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by Pelo
Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:34 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: Tyre longevity
Replies: 26
Views: 36001

Re: Tyre longevity

A friend has the same spec Outback with Bridgestone Turanzas on it and is really happy with them.
by Pelo
Tue May 08, 2018 9:41 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

Went to another track day at Hampton Downs club circuit. So fun. So wet in the morning. I had a high speed spin into the grass at the exit of turn 3. Luckily no damage. An R35 GTR hit the wall
Here is some video, not too exciting, I didn't have the camera running for my spin or the GTR crash. m
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by Pelo
Tue May 08, 2018 9:05 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Tyre flavors
Replies: 11
Views: 17250

Re: Tyre flavors

Another vote for RE003, they work brilliantly on the road, and are good on track too. I've got a set on each of my cars, and so do a lot of friends on theirs. Massive performance per dollar.
One thing to consider is they are louder than Turanzas.
by Pelo
Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:23 pm
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

Finally swapped out my horrible double DIN 90s relic cassette player for... the cheapest head unit supercheap had. If I can plug in my phone I'm happy!
Now I just need some sort of DIN sized panel to mount my boost gauge and RSM tidily.

http://media.supercheapauto.com.au/sca ...
by Pelo
Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:17 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: 4AGE Silvertop driveshaft - AE101 Levin *update*
Replies: 19
Views: 10494

Re: 4AGE Silvertop driveshaft - AE101 Levin

Driveshafts with CVs should be a reasonable price from Toyota too, I vaguely remember them being sold at a fixed trade price for passenger cars way back when I worked at a dealership.
by Pelo
Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:58 pm
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

On Sunday I went to a proper track day. This was the Introduction to Motorsport event at Hampton Downs Club Circuit. The circuit is a tight 1.2km with lovely new tarmac and massive runoff areas. It's great for road cars as the brakes won't be destroyed on a few high speed breaking zones.

We did ...
by Pelo
Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:50 pm
Forum: New Members Introductions & Questions
Topic: New / Old Member - MA45
Replies: 3
Views: 43327

Re: New / Old Member - MA45

Oh hey, I think I remember that Supra. It's pretty quiet in these parts lately...
by Pelo
Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:51 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

Not today, but this month - I got some factory FD wheels, sold the 17"s, and fitted some lovely new Potenza RE003 in the stock 225/50R16 size.

That looks really good with the factory wheels. The 17s look nice too if that's them in the background?
You'll love the RE003s. Plenty of grip all round ...
by Pelo
Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:58 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

Not today, but this month - I got some factory FD wheels, sold the 17"s, and fitted some lovely new Potenza RE003 in the stock 225/50R16 size.

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by Pelo
Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

I got a new car
It's a 1994 RX7 Type R in great condition.

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by Pelo
Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:28 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

You missed Caldina GT Four, they seem pretty roomy, and 3SGTE walks all over L3 motor.
Yeah, did consider those. The 1st gen ones all seem to be modded and worn out, and the 2nd gen is expensive. Also the boot isn't huge and with turbo and 4wd too expensive to run.
I would have bought a ...
by Pelo
Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:37 pm
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

After 3 years in England, using trains and rental cars, I've moved back to NZ and bought an adventure wagon!

http://i.imgur.com/fkbg5Byl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/L5DXcVSl.jpg

A Mazda 6 in fact. It fits many mountain bikes and surfboards!
My requirements were 2000 ...
by Pelo
Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:18 pm
Forum: Auckland / Upper North Island Region
Topic: 10th New Year Nostalgic Jap & Oldschool meet 2017
Replies: 2
Views: 6634

Re: 10th New Year Nostalgic Jap & Oldschool meet 2017

Hi, your facebook event link is broken
by Pelo
Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:15 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: ae101 4age 20v blacktop bz touring wiring
Replies: 5
Views: 3587

Re: ae101 4age 20v blacktop bz touring wiring

Here's a 1997 4age manual https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7jnx ... VU2cWlHcEU
That should fully cover wiring
by Pelo
Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:50 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: 4AGZE Power loss at high RPM
Replies: 3
Views: 2373

Re: 4AGZE Power loss at high RPM

Could it be the supercharger belt slipping?
by Pelo
Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:48 am
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: London Classic Car Show 2016
Replies: 4
Views: 7773

Re: London Classic Car Show 2016

I went last year, it was an alright show. The XJ220 and 959 were my highlights. The show looks much bigger this year!
by Pelo
Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:12 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: Motor Trend Channel
Replies: 10
Views: 6187

Re: Motor Trend Channel

Tom's Turbo Garage is pretty good. Extremely geeky, with really high quality builds. The latest series is 13 episodes of putting a 500hp V8 in an MX5 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... JZ38lKFKI9
by Pelo
Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:05 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: What did you do to your car today?
Replies: 1933
Views: 698274

Re: What did you do to your car today?

Al wrote:You change when the buzzer stops


At least thats what I've been told by old man rotary racers 8)
by Pelo
Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:01 pm
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: Talk some sense into me - Mazda RX8
Replies: 22
Views: 11954

Re: Talk some sense into me - Mazda RX8

only downside im aware of and the reason my mate got rid of rx8 is that when u start it cold and turn it off before its warm it will flood and near impossible to start again unless ur battery can turn it over for 5-10minutes, i reckon that is the stupidest thing a 'new' car can do and would ...
by Pelo
Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:41 am
Forum: General Car Discussion
Topic: Talk some sense into me - Mazda RX8
Replies: 22
Views: 11954

Re: Talk some sense into me - Mazda RX8

Whatever you do

DONT buy this one

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Its ticked up to the eyeballs, Im helping a friend looking at buying his own RX-8 very soon, and he was looking at this one, 1x purchase of a carjam report later set off all the red flags for "matched security interest" and some phone calls later with the ...