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Duncan's V37.......race car?
GTSBoy replied to Duncan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
Much less twat-tastic. CF wheels are too garish for civilised use. -
Compatible rear drive shafts R34 N/A?
GTSBoy replied to RB25inside's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
They should do. I have S14 (or something S chassis, anyway) driveshafts in my R32 (because my diff flanges have 3x2). They're the right length. When you go looking for R32/3/4 driveshafts (for turbos), they're all the same thing, so are the same length. So there really shouldn't be any reason why those cheapies from JJ won't also fit an R34. R32/3 NA should also be the same thing. The (3x the price) D-Max ones are uni-fit. They have 5x1 and 3x2 bolt holes and say they cover all the cars. So that would also suggest that they are all the same except for the flanges. And in that case, the flange goes both ways. I'd be buying the D-Max ones if I ever have to replace a shaft. Because that will open up diff options without needing to juggle shafts also. Juggling shafts is gay. -
Unless there's something particular about the Greddy manifold's injector holes that I'm not aware of, those injetcors look to be totally wrong. They would absolutely want to be spaced up to get those long snouts out of the runner. Which, I think, is not usually the way that that problem is solved. I think the problem is solved by using the correct injectors, which would be much more like what Andrew posted.
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PRP RB26 cast block + head prototype running
GTSBoy replied to joshuaho96's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
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Impressive. He's very very smooth.
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One small step for an R31...one giant leap for a submarine?
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Integrated (probably) Power Distribution Module Body Control Module
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Stock less likely to carry one like that than urethane, but still can, especially if the bolts are not as tight as they should be. If it's making that much noise you should be able to use a hose as a stethoscope> stick one end in your ear, crouch down and wave it around the various possible noise makers and get someone to lift the front end at the guard lip.
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Broken actuator rod. Could be one of a couple of them broken. Or, it's locked and the central locking actuator is broken/stuck or the actuator rods between it, the lock and the key barrel are jammed or broken similarly. You'll probably need a locksmith/mechanic who is experienced with using slim tools to reach down next to the window glass to manipulate the mechanism. That's assuming that it is not so severely jammed/broken that nothing useful will move.
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There are fixes for this. In industry we use compressed air for everything. It is frequently wet, and many things cannot tolerate it. So there are various forms of driers available that you can install. The simplest option for something like this would be a dessicant drier. Much cheaper to replace some silica gel than actuator cylinders.
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Lunchtime walk: Lou Reed, Zeppelin, King Missile, Church, QOTSA, Machine Gun Fellatio and Alabama Shakes.
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That sort of chaos is totally on brand for them. My girls are friends with them and have seen some total chaos at various festivals and shows.
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Granted, which is a solid reason why I don't have one. My floorstanders are only -2 dB at 22 Hz. So they're still working down to <20 Hz. Which is no doubt part of the reason why my receiver shits the bed! That Tonewinner would be about double the cost though, so it's not apples and apples. There aren't many AU$1300 subs (that you can buy prebuilt, I'm ignoring what can be achieved by DIYing) that compete.
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I'll just leave this here. https://www.adelaidespeakers.com/subwoofers.html TL loading, big power. They sound awesome. This is what I would buy if I was going to try to take the bass away from my floorstanders. Just go with the 12".
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This morning was Kingswood's Microscopic Wars. It is the album's 10 year anniversary this year and we went to see them play the whole album as a special show a couple of months back. Was pretty spectacular.
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Nah, yeah, nah. Speakers have a nominal impedance of 8 ohm that looks more like 6.4 ohm when measured. The receiver's amplifiers (all channels) are all rated to 6 ohm (I think, it's been a long time since I cared). The real problem is that many modern class D amps have aggressive protection circuitry that cuts off the fun if they think too much current is being drawn. And with my speakers having series crossovers, as opposed to more typical parallel crossovers, and big TL enclosures, they can certainly dip down to lower impedances at some frequencies and that easily triggers the protection. Pioneer receivers are somewhat famous for it, but even Denon, Onkyo, et al, all have many complaints against them across various models. It only does it when listening to music at high levels. You have to be putting your ears at risk to do it. But sometimes I want to do that. If I was serious about using it as a listening room I'd simply upgrade the amp for the front pair to a nice Rotel or something, and just use the receiver for signal handling and processing - although that would be a bit of a pain in the arse too. Have to switch on more shit, pre-amp volume vs main amp volume, etc etc.
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Hello, Newbie, anyone know my 32's history?
GTSBoy replied to Leigh_Mack's topic in Introduce yourself
I'm only going to hassle you for posting links to images. It's against my policy to click links that could be some nasty payload. Sadly, you need to make 9 more posts before you can just stick the images directly in a post, unless @PranK sees this and bends the rule for you. -
Perhaps not as actual musical instrument. It does at least work the same areas of the brain, so it is close. I'm a frustrated guitarist. I have an '84 Ibanez Roadstar ii (RS430) that I bought in 1984 to play in my highschool band, The Animal Sons of Vegetable Mothers. We knew how to play 1 thing completely and about 20 things at ~10%. Was mostly an excuse to jam and f**k around. It's black on black, rosewood fretboard, Pro Rock'r bridge (which is a very good Floyd Rose tremolo system with locking at both ends of the string). It has spent the majority of the last 40 years stashed away. My daughter keeps threatening to steal it. She's in the middle of a classical guitar degree and has taught herself to play piano and bass in her spare seconds, which has already lead her to steal her ex-boyfriend's bass (and a lovely tube amp that I now have to replace all the tubes in to stop the dreadful noise it's currently making). So she has form in this area and needs to be watched - or at least the guitar needs to be watched! I might move it so she can't find it.
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R32 RB25 head and block
GTSBoy replied to Prof_Finesser's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
No, not really. Except that there are newer, better cam options that don't date back to the 90s. I was under the impression that you couldn't use VCT with them, which is why I said to get rid of them. If you can't/won't use VCT because of what you listed above, that's another matter. Although I would have said the wiring aspect of it was something that you should just suck up and do, as it isn't hard. Getting an actuator for the cam gear will possibly be expensive. I still say VCT is for the win. There's a reason HKS makes money selling it for 26s. -
R32 RB25 head and block
GTSBoy replied to Prof_Finesser's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
Sell the Tomei cams to someone who is besotted with Jap brand stuff and get some nice New Zealand made cams that will work with VCT. That saves you the hassle of having to delete the VCT and gives a better result. -
R32 GTR Power Steering Line
GTSBoy replied to Dustin Frazee's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
This. I've only ever contemplated it with the engine out. Was the prime time to f**k off all the nasty HICAS shit.