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Autospeed was a South Aussie invention, but now Julian Edgar lives in QLD. We used to see him all the time at tuners getting his project cars tweaked and dyno'd. He sure knows a lot about how to get the most out of cars and his knowledge shows through. I like the idea of an online mag, as my house doesn't fill up with thousands of magazines I'll probably never read again. But hard drive space is plentiful and pdf's are mostly tiny!

I'm gonna hijack this thread and post this: FOR SALE 2001 Range Rover - heavily modified, but street legal - low mileage - great visibility - virtually indestructible - deceased estate, so quick sale desired - $45,000 o.n.o

Doesn't it take all its outputs from the ECU, including speed? So the RSM should be more accurate in timing (assuming the ECU is accurate) than a G-Tech, which needs to measure acceleration (G's) to determine distance travelled.

So I checked and yes - my dealer did in fact install the 90915-yzze1 oil filter. Here is the saga of what followed: I wrote to Jenny Stewart firstly, as I didn't want my dealer to be able to say that "Toyota told them to do it". Unfortunately, Jenny decided not to reply to my email in ANY way, and dodged the bullet by instead forwarding my email to my dealer's service manager. So much for customer service... Slightly embarassing to me, but if possible this action has lowered my estimation of Jenny Stewart and by association, Toyota. Anyway, I then received a phone call from the service manager saying I should have always approached her in the first instance. I explained that I was trying to clarify Toyota Australia's position but nevertheless conceded that in future I will talk to them first (I have no option if Toyota's customer service policy is to not actually provide any). The service manager then tried to convince me that the 90915-yzze1 filter was shorter than the 90915-yzze2, and therefore the mechanics used it to have more access. My reply was that the shorter filter may fit, but is not the specified part in the Toyota parts bible. Her next comeback was that the shorter part was necessary, as it was fitted under the exhaust manifold and the longer part would become too hot. Excuse me (I said), but isn't the oil filter on the front of the engine, under the INLET manifold? I just left it unsaid that the exhaust is on the back of the engine and nowhere near the oil filter. She could tell at this point that I was unlikely to give in, and so promised to check into the issue further and call me back. I did receive a call back about 3 or 4 hours later, and she said these were the facts according to Toyota Australia: (1) The 90915-yzze1 is fitted to Japanese delivered cars with the 2zz-ge engine, and (2) The 90915-yzze2 is fitted to South African built cars with the 2zz-ge. The short story was thus that I was technically correct, and the dealer would accept to change the oil filter to the correct part, and pay for lubricant and labour costs. The moral of this story boys and girls is that if your dealer has done the same thing, you are within your rights to demand they change it at their expense - so go out now and lift your bonnet, then if necessary call your dealer. I think it's karma that by trying to save $3 their actions may cost them maybe $30 or $40 to fit the correct part. And remember, these costs will be borne by the dealer, not Toyota, as it's their error not warranty work. I chose not to lose 1/2 a day with my car being serviced, and instead the dealer was happy to furnish me with the correct oil filter for me to do my own oil change (I already have 4L of Castrol Formula R at home :)). So now that's two things I have to specify in future when my car gets dealer servicing: (1) please use the correct oil filter, and (2) if you charge me for window washer fluid, can you actually fill up the washer tank?

Remember it's 0-60 mph not 0-100 kph time that shown on the GTECH meter. ← My mate's that I seem to have on permanent loan can be set to metric (kph) or imperial (mph). And as for their accuracy - well, several Australian motoring mags use them for there own testing so they must be accurate enough for inter-car comparison, if not highly precise.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with Autospeed! In fact, I've even written some stories and been a photographer for them in the past: Autospeed

This concept was just revealed at the New York International Motor Show: Clicky No mention of what's powering it, so I'll just guess it'll be all show and no go...

Your really want to be the biggest spammer that much?

I had my 1st dyno run on Saturday. Peak hp: 107.4 kW Gear: 4th Dyno: Dyno Dynamics Mode: Not sure (I assume shootout) Ambient: 36 Celsius Fuel: 95 RON Not bad for my only engine mod being the CAI, considering I had crappy fuel and the hot day. But what's with the torque hole low down in the rev range? Anyway, scans for kW against AFR and kW against torque (N, not Nm) are below:

I think some of you are confusing the owners manual with the Toyota workshop manual. The link to the pdf I posted was for the 1zz workshop manual. There is no sign of the 2zz version yet it must exist, or else how would the dip**** mechanics know how to service the Sportivo. Wait a minute, this explains why they keep putting the wrong oil filter on my car....

http://www.4age.net/visitors/visitors_085.htm

Check the very first picture. The brown VSV should be removed. I keep the line from the blue and white round thingy (grommet) to the tube on the CAI before the MAF sensor, but others block it off.

Thanks for coming all. Nice to meeet you, and as I said - I can guarantee there has never been so many Sportivos together in Adelaide at any time!! Nice to see the pics if someone can post them. PS. As no one was up for cruising, we went back to Geelong and found a turbo Silvia and R33 GTS Skyline to play with.

I think that's what I said. ;)

Heheh, you should have crashed the demo and then made them an offer for the dash insert.

No probs Cougs. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the meet on Saturday night.

AAMI, esp. if you are over 25 and want to make any mods and still have insirance. I was with CGU, but they cost more and ****** me off.

Doesn't the new one have a carbon fibre pattern in it?

I saw a red 2005 on the street at Glenelg, SA last saturday night. Not overly impressed with the small changes, esp. the red badge on the doors and the integrated front grille. Still prefer my 2004 !!

Hodgie - long time no see!! You up for a cruise anytime soon? Anyway, up 'til now I have used Northpoint for servicing, but have no idea what oil filter is on the car. After my trip to Melbourne this week, I'll be fitting the TRD item and will check then. But for reference sake, my oil light has never stayed on for more than a few seconds after startup. Thinking about possible differences between filters, the longer one may just have more filter surface area and therefore be more efficient at removing crap from the oil. This is probably just a safeguard by Toyota due to the higher revving, higher oil temps and stress experienced by the 2ZZ over the 1ZZ engines. But in all likelihood, as Toytoa and others have testified, the 1ZZ filter may do (almost) as good a job? I would expect the only noticeable difference might be shorter oil life.

That's not possible. The idle may have reset, but revs at a certain road speed won't change unless you alter the gearing (gearbox or diff). Or maybe your tacho is inaccurate...

Possible, but likely? Maybe the speedo needle is just loose on the spindle and moves when the dash fascia is tapped. In any case, I'd get them to fix or replace ASAP or else they may be liable for your inaccurate speedo-related speeding fines !!

first thought... makes me think of those old-skool vans they had in the US (Bedfords) and cameras that record the shennanigans and hyjinx that go on in the back of those things :P ← Sounds good - anyone wanna volunteer to be my driver and camera man?

The whole car sits too high - lower it !!!

I'm going to edit the 1st post at the top of this thread so we all don't have to scroll all the way down to see who's coming now...