Dbp .:r #189

[Matty VWR 32L]

Not a dumb question Nik (I think)
They are dual mass OEM, but I wasn't paying 2200 @ trade price for OEM clutch and flywheel. It will get driven spiritedly so wanted to beef it up a little with a SPEC clutch. You need to use the matching flywheel in this case, which incidently is a SMFW. Think the weight is around the 8kg mark.

I'm expecting a little bit of chatter at idle, but the characteristics of the engine should change for the better

Hi Schoona,

i also upgraded my clutch and went with a SMFW, just wondering how loud your chatter is at idle?
i was definately expecting it but some days it really loud that i get stares and its not the exhaust note lol

thanks matt

[GoLfMan]

i love the fact you're going NA.... You wont get the same $$$ per HP as FI but hell... Who cares, it'd be amazing

[jvlracing]

nice work, took me a while to get use to those rims that color but yeh well done

[schoona]

Hi Schoona,

i also upgraded my clutch and went with a SMFW, just wondering how loud your chatter is at idle?
i was definately expecting it but some days it really loud that i get stares and its not the exhaust note lol

thanks matt

hey mate, yeah mine is a bit louder some days than others. Don't really care tbh, was told it would chatter but the way it revs and the other sounds it makes...all adds to the character

Be good to see yours in the flesh too mate!

[Water Boy]

NA for the win sister!

[schoona]

i love the fact you're going NA.... You wont get the same $$$ per HP as FI but hell... Who cares, it'd be amazing

Thanks big guy

Not all about the ultimate horsepower figure, it will be quick enough on the road and I wont lose any of the noise. Win win

[schoona]

nice work, took me a while to get use to those rims that color but yeh well done

Eh some days I still wonder :S hahaha but cheers.

I know what I want, these can stay there till I get what I want

[Matty VWR 32L]

Definately dont care about chatter n love all the improvements it has given... The reason i ask though is that apparently when my old flywheel bit the dust it took a gear box bearing with it... So im just trying to gauge if my chatter is normal or that the bearing might actually be stuffed and making chatter louder...its not comforting that i now hav a small leak which looks like gearbox oil

Would definately be great to see the .:R's in the flesh together... everytime an event is on i seem to be busy but hopefully one day

[schoona]

Definately dont care about chatter n love all the improvements it has given... The reason i ask though is that apparently when my old flywheel bit the dust it took a gear box bearing with it... So im just trying to gauge if my chatter is normal or that the bearing might actually be stuffed and making chatter louder...its not comforting that i now hav a small leak which looks like gearbox oil

Would definately be great to see the .:R's in the flesh together... everytime an event is on i seem to be busy but hopefully one day

Be good to meet up and compare setups at some point mate!
I'm getting problems diagnosed this Friday coming, something has reared it's head again. Pretty frustrated!!!

[schoona]

Went out taking some photos today, sorry for the massive photo bomb, but most of them I like for one reason or another (the "photo itself" not the car haha. New location etc)

[schoona]

Ta

[schoona]

Ok so last night I caught up with a couple of mates (N15 SSS SR20 with GT2871R, JZA80 NA with 280 deg cams and tuned classic WRX wagon). Went into town for a nice feed, a few drinks and what not and a bit of a spirited drive afterwards. Ended up the top of mount sugarloaf (for those that know) for a while and then rolled back down to Maitland.

Reghrouped at a local shopping centre car park where the Rex, Pulsar and I were talking and about to get back into the cars and call it a night. Anywya a white corolla driving past egged my car so I jumped in and gave chase. Grabbed the licence plate and called my old man (wasn't gonna clog up 000 ) to call the police and let them know. After trying to tell them the police have their details they kept driving and trying to evade (indicating left and turning right isn't going to fool me lol) we eventually came to a roundabout.

The police were going to call me and had listed it as a "job".

I had been in contact with the Pulsar/Rex and told them where I was, just so happened they were on the same road. So htey pulledo ut in front of this white corolla and stopped them at this roundabout. I pulled alongside, haard lights on and got out of the car. The corolla did a U-turn in a single lane and swiped my front guard/front bar

The rex gave chase and I went round the roundabout and followede the rex, finally caught up and ended up in Maitland CBD. They ran a red light in front of me and cut off a mate in a commodore travelling across the intersection and also harassed pedestrians in the CBD with their driving. Decided it was more sensible to leave it and hope the police caught them rather than me driving around all night.

So was on the way home and got a call, police wanted a statement. Went back there and found out that there had been pklenty of calls regarding their driving and behaviour and realised it was a carload of 17 year old girls on red p's.

So the front of my car is damaged the constable who took my statement is going on hols for 3 weeks so I have no idea when it will be sorted but I'll need some gun work in the near future. Ah well, just didn't appreciate that. I've done stupid things but never devalued or damaged other peoples property, I don't have a good view of that behaviour. Yeah I followed the car for a while (half an hour to an hour) but what do you do.

Will update later.

[Coralon]

Kids these days mate. When I was a boy a piece of black poly pipe or just about anything else at hand would bring me into line real quick, need to wind back the clock 20 years and bring some respect back into this world.

Hope the damage on your front end isnt too bad.

[Big_M]

Not very nice that mate.

Maybe a trip to the car wash and a go with a pressure hose for a couple of mins would have been cheaper in the long run. I know it sucks and makes us mad when crap like this happens.

Now you have to hope the girls don't pull the you had road rage and were chasing them and they were scared card.
A car of young girls being chased buy 3 cars might not be looked at too favourably. Especially as you gave chase and got out to confront them. Could be looked at in a negative manner.

Hope it all works out mate and the damage to the .:R gets fixed up. I know I hate damage.

[GoLfMan]

no respect. Need a rap over the knuckles that lot. Hopefully thy are forced to pay mate Hope you get it sorted soon.