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On the westgate freeway today around 9:50am going into the city just before williamstown rd I saw 9 cars pulled over all changing their tyres!! Dunno what was on the road but what ever it was they all copped it!!

geeesh...I wonder what caused all those tyres to malfunction?

oh..btw...off topic for a sec......is it tires or tyres?

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geeesh...I wonder what caused all those tyres to malfunction?

oh..btw...off topic for a sec......is it tires or tyres?

Tyre is British English... ...Tire is American English... ...And Australia uses British English spellings for words... ...Seeing as Australia is still part of the Commonwealth...

But we are getting flooded with so much American media... ...It wouldn't surprise me if you were told you were wrong for using "tyre"...

Tyre is British English... ...Tire is American English... ...And Australia uses British English spellings for words... ...Seeing as Australia is still part of the Commonwealth...

But we are getting flooded with so much American media... ...It wouldn't surprise me if you were told you were wrong for using "tyre"...

man...I hope I don't ever get busted for using the wrong tyres!

Thanx Htial.

mines going well

206,000 on the clock and due for a service

water temp doesnt exceed around 72 deg

no issues with detonation under full load - did a knock fix on-road tune about 2 weeks ago

mines going well

206,000 on the clock and due for a service

water temp doesnt exceed around 72 deg

no issues with detonation under full load - did a knock fix on-road tune about 2 weeks ago

I have a 96 R33 and my water temp always sits between 80 and 86 :) .Coolant seems pretty clean too!may be just gold coast weather?

Strange, alot of ppl are saying 70ish degrees for water ans oil temps where mine, even on cold nights are 80-85 oil and 82-84 water temps.

do rb25's run lower than the 26 and which ones run oil coolers; was under the impression that oil operating temp are over 80degrees ????

My mate had to fill up on 91ron yesterday because apparently in the heat the petrol pumps can't accurately measure the amount of fuel flowing through the pump on higher ron fuel in high temperatures. That's what the dude in the store said anyway. He was out in woop woop so he didn't have much choice.

Nothing more sluggish than an Evo on 91ron in the heat.

I just make sure the engine oil and radiator coolent level is topped up.

Don't give it much stick, just take it easy and if there is a car wash I sometimes get the high pressure hose and give the car a hose down and blast the FMIC with cold water to get a bit of heat soak.

my cooling system is completely stock so i haven't had any problems recently

although, back in march when i first started driving the car, i was sitting in traffic, and my radiator overflow bottle - overflowed...

i think i need a new radiator cap

mines running fine... just not driving it till these 40's have gone.

got my water pump in my room dont want it to be an OMEN like those dudes who have there car alarm waiting to instal then car gets nicked.

i'll play it safe :P

Mine runs fine in the heat. Oil temp is just on 70 sometimes a little over. Not as much power as in the cold but in this heat I can't be arsed driving so it's usually a very mellow 1 hour cruise home.

On the westgate freeway today around 9:50am going into the city just before williamstown rd I saw 9 cars pulled over all changing their tyres!! Dunno what was on the road but what ever it was they all copped it!!

I used to own a 94 EF falcon on my P's in 98-2001 and that thing was awful in the heat! I had to drive it with the heater on all the time to keep the water temps down! Then I blew a heater core and the footwell carpets got soaked. On a hot day I'd come back to the car and all the windows would be steamed up then insidde it was like a wet sauna!! YUCK!!!!

haha i had an ef wagon. had to carry aroung a few bottles of premix coolant as it used to over heat at the drop of a hat

the 33 is sluggish but otherwise its doin ok. except for the fuel tank leaking vapors at the restrictor cos the sealant has become pliable and the petrol is expanding. too hot to touch the outside of the car too

To all of those paying out on the Fords/Holdens, how many skylines do you see driving around with 400,000kms on the clock without having been rebuilt?

Go line up against a new GT/F6/R8/GTS etc for a few consecutive runs on a 40 degree day, then come back and post up the results

Man's got a point.

My AU has 150,000kms on it, makes all sorts of wierd noises, but is still going strong :P

Man's got a point.

My AU has 150,000kms on it, makes all sorts of wierd noises, but is still going strong :P

actually, I reckon both you blokes have a valid point.....

but I for one won't drive a farking over-clocked, noisey bomb, for the sake of it, and be proud of it......but hey, that's just me. :D

EDIT: ooops..I just realised...I didn't mean to say that your AU is a bomb.....sorry if I innitially made it sound that way.....150K is still good, spesh for the big Ford.......400K, as mentioned prior is just not safe. (no 're-build' ?)

mines going fine in the weather, especially today, 40+ with the air con on full speed. Obviously a bit doughy in this kind of crazy heat but engine temps in mine arent really any higher at all then if i fanged it about a few times on a mild or warm day. Of course it wont be abused in this kind of weather, just putt it about :P

i have an r34 and with the 3 gauges the one in the middle which is oil temp. does anyone know at what point should i worry mine was up nearly half way on the gauge and i dont know what temp that is because there is only numbers on the bottom and top which is stupid. so im hoping mine is normal.

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