Toyspeed

Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?

Is that a TVR in the kitty litter?

@ lloyd - is that a CL7?
K20A goodness

thanx everyone for all the positive comments! heres a pic

i'm 6'1" and had a targa SW20 (hardtops have more headroom)

Fit fine until I put a helmet on for trackdays, and then I had to adjust the seat so as I was leaning back further than normal.

Though, i've got a long torso and comparitevely short legs , if you're the other way round should be sweet.

Hi all,

well 5 months after selling the SW20 and living with a god-awful CVT P11 primera, i've gone and bought a Honda. A Torneo Euro R in black to be specific. Probably not the best place to be saying so but I reckon on a rolling start it would be a match for my old Gen 1 SW, which had ~150wkw ...

I dont mind the bumps at all, they feel pretty good to me .

havent been out to Pukekohe for over a year... (high 1.17's with melting front tyres )

When traversing the bumps at the end of the front straight I used to hit my head on the targa glass, but judging by the TV footage it seems like ...

is it just me or does the recent TVNZ footage suggest that the sweeper bumps have gotten worse?

gen 1 mr2 gt @ 14 PSI here - I was surprised when a newish mazda hatchback thing kept up during a blast up the airport motorway at lunchtime yesterday. I backed off and saw the badge as he went past - (MPS)

Researched - 190kw through the front wheels - wtf? Seems like quite a mean little car...

for jc fans, wasted quite a bit of work time lately:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson

and

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/

theres a guy on mr2.org.nz - 'tronic' who seems to be into his karts.

at work

Z/OS , i5O/S , AIX , HPUX, ESX, Redhat, Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP/Vista

at home

Ubuntu/XP/Vista, mostly XP though...

CT26 turbos (on the Gen1 and Gen2 SW20's) top out at around 5500rpm. Running more boost isn't going to change this unfortunately.

I've got a turbosmart gated bleed valve - might be the same as yours, with a ratcheted adjustment. Its set to 15 PSI (good for 160rwkw) and doesn't spike noticeably ...

IMHO they are *really* lax with the regs. I've been to maybe 10 of those days and have never had any scrutineering. You basically pay your money to Hairy McSweary (Gary, the track manager) and get on the track.

they broke it into groups...1.motorobikes 2.grip racing 3.drift 4.fun driving ...

Yes it was at Puke on friday for a bit of a shakedown for Targa that starts tomorrow .It was only running on street tyres and rally setup, was around the 1.05 mark

Yeh sorry about the moving roadblock... There were enuff slow (road) cars there - me in the MR, couple of 944's, MX5's and a tasty ...

Was that car testing at Pukekohe on friday?

business shirt tucked in.... no tie. I agree with Warwick, they are evil!!

Our team (sysadmins in a corporate IT shop) have been instrumental in changing the culture in said workplace, the no-tie thing seems to have spread throughout IT, we are now the only department in the organization where ...

You can take it somewhere for free can't you? Think it was called Salters Oil or something. A few shell stations take it aswell.

Yup, salter cartage, 0800 SALTER I think

Oddly enough i went there today, with about 10 4L bottles, and they took the containers as well!
Down Roscommon, second ...

5x114.3 (the speed camera wagons)

I got a steelie off one of them as a spare for the MR2...

IIRC= if i remember correctly

the turbo pressure sensor is right next to the 'diagnosis' terminal on the rear wall of the engine bay, drivers side. It has a vacuum line from the intake manifold attached underneath, and supplies the computer with a voltage representing boost pressure (for fuel cut ...