The Wasteland - ACT Style

[dontyellpl0x]

Although this is Canadian it has a lot of relevant information

Petition to raise the speed limit - https://www.change.org/petitions/raise-the-limit-and-lower-the-toll

[Sinista32]

Excellent - How do we make our Government LISTEN !

They won't because............. REVENUE !!!

It's not about safety it's about money

but we all knew that anyways ...

Edited September 17, 2013 by Sinista32

[Deziner]

I remember seeing an episode of Top Gear from the UK where they looked at the spots the goverment had declared as being dangerous and the locations of speed cameras. Not one camera in was located in any of these dangerous locations.

Yep..it is all about revenue.

I bet if you did a similar thing here in Oz and compared those locations declared as blackspots and speed camera locations I bet the result would be the same as in the UK.

[Sinista32]

http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/raise-the-limit-and-lower-the-toll

[RosieR34]

So when I gear change or slow down I sometimes seem to get this "bang" from the exhaust. Healthy? Also, anyone know why this is happening?

Edited September 18, 2013 by RosieR34

[Trozzle]

Diff backlash is my guess. Do you notice it (not as much) when you throttle on/off in first or second gear, say when you're navigating a carpark?

If you're out and about in Belco area today, swing past my work again and I can confirm my above suspicion in a matter of seconds

[Duncan]

Arrrrr. That be unburnt fuel be burning in the zorst. It be good fun me hearties!

[Deziner]

Arrrrr. That be unburnt fuel be burning in the zorst. It be good fun me hearties!

^^ This.

I get it too, crackling etc. when shifting down gears.

[Trozzle]

^^^Or that. Could be backfire pops, though I'd think they're fairly easy to pick most of the time (in my experience)

[RosieR34]

Diff backlash is my guess. Do you notice it (not as much) when you throttle on/off in first or second gear, say when you're navigating a carpark?

If you're out and about in Belco area today, swing past my work again and I can confirm my above suspicion in a matter of seconds

I notice when slowing up - mainly in gear changes from 4th to 3rd or even 3rd to 2nd. It's a bit of a "Crackle Pop (Bang)". I imagine a HUGE ass flame is coming out the exhaust but I'm sure this is not the case.

I'm guessing it's more of what Duncan has said - unburnt fuel. Can this damage anything in the exhaust? I do like when it happens, however, I rather it not happen if it is damaging something.

p.s I'm still a noob when it comes to cars

Edited September 18, 2013 by RosieR34

[Trozzle]

Nah don't stress about it damaging the exhaust...worst case scenario is it f**ks with your cat converter or maybe muffler > excuse to buy a fully sick hectic cannon setup LOL

Offer still stands if you're free today - happy to go for a drive around the block to confirm whether it's just exhaust popping (as your last description suggests) or diff backlash

[RosieR34]

Nah don't stress about it damaging the exhaust...worst case scenario is it f**ks with your cat converter or maybe muffler > excuse to buy a fully sick hectic cannon setup LOL

Offer still stands if you're free today - happy to go for a drive around the block to confirm whether it's just exhaust popping (as your last description suggests) or diff backlash

Cheers for the offer Princess - gotta head to my sister's after work. Maybe you'll have to come to a Friday night meet and check it !

If warm this friday might duck out.

[Sinista32]

+11ty - Unburnt fuel

you make this happen by your gear change style and throttle actions

you think you race car driver uh_huh

quickshifter - lulz

[Trozzle]

Well thus far I don't have plans for this coming Friday lol....so again I'll tentatively say I'll be there (but bitch mode might kick in )

[Pattey21]

Nah don't stress about it damaging the exhaust...worst case scenario is it f**ks with your cat converter or maybe muffler > excuse to buy a fully sick hectic cannon setup LOL

Offer still stands if you're free today - happy to go for a drive around the block to confirm whether it's just exhaust popping (as your last description suggests) or diff backlash

Pop=normal for aftermarket exhaust

Bang= awesome!, but exhaust leak, too rich can be timing too

Excess backlash is completely different and you will feel the play, there can be a knock no bang lol wtf! Go on a street that is 60kph in fourth constant accelerator, light stab with throttle a little play/small knock is normal. Massive play and big knock is not good.

Edited September 18, 2013 by Pattey21

[Trozzle]

My 33 had a "big knock" from the diff...turns out the two vertical mounts at the front of the diff had completely f**ked bushes, so it was a combination of free play in the diff as well as the entire housing moving LOL

[Pattey21]

My 33 had a "big knock" from the diff...turns out the two vertical mounts at the front of the diff had completely f**ked bushes, so it was a combination of free play in the diff as well as the entire housing moving LOL

Haha lol :-) id be like, wtf is going on back there...

[Trozzle]

Well there was enough free play in the diff itself I just concluded that was the cause of the sound....then when I went to get the thing engineered, that was one of the faults I needed to fix up haha.

Straight to Bunnings > grabbed a tube of Sikaflex > loosened the bolts on the diff mount > filled the whole gap/bush space with the shit > left to set until the next afternoon > tightened up and passed by engineer LOL

[RosieR34]

+11ty - Unburnt fuel

you make this happen by your gear change style and throttle actions

you think you race car driver uh_huh

quickshifter - lulz

And is this gear change / throttle action that I do healthy?

It normally happens when I do a slow gear change from 3rd-2nd and light on the throttle (Coming up to a 90 degree turn).

[RosieR34]

I also have one more question ! (so busy at work today hahaha )

Okay well, my long term goals for car ownership was planned to go like this:

Long Term:

1. Buy a skyline (R33 GTST) - Keep this thing until it dies (sold it as it couldn't pass pits)

2. Purchase R34 GTT - Keep this as a daily, a stepping stone until I can purchase a R34 GTR (The Dream).

3. Do no mods to Rosie as I have no intention to keeping it (wasting money) - Get R34 GTR and mod the FUAK out of it.

4. Pending work perm and a personal family deal (Rob knows about this one), however, it looks as if purchasing a R34 GTR might be quite awhile down the track (longer than I anticipated - I knew it was going to be couple years but may turn into several).

SO ! What I was thinking, since a new purchase might be quite a few years away - why not mod a car that is meant to be moded, ROSIE !.

My question is - very briefly (Do not want to waste peoples time)

How much would bigger Turbz + supporting mods roughly cost? I figured around the $5,000 mark

ECU+Tune = $2,000

Turbz = $1,500 - $2,000?

Fuel pump - ?

Other - ?

Now, this is all hersay as I need to have a figure in the ball park to even consider modding Rosie but I have done a bit of reasearch and that's all I have come up with