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I do think it’s particularly interesting though that this was your initial take. It aligns with certain reactions I’ve had from people I know. Something I’ve found super interesting is the shift in people’s perceptions of me and their “willingness” to comment on my body (not obviously when I post images as that’s welcoming commentary, but when I’m just going about my day). I am by far treated way better by people in general now I’m thinner. Girls in shops insist on being lovely instead of ignoring me, my hairdresser and lash tech all ask me to have photos done for their socials, constant comments on how nice my outfits are or compliments in general, men treat me far better in general… but… people comment A LOT on my appearance or training/eating habits unsolicitedly. In the last week alone I’ve had three people comment on what I was eating (not enough, complaining I wasn’t eating the garbage lunch they all had, or just about my protein based diet). I’ve been told I’m too thin, I’m getting too muscly and men don’t like that… and the list goes on. I’m eating and fueling my body arguably better than anyone I know currently in terms of macronutrient balance and vitamins and minerals. I lost all my weight naturally by relearning skills around moderation and discipline as well as fixing my negative relationship with food. I’ve got the best cardio vascular performance of my adult life, my muscle percentage is extremely high and my body fat is fairly low (aiming for additional fat loss still but within female health tolerance levels), but people seem to think that not drinking alcohol, eating healthy and watching your intake is absurd and you’re the weird one because you don’t want hungry jacks in the office for lunch with your coworkers and would rather eat your packed lunch or because you order a soda water instead of a beer at the pub after work. I find it so presumptuous that people assume you are modifying your body, in any fashion (body building, tattoos, hair, etc) for the benefit of others or their judgement or to be found attractive. I started this journey with a health focus around my illness and the same motive remains where my illness is my primary motivator for being strong and fit… but… I have grown a love and passion for body building at the same time. My nutrition, training routine, daily habits and supplementation/vitamin routine is all oriented around achieving a body builders physique. I am completely aware this isn’t everyone’s “cup of tea” and that has zero effect on my motivation and goals but others perceive it to be an issue/less attractive/desirable… which made me giggle slightly reading your comment and assumption that “losing breast fats” was a negative when it was actually intentional on my behalf. it’s made me realise during the last few months just how ill informed people are around the sport of body building and also how cavalier people can be around commenting or assuming when they perceive it to be not offensive because the person isn’t “fat” or they’re fit/muscly so they must be fine with others commenting on their body/lifestyle and it’s up for public discussion. TLDR- when you’re skinny the world treats you way better, but everyone feels they have licence to tell you what you should be doing/eating and judges you for having a health/physique focus.

Bit of progress context which made me feel pretty accomplished on top of my 8 x 60kg bench this morning 🥰

Managed to get out today briefly. Warmer temps in Canberra made a huge difference to traction. Managed to get 2nd and 3rd gear down, on the 3/4 setting (around 20psi, maybe 550kw or so). She's pretty quick when it hooks up haha. The G35-900 is pretty epic for a street driven manual. No waiting for boost, and still on like a light switch at lower load in 2nd gear, which is what makes it fun in my opinion.

Some progress...

Wife says to me as I stretch out across the bed: "excuse you, how far out to you want to stretch". Me: "that question has an entirely different meaning if I ask you that"

morning all, happy Thursday🪀 I'm out of the country very soon today

Pulled 230kg deadlift today, much easier than the 225kg I pulled a few months ago. I would have had 240 there but no need to rush it. Gains

Nah it is unlikely that you've got a broken valve spring/rocker arm or a bent rod/farked rod bearing. Knocking rod bearings don't last long in a turbo car, it'd be farked within a few hard drives. It'd be missing at idle if it had a broken piston or a broken rocker. A broken piston would also be blowing smoke from the dipstick hole and oil fill cap. If it had a partially broken valve spring there would still be signs at idle that it's broken, missing and or tapping from the valve hitting the piston. Edit: the valve wouldn't stay in the head for long either, it would lose the collets and drop into the cylinder. I wouldn't stress about it, more than likely the manifold is still leaking if it sounds the same as it did last time.

^^ Puff is correct that the code will go away once you start the car the first time. Also, his suggestion is good to rebuild the barrel to ensure it stays together. It might be OK as-is for a while, but it also might break, so best to get it done properly.

I ain't no expert but that sounds like 2 issues. The same thing happened with my ignition barrel, the back of it had popped out. Take it apart and put it back together so it stays together. Again no expert but I'm pretty sure the code will just go away after you start the car for the first time.

Nah J@ is smashing me with strength still, apart from squat, I think I still have him covered on that… but everything else he is killing me, and rightly so 🤣🤣 But…. In another 10 weeks I might be closer considering the below hahah…

Followed by a decent serving of Slipknot??

Look for a guy called Whiteford on the forums or Facebook

Haha no discharge of weapons yet... It'll probably happen at some point, I am in Texas

I ain't no swapping expert but from what I've read the stuff you've listed will be all you need to have it work. You might need to swap the abs module as they need to be matched. You also need to check the diff ratio and wheel size settings are correct, maybe a couple more things in the vid block in the tune.

$3450 maximum CCS cost after July this year, I'd just register the F6. Better yet put a new high CPI cat in it and you might end up paying stuff all.

Summer like here too, 30c at 930am rn with a nice breeze, on track for 34 and sunny today. Haha also doing a workout rn, leg day, flies can ead

Haha might happen accidentally.

Forgot to say... Happy Friday morning everyone. It ain't the morning here, it's Thursday evening. Weird...

Managed to get a work out in at a worlds gym in QLD… not bad …

Illegal watermelon importer

Sounds good to me. He also didn't say no to smuggling stuff back in his butt so I wonder what he'll bring?

I just cut a hole in the boot Yay Thursday

Awesome! Yeah factory bushes at the moment - picked.up they were toast before o bought it and so they had new Ford bushes installed. Can't complain too much about 5 years given its modified and has done plenty of hard on/off throttle on Snowys cruises! Actually I meant to say thanks - turns out my factory workshop manual download was missing a bunch of items, including rear suspension. The other day I found a link of yours in a thread and downloaded again.

Awesome mate! If you haven't used the superpro diff bushes yet you'll be very happy with your purchase.

Been back for a bit now, but got the flu on the last day and I'm still suffering bad. I've been sick so much this year wtf. Anyway, this is the knife

solid

Up and up, happy days

It can be in a single drive if you've got an exhaust gasket leak or some odd vibrations.

Yeah, the flange ones don't need to be touched.

I remember being able to get to them all with just a socket wrench and a 3in and 6in and 12in extensions, using different combinations until I had room to swing the wrench... I don't remember any of the exhaust manifold bolts being difficult

just don't over-torque the bolts if it's all tight, get a new manifold gasket and put that in.

Tighten up the manifold and see if it fixes it.

Yeah man you gotta keep things fair in a marriage. You'll have a bunch of fun in a 4x4 that you can't get with a road car and it's not like you're catching the bus to work

get married... first thing she does it take away your most fun toy... typical women

Hi Puff & k31th! My apologies for the delayed response. I just checked my account settings and email notifications wasn't turned on so I had no idea you both had replied. So a big thank you for the info. Interesting in that there is surprisingly f**k all videos of this on YouTube except for businesses who fix this on the daily. Given what I've seen and you have explained - I'll see if I can get the rear housing out and hope it hasn't sheared the casted steps/stages. Short of this, $300 for a machined aluminium housing that will prevent it from ever happening again seems like a small price to pay for my baby. Either way - I'll report back once I have accomplished... something. lol. Check back in soon - thanks again fellas!

I have ig, have yet to be followed or messaged on there by thots. Probably helps that the only thing on there is a dyno graph, I doubt that's making them moist 😂

The place I joined up with has various machines, it'll be interesting to see where an only barbell squatter lands in this mix.

Any mechanic can do servicing. No point taking it to a tune shop who charges exhorbitant rates like that (I assume at that price they run it up on the dyno to check on it, and even then it's expensive) for basic servicing. Or better yet, buy a small amount of equipment (oil filter wrench, fluids catch tray, jack + jack stands, sockets & wrenches) and the servicing yourself It's quite easy to do basic mechanical work like this yourself and only costs the "consumables" each time (oil, oil filter, air filter(s), coolant etc). Plus the fact it's self-satisfying to get it done on your own schedule and with your own hands

60 x 8 reps for bench 200kg squat for 2 135kg dead lift for 1

the dog can get excited, but delay it by doing a sit+stay (or a hold on the lead if necessary until the stay is properly trained) and then once they calm down you give them the thing they want in small doses Making sure the dog pays attention to you in the process instead of the thing they want... redirect with treats etc... once the excitement dies down etc, bring in the thing

A couple of years back I emailed foacust1@ford.com with my details and the vehicle details. They can send you a verification letter that confirms exactly what options your car had when it was sold. Easier way too as Puff says, but the letter is interesting as it it tells you how many were manufactured in your paint colour, with your factory options, transmission etc

topped up the kitty a little

Sort out a 0 to 100 for us, or even just a roll from under the boost threshold in 2nd or 3rd. People like pics and videos

Hard work is paying off

oh, I'd completely forgotten about those bushes you're talking about haha, silly me... these saddle mount thingos, "stabilizer bar link bushing" as it's mentioned in the manual...

Twenty bucks is twenty bucks

@hjtrbo knows...

Any updates on this? Got a similar noise coming from my built motor however it's quiet on cold start and develops the same noise after a minute or two of running.

So, thought I'd provide an update after driving it a bit. It's nice and loud, louder than a GTX. It easily makes 5psi at 2000rpm, so it's still torquey and responsive down low. For a manual car, its hard to fault. It doesn't come on as hard as I personally prefer, but for others it might be perfect. I seem to be able to get all the power to the ground in even 2nd and third. I do have decent suspension with squat, a trutrack, and semi slicks, but I think the GT3582R was more prone to wheelspin. Bringing the boost on earlier and harder with a built motor might change this though. At least it seems pretty forgiving on the driveline for now.