Evo_Lee

Ikeri is drunk ... don't mind ... don't mind! There are a fe chicks in the office worth getting to know better .

LOL, I'd think I would know if you were ghey...else you wouldn't enjoy your job and the ladies . Speaking of which, f**k my new office surprisingly has some nice looking chicks .

Dear Rezz... Are you ghey? Not that there is anything wrong with that. It's just that I have notice so many male openly express their love for you? I would sign off as Love but I don't want you to get the wrong idea and your not a female. The other Kinki kid

yeh let me know whats your plans...I'm heading back to Aus for the 10day Chinese New Year break...was going head over to J but waiting list.

Mate, replied to your PF PM... Happy New Year to you mate! As an update, yes I'm now working in Taiwan commissioining the new Taiwan Shinkansen supplied by a Japanese consortium. Today is my 2nd day here, and I'm bored as shit but it's still early days. But considering most of the cars are shit and they are LHD I don't think I will be buying a car here, though did see a 2dr GC8 STi today...look cheap enough or may just import a GT-R and drive it ONLY at night with VERY dark tints ...like what others do here when they import a RHD car. As you can't drive a RHD car here from what I have heard and the fines are very heavy. But trying to understand their road rules would be a challenge in itself. They don't follow any road rules!!!! Worst than what I experienced in India, one could easily get run over here, why..."cause cars even drive down the opposite direction of a one way street right in front of a cop station!" I'm currently based in Tainan, in the countryside where the largest depot is located about 300km South of Taipei. Will be here for about a month testin the overhead power lines then moving back to Taipei where I'll be based and working out from.

Rob as I said, East side of Osaka airport, I forget the name of the road but there is a big Mini dealership out that way.

Question...WHY?!?!?! It's Ghey! The same topic was brought up on PF. Some plates that have made it on cars to Aust would have been by accident. They removed your plates when you deregister, also you get soem money back for Shaken. They take the plates back so they can keep an accurate record of how many cars are actually stolen. Justin, BTW did you check if the dealer plates are still in you car? If you find them give Steve a call, he's sweating over where they are. Transport Dept also giving him a hard time for losing them and a mark on his company.

Don't worry, I'd say case by case...maybe all the people in the carriage knew each other. JR Sanda line...I used to take agessss ago had a conductor who stuttered. I the silly foreign had a smurk perhaps the first time, after which I just found it difficult to hear him especially if you were not from around here and trying to get off the correct station. No one really laughed but just minded their own business as Japanese as Japanese do.

blacky, if you have the factory ECU there then it's a piggyback. Not unprogramable, like I said just no one will have the software for it in Aust I believe. An upgrade ROM ECU like a MINES is an ECU which is already been tuned but cannot be tune by the owner. With the ECU will be a list of modifications which should be performed to the car to get the most out of the aftermarket ECU. Similarly when you buy an F-Con there is already like MINES a tuned base map installed, plug it in and you'll get at least 20-30ps increase depending on the car. Dumping more fuel does not stop you from leaning out, it all depends on how much boost you run. Which will be controlled by the aftermarket ECU unless you have an EBC. and if the car had a PowerFC you could tell what was on it? Same with the F-Con you will need either the PC or handheld to read the data. People think Japan has better fuel, but I've questioned the local gasoline stands, both ENEOS and ESSO have informed me and positive the high octane fuel is 100 Octane only! Not 105 Octane as most people know it. Howvever there could be a difference in how the Japanese rate the fuel to how we (Aust) rate the fuel, up the boost and check for knocking. If Australia gets the rumoured 101 Octane then we may have better fuel than Japan. Difference I've have found with JDM cars and an equivalent export or Aussie delivered car making less power is mainly due to a more restrictive CAT required to be fitted to comply with the country's emission and the factory ECU (on some cars).

It's old but not that old, as HKS USA were still selling them on their website 18months ago IIRC. The HKS F-Con V is at least 6 years old. What you could do is find out how much power the HKS CPU is making and borrow a Navigator and check the fuel and ignition settings. Then sell it as a ROM CPU like MINES as you can't tune them. SA is a Super Autobacs version but there is no difference to the SZ, don't ask why cause even they don't know. As I said has a larger map, built in EIDS, SLD, FCD etc so you can remove all the excessive addittional units which a F-Con V would need. With the Navigator obviously it allows you to tune the car yourself, but if your not experienced ask for advise or get a shop to tune it for you. The Evo was tuned with the PC. I also have the Navigator so I can trace faults more easily and incase I ever sell the car, the next owner can do their own tuning.

Didn't see the pic before, that's a mightly old ECU. Notice it's called PFC F-Con. Then came the F-Con V, then F-Con S, V-Pro and SZ/SA. SZ/SA is basically the same as S but allows the F-Con Navigator to be connected for home tuners, same as V-Pro. On the V you can only monitor, no fuel and ignition settings. I also can't believe J-Customs didn't take the flare before the car was shipped.

Blacky, Since it's located outside, unbolt the screws and remove the bracket. Then hide the F-Con under the front passenger carpet up front, that's where most people keep it if you don't have it mounted in the open. You can make a loop connector but you'll need a F-Con V pin out drawing. I'll see if I can check the one I borrowed off my mechanic.

F-Con V can be run as a standalone or piggyback, just like the newer SA and SZ. F-Con V Pro can only be run as standalone. Before you take out the F-Con V make sure you really have a factory ECU, also you can't just disconnect the F-Con V without looping the signals back to the factory ECU due to the wiring. You'll need a loop connector. When your done with compliance ditch the F-Con V unless your not going to tune the car again. I reckon no tuner in Aust will be able to tune the F-Con V because they don't have such an old software. I recently changed out my F-Con V for a F-Con SA, straight swap...same harness. So much more control with a larger map (16x24) vs the old F-Con V (8x16). HKS F-Con V Pro is 32x32 but alot more stuffing around with the sensors and you'd only go for the larger map if your gonna tune 600ps or more.

Just an update, we've sorted the car out and she made [email protected] (AFR:11.5). We could have ran 1.6bars but kept boost at 1.5bars for street reliability, also the stock turbo was running out of puff. 113.5awkw/L, all factory internals (unopen motor), turbo and injectors.

Ahhh your boss, he is a bit of a workaholic and projects that philosophy even more upon the staff...none the less I maybe back for OAM mate!

Not that I know of, only GT-STK (GT2530), GT-SS and GT-RS.

LHD...NO, because I know some eone who had to convert his to RHD. Yes, you can bring anything under personal import.

Now you all understand my pain...not that I have seen any here. But in Aust it's a god awful sight .

I reckon it's cool to see a micro machine move, but not brag about it. If the Corrola had same serious TRD go fast bits even NA, they can catch you by surprise...aren't they 1170kg only! They are over here. 210ps/20.4kgm! Yes, there is always someone faster. Which is even harder to guess with cars over here. Once along the wangan on the way to the drags a Daihatsu Opti with 3 passengers onboard continually toyed with both an E3 and 180SX. :D I'm sure the Opti had some serious work done to it...660cc can only go so fast .

sneakers...are the shitz! OK will dress the part...and please oh please, there better be at least one hot chick there.

OK, dress attire?

Still your gonna buy one right, batsumobile...plus NO ONE in Aust has one .

Technically speaking the TK ZZII doesn't exist IIRC, was sold off to Autobacs Seven before it made production and known as the Garaiya. RS-01 was a concept and never made production. Read the Autobacs Seven site http://www.asl.info/car.html also http://www.asl.info/cgi-bin/WebObjects/f4b...ead/f534ded3f5/ General site http://www.asl.info/cgi-bin/WebObjects/f4b46949f0/

Pentae, most important thing you've all missed is responsibility and to control the inner urge for traffic light GP as well as showing off to your mates. I've said this before...these cars are primarily bought by middle age drivers who can afford them when new. Younger drivers are lucky to own one due to the Japanese motoring industry high depreciation on used vehicles. If this weren't the case then you all wonldn't be drving these cars. Thus virtually accelerating your chance to buy such a vehicle, you should take a mature approach on the road. I know when your young it's hard to control the urge for stupidity, but if the Japanese can do so...why can't young Australian drivers. Which is essentially the reason behind all the nazi road rules introduced in Aust. A need to prove your car is quicker only means you know it really isn't fast as the car next to you...am I correct.

Don't make me slap you awake first thing in the morning mate...it's 4WD. I know what your thinking, they installed the 4WD backwards...404kW (550ps) would be torque steer monster in a FWD.... Also this is the RS-01 not Garaiya though they are essentially the same car. RS-01 is powered by RB26DETT, the Garaiya is SR20VE IIRC.