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[Hanaldo]

Autoworx are useless at replying digitally. Give them a call if you can.

[1via]

yeah i'm gonna have to

[landscribble]

Hey everyone

I'm pretty new to the whole scene, and am keen if you can squeeze a noobie into the list.
cheers.

at the emotes, haha.

[NA_Goodness]

Luke, you'd better be there mate!!

Socs, every car is different, and every ECU is different. They can't connect to a Nissan ECU, then a Toyota ECU, then a WOLF, PFC then ViPec that quickly.
So A/F ratio is measured using a probe in the exhaust.

[1via]

Hey everyone

I'm pretty new to the whole scene, and am keen if you can squeeze a noobie into the list.
cheers.

at the emotes, haha.

No probs the more people we have the better

[2LV8ETR]

Yeah, my AF gets tested with a probe in my exhaust too.....

[NA_Goodness]

Regually

[NA_Goodness]

Regularly!

[NA_Goodness]

Stupid iPhone. Gah.

[V8EATER]

Yer yer blame the phone Rhys. Are you sure its not caused by operator error ? Admit it! lol

[Ten Four]

If this is actually going ahead and I still have a license, I might bring the freelander (if it still works) and get an all time lowest hp figure. Brand spanking new, it had 112hp at fly... powering a 1.5tonne mini 4wd

100kms 5th gear = 3krpm... so so fail

[Hanaldo]

100kms 5th gear = 3krpm... so so fail

That's final drive ratio though, Skylines are the same.

It's not even a diesel though is it lol? That's pretty poor... At least diesels have torque!

[Ten Four]

158nm....
same engine as this (1.8l na...)

Never buy one.

[Hanaldo]

Fuck yeah!

Consider it sold, where do I pick it up?

[NA_Goodness]

I'll bring my 33 (obviously) but get someone to bring the 323 as well! 1.6L of absolute fury... Might be faster (and a fuck load easier to work on!) but I reckon it'll give you a run for it's money, James

[Ten Four]

The freelander is by far the slowest automobile I have ever driven.

The hill outside house = 3rd gear and its struggling..... Have to go into 2nd unless you keep speed up from the run up lol

[Socrates]

C210:

when new at flywheel 130HP @5600rpm, 20.0Kg-m/144.9ft-lb (196.45nm) @ 3600 rpm.

My car is 2800 on 5th @ 100km/h.

[Mally]

we should get that light blue thing from the trip back from york on the dyno.

i do about 2.8k at 100kph... but i got no overdrive gear

[NA_Goodness]

I'm at 3000-3100rpm at 100km/h, but that's diff ratio. Has nothing to do with power.
James, you haven't driven slow until you've driven:
a) My old laser. 300,000km old engine with piston slap
Non-turbo diesel 1985 Landcruiser. Rev out 1st, 2nd, 3rd and before you know it your doing 40km/h!!
c) The diesel HiAces owned by O'Leary's in Malaga. Heavily ladened, and slow as fuck! Had to drive it to and from Morley and I was being overtaken by old granmas on goffers!! Thankfully I don't drive these anymore Although the auto version of my 323 is the worst car I've driven lately... Lol

[Hanaldo]

Correction, you have not driven slow until you have driven...



The Bolwell Shark50. And yes. It is as slow as it looks, only much slower. It's about as much fun to ride as surfing a wheelie bin down Greenmount hill in rush hour traffic, except the wheelie bin is probably faster due to it's much more evolved aerodynamics. The wheelie bin would also be easier to ride BACK UP Greenmount hill.

The Shark50's seat lifts up to reveal a very spacious compartment which I once used to store my designer Scooter Goggles:



But I soon removed them from said compartment as they were a bit too big for the huge under-seat storage area of the Shark50, and they also caused the scooter to become encumbered due to the heavy load. It was also highly dangerous to ride without wearing the goggles because of the high wind speeds that occur when riding at 0.5kms/h, due to the awesome open face design of the scooter helmet



the effect of which was very much like having a small parachute strapped to your head. To this day I believe that the only way those helmets save lives is that if you do happen to fall off while riding at these high speeds (a very likely event given the Shark50 has the aerodynamics of a farmyard barn and the turning circle of the Titanic, both of which would be lightweight compared to the Bolwell) then the helmet will enable you to float softly to the ground like Mary Poppins.

And have I mentioned the brakes? If I was to compare them to something then they would probably be about the same high performance level as your baby sisters trikey. It did have large diameter extreme high performance disc brakes much like these




Although in the event of having to squeeze the brake lever, the advised form of braking (taught to me by my very experience instructor, or sensei as I liked to call him) was to swing your right leg over to the the left side of the Bolwell, and simply step off the speeding scooter and walk to the side of the road in a calm and collect manner.

The Shark50 was also perfectly safe to drive at night, as it had one very good headlight



which may have been installed by Thomas Edison himself. I was at one point tempted to upgrade to one of these



But was put off by the advanced 21st century wiring job of the Bolwell Shark50