kiwi 911

Matt G, can you text me 021 752 245.

I wish to talk to you about tyres please.

Cheers
Paul

O2GO

^^^^ sent you his number

993 Targa

Drove by CCS today, lots of nice cars there. Nice pre-IB, 996 GT3 RS and a certain 993.

964X33

John, that blue on black banner looked the biz. I take it it has an owner and that was the last run?

John McM

Jason, yes it has an owner, Gary P, who will put it on his Iris Blue 993.

I've probably worn out my welcome with Thomas at Redline Signwriters so I won't do another run for a while. I had to chase him to get the last order done and now I have to chase him for a bill. The minimum order was 5 and they cost $32.50 each, last time.

There's nothing stopping you ordering your own, you just need to want five or find some others to go in with you. If you want Maritime Blue I would go in and see Thomas with the car. thomas@redlinesignwriters.com 09 625 2181

gt38088

Dave is hiding in the front boot and being 'teased out' by the girls. This is not visualization the car is finished and getting its first photo session.

gt38088

bought a spare chassis today 2 door GC8 subaru. Its a bit damaged but mostly front and lightly on rhs rear guard. The bits I need are all good. glass, boot and back valence, roof, and will end up with spares. Panel shop will unstitch the whole car into parts and use what we need. Cost nzd 1500 plus gst plus about 370 shipping. pretty pleased with myself.

996tnz

Just brought my Nitto R-comps in from the cold and into the house today. Like Hankooks and most other R-comps, exposing them to low temps, especially under freezing, hardens them according to the manufacturer - losing grip and making them more likely to crack.

Going the other way on the temperature scale, I'm looking at cryo treating (liquid nitrogen quenching) my next set of slotted rotors for longer life, better heat transfer (ie brake cooling) and reduced chance of warping - as Porsche do on steel rotored endurance cars and as some transport companies, police departments etc do with their fleets. Generally said to increase life by 2 to 4 times, though I suspect 1.5x might be more likely for raced rotors since they get so hot. Anyone else here had this done before? The rumour is they reduce pad wear by20-30% too, but the longer life on the rotors themselves should already make it worthwhile.

gt38088

tell me more - how to get done ? cost? any wellington suppliers? very interesting

996tnz

Here you go Graeme. Like many of these things there are a fair few rumours and half-truths about but this looks to be one of the better reviews of the process and its effects:

http://www.asminternational.org/docu...c8/HTP00906P33

Cryo is also used on gear sets (like the beefed up steels now in my tip tranny) and valve springs for similar reasons.

No idea on Wellington sorry but I'm planning to call an Auckland treatment place tomorrow so should have a better idea on cost then. Probably around $60 a rotor I'm guessing, if not an urgent job.

John McM

A good way to do it Graeme. Where is it coming from?

gt38088

Hamilton

gt38088

that's interesting. Did you treat the tranny parts? or were they done as standard? Keep us informed. even 50% increase in life of rotors is well worth it given price of those and wear rate.

996tnz

My cryoed steels came as part of a transmission upgrade kit from the States, designed for higher torque cars. Your car would be a better rotor and pad test case as mine is very much mixed use. Need to put a micrometer on my slotted Sebros to see what's left on them thickness wise but they have plenty of microfractures after almost two years that have included probably five track/sprints days, 4 Targa tour days (approx 400 km special stages) and some other fun plus maybe 15 to 20 thousand road kms including a lot of motorway commuting.

Macca

Rubber fetish aye Buba?