Leroy Peterson

I actually need a hardy and practical laptop. Not some $2000 Suzy-stretch, flimsy, touch-screen POS. So all those 2-in-1 ultrabooks or whatever, are out. I'm tempted to just buy a machine myself, but I don't think boss would be too happy (I don't know why)

yeah ive bought a USB to DB25 before, but you're right, I'll try a dedicated parallel one and see how it goes. I did a fair bit of reading up about simulating LPT port in hardware and its a proper broad minded person. If I chose to tell boss to get stuffed and I buy laptop myself, will be through scorptec (range is very varied and dated laptops still full price) or a metabox (complete customisation + win7). I've got an 88E buy order at 4.1c. Hoping it gets there. Also got a TV2 buy order at 0.6c, coz fuggit. though I'd like some spending money for Japan next month, dont want to have too much cash tied up in stuff.

I found a handful of decent new laptops for work to replace my current old one, sent links to boss... his response was we should buy a dell, so we can use their docking station because it has a 25-pin printer port on it. Because occasionally I come across units that need a text file to be sent via LPT port (which cant be simulated). (my current laptop cant do this, so i just ask others to do it) So annoying. I dont want to be stuck with a Dell POS for the next 3 years. They stick the latest gen processors with outdated, homebrand components. Theres a sea of bad reviews, but theyre mixed with OK ones from 6 months ago before latest win10 updates. And we're not even going to be running win10! But dell dont laptops without software.

Did some stretching at motel afterwork... Could barely get up after. Gave tonight a miss. I smash water all day erryday, but learnt on monday that drinking too much before/after/during excercise does not go down well.

Birds, my legs/quads are super stiff from training yesterday, but im keen to train again tonight. Will be a lot less leg work tonight, but dont want to look like an old man who struggles to stand up. What can i do?

Good stuff m8

I have the same boxhead, but they do a shit job with the really small OEM wires Mind you, i use tools lying around from work, clearly y'all have tool budgets larger than most people budget for the entire electrics on their cars...

spotted Alvin in the mid-engined bumble-bee on the Monash yesterday evening.

yeah there were 2x weird places near my old place. they were both off/on northrd near huntingdale station. Strange spots for them, really. woulda though dandy south/pound rd would have been much cheaper rent and ideal location for truckies. One day googled the NT club which you drive passed on North rd... specialising in trans. sounds riveting.

same chassis as R30. L28 or VG30DET. in manual. or....... VIP auto life. 5L V12 1GZ, or some other nissan thing. There's a handful of centuries in Aus. only 1 i know is V12, was a personal import of some old japanese dude. bawler. then theres the 430 Gloria, would be surprised and impressed if there was one floating around in Aus. L28 version, but auto.

Though, part of me really does want 80's VIP with gangsta velour interior. Early gloria or even a century/president. Century and president just demanding big money. Mind you, after speaking to Jesse Streeter, any old japanese cars are being hidden away or collected ready to fetch big money. He was saying you dont see ANYTHING exciting on the roads older than 10 years anymore unless its for a meet or cruise.

You still got HICAS? That shit should be illegal. Do broadford in March with me. (If I'm not flat out with work)

I'm sure it'd be fine as long as you sign another 24 month contract. I got Telstra 3.0 cable, don't see a point in moving to nbn Potentially found next car to buy (legit). Sell Gloria once I've achieved everything and enjoyed it, then find an F30 Leopard in Japan and go old school VIP/Yuppie build.

well at least it comes with the 5.2L V12....... oh wait. yeah, because everyone wants to pay $75,000 for an ancient VW chassis with a subaru motor and 4 forward gears.

yeah its amazing what the human race can achieve with determination and hundreds of man hours

im pretty surprised at that, considering your age, the cars age and the mods. I tried 2 years ago and they told me to f**k off (with both cars). Maybe I'll have to try again... or maybe its because they're getting so many GTR owners

Hilux and gloria have cup holders gets rarely used

First 3 cars I owned didn't have cup holders, zero fks given. Only spilled slurpies on my crotch 2-3 times before mastering. Need those power Windows though, only so you can easily wind them all down from the drivers seat. I would much rather a 250,000km GTR from a reputable owner, who has looked after and repaired the car with a known history then a 70,000km GTR with too many unknowns. Engine rebuild more likely on 70,000kms version. People repairing every Damn aspect of the car at "100,000kms" anyway. Brakes, AC, turbos, interior, gauges, diffs, motors, suspension etc...

dat BMW re-sale duration + value

Now is the best time to go to the beaches. Less f**kheads around. Just wear snorkel mask or something.

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Geezus, thats a lot to be sitting in the intake...

lol slow day at the office? Back at work today.It's peaceful and productive without the electricians around.

1.28's on RSR's and less power, so 1.26 should be achievable would like to do a shakedown at a hillclimb event or something, so hopefully Broadford with SAU or Haunted Hills in the coming months.

well after some diagnosing, its turns out there just wasn't enough petrol in the fuel tank :| it was a bit under 1/4 on the gauge, and was all sorted once I put half a tank or more into it. I suspect something about the fuel pump pick-up isnt right, so will look into that. There were issues (i may have mentioned it earlier in the thread) with the new fuel pump strainer not being an ideal shape, and the existing one not fitting it properly. someone suggested a hose kit like this: https://www.efihardware.com/products/2578/Walbro-In-Tank-Fuel-Pump-Extension-KIt Did a few km's this weekend, and so far everything is good. Bit of a small oil weep from what looks like the rocker cover, near the distributor, will pop the rocker cover and investigate in the future. Gave it a decent squirt, certainly feels slower coming onto power than I remember, but its not turbo lag (same setup, different tune). But overall its still a monster, I suspect my tyres are a bit old and hard but wheelspin is just everywhere with boost at the moment (RE002's fitted maybe 4 years ago). I wanted to give the AD08R's a run but one of them wont hold air. So few things regarding the tune/dyno time: 1) ~270+fwkw on Edge Motorworks dyno vs 244fwkw on Springy Motors dyno (same setup, different ECU, different ignition system, AFM v MAP). Which is really interesting... but once I told people, they weren't really surprised. I'm not too fussed on the numbers, as long as making power consistently and safely. 2) the minor tapering off at rpm limit and the under 250kw makes me wonder if I need cams so aggressive (JUN 272/11-12mm). I do remember a slight sacrifice on low-down going from 260 Tomei to 272 JUN, but I'm curious how different it would drive with even smaller cams (Kent 250's or even stock). Drive-ability with the clutch, cams and high idle has never been fun, but now tuned for high rpm mostly, it bugs me a fair bit. 3) The boost reading fluctuating apparently has to do with where I've connected the MAP, before the throttles is not ideal. Tuner recommended I re-position it to AFTER the throttles, supposedly will improve response a bit. Something to do in 2017. Pic from a meet on Friday. On the way home decided to give the brakes a firm push at speed to see how they'd go (not on public roads) and it was instant lock-up, which I've never experienced before. First time getting worked hard since I'd removed the ABS, so I'll do some research and look into driving style or mechanical solutions that could help. Old dyno sheet, bit hard to compare with a massive exhaust leak on the dyno, hence the graph skewed to the right. Can confirm though, that since old motor with GT2871 vs new motor with GTX28 is definitely a different beast. From what I can recall, harsher/faster turbo ramp rate, and definitely significant power increase. Original motor pulled 235fwkw on a mainline dyno at RE Customs, then 235fwkw at Chequered Tuning (hub dyno) then 199fwkw (with wheelspin) at RTR roller dyno, but comparing how it drove then to how it drives now, it would have had to have been on the lower end of 200fwkw.