AceofSpades

All I can say is geese, think about this take ONE maccas straw. now breathe thru it. Im sure you can breathe thru it. now take two. and breathe thru them. much easier isnt it? Just because a part isnt TOTALY restricting a combination from making power, doesnt mean it isnt a restriction. Turbos can be decpetive as you can generally add a few psi at times to help conceal some smaller restrictions ( eg. standard intercooler plumbing ). One little thing for you to go and research, is that straight pipe flows easier than bends. so banging on about its not standard and therefore must be sub-performing makes no sence. Not everthing is engineered to perfection. sometimes things are made to budget ( shock horror! ) Humans ARE failable, therefore no one human build thing is going to even aproach, much less attain, perfection. There are a couple of books on turbocharging, one being turbos by hugh mcinnes, and maximum boost ( I think ) by corky bell. These two guys have forgotten more than most of us will know. I strongly doubt that they or ANYONE who is half serious about attaining performance in a turbocharged setup wouldn't advocate the use of a better designed, LARGER dump pipe. 4000cc + 15 psi = lots of very hot and turbulent exhaust gasses to remove. I nearly fell over when I saw the design of the stock dump.. very cost driven design I think. but anyway, feel free to disagree, argue, be stroppy or etc. Facts are facts and being loyal to a company who nolonger holds the leading edge and bashin those that dare to speak against them is rather senseless. Its called competition, and that improves the breed.

Good point Jimmy, I've been banging on about that same point for years, but noone listens. Personally I do over 100K klms a year and I havent been involved in any incidents. its all about due care and attention couipled with proper training, not these "ROAD TOLL STATISTICS". Narrow the criteria down and you can make any statistics favorable. Most crashes I see are teh result of stupidity rather than any other factor!

Yeah, I Agree. that's why I limit my exposure to the lies.. I dont like to apear ignorant, not to BE ignorant, but sometimes we can be too wrapped up in other peoples problems. in-so-much-as ones that we need not concern ourselves with. The Iraq crap was pretty much the last straw. I now concern myself with trying to make my life and my familys life as comfy and safe as I can

Trucky. I've a nice Westarn star that needs some TLC on the polished stainless.. looks average after our rain

Ok fair call, but look from my perspective. We are fed Biased or lightly doctored news to encourage us to believe whats wanted. Im not into conspiracy theorys, but have been around certian events that have been majorly twisted to suit whatever the journo's goals at the time were.. Hence I dont trust the media. Even though I try not to saturate myself in the media, I cannot help getting it from time to time. Im not afraid of the news, so long as its TRUTH. As far as problems, I dont ignore them. Give me something I can achieve a positive result on and I will do it. We the people stand divided. Until we re-unite we are powerless. The majority of our issues come fro mthe inability and Lack of desire from the greater community to achieve a satisfactoy and positive outcome for all. There is enough issues for me trying to run my buisness within the hyper-competitive industry which I work, for me to be picking up on things happening OS that I cannot affect through inaction or action.

Name: Dan Sex: male Age: 25 Occupation: Freight Relocation Engineer Location: N/E of Melb Current drive: BA XR6T

Our biggest problem is the Media is shaping our country. We are walking the same path as the USA. I refuse to watch tv, read newspapers and I try not to listen to the news on the radio. As a direct consequence, the world seems like a very nice place :D the problems out there are generally over blown, mis-represented and one sided in whatever way seems "shocking" and that will gather ratings. The general population dont understand that media is privatley owned and as such, is run in the way most conductive to PROFIT. Long gone are the days ov having a media that reported truth in an unbiased fasion.

the best protection device for helping to stop this is a fortified shed, although not highly practical. maybe one of the gps trackers?

I was there as was eric (blue turbo bf ute) but we were spectating in the pesants section due to not being allowed on the infield.. looked like an ok mix of cars once the night cooled but there was only a handful of ba-f 's ..

As I havent been called to work, myself and the mrs will come down. Does it cost more to park infield? and have I missed the boat anyway only spectating cause its only stock Dan

Purchases of second hand goods from a private person "shouldn't" gather GST, But the buisness selling to another buisness, must charge GST so assuming a 26K sell price to the dealer, $2,364 GST $23,636 Item cost so the broker might have been part of the dealership, or has a deal to sell some ars on their lot maybe?

If you want some more info from VPW, call them and ask to speak to Paul B. He is up front and wil ltell you what he knows. I believe he has had a car with wilwoods on it at some point in the past too.

Thanks to gaz and dan for organising! Twas a very enjoyable little dawdle thru the trees The only problem with the day, is its brought to light the need to better equip my car with tyres suspension and a whole lot more boost. Thanks guys!

You should be able to obtain a copy of the RW guidelines and ETC, get them from vic roads and read them. If this f*cker ignores the guidelines he is supposed to follow, just push upwards to his supervisor. that attitude is BS and should not be tollerated in any way shape or form. One cop pulled me over a few years ago and saw the said paperwork and commented on it.. after being told why it was there I was allowed on my merry way no other questions asked. DO NOT BE TRODEN ON! but on the same token, treat others with the respect you wish to be treated..

just make it look nice,and call it a CAI. could even put one on the other side of the plate too

Is that the green one? Pops mono's at 300km/h+ !!! ← This one is black, not the gohst rider one. insane fast. I thought the speedo was in klms, but it was in miles. I looked closer and saw the kph markings. I dont know how they hold onto it!

Take the things you have seen with you when you venture onto the road and all should be well I have seen too many morons get awarded their licences for being able to park, but they cannot drive on a freeway at speed nor mrege at speed to save themselves. EVERY new driver shuld be Trained and tested via an advanced driving course, Be made to visit the moruge to see the results of IDIOT behavior, and spend a few days in a semi, to see just how dangerous it is when people cut vehicles off at lights to get "pole position" or when they carelsley change lanes and ETC. The amount of people, both young and old that I have nearly cleaned up in the last two weeks due to their inattention and inpaitence is nothing short of lunacy. Safe Driving all!!

I have a vid of a turbo Hyabusa, makes this look slow... Looks like it could do with an extended swingarm to help keep the front down so he could rev it out more :D Insane, I want one

SCHWOIT! I think I will undertake a roadtrip to see this beasty :D will give me some inspiration to get mine cracking insted of gathering dust in the shed!

The Mrs has decreed that we are to attend the event. I guess that means we are in. Gary, there wont be any syncronised drifting this time, seing as my mate is otherwise occupied.

so long as its not the siemens who make dodgy trains we should be alright hey?

95K klms still going strong! straight up klms dont mean much, you need to know the STYLE of klms its done. HWY/Country klms are MUCH softer than city klms. in reality there shuold be an engine hour meter that show us the hours run time vs klms to help make the assesments. My truck for example has over 1.6 million klms and is still very tight ( body wise, the engine has had it obigitory rebuild at 1.4mill. ) vs the old truck I had that was absolutley buggered at the 1.1 mill mark, but it spent its life in the traffic, wherer the new one is ex interstate so therefore, easy klms.

Get the little plugs that are used on the utes when they go hardcovers. they plug into the hole where the tonnau clips normally go, easier than welding and easy enough to revert if you want to go to a spoiler of some sort

That happened with a mates dad's ford company car. he had to take it into the workshop where they changed out the lock I think it was. we just taped the door shut with duct tape. hope for your wallets sake it simple but it doesnt sound liek it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4AvwjcEtI Different.