Vic Wasteland Thread - 15.0

[Birds]

3 minutes ago, blah_blah said:

Gee whiz how long has the engine been built for Birds?

I think Greg dropped off his motor a few weeks ago and it's already nearly done

If it lasts as long as it's taken to get built I'll be happy

To be fair, until Greg has a functional and lasting engine, as far as I'm concerned his engine build started several years ago and still isn't done...

[Birds]

10 minutes ago, UNR33L said:

Lol must be hard work pulling up a ~1800kg car  

R35 doesn't seem to have a problem doing it

[blah_blah]

2 minutes ago, Birds said:

If it lasts as long as it's taken to get built I'll be happy

To be fair, until Greg has a functional and lasting engine, as far as I'm concerned his engine build started several years ago and still isn't done...

Touché

In saying that the last engine blew becuase someone told him it would be a good idea to use an external gated standard manifold 

[Birds]

38 minutes ago, Daz said:

How are you going to have e-fame when it's built by someone other than Racepace? 

GTS-T is RacePace tuned so I get the e-fame benefits of being a RP customer and not being one

[Leroy Peterson]

R35 doesn't seem to have a problem doing it [emoji14]

Thats because the gearbox fluid or diff fluid cooks first.

But srs their front brakes are massive

[UNR33L]

24 minutes ago, Birds said:

R35 doesn't seem to have a problem doing it

Was waiting for that.. but yeh 50k car with 'small' brembos in comparison to the GTR 

[UNR33L]

I actually want to upgrade my rear rotors to DBAs now too.. just to match the front - OCD? 

Want to paint the rear caliper black while I'm at it.. too bad I'm lazy AF and working on cars takes too long

[Daz]

23 minutes ago, Birds said:

GTS-T is RacePace tuned so I get the e-fame benefits of being a RP customer and not being one

Wow I'm surprised the gtst hasn't fallen apart yet

[Birds]

Pfft who needs rear calipers at all

[UNR33L]

4 minutes ago, Birds said:

Pfft who needs rear calipers at all

I know right, but dat OCD

Also, come wax my car m8 

Actually, if I polish it should I tape up the stickers? srs question 

Edited December 6, 2016 by UNR33L

[Birds]

3 minutes ago, Daz said:

Wow I'm surprised the gtst hasn't fallen apart yet

lol

Very happy with my RP tune and will prolly head back there for a touch up soon. Can't fault their work myself - the only reasons I went to Barry for the R is that RP had trouble fitting the car in and then I started dreaming of 26/30 awesomeness, which Chris isn't a fan of. Love dropping in on Barry now though, it's like seeing family I've been there that many times.

R33 GTS-T is also the most reliable Skyline ever...they are notoriously difficult to kill without the aid of power poles or thieves haha

[Birds]

1 hour ago, UNR33L said:

I know right, but dat OCD

Also, come wax my car m8 

Actually, if I polish it should I tape up the stickers? srs question 

Yes polish is microabrasive, so will eventually damage/fade the stickers, if not the first time.

IMO get a professional to do the polishing (easy to fk up and hard to master) and then wax it yourself (hard to fk up and easy to master).

[UNR33L]

11 minutes ago, Birds said:

Yes polish is microabrasive, so will eventually damage/fade the stickers, if not the first time.

IMO get a professional to do the polishing (easy to fk up and hard to master) and then wax it yourself (hard to fk up and easy to master).

But then I'll need to pay final inspection 2k 

[UNR33L]

Birds buy me some Amazon shares

[Birds]

29 minutes ago, UNR33L said:

But then I'll need to pay final inspection 2k 

If you wanna be sure to pass the scrutiny of those walking past your car with an electron microscope in hand then you probably fork out for FI

For everything else, there's ma...some other detailer.

[Count Grantleyish]

16 hours ago, Birds said:

Probably

Head is back though, which he's porting and polishing now

So machinist isn't an excuse anymore haha

Should see the fuel system he's putting in the 34R

Reckon you'd get free lunch from Baz?

[Daz]

1 hour ago, Birds said:

lol

Very happy with my RP tune and will prolly head back there for a touch up soon. Can't fault their work myself - the only reasons I went to Barry for the R is that RP had trouble fitting the car in and then I started dreaming of 26/30 awesomeness, which Chris isn't a fan of. Love dropping in on Barry now though, it's like seeing family I've been there that many times.

R33 GTS-T is also the most reliable Skyline ever...they are notoriously difficult to kill without the aid of power poles or thieves haha

So your gtst must be low powered and running a power fc then

[Birds]

4 minutes ago, Daz said:

So your gtst must be low powered and running a power fc then

Yep!

[Birds]

6 minutes ago, Count Grantleyish said:

Reckon you'd get free lunch from Baz?

I'll win the bet

Whether he coughs up or not is a different story

I'll just steal his Saturday chicken from him

[Count Grantleyish]

24 minutes ago, Birds said:

I'll win the bet

Whether he coughs up or not is a different story

I'll just steal his Saturday chicken from him

One way to find out.