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Old 15-04-2013, 06:09 AM   #1641
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I read over the part where its getting crated, sucks to hear Kris

Filled up the car this morning, managed to get 590kms out of the tank, and most of that was with the dud cat, so im overly happy with that im sure that number will decrease seeing its starting to get a little colder in the mornings, but oh well, thats cars for ya
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Old 15-04-2013, 07:11 AM   #1642
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Im recovering after helping my brother move into his new duplex. Helped a bit too much and have stirred up a nerve in my back and have lost all feeling/movement in my right leg.
loooong painful night with no sleep. Seeing nuerosurgeon on friday to discuss spinal surgery again. Very reluctant to go this route though as there are significant risks involved.
Have a number of compression fractures at l4,l5 and discs are fubared. On a lighter note the surgery if it does happen will be in auchenflower so dont be strangers you locals if/when i get the slice and dice happening!
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Old 15-04-2013, 08:48 AM   #1643
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I read over the part where its getting crated, sucks to hear Kris

Filled up the car this morning, managed to get 590kms out of the tank, and most of that was with the dud cat, so im overly happy with that im sure that number will decrease seeing its starting to get a little colder in the mornings, but oh well, thats cars for ya
Yeah. Buying twiggies piston/rods and his old block.

Once I hear back regarding job/finances are in order can start working on engine
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Old 15-04-2013, 09:38 AM   #1644
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Yeah. Buying twiggies piston/rods and his old block.

Once I hear back regarding job/finances are in order can start working on engine
on the plus side its going to be biger and better than ever hahaha

might evan give darryl a run for his monies
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Old 15-04-2013, 09:42 AM   #1645
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Damn about your engine Kris

As per requested, the quicksilver website im working on. Were learning Jquery, the fancy scrolly cool looking ****. No, its not finished. Also, please dont hack the uni

http://emedia01.usc.edu.au/1053160/

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Old 15-04-2013, 09:45 AM   #1646
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on the plus side its going to be biger and better than ever hahaha

might evan give darryl a run for his monies
Doubt it
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Old 15-04-2013, 10:12 AM   #1647
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Doubt it
CHALANGE ACCEPTED hahahahaha

well kirs what do u think?? ur both got similar setups but u will have a better piston:rod ratio so it should rev better yer??
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Old 15-04-2013, 01:35 PM   #1648
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Not sure id eclipse Darryl tbh mate. Hes doing a few things more then me He also hasn't to my knowledge had any head work done yet, so it maybe that his head will flow reallly well and out flow me at high rpms.

He's also replacing the water pump with an external unit means less parasitic drag on the engine. Im gonna try a few things to reduce my pumping losses, which given the crappy rod angle (even with longer rods) on an FS reducing side wall friction should yield impressive gains. Have a few other ideas but there a bit radical for street (you can probably thank grant for these )

But again nothing I do will be something Darryl won't be doing or won't have thought of I'd suggest.

The only things I have on Darryl is a slightly longer rod (1mm or so if that) and a bigger wrist pin which should providing the thickness hasn't been reduced as a result mean that I can achieve higher piston speeds providing everything else holds up

Not looking to push it that hard though man, at 7.5k rpm my piston speeds will be in the 23m/s which is high enough as it is. I will start running into head limitations about then anyways

Should add that I'll prolly end up in the ball park of Darryl given how similar our builds are (:S)(swear im not trying to copy the guy, but its hard not be perceiving to copy him when there's such limited parts of the FS that are decent (we are at least different with out external modifications)).
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Old 15-04-2013, 02:56 PM   #1649
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Not sure id eclipse Darryl tbh mate. Hes doing a few things more then me He also hasn't to my knowledge had any head work done yet, so it maybe that his head will flow reallly well and out flow me at high rpms.

He's also replacing the water pump with an external unit means less parasitic drag on the engine. Im gonna try a few things to reduce my pumping losses, which given the crappy rod angle (even with longer rods) on an FS reducing side wall friction should yield impressive gains. Have a few other ideas but there a bit radical for street (you can probably thank grant for these )

But again nothing I do will be something Darryl won't be doing or won't have thought of I'd suggest.

The only things I have on Darryl is a slightly longer rod (1mm or so if that) and a bigger wrist pin which should providing the thickness hasn't been reduced as a result mean that I can achieve higher piston speeds providing everything else holds up

Not looking to push it that hard though man, at 7.5k rpm my piston speeds will be in the 23m/s which is high enough as it is. I will start running into head limitations about then anyways

Should add that I'll prolly end up in the ball park of Darryl given how similar our builds are (:S)(swear im not trying to copy the guy, but its hard not be perceiving to copy him when there's such limited parts of the FS that are decent (we are at least different with out external modifications)).
HAHAHAHA i know introducing u to grant was a bad idea lol...
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Old 28-04-2013, 07:47 PM   #1650
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it was my nans birthday dinner tonight.. so I made cupcakes with a twist







all hand made, with a little help from Sam after we both dropped a few getting them to the cupcake baker :P tasted just as good and my family where shocked when they bit into them because I covered them in white icing
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Old 28-04-2013, 08:37 PM   #1651
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it was my nans birthday dinner tonight.. so I made cupcakes with a twist







all hand made, with a little help from Sam after we both dropped a few getting them to the cupcake baker :P tasted just as good and my family where shocked when they bit into them because I covered them in white icing
At Halloween try putting green sprinkles through your cakes. They melt when cooking and it looks like mould but is safe to eat.
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Old 28-04-2013, 08:53 PM   #1652
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Awesomeness bec! Today I went op shopping to buy bits and pieces for moving out. Bought a rice cooker and made fried rice in it... Not sure that's what you're supposed to do but everyone loves one pan washups!
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Old 28-04-2013, 09:07 PM   #1653
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At Halloween try putting green sprinkles through your cakes. They melt when cooking and it looks like mould but is safe to eat.
lol yeah its cool ive done that a few times
I love making cupcakes :P
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Old 28-04-2013, 11:17 PM   #1654
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Haha epic bec. I would say save me one, but no one EVER can save cake.

Today was a picture taking day. Had a wedding couple photoshoot, then it's my friends 21st and he got a DSLR for his birthday, so i spent the last 5 hours this evening at noosa taking photos of the beach with him. Totally of like 1500 photos taken today
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Old 28-06-2013, 10:10 PM   #1656
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Started with a new company this week doing David Jones at indooroopilly shopping center. Received my electrical fitter/mechanic license in the mail today too as well as a new eba with a $37 base rate! (site is over $5/hr additionally.) No complaints here!
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Old 11-07-2013, 04:49 AM   #1657
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Old 07-08-2013, 10:51 PM   #1658
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Just spent $950 on replacement car parts delivered from the UK. I did shop around and it was cheaper for me to just buy from them rather than from Flyin Miata as parts were already cheaper. which means within about a month or two. this is what will actually be accomplished.

- powder coated under body components
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Old 15-09-2013, 06:22 AM   #1659
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Well yesterday actually. I borrowed a new cooper s mini and took Ellen for a drive up to the caloundra airport. Went on a bi-plane up and around mooloolaba and glass house mtns. Did a few acrobatics which was a little scary and heaps of fun (pulled 3gs in a 1930's style plane!) Then landed off the runway which was scary heading for an embankment but he recovered it and landed safely. (was very windy!) He took off our helmets and disappeared and I proposed to Elly :-D then we had some photos taken by Ben and his mate at kings beach. Lovely day :-)
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Old 18-09-2013, 09:39 PM   #1660
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We Just picked up my brothers new ride, a 96 ba v6 hatch. 190 on the clock with almost overzealous servicing, plans are to keep it sweet and standardish, cam cover seals first and timing belt etc, learning curve starts with how to get my hands in the bl**dy engine bay!
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