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Anywhere you want!? Cool! Let's take it for a spin into outerspace then

So I take it the festivities for Andrew's birthday will commence on Fri 16th or Sat 17th? As I don't think Sunday night would be a very good move Sorry to postwhore Matty. Hey! Do you reckon we could we have naked ladies and alcohol for the go-karting as well? Go-kart drinking games... woo hoo!

The Microtech handset gives the same info as the Commander (except AFM voltage - for some strange reason )for a MUCH cheaper price! Then you've got the Dash on top of that. Microtech has basic logging via handset and full logging via laptop. I've been very lucky that my choice of tuner and aftermarket ECU has saved me a great deal of money. I've had excellent tuning support and very reasonable prices throughout the whole ECU, handset, injector and tuning upgrades. Had I gone with the PFC I wouldn't even be close to reaching the point I'm at now. The Microtech requires 1 additional sensor (inlet air temp) which takes bugger all time to install and wire, and by using the existing AFM wiring you have no need to run any wires at all. It doesn't actually NEED this sensor to run, but without it you aren't making the most of the ECU. Other than that, it's plug-in and away you go. With the Microtech you're not locked into any particular injector type. High or low impedance is fine. This was a big saving for me! (workshop was able to use local injector suppliers MUCH cheaper than Japanese bolt-in stuff) AFAIK the PFC requires the OEM injector impedance, yes? I guess where I'm going with all this is... there's so much more to it than JUST the brand/model of ECU that you chose. With a good tuner the LT12 (and I daresay all LT models) can be made to run fantastically, with excellent driveability, idle, cold start and economy only a touch below a closed loop system. ANY aftermarket ECU can be made to look like a piece of crap if it isn't well tuned, or correctly suited to the application. And I firmly believe it is for this reason that many ECUs (in fact many products in general) get a poor reputation.

I'm sorry to report but due to a number of reasons I will not be entering Autosalon If anyone else out there wants to help organise a SAU SA club entry then I will attempt to assist in any way possible. Mel, I thought I'd go for the extra 10 points But seriously... I figured it better to have a new thread for people to post in that showed they were 99.9% going to enter. Cheers all, Matt

Hell yeah, you can count me in for that one! Not much chance of 'me' having a 'wife leaving/divorce situation'.... 'cause she already has LOL EDIT: This is for the 18th of June, yes?

I run the LT12 Microtech and I am extremely happy with it.

Thanks dude! I've PM'd you my e-mail.

Sounds like you need to give him a bit of a 'late model Jap crap' education then mate Ask him if he'd like to use his other eye

As the thread title suggests... could all those that are 99% keen and able to enter the Adelaide AS post in this thread they're intention to do so. Thanks I'm keen, but may NOT be able

If someone wants to run with this (and help 4door) that would be great! If need be I'll do it, even though I'm a tad busy atm. Damn it! I just realised that Autosalon is on the same weekend that 'I' want to do go-karting. Bummer I'll post up a new thread for people to give a, 'yes I am 100% entering AS'

Yep fair call Adam (PSI-VL).

Thanks Mel, and Matt. Not that I'm complaining Matty, but the pics are a touch small

I'm keen for the 4th, so that's where my vote went

I use Meguires Gold Class. I use to buy it from the US when I was travelling over there with my old job (it cost me ~$6US) Luckly I haven't run out of it yet. But when it's time to get more I think I'm up for mid $30's. I would highly recommend the Meguires Gold Class.

It's a bloody awesome shot hey Steve! It certainly hauls ass of the line. They were running a 150 shot of gas on it. I just remembered! Martin was telling me that they had a bloody injector clip come off. This caused that cylinder to run lean (as expected with no power to the injector!) and it popped The lack of fuel when running nitrous is a surefire piston killer.

What's the point of having the points if you can't do anything with them? Or can you do something with them?

I didn't see Keir out there Tim. I know he ran on the 30th of May (practice day). I dunno what times he got though? The GT Autosound S15 ran on the 30th too. It went 9.3 @ mid 140's! I think Martin said the engine when bang again though Carol (from fullboost.com.au) took this awesome launch pic of the GT AS S15 -

Thanks Adam. Congrats on the PB mate. Cheers for the info Adrian.

Welcome

Tim, the big difference btw Adrian (2rismo) and myself is that Adrian can drive! Yeah I know Adrian, woeful indeed mate. I'll give your 6krpm tip a go. I usually drop it at ~3-4k. It seems like I'll never crack the 2.0 mark let alone a 1.6, but practice makes perfect I feel for you Matty. Bloody cars hey. Good to hear it's all fixed now. Oh yeah... thanks for making me feel much better about my 60's on 275/40/17 Nittos, with a 2.8 you make Chapman's 60's look good Thanks Mark, and double thanks for the photo mate! You bloody ripper, photographic evidence that I CAN actually smoke 'em up!!! Thanks for the pics Andy.

No mate, the 540's are still alive and kicking... on the back of Steve's beast My new everyday (& strip) rubber is 275/40/17 Extreme Drag NT555R Nittos. I've had them for a few months almost. They're much better for straight line traction on the street than the 540's. Even around corners they perform better than 'normal' performance road rubber, due to the soft compound.

A 13.8! Is that the best you could manage Pete? Mate you can't drive for shite j/k I reckon you could probably run a 13.8sec 1/4 even if you had to negotiate your way through a few cones at half track (no not those sort of cones!)

Oh.. and no prizes for guessing who that is behind me! The 92 model Corvette ran a 13.2 @ 107mph vs. my 12.5 @ 117mph - for those that were wondering.

A couple of fellow work mates of mine were out at AIR on the June 6th meet and one of them (Adam) took a heap of photos for me! They're bloody excellent 'cause they're from angles I've never got to see before! Check out the wheel spin marks that my tyres have left on this less than perfect launch: I didn't think my car lifted up the front end this much either.

EDIT: Didn't read your above post until after I'd added the below info.... How is a Bosch unit any less safe than the stock pump is replaces? They both require power and earth connections and unless I'm mistaken they both have the same kind of construction. If it was an unsafe practice then A LOT of workshops are up for serious legal issues!