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30-07-2009, 09:38 PM
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For the rev-heads...
O.K. I now need to pay the house off for another 4 years....
http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/officewindow/F348TS.html
A subaru WRX STI will also probably get to 100km/h a 1/10th of a second quicker.... then again, who cares 
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30-07-2009, 09:41 PM
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You got one !!!!!!! Awesome bit of gear 
How's the books look?
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30-07-2009, 09:45 PM
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You got one !!!!!!! Awesome bit of gear
How's the books look? |
Full service history, cam belts just done, 45K km's. Pirelli P zeros.
Cost alot more than a new Commodore, but what the heck
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30-07-2009, 09:55 PM
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Yes a great buy !45k km excellent. You can hear all of that great engine noise better with the TS.Hows the gate shifter? a bit different?
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30-07-2009, 09:58 PM
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Good for you Peter dont polish it away.
alex
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30-07-2009, 10:01 PM
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Beautiful bit of kit. Another Pininfarina work of art!
Cheers,
Jason.
Who's Pininfarina isn't quite as RED!!
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30-07-2009, 10:05 PM
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.Hows the gate shifter? a bit different?
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Firm...as is the clutch....nah, make that heavy.
Drained the transmission today and put some fresh Nulon 75w/85 in it.
Much better now.
They are really racing cars with plates. *Very* firm suspension. When near stopped very heavy steering..not fun at all to park...but on the freeway sheer delight.
Bringing it home, pulled into the servo at Goulburn...people started taking pictures of it. Not bad for a 15 year old car
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30-07-2009, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Firm...as is the clutch....nah, make that heavy.
Drained the transmission today and put some fresh Nulon 75w/85 in it.
Much better now.
They are really racing cars with plates. *Very* firm suspension. When near stopped very heavy steering..not fun at all to park...but on the freeway sheer delight.
Bringing it home, pulled into the servo at Goulburn...people started taking pictures of it. Not bad for a 15 year old car |
Enjoy the hell out of it !
Look up Royal Purple lubes.Absolute bet wear tests there is.
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30-07-2009, 10:11 PM
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Please insert liquor
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Slick. Now bung a couple of turbos on her 
Seriously though, very nice. And did you mean 45,000 kms or actually 45 kms 
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30-07-2009, 10:21 PM
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And did you mean 45,000 kms or actually 45 kms |
1K=1000 hence 45,000. km
At around 5000 rpm I also realised a turbo was redundant, as was my drivers license if I persisted
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30-07-2009, 10:24 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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1K=1000 hence 45,000. km
At around 5000 rpm I also realised a turbo was redundant, as was my drivers license if I persisted |
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30-07-2009, 10:27 PM
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Good for you Jen!
While its a pity the steering wheel is on the wrong side  the Z06 is a sweeeeet machine....all I can say is take the opportunity should it arise! I'm sorry I did not do this years ago.
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30-07-2009, 10:28 PM
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Waiting for next electron
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At around 5000 rpm I also realised a turbo was redundant, as was my drivers license if I persisted |
That can be altered if you want Peter but the whole point of a turbo is to produce lots of torque through the midrange. Spent quite a lot of time tunning STI rexs for black track work. Nice car by the way.
Mark
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30-07-2009, 10:37 PM
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That can be altered if you want Peter but the whole point of a turbo is to produce lots of torque through the midrange.
Mark
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Understood. The "day" car is a German Kompressor model (no turbo lag)
The Maranello machine I'd like to keep original... As is, it's very hard to keep it under kindergarten Oz speed limits.
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30-07-2009, 10:47 PM
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Waiting for next electron
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Understood. The "day" car is a German Kompressor model (no turbo lag)
The Maranello machine I'd like to keep original... As is, it's very hard to keep it under kindergarten Oz speed limits.
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Don't blame you for keeping it original, it will hold its value much better in any case plus you would have to pay three times the purchase price to get any real gains in performance through hot up kits. Join a car club and go out on track days, heaps of fun and easy on the license. Just don't throw it into the wall .
Mark
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31-07-2009, 05:54 AM
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Narrowfield rules!
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Now that is VERY cool Peter . And a nice colour match with the PME 
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31-07-2009, 07:28 AM
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Peter,
thats fantastic , but i am pretty sure that was one of the cars TOP GEAR used in the arena earlier this year revving the freckle out of it  
You might as well enjoy life while you can. I hope you have many miles of motoring
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31-07-2009, 08:03 AM
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Nice one Peter, man that looks as good as it performs I expect, so now that you have this new toy can I have your Astro Gear, I'm sure you wont be needing that any more, as you will be much to busy driving that thing around. congrats mate
Leon
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31-07-2009, 08:44 AM
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Congrats Pete, what a wonderful piece of engineering you've got there !!
Man that thing will fly.
Lucky you've got a pilot's license.
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