It rustles my jimmies that adding 10% ethanol brings 91 down from say $1.25 to $1.20 But if you add 85% of it, the price is suddenly $1.39.. Can I buy the ethanol they're putting into the E10? It's clearly cheaper than the 91...
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    If you want to talk depreciation, have a look at the V10 M5's... Just buy three of them for your 90k budget
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    It's always 30-35% less range than equal driving on 98 If you really want to get sad, get a high stall torque converter, and then take *that* to the track! When I was running my engine in, I managed to pay United something like $770 of fuel in 5-6 days. Nowadays I am back on 98 because United's violent price gouging rustles my jimmies.
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    +1 (or 2, or 3?) Rented Megane RS for 2 weeks and did 6000kms in it (up and down QLD, and via every side road/mountain range available). Seriously fun little thing, left RS mode on the entire time and gave me an appreciation for magic FWD diffs (!) and electric throttles.. the fact that it gets ahead of you and opens throttle faster than you can put your foot to the ground is super fun. I can see why people buy it and its competitors and why they are so popular now (hot hatches). They give you enough of everything and are extremely good value for money. No normal person needs more car than say a Megane RS/Golf R and just super capable everywhere, and livable. I also have a soft spot for Renault's colors and stripes and stuff, some cool French design really grows on you there. Had a long chat with the guy with the Clio F1 182 at Broadford, these can be had for really stupid cheap for what you get.
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    Track day tomorrow, 97% sure engine will explode. Posting so I can tell myself I told me so.
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    There's a lot of mental processing reserved for exploding cars that don't drive right and being a complete noob driver you know! Finally got a friend's old beamer going and he also signed up for SAU. This is the guy that was fixing my car at Sandown while I was blabbing to Birds. His rationale for joining SAU was "Well unlike the BMW club they are at the track, and also I've fixed enough Skylines to be an honorary member even if they don't know it yet"
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    good isn't the word I'd personally use
  10. Kinkstaah
    As above, I had a GT with a custom exhaust on it, and put it right onto the GTT, no issues. So I'd also feel safe to assume the hangar locations are the same.
  11. Kinkstaah
    ".....For the man who has two families, and prefers Bilstein over Eibach, and RB28 over RB25, and Coke over LA Ice, there is a premium option for you available, enquire within" Who am I kidding, this person does not exist
  12. Kinkstaah
    Watching for... More ultimate reasons.....
  13. Kinkstaah
    I miss German drivers. German drivers on the Monash could easily have it be an Autobahn.
  14. Kinkstaah
    Harris's info is making me wonder about my 7670 sitting in a box to go on my 2.8 (neo with VCT). But it's great info regardless! Glad to read it's performing as expected
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    To be honest, the amount of recommendations for 'good' places here have cost me more than the legal fees would have, in my personal experience, which is going to legal action against some of these stellar, amazing places which have no reported flaws. The amount of BS is nightmarish for some of these shops. I can understand in theory why they shouldn't be named but the community would be absolutely better off if the rule was actually do not recommend OR slander any workshop here, a strong focus as to Caveat Emptor as it is for private parts. Though oddly enough, there IS a bad traders list for forum users. When you only allow positive feedback you end up with workshops that do 8 things wrong and 2 things good trending positively, and over time, this just results in pain especially if these recommendations are old.
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    The SAU policy of not having any negative criticism towards workshops and only positive stuff does result in some very shoddy stuff happening at many workshops that are 'recommended' because of the confirmation bias. This is a legitimate issue if you use this site for research about where to go.
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    The severity of the things is entirely different. The difference is really how much concern there is for others, innocent bystanders. Doing 100 around a corner that has an "advised" speed of 50 in a 100 zone is very different to doing 250kmh infront of a school when people are picking up their kids. People in the video literally give no fks and do not concern themselves with hitting innocent bystanders. This is an important distinction here. Most people on the forum otherwise, when not being asked directly by police typically would think along the lines of "If I am the only person put at risk then this is OK". This video is not the same, nor anywhere close to that.
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    a corner would be nice
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    not mine edit: yet
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    Or just put the cat back in, see if the issues really do follow the cat converter... Or in reality and exhaust restriction/moar boost as others are saying
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    dafuq, I need to just go do that. That's wildly high. But then again Teachers complain about being underpaid almost as badly as tram drivers.
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    Yep, if you have a GT-Four then yet again a GTT RB25DET Neo is the answer That said, if I could have my time... and budget.... again, I would have loved to initially just aim for 280rwkw via a V8. Being in Canada though, I'd wager use whatever is easiest to get to you.
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    I'd go as far to say as if you have a RB26 Laying around, and a blown RB25DET Neo inside the car, the best way forward is buy another Neo and sell the 26. It's nearly impossible to say the 26 is better even on a blank sheet of paper. Neo has oil feeds blocked from factory, is strong as hell, far less complicated, and VCT. The 26 can rev to 8k, which is 500 more than what people typically rev the Neo to. There really isn't a compelling reason to have a 26 in anything, let alone swap a 26 into something. If you want that wank factor just fit RB26 cam covers and timing covers to your RB25DET Neo and lie about it being a 26.
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    If you have a GTT, then your job is already complete, as congratulations, you've upgraded your RB26 to a RB25DET Neo already!
  25. Kinkstaah
    More is always better when it comes to cooling, but its better to think of things as restrictions rather than walls. I made 360rwkw on 98 through an Auto with a Blitz return cooler. Intake temperatures were about 40C in the dyno room. Like most things (all things?) have a target set in mind before you start and aim at that and everything will seem simpler. Also like most things, its better to pay a little extra for overkill, because really every single part in an engine setup is really just supporting the turbo to work its best. Running a GT3076R well that will be the limitation to some extent. Someone making 280rwkw at 17psi on such a turbo is exactly what you would expect, this isn't indicative of a wall or restriction at all. If it was a GTX3076R running 28PSI on E85 making 280rwkw then it would be another story!
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