What's Going On With Everyones Cars?

[Autumn33]

not 100% sure how it happened thinking i was a tad to greedy on how much i wanted them pumped, i got my arm down there from inside & pushed it out a little but its still sucked in a fair bit,

had it out today so grabbed some pics.

Edited September 25, 2012 by Autumn33

[zoidbergmerc]

INTERESTING....

Make sure you're pushing the guard out, not up, that's the only way I could think that it could happen ...

You gotta delete that rear wiper too, you can get bungs for the hole from bunnings.

[Autumn33]

Yeah I was wanting to remove it but had no idea what to put in the hole, thanks

[toffy]

INTERESTING....

Make sure you're pushing the guard out, not up, that's the only way I could think that it could happen ...

what happens when you're flaring guards , the problem is , when you stretch the guards , you're doing exactly that , so something has to give . If you look at the furthest point outwards of the flare , that's also the deepest point of the dent , to stop this you need to heat your guards as much as you can without burning the paint and find ways to hold the panel as it starts to shrink/dent . Another big no no is trying to push it out too far too soon , you have to do it in stages when going that far , and it can take ages

[pipster11]

getting a thicker swaybar for the stagea

and a cusco rear strut brace (apparently makes a massive difference)

those parts will probably make their way onto the car before i get to drive it tho, can't wait for November when i go back to qld where my car is

Getting pretty bored with driving the R31 about

[sav man]

those dents are pretty standard when rolling the guards in skylines

[Addicted2BoostR34]

Decided 2 pull my clutch out in the shed wasn't as hard as people have said but does take a little extra time its um well f**ked been running on the rivets for 150k and its still the stock clutch gearbox has never been out

getting a NPC 5puk brass button of disco also

going to do the rear main seal and output shaft seal while box is out ..

[MatthewT85]

So need a little advice, i have a JJR front dump to go on my car, looking to get a high flow to finish it all off,

was looking at getting a venom high flow,

was thinking of going a 200CPSI 4.5" and emailed george, he recommended a 100CPSI and 5"...

From what ive read most people have said any metal high flow cat is illegal, will the 200cpsi make a difference, or should i just go with

the 100cpsi 5" cat?

[zoidbergmerc]

3" decat pipe with stock heat shield around it.

[pipster11]

I'm not sure how advanced tassie police are but most on the mainland are able to check that your cat is a cat

usually just with one of those thermometer guns i think, when the cat is working its hotter than the rest of the exhaust

Just go the 100 cell cat and you'll never have to worry

if you have to go over an epa thing (only happens in vic by the sounds of it) then you probably wont pass anyway due to how rich rb's run

[SKiT_R31]

Tas police are no where near that level, even if they could even think to look, it most definitily wouldnt be a priority since the most cars on the road are clearly and visible (or audibly) unroadworthy - if your car is tidy, you wont have a problem, and if its not, they'll pin you for something else.

I havn't had a cat in any of my skylines over the past 7 years, (until my current completely standard one, but only because it has a stock exhaust) and i think you'll find >50% of skylines on the road either do not have a cat, or have a gutted cat. For me its either standard/3" cat, or no cat at all (decat pipe is $50), dont waste your money on anything else as it doesnt really make sfa difference anyway (mainly noise and fire).

[MatthewT85]

yeah i didnt think it would be a prob down here just where im gonna be in a year or two, i guess ill keep my stock stuff in case of anything happening,

and yeah my car is crazy rich atm i think, gonna clean my afm, adjust my idle and clean the aac valve soon

[pipster11]

get a tune

gt garage should be able to set up a z32 with a nistune for around $1k

several i know have said that a good tune is the best upgrade that they have done to their cars (better than highflow/turbo upgrades)

[MatthewT85]

so went to install my new front dump and could get the cat off with little problems, then went to remove the turbo/dump pipe bolts, its slightly annoying cause the heatshield bracket gets in the way... but anyway the first one started to come off until it snapped, so before trying the others as i still want to be able to drive the car i redid everything up and am thinking i may need to get an exhaust place to give it a go, is the only way to get the broken one out to take the turbo off, or are there any other tricks? and where would you guys recommend to go to get it sorted, such an easy job made difficult...

[trustr32]

Upsetting to say the least. Depends how much stud if any is left sticking out of the turbo and also how accessible it is. If there is a bit of stud sticking out you could remove the dump pipe and get some vice grip pliers onto it but failing that you need to get an easyout onto it which means probably reomving the turbo cause you need enough room to get a drill in there. By the sounds of it though it won't be the only one to do that so probably gonna be better to remove the turbo. Are you fairly keen to learn about the in's and out's of your turbo setup? It's a good learning opportunity for you if you've got the time and basic knowledge (a friend with some experience is also good lol) but if not an exhaust place or mechanic is the best bet.

[trustr32]

Also it's a good opportunity for a highflow................

[pipster11]

best plan of attack would be to soak the bolts in wd40

if you can get some on while the manifold is still warm then it helps sometime

and im pretty sure you will have to take the heat shields off for better access

go at the rest gently and hopefully you can get to the snapped stud without taking the turbo out

[MatthewT85]

thanks, went to berkley and he said turbo out to get at it, although he didnt look at it, then went round to carline, and he said na not necessarily turbo out, he doesnt like easyouts. i left it with him and he heated the turbo and got it out, said all bolts were pretty stuffed, and then he said he had to adjust the front dump to make it fit, which prob was a good thing i let him do it! id definately recommend him to anyone who needs an exhaust specialist.

yeah i could have taken out the turbo myself, we have just done it to my bro 180, just thought i need my car nearly everyday, so to have a day to work on it and have something go wrong was soemthing i couldnt afford... if i did anything wrong... also i did have a highflow and new 02 put in at the same time

[jangles]

Engine arrived =D

[toffy]

What engine have you bought now beau???

Of late i've been trying to get the missuz car up to scratch ,i'm up to painting it (again) , what do you guys think , should i paint the bonnet yellow??