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have u checked the oil level? first thing to do!

bah the strategy they chose killed them! i mean like to just over 1/2 distance then to the finish also will be interesting watching brazil, whether schuey can pull of the (almost) impossible and still get teh championship!

work i have done on my car, all labor has basically been done by myself, and i get good prices on parts Suspension, Brakes & Tires: shocks 450 springs 200 swaybar 250 camber bolts 130 wheel alignment 130 Slotted Rotors 450 (+200 cause the fronts warped ) Braided Brake Lines 200 Ferodo DS2500 Pads 90 (fronts only) Wheels & Tyres 1350 Engine: Garrett Turbo & Custom Manifold 2200 K&N Panel Filter 100 3" Exhaust 200 (already on the car when i got it, just replacing mufflers) Interior 6CD Stacker & Headunit 400 (no name brand, not overly interested in sound quality) Autotecnica Steering Wheel & Boss Kit 200 Some random gear knob painted custom colour 20 Total: ~6300 damn wish i hadn't done that now, i didn't need to know that LOL also gotta make up a new manifold soon, which i think should be ~200 all up. And also have located some slick tires to buy for my old 15" rims, prolly **** condition, but for $25 a tire i'm not too concerned LOL Cheers Nathan

hmms...it is certainly possible to get 300-400kw but you are talking cubic dollars. basically you have to decide what it is for (which you seem to know) and what car it is going into (again u seem to know) and then what you can get away with. ie. a FWD circuit car would have some issues with 300kw, but a rwd one less so. the main issue is for even 'just' 300kw you are going to get a very savage boost ramp and a likely small powerband. The only form of motorsport i can see that been good for is drag-racing, and probably speed-boats (tho i have no grounding on them) anything with corners you would be likely fighting the car on exit has the boost ramps up and tries to kill you B)

not quite right, they are restricted to 300hp (224kw) but they have stupid large amounts of torque due to the Anti-lag system helping them make 300hp low in the rev range.

best would be a pod in a closed in box with a duct ramming air in from the front of the car. tho the performance gain isn't likely to be huge, but it will sound louder

i agree with that, she is sexy, same as angelina, but not exactly hot (tho still damn fine none-the-less!)

adding to that. all turbo's are imported, Aus didn't get delivered turbo cars. (excluding of course the ones with conversions) In general all targa tops are Aus Delivered. Bathurst is (supposedly) slightly lighter, has the suspension revision, no power steering, and a slightly more powerful engine. Cheers Nathan

Hey Guys, Competed in the Huntley Hill Climb on the weekend. Was AWESOME fun, i would strongly recommend it to ANYONE who wants to have a go at club level competition. The course is, to be honest, fairly tame in a street powered car, i was flat most of the way bar 1 corner, which i always goofed up! My best run of the day was a 32.51 (tho my 4th may have been quicker, i haven't seen the time) I think (and hope) there is heaps more in it yet, i just need to learn how to launch it properly, and get a stronger clutch! on my 3rd run i tried for a big launch, i probably didn't release the clutch fast enough and (clutch) smoke ****** out of the bonnet vent woops! In my wisdom i forgot to take a camera but a couple of other of the Toymods crew were there and got some pics. Once they have uploaded them i will post some up here. I will definately be back there again some time, and hopefully with some launching skills, and porbably a stronger clutch! Cheers Nathan

that just doesn't look right! why is there a dip in power at 4.5k-5k... the whole graph looks wrong to me! the torque/hp comparison doesn't look right at all to me!

indeed you are right, i didn't realise at the time, but i have since found out he is south american...where is felipe from ;)

lol obviously! if you want to do competitions and what not this would be a good grounding in car control if they are baulking at the cost they obviously haven't looked at racing/track days yet also i downloaded it twice at work, then at home lol

so george out of curiousity how many people have replied? cheers Nathan

cam con? what do you mean by that? the first thing to do is a full service...make sure everything is in top condition...of course as the car is relatively new that shouldn't be a huge problem! then the second thing to do on any car is breathing mods! exhaust, and air intake is the first steps towards more power, should see a ~10% ish increase from that...and more noise (whether or not that is a positive is up to you) also suspension and brakes...they tend to make a car a lot more 'fun' then engine mods, absolutely can-not be understated. so i would go whiteline suspension kit (good 'entry' level suspension) or you could get coil-overs with all the other parts of the kit as well better brake pads (i have had great experiences with the Ferodo Racing DS2500...they are ok for the street) good rubber possible slotted rotors (tho not essential) exhaust air intake. that should have the car a lot more 'fun' and decently quicker to drive around! then from there well it sorta gets more expensive Cheers Nathan

yeah that will be the key to it, getting through those first corners! he seems to have a knack for getting the absolute maximum out of a situation, so i don't see why he can't do alright from 10th...as u said he can normally make up a row off the start...will be interesting!

grr that grid pisses me off! damn alonso should be 5th! also is why alonso is demoted...for 'blocking' massa @DHCO9 thanx for the heads up in the other thread. and to answer your question, that is definately the lap, alonso had just come out of the pits in it. massa complained that alonso cost him time at the parabolica, if u watch he feathers the throttle on the way out. ok yes alonso might have cost him some time, but what else could he do? he was at 10/10ths on his outlap to make it to the start finish line to get another lap. so he lets massa by and either 1. doesn't make it to start his flying lap on time or 2. still manages to make it but gets baulked by massa on his flyer! and the stewards... tony scott andrews (the permanent one) and Enzo Spano and Alessandro Tibiletti not suggesting there is bias...but conspiracy theories will :D

now tell me, do you think alonso blocked massa? FIA = Ferrari Impotence Assistant p.s. just in case u don't know, alonso got penalised for blocking massa on that lap bull **** i think

a lot more expensive :o c'mon guys! i woulda expected more then 10 to be honest! What seems to be the preference atm for the stages? 1&3 at a guess B)

Hey guys, update: Started my preparations towards the new exhaust manifold. dropped off the stock manifold to get a head flange cut, could be ready as early as next week! Priced up the steam-pipe (butt weld fittings if u are looking for them) in various sizes, now need to pick a size and use it! Anyways the very next thing i will be doing to it will be a oil change, and quite possibly a slight advance on the ignition timing to see what it does (should give slightly more grunt and economy)

woohoo sounds good to me! 20 people sounds like it SHOULD be fairly easy to fill! I am up for either of them (prefrebly 1&3) also is it possible to share cars with 2 drivers?? I can't seem to find the info on the site. But actually from what i can see on the site my gf mightn't be able to anyways cause she legally can't drive my car (p-plater and my car is turbo)

another one for the ferodo DS2500, i haven't had them long enough to notice rotor wear, but they are awesome! no fading at the track in the ST185 and braking power is heaps better then stock pads once they have a little bit of temp into them (don't need a lot) i think i paid ~120ish for the front set...can't remember exactly...but i will be using them on all the time now i think

i wouldn't worry about it (unless the std manifold has cracked or warped) won't do much to improve spool of the CT26, as it already spools awesomely! MIGHT give some hp increase, but no-one has really proved that yet, the std one flows rather well! better to spend your money on either 1. full service if it hasn't been done for a while or 2. put it towards a 3" exhaust from the turbo back or 3. suspension mods! Cheers Nathan

lol i did it myself, however it isn't standard now...garrett ftw!! and yeah as long as u have a minor mechanical knowledge it isn't too bad! The general maintenance items (oil, air filter, fuel filter) aren't too bad (thoe fuel filter is a bitch to get at) but if u are expecting a std one to live with a WRX u might be disappointed! they aren't slow cars by any stretch of the imagination, but they aren't super fast!

yeah indeed, and because of how tight the engine bay is they can be very hard to track down! fortunately i have been blessed so far (if u can call it that) only real problem i have had was the turbo dying

i dunno it has a few kms on it (not HEAPS but more then most of the Group A's) i would probably say 12-14k its good to see it has a reco turbo, cause they start to show their age at ~160k i wouldn't be too fussed with the original rims, they are ugly imho! LOL Traps for young people, can be very expensive to maintain, they are a major PITA to work on, so any services will cost you $$$ if u don't do it yourself. Have u driven one yet?