Hiro

I've seen tonnes of Coronas with 1GGTEs in them, no problems. It's a very common swap. And if you can get a 1JZ into an RA28 (which you can), you can get one into an RT142.

And the autos are behind *****-weak 3SFE and 5SFE engines, not 3SGTEs. Do you put a C50 gearbox behind a 4AGTE and expect it to last? No. You put in an E-series which is designed to take the power/torque. Camry auto boxes are designed to take the power of a 5SFE, which is 90-odd kw, less than half of what you can get out of a decent 3SGTE.

Doesn't take a maths genius to work that out. Obviously they determined that they didn't need full power from both units at any one time. Decent full power from the engine if it is forced to run by itself, decent full power from the electrics when the petrol engine is off at low speed, and enough power from both to give highway cruising and overtaking whilst minimising fuel consumption.

Yes I'll take fries with that thanks.....

I agree. I was like WTF would that card work on the monitor in the first place??? Oh by the way, LCD monitors don't have "lamps". Its just whether there are dead pixels or not. They do have lamps...it's called a backlight. The pixels aren't giving off light, they're just filtering it. And dead pixels are either one of the following - Hot (always on, white), Dead (always off, black), and stuck (always on, a particular colour - note that most stuck pixels are actually sub-pixels, if a stuck pixel is any colour other than red blue or green then more than one sub-pixel is stuck)

Wow, a MATE wanted you to model for his car.....so, does he work for a modelling agency? Oh, and have you even been to an Autosalon before? 90% of the models there are absolute skanks, and most of them are car sluts (ie girls who hang around guys with hot cars because they can't get any any other way).

Funny how you say they don't have much power when they have as much or more than just about every road-going supercar ever made, including the vaunted McLaren F1. And as far as race-cars go, they have less than an Formula 1, Indy and NASCAR, but more than DTM, GP2, and many others. So _only_ 600HP, but remember they're limited to 5.0L, N/A, RWD etc. Plus they only weigh 1350kg, have 10" wide tyres and fully adjustable suspension, so chances are they'd be quicker around a track than a road car with much more power. It's not about max power, it's about power-to-weight and handling. Wow, some guy made a Commodore that has 900HP on a dyno. How well does it go around a track not sideways? There is such a thing as TOO much power (note how the Veyron is SLOWER around the Top Gear test track than a Caterham RS500, which has about a quarter of the power.....) And since when do NASCARs drift? They run on ovals primarily for crying out loud. They DRAFT, you idiot. Slipstream. Efficiency. Aerodynamics. They don't drift. They _do_ slide when they get whacked in an accident, but that isn't deliberate, nor are they using that as a technique to go around a corner.

Generally it's said that they pick up on the high-frequency ripple that you'll get in the whole power supply because of the coil collapsing. Whether or not it actually works, or is reliable, I don't know. Same kind of way that you get static/whining in the radio if you don't have a suppressor on your alternator (except with voltage ripple as opposed to EM ripple)

Stupidest Headlight Design Ever (actually I tell a lie, the 370Z is worse, and the Avalon facelift is close behind)

Same here. Back when I originally got my red Ps, it was 0.02, now it's zero. That's one of my main reasons to get my blacks....well, that and my green Ps run out in February. And the F3 freeway.

First thing you should ALWAYS do when you have visual issues is to update your video card drivers. I'm actually surprised that the MX440 is capable of widescreen resolutions etc, it's a very basic card from over 5 years ago, and is several generations behind current video card technology.

Or better.... SUICIDE LAMBO DOORS For when you have to doubley make point out that you are a tool

We've got similar things too between red and green about passengers, using mobiles etc, but I can't remember all the details because I was on my greens before they were introduced. Same goes for turbo/supercharged etc, except for diesels and some select models which have high safety (like low-blow Saabs, Mercs etc, I THINK, this was changed) or are so obviously not a danger (Copen/kei cars)

But at least under that there's a Renault 5......

Wow that sounds like a crappy system.....you have to sit an extra test just to be able to use the freeways? Then again, L-platers on the F3 over here are the bain of many an interstate driver, 80km/h compared to 110km/h trucks is not a good idea - nothing wrong with limiting them to 80 on backroads etc, but bump it up to 90 or 100 for the freeway for crying out loud. If someone hits an L-plater on the freeway, it's equivalent to hitting a stationary car at 30km/h, which is significant.

That's right, a pen|s is the cause of all the world's problems.... Hang on, I thought it was supposed to be women who were indecisive and kept changing their minds.....

Obviously you guys do things differently over there on the other side of the world, because here we have to do a driving test before we get our Ps, as in that very day, not weeks in advance, and you have to have done all your hours beforehand. And if you do that driving test in an auto, you are restricted to driving an auto for the first 12 months of your Ps, unless you have a supervising driver or retake the test in a manual car. So don't call me stupid. Hiro, Over in WA you still do a test a you do in the east. But instead of having 2 different colour P's (ala NSW), they have 2 different stages of L plates (computer tests and a log book) - then a practical test for your provisional license. If she hasn't got her P plates yet, and is still on the second phase of her L plates, then she hasn't done the final practical yet... So is it that final practical test which determines whether or not you can drive auto on your Ps? And by the sounds of it, your Ls are basically the same as us, we have a computerised knowledge test to get our Ls, then we're on a log-book for 120 hours (with supervisor, obviously) and min. 6 months, then a practical driving test to get our red Ps and our independence. Only difference between the two stages of our Ps is that you do a hazard perception test, you can go 100km/h instead of 90, and any transmission license restrictions from your driving test are removed.

That's business for you. Unless you are on _seriously_ good terms with the person doing the work, ALWAYS get things in writing. And how exactly are they dodgy and discriminating? You're essentially asking them a favour and avoiding correct business practice by going under the books, so really you were asking for it. Such is life when you cut corners and costs.

You've just learned the importance of having a written quote and contract.

No, by the sounds of it you want to make it look like it came out of Need For Speed Underground. And don't care that it will drive like a nugget, because it will look fully sik hektik bro. Please don't. Just, don't.

Obviously you guys do things differently over there on the other side of the world, because here we have to do a driving test before we get our Ps, as in that very day, not weeks in advance, and you have to have done all your hours beforehand. And if you do that driving test in an auto, you are restricted to driving an auto for the first 12 months of your Ps, unless you have a supervising driver or retake the test in a manual car. So don't call me stupid.

Are you going for the test in auto or manual?

Strange definition of old-school there :P Currently on the radio: Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

There is a whole world of difference between an auto transmission you see behind a sub-10 second drag car, a $200,000 BMW semi-auto, and a 4-speed slushbox you get behind a Corolla or Celica. In turn I'd say that note how many non-drag race cars are auto. We're talking about a road car, with a road-car engine, to be driven relatively often with relatively cheap components, and minimal hassle in the conversion. In this situation, a manual is easily the better choice, to better utilise the engine under the hood. Limiting it to an auto simply because of a licensing issue is being narrow-minded. Wait until the license condition has expired, learn how to drive manual, or find something more appropriate. Oh and by the way guys, the OP is a SHE, not a HE.

Honda as a manufacturer hadn't been around since the '60s before they started the BAR partnership. In the 80s they were only the engine supplier for Williams, McLaren, Lotus etc.