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And remember that a lot of these cars are targa-topped.....so what does the driver's head look like now?

Crap game, not because QLD won but because NSW played terribly - I don't mind too much if QLD win but if NSW don't put up a proper decent challenge then it's just a waste of 3 club rounds (because of players getting pulled out of the previous week's games). I lost count of the number of times I kept yelling at the pitiful excuse for a defensive line to just tackle Inglis and Folau - sure they're big and fast, but if you sit back and sook like little girls and wait for them to come to you then they'll just run rings around you (or in the case of Inglis on Gidley, just steam-train right over the top of you). FFS, get out there and get in their faces, even if you don't tackle them you force them to make mistakes or do things differently. NSW didn't deserve to win, same as how they didn't deserve to win game 1, even though the score-line dictated otherwise. Here's hoping Peter Wallace gets dumped for game 3, someone who can actually kick the ball so that it doesn't land straight down Billy Slater's throat comes in at halfback, and we put up a decent challenge (and hold on to the bloody ball). EDIT - anyone else see the irony in the title? In Tic-Tac-Toe (ie naughts and crosses) you need to get 3 in a row, not 4 :P

Nope, there's several Aussie stig's cos the size of the driver changes dramatically. 1 of them is Molly Taylor ;) Judging by the height and build of one of them, I have an inkling it's Bargs (Jason Bargwanna

3sgte _Fun_ project for a RWD Celica (84 would make it a SA63 or RA65). 1GGTE is reasonably common, or a fresh 22RE (can whack a turbo on that too), depends on what kind of car you want to turn it into

That could be another possible, but i would almost be certain the AUDM 184 (idk about the 185) did not include the feature at all as there was never a bulb in the cluster for mine.. Highly doubt it, cars have had low-fuel lights since at least the early 80s. The development of EFI and unleaded fuel meant that they were needed to stop people running the tanks dry, which can seriously screw with the high-pressure EFI fuel pumps (which are in-tank and lubricated by the fuel) and the catalytic converters.

I think it's more likely there's a fault in the sender, if the globe doesn't work

The FQ Evos are UK-spec only, so not even Japan get them... That, and there's been an FQ400 version ever since the EvoVIII.

Flat-shifting is when you change gears without lifting off the accelerator (sometimes without even disengaging the clutch)

Whilst I believe the black Stig was indeed only ever one guy (Perry McCarthy), the white Stig is known to be several people, at least one "normal" one and then the specialty ones (like Kovalainen when they did the Renault F1 lap, the stunt dude for the snowmobile ski-jump etc)

A 10 degree canted engine will still have the cylinders in line with the crank though, thus I don't think would make much difference for MEP calculations etc.....an offset-crank though (where the plane of the cylinders does not pass through the axis of the crank) would make some difference due to the different nature of the piston velocity

How do you mean 10 _degree_ offset to the crank? As in the whole engine is leaning over at 10 degrees? Or do you mean it has an offset crank, that would be measured in mm not degrees.

I still find it funny that the name Hotckis is attached to a performance product.......to most people the name brings to mind Hotchkiss-drive rear-ends, aka the humble leaf-sprung beam axle.

No such thing as an MR2 3T-GTE, the early ones (ie AW11) had the 4AGE or 4AGZE (ignoring povo-spec), the mid-life ones (SW20) had the 3SGE and 3SGTE, and late-model ones (ZZW30) had the 1ZZFE.

Excellent, more Newcastle members....

BZZT wrong, the ST165 was the first GT4. Can't remember if they were sold new here or not though (ST185 and ST205 were though)

Depends on what you are measuring. If you are after what figures you put down on the road, then the lesser of two evils would be the wheel dyno. The hub dyno, like a Dynapack dyno or the likes, do not have the mass/inertia of the wheels to use in the measurement. They may use some figure to compensate for that, but realistically it is not as accurate as a direct measurement. A wheel dyno on the other hand will measure the power directly as it is put down at the wheels. However if you are just monitoring differences or changes to your car, then either dyno will do. Preferably the wheel dyno would be better in my opinion since when running on it, you car pretty much will behave like it will when on the road. Hub dynos take out the problem of tying the car down/wheel-spin though, which is handy...

The actual leeway in NSW is a bit iffy, some people say 10%, some people say the same 3km/h as in Victoria, some people say other things - it's not exactly a hard and fast number, but the cops _do_ give leeway.

Which is surprising condidering Denso is owned by Toyota....

Where is everyone getting this "1km/h" thing from? The 1-10km/h? The old rules said 0-15, so by those rules they could get you for 0km/h over the limit....OMFG they could ping you for doing the speed limit WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO? You won't see a rash of people getting done for doing 101km/h in a 100km/h zone, I guarantee it. It is just a wording change to better clarify the fact that going _OVER_ the speed limit is the illegal thing, as the old wording was technically flawed (but no-one picked up on it)

QFT Seems that the bigger the southern cross sticker, the more of a bogan you are and the less of a true "Australian" you are (there will be exceptions of course, but it seems fairly accurate from what I've seen)

Not a huge difference really....

Red P-platers have been on "one-strike and you're out" for a while anyway, all this is adding is that Green P-platers are now "two strikes and you're out". And you're not going to get booked at 1km/h over the limit, they are never that anal (not even in Victoria), and the equipment isn't that accurate either. Chances are it'll be similar to the previous 10% or so, and a bit to do with the officer's discretion, so no change there. And if you're a P-plater and you're speeding, you're an idiot anyway. And the changes are good for us open-license people too, as it reduces the 0-10km demerit points which have been too harsh for ages.

That's a standard feature on a lot of seatbelts for years, it's an extra safety feature for baby seats etc so that the capsule doesn't rock etc under loads that aren't enough to trigger the inertia reel (the locking mechanism when you ***** suddenly on the belt). Very helpful for going for a spirited drive too, you can pull the seatbelt all the way out and then it automatically tightens around you, stops you sliding around more in the seat.

Ahhh, you're supposed to connect the leads when both cars are turned off........

Toymods is a registered club as far as historic rego is concerned as well, so you can drive a historic-rego'd Toyota to any Toymods event. Definitely worth checking out, for more than rego too.