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I have a love-hate relationship with my progressive rear springs.

Thinking everything will go well is the first step to never thinking that

To be fair, the stock side mount is probably good enough until the turbo itself is actually changed. Same with the exhaust really. All of those mods only really needed to support what happens with a larger turbo.

Really well.

Do you mean no FMIC, or no intercooler at all? The sensible option (if any, really) is use the turbo the ECU is expecting to see, which would be the R33 turbo. Realistically for the engine size its a really, really small turbo as is. If its legal in a few months, spend the months getting the GT30 setup right and just drive it then.

that'd be cars in general I think

Went all around the south island sleeping in the back of a van. 10/10 would do again, if you like getting away from things. Queenstown was by far the biggest touristy piece of shit in the country though. So..... milage may vary.

As soon as I saw Tangomatt post in that thread I knew it was sold

You could be retarded like me and buy a standalone ECU for the gearbox.. Or be like my current better half who just learned to drive manual

135i? They can be flash tuned to some silly number too. Plus, you get all the other niceties of a BMW. Still RWD, Still Manual, if that's your thing. Obviously an AWD turbo is easier to just add power and have that added power translate to forward momentum

Out of curiosity I googled "stock times at Wakefield" and saw this: -Porsche 911 GT2 (997) 1:05.05 -Lamborghini LP640 1:06.70 -Porsche 911 GT3 (997) 1:07.40 -Porsche Carrera S 1:08.50 -Mercedes CLK63 Black 1:08.60 -Mitsubishi EVO IX 1:09.39 -Audi TTS 1:09.40 -Mitsubishi EVO X 1:09.50 -BMW 135i Coupe 1:09.90 -FPV F6 08' 1:09.90 -FPV F6 (auto) 1:10.10 -Subaru WRX STi (My05) 1:10.10 -Nissan 350Z Track 1:10.30 -Lotus Exige 1:10.66 -Mazda FD3S 1:11.50 -Ford XR6 Turbo UTE 1:11.70 -Mazda RX8 1:11.80 -Nissan S15 ADM 1:12.50 -Mazda 3 MPS 1:13.00 -Honda DC2R 1:13.00 -Honda DC5R 1:13.00 -Peugeot 207 GTi 1:13.50 -Renault Clio 197 1:13.70 -Mitsubishi Ralliart Colt 1:14.00 -Alfa Romeo 147 GTA 1:15.00 -VW Golf R32 1:15.00 -Ford Fiesta XR4 1:15.40 -Peugeot GTi6 1:16.00 -Mazda 3 Sedan 1:20.90 Some of those seem pretty underrated/responsive to mods as well. I don't know of anyone going from a souped up GTR to a Stock 350Z anytime soon. Put a pro driver in your R33 GTR and see what they do relative to us mere mortals I do personally rate the Evo X though. I have driven one and a friend has one. 220kw at the wheels and some Ohlins + AD08R's and you're like, well, what else do you really need?

Nah I'd be happy to include my car and $27,000 cash his way obviously If he doesn't want to track, my car is the obvious choice

That GTR really is mint. Birds, tell your work colleague he really needs to swap for the same car in auto sedan form because, I dunno, he's having a child now and needs something with baby seats.

I actually drive like a super grandpa. 20% throttle and a rev limit of 3k is my jam.

I get about 220km to a tank. Tank being 50L. Driving being a mix of highway and day to day traffic. My AFR on cruise is about 16:1. Your guess is as good as mine lol.

no

A good looking crazy chick is like hard parking a show car.

Only downside to the RS (had a discussion recently re: Mustang v Focus RS, really want to see a back to back anywhere) is that its new. Everything else here isn't. No doubt a Mustang or Focus RS with a couple of years depreciation on them will be very, very, very attractive. But right now the OP is really going to just eat the depreciation in the face.

Buy my R34 sedan Real world though, there isn't anything that comes to whats been mentioned, i.e Evo X or I guess Subaru if for some reason you want an evo which is uglier and worse. Or you could buck the trend and do something like a sedan XR6T/Typhoon/Holden equivalent. Have seen some go the 335i/135i route too. Truthfully you can see for track smashing simpler is often better, so it may be smarter to keep a daily and make your track hack something less prone to breaking than a super boosted Nissan of any kind, i.e get something like a S2000 or MX5 or light RWD old 325/328i BMW to give the heavy foot to.

Don't need fancy alcohol cabinets when you actually drink the stuff.

I would have thought dyno tuned and run up many multiple times you would think that if it's gonna be solid it's going to be solid. I guess I was ultimately wrong about that, but at what point do you seriously assume it's going to be OK?

because greg car™

Anyone got a set of drag tyres/rims gathering dust?

The two are not mutually exclusive, you can go 2in larger in diameter but you reduce the sidewall height of the tyre so that the entire rolling diameter is within +15mm

Driver training? Didn't know that was even a thing. Just saw the event and the car sort of semi-works so decided to bite the bullet, go slow and have fun! As for the days, most of the negative reviews seemed to be from a few years ago, but thought people posting here may have more up to date information if there's anything terrible to look out for.