Tried Victek Freeze? I think they contract out apprentices to commercial sites still. Gotta be really lucky and know people to get in with Neilsen or the other big companies these days
Not even. Half the time they don't even bed them in. Definitely doing it myself next time. The money you save on labour you can spend buying premo brake pads
With the majority of the baby boomers generation all entering retirement very soon you can't see it getting any better for a while either. Federal and State government is going to have a lot more people to take are of.
I'd be surprised if the insurance company doesn't get the local council to pay for the damages. A similar story happened to my mother's Honda a few years back and the council wouldn't pay out claims less than $1000. Safe to say replacing the tyres and repairing the wheels will be more than double that.
Yeah your gearbox would be a ticking timebomb with that much at the flywheel. BAs come out with around 200rwkw (240 at the flywheel). Considering you will be up for around 1500 for a tune you're probably best to leave it stock if you don't want to alter the transmission.
You shouldnt expect much more than 230-250rwkw. Valve Springs will probably be your first hurdle, then your are looking at cat convertor. What transmission do you have? If it's a Manual T5 you need to be aware they break very easily.
They were missing a few premiership players from that team Bomber. Ben Reid, Luke Ball, Chris Tarrant and Alan Didak. I'd agree that Bombers are on the way up and Pies are on the decline but they were far from full strength.