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QLD plates are for life. Money goes into road safety IIRC.

There's GPS and there's GPS. I have a QStarz 818XT and it's pretty impressive on 10hz. This is the data from the GPS: http://i.imgur.com/a2Jwt.jpg The gaps in the data down the straight isn't related to the GPS unit (software problems, driver perhaps) but you can see that it traces your line through the corner. I'm not interested in the data logging so much as more accurate lap time data.

Obvious Photoshop is obvious!

Certainly will. I had a blocked pump pickup screen in the Silvia. Would idle fine but fuel flow was insufficient under load so it would lean out and run like shit. Given your tank looked like that I think there's a fair chance the filter will be blocked. If it keeps getting blocked then the fuel lines under the car might be rusty as hell too.

Rotary Dampers? http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/analysis-rotary-dampers/ Love Scarb's blog.

My understanding of water cooling brake rotors is that the water is actually sprayed into the vanes of the rotor, not on the face. I suspect when you're spraying water onto the working surface of the rotor you'll end up with all kinds of drama concerning the pad material laid down on the rotor which is absolutely necessary for good pads to function effectively. Not to mention the potential problems with shock cooling when the surface is over 600 degrees. I'm guessing you still have solid rotors? If that's the case then the solution, to my mind, is to upgrade the brakes to something at the very least vented. Then if you still have problems start spraying the inside of the rotor vanes.

Why? If your steering wheel WAS centered and has now gone off center then the answer isn't adjusting the wheel to be correct. Something in your wheel alignment is out of adjustment and needs to be corrected.

Bizarre. Edit: Its a spambot, but a very interesting one!

And how! That motor wanted to rev to the moon and then some! Glorious to drive, 7K is highly recommended.

How many of them are cut through the main journals and welded back together though?

You can get a custom designed and made CNC aluminium block for around the $10k mark Dave ;)

That was my suspicion Dave, maybe someone who's been to Japan to look at cars can comment? Do they have the smell there?

It stops when you stop fiddling around with toy kits and buy something designed by an electrical engineer and pay him for his time and effort. Personally I can't see a crank welded that many times lasting more than a few hours before coming apart, best case scenario. Audi turned 90 degree V8 cranks into 180 degree cranks by heating and twisting production blanks before grinding and finishing. I doubt you'd have much success with that method, without masses of trial and error and a well built jig to twist them. I think, realistically, the only way you'll pull this off is with CAD and CNC. Its not as expensive as you might think, but still way too much money to spend on a K motor.

I kinda like straight methanol. Mmm Formaldehyde - carcinogenic'y!

Japanese import interior smell. I've no idea what it comes from, but most of them seem to have it. Silvia still has it despite the interior being stripped out. I don't think the smell itself is particularly special (just unique to a group of cars), just the memories and experiences now associated with it :)

ST162, I can see you in a hairdressers car :P

You didn't just... *sigh*

Sure do: http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/10_gen_req/GQ11_2012_Schedule_J_Q411.pdf You have to weld reinforcing plates to the chassis but its still a bolt in cage.

I'll have a looksee.

Of course!

Textbook, you's trollin!

Motul RBF600 : 312degC RBF660 goes a bit higher, 325degC

Print out the applicable regs: http://www.camsmanual.com.au/04_rally_road.asp http://www.camsmanual.com.au/10_gen_req.asp Read them, read them again, then decide what you want to build and read them again. When I was trying to keep within the 3J IPRA regs I always kept the latest version near the car and a copy at work so whenever I had a brainwave I could go grab the regs and make sure it was legal.

More people reading the headline and not the article... or the sensationalised summary distortion here.

In all likelihood he hasn't clicked through the activation email.