Duncan

umm no. running a motor rich while it is new is very bad for it, fuel in the bores causes glazing, preventing the rings from bedding in properly. in bad cases it can need a strip down and re-hone to fix it.

I guess you owe $5 Frankly it's not a big commendation of the quality of the tune.

Well I'd like to take on of them thanks Matt

still bucketing down out there this morning, not looking forward to the drive to Canberra

ummm, something about this thread feels very 2002.

Perfect weather for stageas mate, you never should have traded down But it is amazing how dumb people become when it rains

Hi mate, every single GTR on the roads had them added at compliance....they need to try a little harder. Maybe drop by Just Jap and ask who they use, they are nearby

I have the same issue with the race car all the time...the cast manifold bananas. I've always been able to persuade it back on and pull it in with the nuts.

1 and 3 sound like fair expectations to me.....and #1 in particular would bug me because testing for a leak is very simple with a cheap tool....you would be right to wonder which other corners were cut if the cooling system was not pressure tested With 2 I would take their advice. It wasn't part of the work they did and any general mechanic will do it quicker and cheaper. RB starters are easy to get recondition.

wow that is getting serious, particularly a scrubbing machine! fair enough though when hilllclimb slicks are so expensive and life will be very short. are you going to drive around the pits with gladwrap on them as well

So....Kel has notes in the PO Box and I passed Adam's 35 on the way down south today, so Targa must be coming up soon. Who else is heading down?

I guess Neil wins the bet then.

lol yeah sorry I assumed PFC....Haltec of course allows upload and download of maps too but its designed to have a single tune with multiple dimensions....eg the flex fuel sensor is a third dimension to revs and load

PFC doesn't support multiple tunes, but it is easily uploaded or downloaded to a PC via Datalogit, which cost about $300. So there you would save the old tune then make whatever changes you need.

while I'm not OK with what the shop charges, there is no doubt they are among the best in the business. Take it back and ask them to get it running properly. If the issue relates to their tune or any work they have done, it is their responsibility to fix at their cost. Of course, if they convince you it was something else that would be at your cost. And yes, PFC has always had a password option, and almost nobody uses it. I would discuss with them to have them remove it. A tune is just fuel and timing and there will be no magical intellectual property they have to protect, and of course if they say they are worried about you tuning it and blaming them they can use the built in tune compare tool to make sure your current tune is the same one it left the shop with; they will of course have kept a copy. It will cost you substantially more to take it to anyone else to tune from scratch if you need the tune tidied up for any reason. One last point; there is absolutely nothing a tuner can do to increase response once the mechanical package is in place. They just get to choose how close to optimal power they make at each map point, weighing it against the risk of pinging and killing the engine.

BTW I can probably help answer the CAMS questions....we still appear on their clubs register http://www.cams.com.au/get-involved/clubs/club-finder/clubdetail?clubID=092414f0-3b69-e311-9400-00155d10022f&state=All&Keyword=skyline&lp=1

Merged into an existing membership questions thread for SAU NSW as it is not a forums question

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of course you do, it's f**king awesome! pm sent. Jase I don't have the standard wheels but will try and dig some up if it helps

f**k me, the side of the car you sit on is very low. you really need to lose some weight mate.

Well that sucks, sorry to hear you weren't insured. Where are you and how much would you be looking to get for the whole car?

google says there are approx. 69,600,000 choices for "naked girl near car". I've clicked through the first hundred few hits, just for research purposes, of course.

f**k my powers are growing. this time I broke something from 300klm away, not just from the pits. hope its a cheap fix mate, get it down to award.

About time. It's a totally pointless idea. If you want to look at chicks try the internet. Apparently there are sites out there with chick pics. Some of them don't even have clothes on.

lol no facebook for me, but it would be good to catch up. give me a week or two's notice and I should be right as long as it is not midweek. BTW instead of lanecover steakhouse, how about orchid thai.....