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Matt Black is the (un)official colour of the back-street racer! Where you're playing a constant losing game with 'mechanical attrition'. Why bother painting the 'sumbitch' when there's money to be spent on go-fast bits [and you always ruin the paint by pullin' the engine with a rope tied to a tree "Matt Black suits an E30 street warrior more than a 1950's finned dinosaur"

Matt black that is finished smooth looks bullshit! What it needs is 'bog file' and 80 grit sanding marks under the paint, plus a couple of decals on the front guards and a Number written on the rear quarter windows in white shoe polish . Then to add a touch of reality, you need some greasy paw marks all around the engine bay/fenders & on the seat where your girlfriend sits in her white shorts [a test of true love] Thats the "Back Street Hero" look

Buy Gus's so he can 'invest' the money into a race-car [He'll also need a driver,because MANZ won't issue a race license to an unlicensed driver! hint!]

If you locked the vanos you'll lose HP somewhere in the rev range [depending on where you degree the cams] BMW used the vanos so they could use a shorter duration cam [and not lose power]

Usually around $2k, I've done the conversion myself I took about a week to do it [after hours, during winter ,outside in my driveway] It really changes the car, you won't regret it!

A couple of squirts of oil down the plug holes ,then compression check it again [oil acts as a temporary ring seal] If it regains compression then the rings weren't sealing or worn. If the readings stay the same it's usually valves that are leaking [Oil down the plug holes leaves the valves dry]

Car Covers are abrasive on the paint. I only use them indoors [no wind] the best ones that breathe aren't too flash in the waterproofing dept [waterproof covers hold condensation] Get some calico sheets and leave your car in a garage

And they reckon "Romance and Chivalry" is dead!

Instead of going to all this trouble with wasting $$$ on an expensive 'pump' [remember bottled water is more expensive/litre than Race-Gas] just smuggle the sh*t in your stomach. Get totally Rat-Arsed, then the hangover lasts all day long[8 hours value for $$$]

Looks like the BBS rims on my car are now worth more than the whole car Seriously though, they'll be making profit on the wheels. It will be the day-to-day running of the company thats sinking them [uSA Co's have the same problem, & we're chasing them fast] Another Co will buy all the assets [incl the name]& keep going [minus the liabilities] "the good ol corporate sidestep"

90% of Vented Rotors are Straight Vane [easier to manufacture] but the same principles apply. I can only assume Brembos comments are in relation to the using of a backing plate [where air enters from the outside and moves towards the centre]

F**k Marrying That! He should get out now while he can. At least she only used the scissors on herself [so far]

Yeah especially those from down south Hahaha! [don't mess with their wheels]

Mine Isn't confusion Mate! I stated that on curved vane [with vented rotors] it is opposite because of a cooling system [similar to a centrifugal impellor] Slots on rotors serve two purposes:[the vanes are for cooling] 1: to clean residue 2: more importantly remove the gas build-up between the pad & rotor [commonly known as Green-Fade] When Brembo makes a statement, they are using their products are a direct replacement for stock rotors [so I'd assume the backing plate is left intact, which changes airflow compared with ducting]

Yuen is correct [Accordng to the Brembo article] On my race car, I have Curved Vane Rotors [vented], the brake cooling ducts go to the centre of the rotor and the directional spinning acts like a cooling fan in the rotor [early 80's F1 cars had wheels that were similar] so on my race car the answer would be 'A'

Yep! Point Taken

If it has the ZF trans it'll hold, so will a stock clutch [if treated right] Drag Racing is brutal on the clutch, Circuit racing is a little bit easier.[if you are locking the diff for a street car, then get some driving lessons first] All road cars have understeer designed into the handling,so when "Joe Public" gets out of shape, he'll hit the brakes! You'll need to do some serious adjustments to the 'Roll-Couple' to engineer the handling to prevent the understeer which is aggravated by a locked rear[the suspension mods cost the same as a LSD]

Or with the 'spare change' you could spend getting totally shitfaced, [that'll make the 'Echo' look good] "I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me,Than a full frontal lobotomy"

Don't waste your time gluing 'High density plastic'. Get it plastic welded, Most Motorcycle repair & bumper repair shops can do this [it lasts longer and is not much more expensive]

This size wheels are common as! [E36's have the same stud pattern and offset as a Commodore] there are heaps of commodes driving 'round South Auckland with only 2 mags on [somebody must know where the other 2 are]

Yeah Gareth, You now owe Will a Beer! I owe, I owe, So it's off to Will's I go!

I'll have a complete M50B25 for sale in a couple of weeks [complete with manual loom & computer] It's from an E36 so you'll need an E34 Sump & pickup [easy 185-200hp]

What a blatant misrepresentation under the "fair trading act" Buy a piece of sh*t Allegro to get the babe Hahahaha! I bet the advertising agency is no longer around now either

Wrong Wrong! "It's beauty is in the eye of the BEERHOLDER" Hey JazzBass where did you find the Allegro pics? I thought "allegro" was on the 'Google blocked list' haha!