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Haven't seen much activity and have been lurking this thread for a while in anticipation of building. The time finally came where I had the space to set-up and build my first rig. I upgraded from a station I used throughout uni which had a I7-2700, Gtx 1050 2GB and 8GB of ddr3 RAM Rig I built has: - Ryzen 7 3700x - GTX 1070ti (cheap secondhand and will upgrade later) - Gigabyte x570 Auros Pro wifi - 2 x 8GB Corsair vengeance 3600mhz, B-die overlocked to CL16 - Samsung 970 pro, 512GB NVME - Intel 660p, 2TB NVMe - NZXT Kraken X62 - Seasonic focus plus gold 750W - NZXT H500i Bought a sit-stand desk as well to allow desk to be lowered for my sim setup which has worked a treat. Next to come is a GPU upgrade and a better second monitor when the wallet allows... Anyone got any good racing sim recommendations?

that reminds me........... my bosses new rig very stable at 5 gig and cool temps at idle

Assetto Corsa is probably the go to sim, once you setup the force feedback its amazing. Heaps of mods for cars and tracks for hours of entertainment

that's what always lets me down... my muscles are strong enough but my hand skin and muscles are weak so I fail sooner than my arm and core muscles would if I had stronger tougher hands. #girlyhands thanks @bloodycrashboy we didn’t do anything last night as I wasn’t well, but it J@ is lucky I might take him out for a steak dinner tonight lol.

I had exactly what your talking about, and it was the centre bearing. If its manual the driveline slop is standard as it gets warm, and you will always get a clunk if you disengage the clutch too quickly. If the noise/vibe relates to clutch movements, and/or you get in certain gears or more so in some than others then it's most likely driveshaft balancing (This wouldn't affect noise/clunk on take off though). I had a clunk when turning and it was my twin 3"exhaust slapping the chassis rail so worth checking that I have a twin plate ceramic, built 2 piece shaft and true-trac diff with around 500kw, as you get familiar with the car and you learn how to drive it and you can drive around the slop easily from good clutch engagement and steady throttle movements. I don't know where you are but pay G&J Drivelines a visit, and steer clear of pedders and go to experts like centreline suspension or advantage suspension if in Melb

Auto-immune diseases suck

based on the symptoms, I'd suspect it's your diff bush bolt/mount has broken in some way... but could also be the trailing arm bushes or the tailshaft centre bearing... or could be the diff itself has a bit of lash in it's CV joint or the gears themselves.

There's an easy to use grommet if you look behind the glove box. poke a hole of appropriate size (slightly smaller than the vacuum reference hose for your boost gauge) and push the end of the vacuum line through the grommet and replace the grommet so it doesn't get much of an air leak (can be annoying if the hole is too big; you get some extra cabin noise from the engine bay). Your BOV is not working at the moment if you have no vacuum line going to it (like pictured), so it'll just act like you've blocked the BOV (assuming the amount of boost you're running isn't enough to overcome the springs of the BOV and if it does you'll have a boost leak). With the open hole in the gold fitting directly below the BOV, it means you've had a vacuum leak since that hole has been open. Get a bit of tubing to connect from that gold bit, a t-piece for your boost gauge and then connect one end of the t-piece to the BOV's vacuum source and the other end to your boost gauge vacuum reference. If you're happy without the BOV's operation then forget the t-piece and just connect that gold piece hole directly to your vacuum source for the boost gauge. good luck

Mick organised a group buy on these a few months back http://www.autotecnica.com.au/splitflow-blow-bye-oil-catch-can I have them fitted to both my PCV and Crank Vent circuit. They work very very well as they have a true air/oil separator built into the lid. I run a check valve on the PCV line so the can doesn't see boost and the PCV can collects aprox 100 to 150mm of oil between changes (changes at 5,000k's) the crank case can hardly collects any these days and I put the down to the PCV line back to the rocker cover closed off under boost. EDIT: Coupla pics added Mines CC vent is also tucked away where the stock trans cooler used to live (lower bracket/hose clamp is an anti rotation device as the bottom of the can had a falling out with the top have at once stage and wound up bouncing down the road) PCV Circuit Check Valve Plumbing Pics a bit busy but the horizontal hose and middle hose run from the CC vent down to the can and back around to the Turbo inlet and the RH hose runs back to the PCV Can. CC vent return to intake pipe

Thanks camo. Basically my disease turns healthy tendons calcified then to bone, including in my spine and major joints through major inflammation caused by an auto immune response. Its weird, some days I’m at the gym pumping it out feeling pretty okay (never great but somewhat normalish), then the next day I might not be able to move as inflammation consumes my joints, mainly my back and pelvis, which causes huge pain and stiffness, (80%of bone marrow in my pelvis is inflamed on my last MRI), then because my body works so hard attacking itself I have zero energy some days, like today, and can barely function. Plus like the strongest aching pain in my back and pelvis... like feels like I’ve broken something. It effects my eyes as well (they jump around due to inflamed eye tendons) and my other joints like feet, chest and ribs aswell as giving my crohns. The best thing to do is rest to let me body conserve energy and heal as with any auto immune disease, but at the same time I have to keep active to ensure I don’t literally fuse all my bones together and staying stagnant is what causes mass pain... so night times are a karnt for me, can’t lay down comfortably anymore without drugs basically, and if I’ve been sitting on a hard chair for more than an hour I’m farrked. I had to attend a Tec meeting the other day and two hours in I was in so much pain I ended up standing up for an hour like a rude asshole just to relieve it (luckily I had the energy that day). I have injections weekly to try and stop the progression, which stop my immune system from working, which makes me sick more often. Anyways sorry for the rant hahah. Hows everyone else going? Whats new... so quiet in here these days... at least I have Keith to reference what day it is though hahah.