Duncan

only if you do all the work for him. those 18s have rubbish internal clearanec

noltec = whiteline plus these days, and I've used their bushes for years in the race car without problems. whiteline have been OK. Also used superpro and whatever the purple ones are (these have been the shortest lasting) but if it is a pure track car on slicks really you should be running rose joints not bushes

Talk to UniqueAutosports, they do aligning and corner weighting in house, and a skyline courtesy car.

not on the list, but have you got rear trim at all? I need the clip on the passenger side rear.

no chance you will get done for noise in a turbo car. BTW 3J requires 2x27mm or 1x38mm restrictors. The interpretation of rules are f**king this up for everyone, and will result in decreased numbers in the medium term. far from the first time this has happened in motorsport though.

nice, thanks pete

jeebus. they go OK for a whale. no-one should ever pick on an r33 or z32 again!

the kumho stuff is good, only about 1sec slower than dz03g/re55s. V70A is the current model but they still sell v700 in some sizes. one big "thumbs up" for the kumho, they work well (best even) after the tread is gone (ie at and past the wear limiters). the serious guys buff them down to the wear limiters straight away, but I don't think it's worth the trouble on my budget. the kumhos also want unusually high pressure. I run 42-44psi, the commodores run right up to 50psi for best performance. Yes that is crazy, and they got blow outs on the low profile type (35 and lower) at that pressure. but man they worked well. haven't tried the hankook although they got good results at B24 and EC12 hours. Kumho are a good price/performance mix, as are the toyos. If you need the fastest tyres you need to pay up for dunlops.

install was relitively simple. "please install a cruise control on my wierd volvo looking skyline wagon" "sure" ....wait 3 hours.... "wow your ECU had some unusual connections. but its done now" "thanks" sorry can't remember price it as years. couple of hundred which is money well spent for convenience and my license.

I've got one from http://www.cruisecontrol.com.au/ for my stagea about 3 years ago stalk type it has been faultless

haha been there so many times. mine is cabled tied into off now days

yeah 3071 looks better, thanks titan and ash. surprisingly hard to find dyno graphs for 3071 (although they are on here with patience), the ratio of expectations to actual results is about 90%/10% can't find one for $300 tho

Its got a china stainless zorst manifold and china front facing plenum as well. From looking further there must be at least 2 or maybe 3 different turbos called 3040 because people mention .63 all the way to 1.02, and peak power ranges from 270 to 330. If I go one of these I'll make sure its the smallest one. still looking into another china turbo too.

yeah that's how the maths looks to me too....but I did commit to looking into something else. Strangely the turbo importer does not think they have to warrant the turbo when it fails thanks mate....might do...standard capacity, head and cams right? I'll check out 3071 and hi flows I guess, maybe gtrs. I was assuming the hi flows and gtrs would be a little small on a 3l even for response, maybe not.

yeah it has an electric clutch on the front because the turbo takes over above 5000rpm. just like an ait con compressor clutch

yeah china t04e is what I am running now. 260awkw @18psi. full boost at 2000. external gate, it holds boost perfectly all the way. they break a lot which doesn't worry me...but the mechanic is trying to talk me into something more expensive.

I should restate my goals instead of asking about a turbo. Looking for 250-280kw, with full boost at very low revs. top end > 6000 not important.

nah too high before it comes on boost then, I must need something smaller. I like 14psi at 2000. and 250kw is more than enough too so I think this one is too big. thanks tho

with a standard rb25 head, external gate what is the max boost it should run? what revs can I expect full boost? about what power? the workshop is recommending against another china turbo against my better judgement....

ahh that side! need to box the intake, and consider the resonators like the standard intake system has. nfi how you would guess the right resonator volumes though. the march is damn loud on the intake side when the SC is running too....but it turns off over 5k.

why not just get a link? same hardware as vipec but cheaper.

lol complaining about exactly what you were hoping for for the noise....remember that we are all used to a dirty big turbo damping the noise from the motor....supercharger has no such restriction in the exhaust and you have to consider much more muffling than in a turbo setup. I know plenty of turbo cars running no mufflers and "acceptable" noise levels on the track....none of which have anything on even a tiny, non-turbo motor. It was really driven home to me when I pitted next to a (real) mini with side pipes....it was way louder than my race car

what turbs? mine are bush bearing (r32 N1) and have no oil restrictor - i have the same issue with my nitto oil pump. presumably it is not such an issue with ball bearing turbos which should run an oil feed restrictor.

another good question, although it is a 4 seater so maybe not a sports car. If Lofty's starlet or an early rx7 is ipra, surely this would be too? on related news I was speaking to an ipra person on the weekend and their "discussions" on turbos are continuing. their current line of thinking is ditch the restrictor but enforce a factory + x boost limit. If they did something sensible they would double competitors within a year.

sponsored! come on you lot....hands in your pockets, get pete to the start line!