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Brian I am shocked to read your news but I am glad that you are all OK. I was lucky enough to be a passenger in XR6T8U when I bought some wheels from you in 2004/5? At 340rwkw, it was the fastest car I have ever been in. I can't begin to imagine what it was like at close to 600rwkw. Even though I no longer have my XR6T and have not been active in this forum, I still log on every few months to check on your progress with the this car. I have read all your technical posts and I have appreciated the detail and knowledge that you have shared in this process. I look forward to hear about your plans for the future. Cheers Slapnut

Hey guys, Thanks for the birthday wishes. I have bought myself a steering wheel and Gran Turismo and have been quite busy with the Playstation. Cheers Slapnut

What a great offer. I am online at the right time and am motivated. If only I was free on Sunday......

Caltex Vortex 98 is now the only fuel I use! It goes well in my car!

dick smith has programmable replacements from abot $30. I scored one from K-Mart for $10. It is basic but it works!

oh my god...

Hey BlownBA. Mine does stop after pulling on the handbrake as well - but is comes back a short time later. Cheers

Can anyone provide tips for doing this job? I am keen to fix this noise. The dealer doesn't seem to give a sh*t about noises. Cheers!

This idea was posted by a great lad on this forum and it worked for me! Ask you friendly dealer to keep a XR8 under headlight snorkel from the next SS Inductions kit that they fit to an XR8 as they just chuck them out. I asked my dealer. He said that they do a SS Inductions into XR8 every few days and he would keep the next one for me. Two weeks later.... voila ....one XR8 snorkel.

Great, we can sleep in for another hour. It is a pity the tin lids will still get me up whenever they want....

I have Falken FK451's. V good IMO. Cheers

Or maybe you can go back tomorrow for another dyno run with smaller wheels.......

Hey Geea Some people just aren't worth fighting with. Mike's dyno sounds like a complete idiot. Even is you do show him your dyno sheets, do you think he will listen or even care? Sleep soundly in the knowledge that we all think that Mike is a tosser and his dyno is a piece of sh*t. Cheers Dave

Hi MissXR I can't make this cruise after all. I hope everyone has a great time. See you on the next one. Cheers Slapnut.

I dare anyone to prove this wrong - mathematically of course. Go for it Brian!!

well, using that argumenat so does diff ratio, gearbox ratio, etc etc so come on - answer the Qs - why don't dyno operators need to know these things in order to calculate their results??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Turbo6man I am not a dyno expert, just a hack, so back off man. But everything behind your flywheel MUST affect the RWKW. auto versus manual, - diff ratio - what grease and sh*t is in there - if your handbrake is on or not... I don't believe that dyno dudes will ever give you an actual figure for fly wheel KW. If they do give you a figure for FWKW, it is an estimate based on experience and factory claims for FWKW. The only accurate way to measure FWKW is at the flywheel not at the wheels. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You've obviously missed the point - when was the discussion about FWKW? We've only been talking RWKW so don't make it any more complicated than that eh? So far no one can show even how the RWKW figures are determined or why they vary with different wheel sizes so don't get into FWKW at this point. If you go back over what I've said - it is that the figures presented mean J@CKSH!T. If anyone truely believes that running 17" wheels instead of 19s is going to suddenly give their car and extra 7 or 8% increase in power then how about we all go out and get 12" mini wheels? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Turbo6man I haven't missed the point at all. It is all to do with Year 9 mathematics - moments to be precise. If the wheel you are using has a smaller circumference (,with everything else being equal) it will read more power on the dyno. QED

well, using that argumenat so does diff ratio, gearbox ratio, etc etc so come on - answer the Qs - why don't dyno operators need to know these things in order to calculate their results??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Turbo6man I am not a dyno expert, just a hack, so back off man. But everything behind your flywheel MUST affect the RWKW. auto versus manual, - diff ratio - what grease and sh*t is in there - if your handbrake is on or not... I don't believe that dyno dudes will ever give you an actual figure for fly wheel KW. If they do give you a figure for FWKW, it is an estimate based on experience and factory claims for FWKW. The only accurate way to measure FWKW is at the flywheel not at the wheels.

So according to the calculator 235/45 R 17 circumference = 79.6in 255/35 r 19 circumference = 81.8in the difference is plus 3%. So if you have 360 RWKW running on 19's (just like my car NOT) 235/45 R17 will get 3% more - 371 RWKW - wooo hooo Anyone want to swap my 19" for stockies??

Tyre circumference MUST influence that RWKW. The question is .. by how much? It depends on the difference in the overall circumference of the tyre. Here is a link to a tyre size calculator that may help. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

MissXR Late entry for one Blueprint. See you all at the Engadine Macca's. Dave

That's great to hear, Hypnodoc. Let us hope that the Typhoon's problems will be fixed quickly.

Mine has done this too. 55,000 now and the whistle when boost is building is very noticeable. I have chopped extra holes in the airbox. BOV is very audible as well. It's all good

Have some of mine!

Shafted!