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Put this over the airbag sticker

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I don't know whether to tisk dissaprovingly or piss my self laughing

Theres heaps more.. some rather lame.. such as the V8 one at the bottom

^^^ I may or may not have this sticker on my R34 just for shits and giggles :D

anyone done the thermo fans and removed the clutch fan? looking into it. as i think my clutch fan is dying.

any points in the right direction would be chilled.

Yep I did it. Fairly big job, as the non-oem EL style dual thermo fans I bought did not actually fit between the chassis rails, but I made it all fit with an angle grinder and some cable ties. It will not fall out in a hurry, let me guarantee you!

But yeah, once I got it all fitted up it is awesome. When they come on it is so noisy it sounds like the world is ending, but even on a hot day my Cooling Pro radiator stays around the 90 degree mark.

I would highly recommend you buying a Pivot fan controller to run them though - as running them full time is not recommended (and noisy).

TBH I don't know exactly how much benefit they really give over the stock clutch fan - I actually think it is not worth the upgrade unless your existing fan is dying (like you say), and you want to have a play with your car.

cheers to those who offered to help me build a pc.

steve quickly whipped something up, in my budget, and sounds pretty good for what i need it for!

:D

EOI: 2 y/o pos toshiba satellite laptop, N/A (pretty slow) only 1.6ltr (ghz) and only scored 1 pussy (1 gig ram)

f**k me.

What a weekend.

Friday night: met a whole bunch of hot emo's at that Syke place next to Electric light. That was some sort of win. Then went for skids in a 4age KE70 with cut springs, locked dif and a crazy fuel pump/surge tank/swirl pot setup.

Saturday night: Went to the CD launch of Trancefusion at Live on Light Square. F*cking smashed it until 5am... then hit Earth til 6am, then Club 58 til 7am. Got home at 8am. Such a dirty night.

So much amounts of win.

And why the f**k do MC's feel the need to talk/attempt to rap/sing over DJ's sets? I went to Mansions at 1am to see Black Wax play, but they had a top bloke MC just rapping over the whole set, screaming shit like "Black Wax is in the house!" Well... no f**king shit.

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